Authors: Alex Fawzi, Stefano De Paoli As researchers at Abertay University, we’ve long recognised the power of qualitative inquiry. Methods like Thematic Analysis (TA) allow us to uncover rich, nuanced patterns in human experience from interviews and texts. At the same time, we’re also keenly aware of one of its biggest challenges: the sheer amount … Continue reading Introducing TALLMesh, Our Tool for AI-Powered Thematic Analysis
Lab’s Framework for innovative SSH research outputs presented at DH Benelux in Amsterdam
At this year’s DH Benelux 2025 in Amsterdam, the OPERAS Innovation Lab presented its latest work on building a practical and inclusive framework for evaluating innovative research outputs in the social sciences and Humanities (SSH). Developed in collaboration with DARIAH-EU and based on international research assessment principles (such as DORA and CoARA), the framework is … Continue reading Lab’s Framework for innovative SSH research outputs presented at DH Benelux in Amsterdam
A New Approach to Evaluating Innovation in Social Sciences and Humanities
Author: Françoise Gouzi Reviewers: Carol Delmazo Innovation in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (AHSS) often defies conventional academic evaluation. Groundbreaking digital tools, dynamic research outputs, and novel methodologies are shaping the future of scholarship—yet, outdated assessment methods fail to capture their true impact. In response, the OPERAS Innovation Lab team took a bold step … Continue reading A New Approach to Evaluating Innovation in Social Sciences and Humanities
TEI Panorama. A platform for digital scholarly editions of Polish literary texts
Author: Agnieszka Szulińska Reviewers: Arnaud Gingold, Sy Holsinger TEI Panorama might seem like another platform in a digital scholar editor’s toolbox. However, its creators focus on assisting editors who wish to enter the digital domain without advanced technological skills. This makes the TEI Panorama team offer a unique workflow to meet the needs of two … Continue reading TEI Panorama. A platform for digital scholarly editions of Polish literary texts
Infra Finder: Discover open infrastructures that meet your needs
Authors: Emmy Tsang, Chrys Wu (Infra Finder) Reviewers: Elena Sokolova, Tomasz Umerle The challenge of finding the right infrastructure solution Open infrastructures — shared systems and resources supporting the creation, sharing, and preservation of research output and knowledge — are becoming increasingly crucial in the rapidly evolving world of research and scholarship. However, navigating this … Continue reading Infra Finder: Discover open infrastructures that meet your needs
Enhancing machine-readability in scientific publishing: introducing the JATS XML Converter Service
Authors: Ljiljana Jertec Musap, Draženko Celjak, Petra Čačić, Ivan JelenićUniversity of Zagreb, University Computing Centre SRCE Reviewers: Ronald Snijder, Jadranka Stojanovski Challenges in Open Access Publishing In the evolving landscape of academic publishing, the push towards open access (OA) has gained significant momentum, particularly with the advent of initiatives like Plan S. Launched by cOAlition … Continue reading Enhancing machine-readability in scientific publishing: introducing the JATS XML Converter Service
Navigating Sustainability, Visibility, and Research Assessment
Key Insights from the OPERAS Innovation Lab Workshop in Zadar (OPERAS Conference, April 2024) Authors and contributors: Magdalena Wnuk, Maciej Maryl, Elena Sokolova, Françoise Gouzi, Ronald Snijder, Tomasz Umerle Reviewers: Karla Avanço, Frank Manista In the ever-evolving landscape of scholarly communication, innovators in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) often grapple with fundamental questions: How … Continue reading Navigating Sustainability, Visibility, and Research Assessment
When innovation precedes change
Authors: Maciej Maryl, Magdalena WnukReviewers: Karla Avanço, Françoise Gouzi According to Joseph Schumpeter, innovation is more than just a buzzword—it’s the tangible realization of ideas that leads to fresh or enhanced products, services, and processes. But innovation isn’t a solitary endeavour. It begins with the creators themselves, who forge ahead with their vision. Only afterwards … Continue reading When innovation precedes change
Output maintenance as a challenge for innovative scholarly communication
Author: Magdalena WnukReviewers: Françoise Gouzi, Sy Holsinger Small, independent projects, tools or services deal with sustainability challenges different from those faced by large research infrastructures. What they lack is a stable, relatively modest funding, that would be sufficient to hire someone who will responsibly maintain and update the output (tool or service), as well as … Continue reading Output maintenance as a challenge for innovative scholarly communication
DARIAH overlay journal as an alternative and transparent publishing model
Author: Françoise GouziReviewers: Elena Giglia, Sy Holsinger, Tomasz Umerle The Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH-EU) is building an overlay journal, and has chosen Episciences platform for this project (application currently in progress). Episciences is a French public publishing platform provided by one of DARIAH’s French partner institutions, the Centre for Direct Scientific Communication (CCSD). It will help … Continue reading DARIAH overlay journal as an alternative and transparent publishing model