The University of Milan is launching AskOS Café, a new series of short, interactive online sessions designed to keep our academic community informed and connected on Open Science. Once a month, during your coffee break (2:00–2:30 PM CET), we will share key updates from the Open Science landscape, explore a specific topic, and open the floor for live questions and discussion. Sessions will be held in Italian. 

📅The first cycle (March–June 2026) will address topics including:

• Open Science beyond Open Access
• Open research information (OpenAlex & OpenAIRE)
• Paper mills
• Research evaluation

AskOS Café complements AskOS Mail, our dedicated email service (askOS@unimi.it) for questions and guidance on Open Science practices.

For more information, check our Open Science website: https://openscience.unimi.it/askos/

Take a break, join the conversation, and be part of UNIMI’s Open Science community ☕🎥

📍27 February 2026, 11:00–13:00 | Aula 420, Via Festa del Perdono

The current system of scientific publishing is increasingly driven by incentives that reward speed, volume, and metrics rather than rigor and critical evaluation. The growing use of AI and the expansion of profit-oriented publishing models are accelerating these dynamics, with significant consequences for research quality and academic integrity.

Flaminio Squazzoni (University of Milan) and Paolo Crosetto (INRAE) will discuss how these structural pressures are reshaping scholarly communication and what is at stake for the future of scientific credibility. Join us for a critical discussion on the future of scientific publishing.

👉 Full details: https://openscience.unimi.it/ciclo-di-incontri-sulla-comunicazione-scientifica/

Over the past year, we have dedicated considerable effort to training activities, delivering more than 150 hours through online and in-person courses and departmental meetings. This has been a significant commitment for us, but above all a rewarding experience, made possible by the interest, participation, and openness you have consistently shown.

We sincerely thank you for the curiosity with which you engaged in the initiatives we proposed, for the time you chose to dedicate, and for your active contribution to dialogue and knowledge sharing. We hope that the content and tools presented will be useful and relevant to your research activities.

And of course, our training activities do not stop in 2026: new courses are already scheduled, and the updated calendar is already online; see what’s coming next and enroll here!

We also take this opportunity to wish you a pleasant holiday season and a new year full of opportunities, collaboration, and positive developments in research.