A whole week dedicated to discussions on open science and its development in the research world.
The title of this year’s conference is ‘Who owns our knowledge?’, a provoking title aiming to uncover how proprietary logics in academia lead to unhelpful and undesirable consequences for all researchers and for society more broadly. In the attemp to encourage the dissemination of knowledge and practices on open science, the GenOA week, as always, stimulates debates and dsicussions from researchers.
Feel free to join the GenOA week, online and free of charge, by signing up at this link.
You can consult the interesting agenda here!
GenOA Week 2025 is organized by the University of Genoa, IIT (Italian Institute of Technology), INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics), CNR (National Research Council), and AIB Liguria (Italian Library Association – Liguria Section), with the patronage of the Italian Library Association.
New training dates
Don’t miss the opportunity to gain new skills and strengthen your ability to manage research outputs in accordance with the FAIR principles and Open Science practices by joining our courses:
- in this section, you can find detailed information and the registration form for the monthly webinars dedicated to using Dataverse and developing Data Management Plans.
- you can also find here the schedule of the practical and discipline-specific workshops on research data management designed for early-career researchers.
We look forward to welcoming you to our upcoming sessions and to becoming part of a growing community committed to the FAIR management and sharing of research data.
Conference on Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Science
Our data stewards – together with the colleagues from the Milano University Press – will be partecipating in the PUBMET2025! The 12th Conference on Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Science, which is set to take place at the University of Zagreb from September 11–12, 2025. Their presentation is entitled “On Open Practices and Quality Standards of Research Data in Dataverse UNIMI (with a Focus on SSH Disciplines)” and it has been deposited on Zenodo: check out more at the following link https://pubmet2025.unizd.hr/conference-programme/
Publication of Dataverse UNIMI guidelines for MUP
New guidelines out now! We are pleased to announce that our data stewards have produced new guidelines for depositing and sharing data on Dataverse UNIMI dedicated to authors who publish books and journals with the Milano University Press, the University’s fully diamond open access publishing house.
More details here: https://rdm.unimi.it/dataverse-unimi-guidelines-for-milano-university-press-authors/
RDM for PhD in Earth Sciences
Today our data stewards took part in the training offer of Data Analysis, Management and Modeling for Earth Sciences of the PhD School in Earth Sciences with a seminar dedicated to open science and FAIR research data management. A wonderful occasion to discuss these topics with PhD students.
Brochure and more info here: https://sites.unimi.it/phdearthsciences/training-offer/
Book your appointment with us!
Having doubts about the use of Dataverse? Not sure about how to structure your DMP? Want more information on the research data management trainings available?
At this link https://rdm.unimi.it/dedicated-support/, you can both find the different e-mails available for contacting us depending on the preferred type of assistance or get in touch with us by booking online support call with us on MS Teams!
Appointments can be booked every Friday between 14 and 15.30, and are open to maximum 3 people a day. Once you have booked your preferred time slot, the data stewards will be back at you via e-mail to communicate the MS Teams link and further information.
Publication of the RDM checklist
UNIMI’s data stewards are delighted to announce the publication of the RDM checklist on Zenodo to support researchers and the academic community in the proper management of research data. It highlights 19 steps for effectively planning, collecting, analysing, preserving and sharing research data; also providing useful insights, best practices and resources.
Check it out here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15465239
Join us in a FAIRification workshop
Our data stewards will be holding a full-day workshop dedicated to the FAIRification of research data during the 4th annual meeting of Italian Reproducibility Network (ITRN) on Febraury, 13th at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Find out how to enroll and more info here: https://www.itrn.org/itrn-scientific-events/itrn-meeting
Launch of 4EU+ Open for you! 2025 series
UNIMI is partecipating in the Open for you! webinar series hosted by the 4EU+ Alliance, exploring the basics of open science in an introductory webinar followed by three specialized workshops between February and July. The three workshops will cover the following topics: Open Access Publishing, Bibliometrics and Research Assessment, Data Management Plan, which will be conducted by our data stewards.
More info can be found here: https://4euplus.eu/4EU-1024.html?