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Panel

Rethinking Research Assessment: Emerging Trends in Open Science and Infrastructure

17 September 2025| 09:00
81/R-003A - Science Gateway Auditorium A

Moderator

Natalia Manola

OpenAIRE
Natalia holds a Physics degree from the University of Athens, and an MS in Electrical and Computing Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and has worked for several years as a Software Engineer and Architect in the Bioinformatics commercial sector. She has expertise in Open Science policies and implementation, having served in the EOSC Executive Board 2019-20, and in the Open Science Policy Platform (2016-17), an EC High Level Advisory Group provide advice about the development and implementation of open science policy in Europe.

Reimagining Research Assessment: Open Science Values in Action

How can we build fairer, more inclusive research assessment systems? This panel explores how Open Science principles are reshaping Responsible Research Assessment, from narrative CVs to diverse outputs and responsible metrics. Join voices from CoARA, funders, researchers, and infrastructure providers as they share tools, lessons, and visions for future-ready reform.

As the global research community embraces reform in how research is assessed, emerging practices grounded in openness, transparency, and inclusivity are gaining traction. This panel will explore how new approaches to Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) are being shaped by Open Science values and supported by open infrastructures. It will bring together perspectives from policy initiatives like CoARA, open infrastructure providers, research funders, and researchers actively piloting assessment reforms.

The discussion will address the challenges and opportunities of implementing narrative CVs, assessing diverse research outputs, and integrating transparent metrics and AI responsibly. It will also highlight tools and infrastructures that enable practical implementation at the institutional and national levels. The audience will be invited to join a forward-looking conversation on what a future-proof, fair, and inclusive research assessment system could look like, and how to get there.

Panelists

Gitanjali Yadav

Scientist at NIPGR, Visiting Lecturer at the University of Cambridge
Dr. Gitanjali Yadav is a Scientist at NIPGR and the cofounder of #semanticClimate, as well as a visiting Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. An expert in Genomics and Machine Intelligence, she works in the areas of Food security and Conservation. She has a diverse educational background with a Ph.D. in Immunology, a Master's degree in Biomedicine and a Graduate degree in Botany. She has worked with the UKHSA to train public health officers in genomic surveillance for SARS-Cov2. Gita is a strong advocate of Open Access and co-chairs the International Data Policy Committee (IDPC) in CODATA in the International Science Union, as well as the CoARA-ERIP Working Group. She has received several awards in recognition of her work, including the Hamied Fellowship from the University of Cambridge, Exceptional Talent Award from the Royal Society of London, INSA Medal by the Indian Naional Science Academy, and the SASTRA Obaid Siddiqi Life Science Award.

Hans de Jonge

Director of Open Science NL
Hans de Jonge (1975) is director of Open Science NL, part of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Open Science NL is the national (funding) program for Open Science in the Netherlands. Hans has worked at NWO overseeing its Open Science policies since 2018. Before working at NWO Hans worked as program manager at the academic affairs unit of Utrecht University and at the Dutch Association of Universities (UNL) where he headed the research policy unit. Hans is an elected member of the Steering Board of CoARA and (together with colleagues) chairs the working group on funding metadata of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information.

Pastora Martínez Samper

Commissioner for international action at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Pastora Martínez Samper holds a PhD in Physics, a Master Leadership and Management of Science and an MBA and is currently commissioner for international action at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). She has expertise in Open Science and research assessment policies and implementation, serving as coordinator of the open knowledge and CoARA action plans at UOC, and as chair of EUA Expert Group on Open Science, CoARA Working Group on Academic Career Assessment, and Open science at the Catalan Consortium of University Services (CSUC). She is an Associate Professor at the School of Medicine of the Universitat de Barcelona.