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Workshop

Collaborative Pathways to Responsible Research Assessment via Open Infrastructures

From Principles to Practice: Putting Responsible Research Assessment into Action.

The question is no longer why we need to reform research assessment, but how. This hands-on workshop introduces the Open Infrastructure Checklist, a practical tool developed by the CoARA WG on Open Infrastructures for RRA. Together, we will test its application on real-world services like OpenAIRE’s Researcher Profile, GraspOS Horizon Europe Project, and IOI’s Infra Finder. Join us to co-evaluate, co-create, and shape the future of research assessment, open, ethical, and built to last.

Reforming research assessment has shifted from asking why to focusing on how. The proposed collaborative workshop addresses that challenge, specifically, how to turn CoARA policy principles into practice using infrastructures that are open, ethical, inclusive, and sustainable, by introducing and testing the Open Infrastructure Checklist, developed by the CoARA Working Group on Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment (OI4RRA). The checklist provides actionable guidance across four key dimensions: technical strength, operational excellence, community-led governance, sustainability, ethical and accountable practices.
The workshop aims to empower institutions and infrastructure providers to operationalize responsible research assessment (RRA) using a practical, principle-based checklist, while exploring how existing tools can support this transition. Participants will apply the checklist to three real-world infrastructures: OpenAIRE’s Researcher Profile, a service for showcasing diverse research contributions, beyond traditional-publications model; the GraspOS catalogue of open data, tools, services, and templates for Open-Science-aware RRA, which utilises a metadata schema that complies with a draft specification developed by OI4RRA WG; and testing the ability to gather information from the checklist for Infra Finder from IOI, a catalogue of informational entries about open infrastructure tools and services, and provide feedback.
Working in small groups, participants will evaluate each of these infrastructures against the checklist in a participatory format, test the tool’s usability and adaptability, identify gaps, strengths, and opportunities. This hands-on format encourages collaboration and critical reflection. Expected outcomes include a community-refined checklist, practical insights into infrastructure readiness, and a collaborative roadmap for broader institutional adoption and cross-organizational alignment in support of RRA.

Details

  • DATE:
    16 September 2025
  • ROOM:
    82/1-001 Science Gateway Lab B

Organisers

Speakers

Angeliki Tzouganatou

OpenAIRE

Giulia Malaguarnera

OpenAIRE

Sarah Lippincott

Zenia Xenou

OpenAIRE

Short Bios

Angeliki Tzouganatou

Dr. Angeliki Tzouganatou is a Research Project Manager and Open Infrastructure Specialist at OpenAIRE AMKE, where she leverages equitable practices to champion open scholarship and enhance the reform of research assessment, coordinating the efforts of the CoARA WG ‘’Towards Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment’’. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the OPERAS Research Infrastructure and an external expert evaluator for the European Commission. Her professional experience spans teaching, contributing to prestigious research projects, and working with cultural heritage institutions. Angeliki earned her PhD from the University of Hamburg as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, focusing on "Openness and Fairness in the Digital Ecosystem: Addressing the Participation Gap in Cultural Knowledge Production." She also holds an MSc in Digital Heritage from the University of York.

Giulia Malaguarnera

Sarah Lippincott

Zenia Xenou

Zenia Xenou is an Engagement and Training Officer at OpenAIRE AMKE. She holds an MSc in Biomedical Engineering and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Cyprus University of Technology. With extensive experience as a researcher in multiple R&D projects, Zenia has driven product design and manufacture, and championed organizational development in several positions. Currently, she serves as the Service Manager for the OpenAIRE Researcher Profile, an innovative tool designed to empower researchers to showcase their contributions beyond publications and promote responsible research assessment.

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