« The rapid growth of digital content has made it increasingly difficult to distinguish credible information from incorrect information or even disinformation, posing a serious threat to democratic societies worldwide. Disinformation erodes trust in institutions, exacerbates polarisation, and undermines informed decision-making. While existing solutions often act reactively, the European Research Infrastructure…
« Recording of the OPERAS workshop on « AI and LLMs as tools for open scholarly communication in social sciences and humanities », that took place on February 24, 2025. The workshop was co-organised by the OPERAS Special Interest Group Tools and Platforms together with the OPERAS AI Task Force. (…) »
« OPERAS hosted the launch of the GRAPHIA project in Brussels earlier this year. On the 22nd and 23rd January, 2025, 21 partner institutions met in OPERAS’ office and online to celebrate the project which is funded by the European Commission for over €8 million, plus an additional €1.6 million from…
« OPERAS is a European research infrastructure that supports greater visibility and impact across social sciences and humanities (SSH).
As the European Research Infrastructure dedicated to supporting open scholarly communication in SSH within the European Research Area (ERA), OPERAS works to overcome the disconnect between funding and…
« OPERAS, the research infrastructure dedicated to open scholarly communication in the social sciences and humanities, collectively gathered a landmark report titled « Fostering Trust in the Digital Age ». Featuring 27 papers from the TrustOn2024 Workshop and a session at the Science Summit at the 79th United Nations General Assembly,…
« We are pleased to announce that OPERAS has published its own CoARA Action Plan to build a coherent approach to research assessment reform and to further align our practices with the commitments of the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment (ARRA). (…) »
« The three EU-funded projects CRAFT-OA, DIAMAS & PALOMERA work towards an equitable future for scholarly communication, with the scholarly community at the centre. In this third instalment of the cross-project webinar series, which took place online on the 6th of November 2024 (…) »
« Some reflections on the OPERAS Trust On 2024 Workshop and the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU.
According to UNESCO, by 2023, 60% of the world’s population, or 4.75 billion people, had used social networks to express themselves, keep informed and ask questions. They…
« OPERAS will host an online session on “Fostering Trust in the Digital Sphere: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach Introduction” at the Science Summit during the 79th United Nations General Assembly. (…) »
« The OPERAS Advocacy Special Interest Group currently focuses on a different topic each year. From September 2023 to August 2024, the group concentrated its efforts on Responsible Research Assessment (RRA). One outcome of this work was the workshop “Advocacy for Responsible Research Assessment for the Social Sciences…
