OpenAIRE podcast on Open Science

As OpenAIRE launches its 2026-2028 Strategy, Giulia Malaguarnera is joined by Joeri Both, Inge Van Nieuwerburgh, and Yannis Ioannidis to reflect on the organisation’s journey from an Open Access initiative to a leading Open Science infrastructure.

Together, they discuss the role of community, trust, and collaboration in shaping OpenAIRE’s evolution, and share their perspectives on the opportunities and challenges ahead, from AI and research assessment to sustainability and research sovereignty.

This episode offers a look back at OpenAIRE’s foundations and a vision for its next chapter.

Episode Links:

OpenAIRE Strategy 2026-2028: https://www.openaire.eu/strategy-2026-28

Contact OpenAIRE: [email protected]

In Part 2 of this two-part episode on Open Science training, Theodora Kavvadia continues the discussion with Pedro Príncipe and Milica Ševkušić, focusing on the future of training. The episode explores the impact of AI, the need for new skills, and how training can continue to drive real change in research practices.

Episode Links: 

Contact OpenAIRE: [email protected]

Contact OpenAIRE Training: [email protected]

OpenAIRE Bootcamps: https://www.openaire.eu/bootcamps

Training Coordinators Community of Practice: https://www.openaire.eu/cop-training

OpenPlato (OpenAIRE e-learning platform): https://openplato.eu/

In Part 1 of this two-part episode on Open Science training, Theodora Kavvadia speaks with Pedro Príncipe and Milica Ševkušić about how Open Science training develops across different national contexts & stakeholders. Drawing on training experiences from Portugal and Serbia, the episode explores the role of communities, collaboration, and local initiative in building Open Science skills and practices. 

Episode Links: 

Contact OpenAIRE: [email protected] 

Contact OpenAIRE Training: [email protected] 

OpenAIRE Bootcamps: https://www.openaire.eu/bootcamps 

Training Coordinators Community of Practice: https://www.openaire.eu/cop-training 

OpenPlato (OpenAIRE e-learning platform): https://openplato.eu/ 

To celebrate International Open Access Week with this year's theme of Community over Commercialisation, this special episode takes a deep dive into discussions with OpenAIRE Outreach & Engagement Officer, Giulia Malaguarnera, on the role and importance of community in shaping the OpenAIRE Graph. From its governance, to participatory approach and active engagements with the community, community is fundamental to the Graph's success and development.

Episode links:

Contact: [email protected]

OpenAIRE Graph website: graph.openaire.eu

OpenAIRE Graph Twitter: @OpenAIREGraph

OpenAIRE Graph User Forum: openaire.flarum.cloud

OpenAIRE Graph Helpdesk: graph.openaire.eu/helpdesk

OpenAIRE Graph Community Calls: graph.openaire.eu/community-calls

Argos: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.argos/overview

OpenAIRE EXPLORE: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.discovery_portal/overview

The fifth episode in this OpenAIRE Graph miniseries features guest speaker OpenAIRE Development and Operation Director, Thanasis Vergoulis. In this episode, he explores how the Graph supports you in scholarly discovery and speaks about some of our work in the SciLake Project.

Episode Links

Contact: [email protected]

OpenAIRE Graph website: graph.openaire.eu

OpenAIRE Graph Twitter: @OpenAIREGraph

OpenAIRE Graph User Forum: openaire.flarum.cloud

OpenAIRE Graph Dataset: graph.openaire.eu/docs/category/downloads

OpenAIRE API: graph.openaire.eu/docs/apis/home

OpenAIRE EXPLORE: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.discovery_portal/overview

OpenAIRE CONNECT: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.research_community_dashboard/overview

SciLake Project: scilake.eu

The fourth episode in this OpenAIRE Graph miniseries features guest speakers from the OpenAIRE Graph team, Miriam Baglioni and Leonidas Pispiringas. Miriam is a Data Engineer, Curator, and Scientist and researcher at the Institute of Information Science and Technologies at the National Research Council of Italy in Pisa, Italy, and Leonidas is a Data Scientist and scholarly communication technical expert at OpenAIRE. In this episode, they explore how the Graph supports you in scientometric and, more specifically, bibliometric analysis.

Episode links

Contact: [email protected]

OpenAIRE Graph website: graph.openaire.eu

OpenAIRE Graph Twitter: @OpenAIREGraph

OpenAIRE Graph User Forum: openaire.flarum.cloud

OpenAIRE Graph Dataset: graph.openaire.eu/docs/category/downloads

OpenAIRE API: graph.openaire.eu/docs/apis/home

OpenAIRE EXPLORE: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.discovery_portal/overview

OpenAIRE MONITOR: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.funder_dashboard/overview

Open Science Observatory: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.open_science_observatory/overview

OpenAIRE PROVIDE: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.data_provider_dashboard/overview

The third episode in this OpenAIRE Graph miniseries features guest speaker from the OpenAIRE Graph team Ioanna Grypari. Ioanna is a data scientist at Athena Research Center in Athens, Greece and in this episode, she explores how the Graph supports you in Open Science Monitoring. She also speaks about the National Irish Open Access Monitor for Ireland, a major project undertaken by OpenAIRE and Ireland to track Open Science uptake within the country.

Episode links

Contact: [email protected]

OpenAIRE Graph website: graph.openaire.eu

OpenAIRE Graph Twitter: @OpenAIREGraph

OpenAIRE Graph User Forum: openaire.flarum.cloud

OpenAIRE Graph Dataset: graph.openaire.eu/docs/category/downloads

OpenAIRE API: graph.openaire.eu/docs/apis/home

OpenAIRE EXPLORE: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.discovery_portal/overview

OpenAIRE MONITOR: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.funder_dashboard/overview

Open Science Observatory: catalogue.openaire.eu/service/openaire.open_science_observatory/overview

National Irish Open Access Monitor for Ireland: https://oamonitor.ireland.openaire.eu/

The second episode in this OpenAIRE Graph miniseries features special guest Paolo Manghi, OpenAIRE CTO, and as we here at OpenAIRE like to call him, the father of the OpenAIRE Graph. In this episode, Paolo takes us behind the scenes of the OpenAIRE Graph, delving further into what a scholarly knowledge graph is, what specifically makes the OpenAIRE Graph unique, and how the community and you can help to shape it.

Episode links:

Contact: [email protected]

OpenAIRE Graph website: graph.openaire.eu

OpenAIRE Graph Twitter: @OpenAIREGraph

OpenAIRE Graph User Forum: openaire.flarum.cloud

OpenAIRE Graph Community Calls: graph.openaire.eu/community-calls

The OpenAIRE Graph is and has been instrumental in not only supplying OpenAIRE services with vital information, but also in shaping the Open Science landscape throughout Europe and beyond. However, navigating this vast knowledge graph and its implications can sometimes be challenging. Join us in these next few episodes where we break down the OpenAIRE Graph in a miniseries aimed at helping all actors in the research community better understand it and its uses. In this first episode, OpenAIRE CEO, Natalia Manola, gives us a concise overview of the Graph and the role it continues to play in EOSC.

Episode links:

Contact: [email protected]

OpenAIRE Graph website: graph.openaire.eu

OpenAIRE Graph Twitter: @OpenAIREGraph

OpenAIRE Graph User Forum: openaire.flarum.cloud

OpenAIRE Graph Community Calls: graph.openaire.eu/community-calls

The CEO of OpenAIRE is invited to briefly present OpenAIRE, its history, and what it offers to the Open Science community. The evolvement of OpenAIRE from being a project to becoming a non-for-profit entity is discussed. Therefore, the conversation moves to the evolvement of the organisation OpenAIRE, its services, and sustainability. How does OpenAIRE approaches the challenge that all Open Science services providers, research infrastructures and organisations actively working on Open Science, face? How does OpenAIRE align with the EC guidelines on Open Science and the need to explore business models and revenues streams for its services. Is OpenAIRE going to charge everyone that will use its services? What are the first thoughts and steps taken towards a sustainable OpenAIRE? What is the role of the OpenAIRE network?

Lastly, what is EOSC and the position of OpenAIRE within EOSC. What are the EOSC Core services provided by OpenAIRE?

The interview closes with a wish! Happy birthday OpenAIRE!