Research information plays an increasingly important role in visibility, collaboration, reporting, and assessment. Yet not all research information systems are built in the same way. Some operate as closed environments, where access, reuse, and transparency are limited. Others are built as open infrastructures, designed to connect research outputs, institutions, funders, and people across the scholarly ecosystem.

The Aurora Universities are organising a series of online workshops on different aspects of Open Science to support researchers and research support staff in navigating this evolving landscape.This session will be provided by our friends from OpenAIRE, an Open Science service provider.

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the OpenAIRE Graph, a global open scholarly infrastructure that connects publications, datasets, software, funding information, institutional affiliations, and other research outputs from trusted sources worldwide. The session will explain in simple terms how the OpenAIRE Graph helps increase the visibility and discoverability of research, enrich repository content, and support more open and transparent approaches to research information and assessment. Participants will also learn how content registered through OpenAIRE can become discoverable across OpenAIRE services and the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), reaching a broader audience of researchers, institutions, and policymakers.

Come and discover how open research information can make research more visible, connected, and reusable.

What is this workshop about?
In this online session, we will discuss:

• the difference between open and closed research information
• what the OpenAIRE Graph is and why it matters
• how it connects publications, datasets, software, funding, and institutions
• how repository content becomes more discoverable through OpenAIRE
• how open infrastructure can support visibility, reporting, and research assessment

Who should attend?
This event series brings together researchers and research support staff from all subject areas. Early career researchers, as well as experienced academics, are welcome to attend.