Gareth O’Neill | TGB: OPUS Frameworks for Industry and Research

Описание: Participants shared their perspectives on Open Science and industry through a series of interactive questions:

Open Science: Frequently associated with transparency, innovation, collaboration, open access, and reproducibility. However, some scepticism emerged with mentions like “extra work” and “hot topic.”
Industry: Predominantly linked to profit, money-making, innovation, productivity, and intellectual property.
These responses highlighted contrasting priorities between academia’s focus on openness and industry’s emphasis on commercial outcomes—a recurring theme throughout the workshop.

The OPUS Project is a European-funded initiative that has been active for just over three years and is now entering its final six months. It is a coordination and support action funded with nearly two million euros, aimed at developing measures to reform the assessment of research, with a particular emphasis on open science. The project seeks to evaluate researchers beyond traditional metrics, moving away from the focus on peer-reviewed publications, high journal impact factors, and sheer publication numbers. Instead, it aims to reward and recognise other valuable contributions researchers make, such as:

Data management and sharing
Teaching, training, and student supervision
Non-peer-reviewed publications
Conference talks and lectures
The overarching goal is to include actions that promote open science, recognising that if such activities are not acknowledged, researchers are unlikely to prioritise them. By embedding open science principles into the assessment system, the project hopes to encourage researchers to make more of their work accessible.