What If Research Evaluation Supported Openness? Reflections from a Collaborative Workshop #RESSH2025

(00:00:00) Welcome to BIGOS: Marta Świetlik sets the stage with the workshop’s context and why evaluation reform matters.
(00:07:29) Researchers Speak Up: From peer-review recognition to incentives—what scholars really need for open science to thrive.
(00:12:20) Funders & Policymakers Weigh In: How evaluation criteria could shift from rigid metrics to more inclusive, process-orien
(00:16:55) Librarians & Open-Science Advocates: Behind-the-scenes enablers discuss staffing gaps, technical skills, and community s
(00:22:15) Editors & Publishers on Multilingualism: Breaking language barriers and rethinking prestige in scholarly publishing.
(00:25:00) Final Takeaways: Lessons learned, creative blueprints, and an invitation to carry the conversation forward.

This episode of BIG OS – the Big Open Science Podcast, features a recording from the workshop “Reforming Research Evaluation in SSH: Embracing Open Science for Diversity, Interdisciplinarity and Inclusivity,” held at RESSH 2025 conference in Helsinki.

The workshop examined systemic limitations in current evaluation systems and explored how reform efforts—particularly those led by CoARA and the Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism—can align research assessment with the core principles of Open Science: transparency, accessibility, and inclusivity.

Through a participatory group exercise based on the Evaluation Reform Blueprint, participants representing key stakeholder groups—researchers, funders and evaluators, librarians, publishers, and OS advocates—co-designed actionable, stakeholder-informed strategies for change.

All referenced materials, including blog posts and templates, are available below:

SCIROS blog: https://sciros.hypotheses.org/

OPERAS EU blogpost with original workshop methodology and materials: https://operas.hypotheses.org/7395

Zenodo upload including the key documents to prepare a similar workshop: https://zenodo.org/records/11669021

Episode transcript: https://sciros.hypotheses.org/1128