<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Dear colleagues,<br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><i></i></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px">The High-Level EU Presidency Conference on Reforming Research Assessment taking place in Copenhagen 3-4 December 2025 explores progress on reforming research assessment, making recommendations for further improvement, and identifying promising practices and international consensus.<br></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">The conference brings together partners from academia, policy, funding, and R&I institutions to support progress on reforming research assessment. More than 300 participants are in Copenhagen to discuss how we ensure common ground in Europe and beyond to keep at the forefront of developing incentives and assessments that stimulate a thriving and responsible research culture.</p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">The official pre-conference report “Emerging Practices in Research Assessment: Cross-Case Analysis of 10 International Funders” is now available at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">  <a href="https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/emerging-practices-in-research-assessment-cross-case-analysis-of-/">https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/emerging-practices-in-research-assessment-cross-case-analysis-of-/</a></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) together with international partners hosted a co-creation workshop for funders with the theme "Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Funding Institutions".<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>This builds on DORA work with the practical guide for research performing organizations, which can be accessed at <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15000683">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15000683.</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Details of the <b>High-Level EU Presidency Conference on Reforming Research Assessmen</b>t is at <a href="https://aau.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=536e11c55c20476f9dba7887c&id=d0bedfcbcb&e=a2c1c047f3">https://www.cerra.aau.dk</a></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><b> </b><b></b></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">It was my pleasure to represent the University of Exeter for this important event and share the announcement on <b>University of Exeter joining the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment</b> (CoARA) at the special event to mark CoARA's third anniversary hosted by CoARA, European University Association, Science Europe and the European Commission at The High-Level EU Presidency Conference.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">The University of Exeter press release is at <a href="https://news.exeter.ac.uk/research/university-deepens-its-commitments-to-responsible-research-assessment/">https://news.exeter.ac.uk/research/university-deepens-its-commitments-to-responsible-research-assessment/</a></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">At the University of Exeter, we are committed to expanding UK-EU research collaborations. One excellent example of this is the Ethical Data Initiative (EDI) jointly coordinated by the University of Exeter and the Technical University of Munich. EDI is working with DORA, CoARA, European Commission, UKRI, REF 2029 Team, UK DSIT and key stakeholders in Reforming Research Assessment. Details at <a href="https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/">https://ethicaldatainitiative.org</a></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">On 2 June 2025 , the Ethical Data Initiative, in collaboration with the European Commission, CoARA-ERIP,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>and European Network of Research Integrity Offices (ENRIO), organised an important conference on ‘Advancing responsible research assessment systems in the digital space: A dialogue on ethics, integrity, and open infrastructures for research in the AI era’ at the Palace of the Academies, Brussels where David Budtz Pedersen (Chair of the International Stakeholder Committee) announced the EU high-level conference on reforming research assessment. So it is really great that the University of Exeter formally joining CoARA is announced at the EU high-level conference on reforming research assessment.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">I also thank the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) of the UK Government, REF 2029 Team, Research Funders and other key HE stakeholders<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>for responding to my <b>Open Letter on REF 2029 - Research Culture</b><b></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Details at <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2025-September/006617.html">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2025-September/006617.html</a></p>
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