🌍 Become a Founding Sponsor of #IRSC26
Sponsorship opportunities are live for the inaugural International Research Software Conference (7-8 Sept 2026, Sheffield + online), co-located with #RSECon26.
www.researchsoft.org/irsc/sponsor...
tinyurl.com/IRSCupdates
#ResearchSoftware #OpenScience
Just published in JOSS: 'search-query: An open source Python library for academic search queries' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08775
We need your help! Over the last decade, the @softwaresaved.bsky.social and partners have collected heaps of data on the research software community. Now we want to know how you’d put that data to use. In fact, we’re so eager to know that we’re offering a prize for the best data analysis.
ReSA’s Feb newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...) is here!
- Community news, incl. @opensciencenl.bsky.social's €5.4M award to @esciencecenter.bsky.social
- @softwaresaved.bsky.social RSMF Round 2
- #IRSC26 sponsorship
- Survey on #RSEng & #GenAI
Subscribe: www.researchsoft.org/news/
Help shape the future of Research Software Engineering in the age of Generative AI.
We’re collecting input for our March 2026 workshop.
Take the survey: tinyurl.com/RSE-GenAI
Closes 1 March.
@schmidtsciences.bsky.social @arfon.bsky.social @danielskatz.org @softwaresaved.bsky.social
It's exciting to see the #RSEng map getting more filled in, with RSE Argentina (rse-argentina.github.io) joining the global community
Your formal job title does not matter - if you write code for research as part of your work, we want to hear from you.
@uob-bear.bsky.social @dataculture.bsky.social @researchsoftware.bsky.social @code4thought.bsky.social @arc-durhamuni.bsky.social @theturing.bsky.social
Flyer showing a summary of the RSE-FI meetup in text + Aalto Scientific Computing, Nordic-RSE, Society of RSE and Software Sustainability Institute in the bottom. Includes a QR code leading to the website which includes all information presented on they flyer and more: https://aaltoscicomp.github.io/NoBSC/
Are you involved in writing, maintaining or supporting research software and interested in sharing your work / experiences and networking with others like you?
Join us on Feb 2-3 2026 in Espoo! 🇫🇮
We have some travel funding available for people outside the capital region, apply now ♥️
#RSEng
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#researchsoftware makes modern science possible - but sustaining it is hard.
That’s why @opensciencenl.bsky.social partnered with the @esciencecenter.bsky.social and awarded it €5.4M to execute the Research Software Sustainability Programme:
#openscience #foss
www.openscience.nl/en/news/open...
A belated happy new year, and welcome to your first SocRSE Newsletter of 2026. We’ve got a lot of exciting announcements to mark the start of the new year, including the launch of our Mentoring Scheme and the International RSE Survey.
society-rse.org/january-2026...
ReSA’s January newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...) includes:
- Institutional policy pathways for supporting #ResearchSoftware
- @schmidtsciences.bsky.social support for ReSA
- @oecd-ocde.bsky.social workshop on access to RS
- @softwaresaved.bsky.social International #RSE Survey
Ahead of the 2026 survey, we have developed an interactive dashboard showcasing the data from previous RSE surveys. With these data now at your fingertips, what insights can you uncover?
Find out more about the RSE Data Competition at www.software.ac.uk/news/rse-dat...
🔍 We are happy to announce that the 2026 International RSE Survey is now open for submissions. The survey will close on Friday 20 March, and can be completed in English, French, German or Spanish.
Find out more about the survey and how to participate at www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...
This paper covers the work done by the @researchsoftware.bsky.social & @researchdataall.bsky.social Policies in Research Organisations for Research Software (PRO4RS) working group over about 18 months.
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Just published my latest #openaccess article with @up_jors doi.org/10.5334/jors...
New blog! ✍️
The DReaMS community is committed to advancing research software management (RSM) through training, and emphasising the importance of sustainability, version control, and FAIR and Open Science. Read the account of the community meetup:
blog.esciencecenter.nl/strengthenin...
ReSA’s Nov newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...) includes:
- News from South Africa’s National Science and Technology Forum - Research Software Awards
- Research Software Community Leadership Forum (CLF) & IRSC Program Committee
- Events, including eResearch NZ/eRangahau Aotearoa 2026
ReSA’s Actionable FAIR4RS Task Force is conducting a survey on Standards Inputs/Outputs — how the community reads, writes & exchanges data from the software they develop/maintain (focus on file formats, metadata, APIs). Take part here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Attending #SC25 and interested in Research Software Engineering #RSEng and #AI? Come to our panel Thursday, 20 Nov 2025, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, rooms 240-241-242
Research Software Engineering in the Age of AI
sc25.conference-program.com/presentation...
ReSA’s Oct newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...) includes:
- News from @softwaresaved.bsky.social
- Highlights from the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social workshop on Access to #ResearchSoftware
- Actionable FAIR4RS Task Force: Bhavesh Patel presents at @us-rse.bsky.social #USRSE25 ...and more!
📢 R Dev Day @ New Zealand 2025
🏢 Auckland University
🌐 Remote, Americas / Asia-Pacific
📅 Tue 16 - Wed 17 Dec
Registration deadline: Sunday 7 Dec
pretix.eu/r-contributo...
Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.
#RDevDay #RSEng
Tempted to make more hot takes in scholarly comm areas to stir up controversy to promote submissions to FORCE 2026 conference In Singapore June 2026. Come debate me and others! :) force11.org/force2026/ - yes, call for abstracts open now!
Reminder from the deRSE26 organisers: The Call for Contributions is open for the 6th German Conference on Research Software Engineering. Submit an abstract & join us in Stuttgart next March! events.hifis.net/event/2945/a...
#rseng #ResearchSoftware #deRSE26
Get involved with the new ReSA & @curiossorg.bsky.social task force on Succession Planning for Research Software. It builds on 10 quick tips for making your software outlive your job: arxiv.org/abs/2505.06484.
📅 First meeting: 20 October
Learn more & sign up: www.researchsoft.org/tf-successio...
Purple Nordic-RSE text under half a snowflake in pixel style surrounded by the sentence "happy international RSE day".
🎉 Happy international RSE day from the Nordics!
We have got some exciting events brewing for the future, including the Nordic Basic Scientific Computing days (No BS Computing) in Otaniemi, FI, in February and the 3rd Nordic-RSE conference in Tromsø, NO in June.
The group photo from RSECon25 - a drone shot of about 400 people standing together in front of The Oculus at the University of Warwick
Today is International RSE Day, where we celebrate the Research Software Engineers making vital contributions to research all over the world.
Join the celebration by sharing your stories and successes.
#InternationalRSEDay #RSEDay2025
Happy International #RSE Day! US-RSE is proud to join with our worldwide partners to celebrate RSEs and their impact on advancing research.
Get involved with the new ReSA & @curiossorg.bsky.social task force on Succession Planning for Research Software. It builds on 10 quick tips for making your software outlive your job: arxiv.org/abs/2505.06484.
📅 First meeting: 20 October
Learn more & sign up: www.researchsoft.org/tf-successio...
¡Participa en la primera jornada internacional sobre ingeniería de software y software de investigación (SERS 2026) en ICSE 2026, el 14 de abril de 2026, en Río de Janeiro!
Esta jornada interactiva reúne a las comunidades de ingeniería de software y software de investigación / RSE.
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