Research software is essential to the research process but is not always recognized or supported on the same level as other research outputs. Several international and national efforts have begun addressing this gap, including a recent funders’ workshop in Uppsala and the Nordic Research Software Engineer (RSE) Conference. Building on these initiatives, this Lund Open Science (online) session will highlight the importance of supporting research software in Sweden and explore how we can do so collectively. Participants will discuss the role of Research Software Engineers, sustainable funding and policy models, and best practices for sharing and developing sustainable research software, as well as opportunities for shared action to strengthen the Swedish research software ecosystem, ensuring it is visible, reusable, and aligned with FAIR and open science principles.
In this event we welcome input from:
Chris Erdmann: Head of Open Science at SciLifeLab, working with open source research software, open access, open data, research resources and computing, and AI.
Johan Linåker: Senior Researcher at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Lund University. Empirical Software Engineering researcher with focus on open source software, data sharing, and open source AI in the context of industry and public sector.
Sanja Halling: Senior Research Officer at the Swedish Research Council, working with coordination, promotion and an yearly follow up of open access to research data in Sweden.
Malin Sandström: Senior Research Officer at the Swedish Research Council, working with e-infrastructure, primarily HPC.
Moderator: Angeliki Adamaki – Chair of LU OS Champions and member of OSCL
When: October 20, 13:30 (until 15:00)
Where: Online. Please register here: https://lu-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/p-kKDcG0TECDkxS-D5b-Fw
Hosted by: LU Open Science Champions and Open Science Community Lund (OSCL)
