Presentations from the webinar Open Software in Research – Practices, Policies, and Communities
Erdmann, Christopher; Linåker, Johan; Halling, Sanja; Sandström, Malin; Adamaki, Angeliki
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Abstract
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 highlighted the importance of supporting research software in Sweden and explored how we can do so collectively. Participants discussed 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. The event featured 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. This online event was hosted by the Lund University Open Science Champions and Open Science Communnity Lund (OSCL) on the 20th of October 2025.
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Open Software in Research – Practices, Policies, and Communities @ SciLifeLab Christopher Erdmann, Head of Open Science, SciLifeLab 20 October 2025 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Recognising the Importance of Research Software Perez-Riverol, Y., Bittremieux, W., Noble, W. S., Martens, L., Bilbao, A., Lazear, M. R., ... & Lukas Käll, Fondrie, W. E. (2025). Open-Source and FAIR Research Software for Proteomics. Journal of Proteome Research, 24(5), 2222-2234. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.4c01079 National guidelines for open science National Library of sweden kb.se/oppenvetenskap Diarienummer: KB 2024-42 ISBN: 978-91-7000-492-6 URN: Download the full report with the guidelines (pdf)
Supporting Research Software SciLifeLab and Data Centre co-host two events: Elevating the importance of research software in SwedenSciLifeLab. Retrieved from https://www.scilifelab.se/news/scilifelab -anddata-centre-co-host-two -events-elevating-theimportance-of-research-software-in-sweden/ Science for Life Laboratory. (2025). CoARA Action Plan for SciLifeLab: A Path Towards Recognising Diverse Contributions to Research Through Open Science and the FAIR Principles. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796936
Open Source Software/AI Communities Project Coordinator https://www.jobb.uu.se/details/?positionId=729882&languageId=1
Learn from the OSPO and RSE Communities https://nosad.se/ospo https://nordic -rse.org/events/2026 -in-person-conference/
The SciLifeLab Open Science team have developed a checklist to guide you through writing and publishing code according to open science principles. The SciLifeLab Open Software Checklist Nilsson, Alma; Joubert, Suné; Tewatia, Parul; Erdmann, Christopher (2025). SciLifeLab Open Science Software Checklist. SciLifeLab. Educational resource. https://doi.org/10.17044/scilifelab.29086775
Open Source Software for Research - Sharing Code and Software the Right Way https://www.scilifelab.se/event/ddls -annual-conference-2025workshops/
OSPO Radar, OpenAire, NumFOCUS https://www.softwareheritage.org/2025/04/02/ospo -radar-project-launch/ * Links not available for NumFOCUS, OpenAire SciLifeLab Monitor, stay tuned!
Thank you! @SciLifeLab_DCScilifelab-data-centre Contact us: [email protected]with ‘Open Science’ in the subject line. Visit us: https://data.scilifelab.se/open_science/
