Come join us at the Nordic RSE Conference 2026, Tromsø, Norway, on June 9-10, 2026. Keynote speakers: * Dr Mihaela Duta, University of Oxford * Assoc. Prof. Dr Elisabeth Wetzer, UiT Registration and call for abstracts is now open! For more details, visit: nordic-rse.org/nrse2026

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.

⏰ Don't forget to register for our #webinar tomorrow, 17 February 2026, 15:00 CET ✍️ bioexcel.eu/7c2s "From quick script to reproducible workflow" #molecularsimulations #workflows #FAIR #SoftwareEngineering @coderefinery.org

You have an amazing open science project or endeavour but did it reach the right audience? The OSPARK Bootcamp helps you turn good work into visible and community-driven impact. And there’s only one day left to apply. 6 weeks online + a 2-day onsite workshop in Belfast buff.ly/GmzjxBu

Interested in best practices for creating and maintaining reproducible workflows for biomolecular simulations? Join us for our #webinar 🗓️ 17 February 2026, 15:00 CET ✍️ bioexcel.eu/7c2s #molecularsimulations #workflows #FAIR #SoftwareEngineering @coderefinery.org

I learned so much through this event and it was a true pleasure to talk about our @coderefinery.org and @nordic-rse.bsky.social Zulip chat and share some tipps and tricks learned over the years!

Find out more about the open-source community platform Zulip in our latest blog post, a recap of the Tools Trial we held on Wednesday: www.cscce.org/2026/01/23/z...

Last chance to apply for travel funding for the meetup of Research Software Engineering Enthusiasts in Finland in February is tomorrow. Tell your friends! 🙌

📣 New for #RSECon26! We’re launching a Research Software submission route! 🎉 Have software ready for publication? Submit to @joss-openjournals.bsky.social as part of RSECon26. Accepted or pre-reviewed papers get JOSS+RSECon26 branding and a 15-min talk. More info: tinyurl.com/rsecon26joss

🟥 We are pleased to announce that the call for Expressions of Interest for Round 2 of the Research Software Maintenance Fund will open on Wed 28 Jan 2026. This round will accept applications for grants up to £150k and a duration of up to 12 months. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/rsmf-ro...

Research software is important in driving scientific innovation. 💡 Join the #ELIXIR_STEERS policy event to discuss: 💪 challenges & opportunities in treating #researchsoftware as a first-class research output and 🙌 the impact of #FAIRprinciples. 🔗 https://loom.ly/eZL9Gkk#ELIXIR

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 👇

I wrote a long thread about contributing to base R, highlighting the resources and opportunities provided by the R Contribution Working Group. contributor.r-project.org #RStats

Save the date: The next CodeRefinery workshop is coming 17.-19. and 24.-26. of March 2026 ! We are now updating materials, gathering interest for instructors, helpers and local classroom hosts: Wanna join? -> e-mail [email protected]

Diátaxis is an amazing resource that I recommend to everyone writing documentation or tutorials: diataxis.fr I find myself returning to it every few weeks, and each time I learn something new. #documentation

Dr. Heidi Seibold is speaking at TEDxTUM 2025! 🎤 She’s asking: How do we make science serve its purpose again? If you care about Open Science & better research culture — this talk is for you. 📅 Nov 8, 2025 🎟️ Discounted tickets: buff.ly/UGx2t6t #TEDxTUM #OpenScience #ResearchCulture

Now I'm also looking for a research software engineer to implement a pile of research results to R packages loo, posterior, bayesplot, projpred, priorsense, brms or/and Python packages ArviZ, Bambi and Kulprit. Apply by email with no specific deadline (see contact info at users.aalto.fi/~ave/)

🚀 Build sustainable, reproducible research software! Learn principles & hands-on practices of open, high-quality, scientific software development at the S³ School 🗓️ 14–21 January 2026, #LAPP, Annecy🇫🇷 📅 Apply by 14 Nov: indico.in2p3.fr/event/36319 Supported by #EVERSE & @oscarsproject.bsky.social

🎉 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.

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📣 Registration for the CodeRefinery workshop starting September 9th is still open. 🤝 Dive into Git and other tools for more reproducible research, with setup support and a shell crash course in the mix - designed for researchers, by researchers. More info: coderefinery.github.io/2025-09-09-w...

🇸🇪 The second Nordic-RSE in-person conference took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the end of May. Find out more about the event through the words of #SSIFellow @samumantha.bsky.social in this blog originally posted on the Nordic RSE website: www.software.ac.uk/blog/nordic-...

Thank you for having me! It was an exciting visit and great pleasure to talk about @coderefinery.org and @nordic-rse.bsky.social and all the discussions around training, HPC and Research Software!

Great first day! First Minisymposium on Research Software quality showed how work done within Elixir can reach beyond life science communities via projects like @eosc-everse.bsky.social ! Can't wait to see where this is going 🤩

It's great to see that a national research evaluation organization, the Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO), has rated @joss-openjournals.bsky.social as level 1, recognizing its scholarly value Frankie Robertson helped make this happen, with Nordic-RSE, & wrote about it: nordic-rse.org/blog/joss-ju...

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Engaging talks and a lovely crowd. So happy to have found "my people" that I get to learn so much from every day ❤️ Thanks to other organizers and all participants for making this a fantastic event! Blog posts and some pictures will follow ✨

The Nordic-RSE conference 2025 #NRSE25 has officially started!!! ✨ We are excited to welcome ~45 delegates from all over the Nordics (and even beyond) at Göteborg university!

📯 Free online workshop announcement! Successful & Beautiful Poster Presentations, Tina Lang "Scientific posters are an integral part of presenting your research. However, condensing all findings on just one canvas is truly challenging...

"If someone has opened the door for you, make sure to keep it open." @malvikasharan.bsky.social #CollabW25 Really enjoyed the opening panel this morning, thank you to all the panellists for their insights!

Last call, especially for people in the area around Göteborg: Join us on 20.+21.05.2025 for the second in-person Nordic-RSE conference to meet fellow research software enthusiasts and hear about cool tools and projects.

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"But the most highly cited papers generally aren’t the most famous scientific discoveries. Rather, these works tend to describe scientific methods or software, the workhorses on which scientists depend." From doi.org/10.1038/d415... #ResearchSoftware

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An oldie but goodie from @randyau.com. #databs www.counting-stuff.com/whys-it-hard...

So happy to see our work come together this way! 🤩✨🚀 LiPheStream: 458 single tree #LiDAR point cloud time series from Hyytiälä, Finland (doi.org/10.1038/s415...) Browse and download single tree data via pytreedb : pytreedb.geog.uni-heidelberg.de Big thanks to everyone making this possible 🙌

📢 Abstract submissions for the Nordic-RSE Conference 2025 are now closed—thank you to everyone who submitted! 🎉 But it's not too late to contribute — poster submissions are still open until April 18th! Share your work with the community. Info on website: nordic-rse.org/nrse2025/ #NRSE25 #RSEng

Week 1 of the workshop is done—on to week 2! Missed a session? Catch up on YouTube; all materials on our website (see comments) Next week: ⚡ Tue: Reproducible research & social coding ⚡ Wed: Jupyter & documentation ⚡ Thu: Modular code & automated testing Each session is self-contained. Join us!

We are now live on twitch: twitch.tv/coderefinery You can still register to interact with the instructors via collaborative notes: coderefinery.github.io/2025-03-25-w...

🔴 Listen to SSI director @npch.bsky.social discuss the Research Software Maintenance Fund on the latest episode of the @sustainoss.bsky.social podcast. You can also find out about the RSMF at www.software.ac.uk/programmes/r...

🚀 The #CodeRefinery workshop kicks off tomorrow with over 300 participants! Some of us will gather in Espoo at CSC headquarters to learn together ❤️ 🌍 Watch the live stream at twitch.tv/coderefinery 💬 Register to interact Looking forward to another exciting and collaborative learning experience!

Social Coding: Code better, together Coding isn’t just a solo mission- great projects thrive on teamwork! 🤝 In our #SocialCoding session, you’ll learn how to contribute and collaborate effectively, as well as what you need to know about licensing. 📅 Join us: coderefinery.github.io/2025-03-25-w...

A very good topic to at least know about when you are writing code for research. Especially all the wonderful tools that are out there to help you ✨

You might have already seen Jupyter being used in programming courses, but did you know that it can also be a useful tool for sharing your research code, including documentation? Jupyter can also be used for collaboration and prototyping on platforms like Noppe (by @csc.fi): noppe.csc.fi

We'll not only talk about in-code comments or README files, but also how to create clean and nice looking web pages hosting your documentation without the need to learn any html or css.

Great chance to share the technical details of you research work or just mingle with other research software/support people in the Nordics. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions :)

Reminder that this is happening this Wednesday! Bring those unfinished abstracts, no matter the state they are in. We are looking forward to discussing with you! Please also share with your colleagues!

One of my favorite lessons of the workshop: We'll look at code project organisation, into dependency management, workflows and a sneak peek into containers. All things a researcher, beyond the first coding class may stumble across on their journey.

Working with a multi-skilled team of artists, 3D wizards and game devs, my first game jam experience was amazing! We laughed and learned a lot, and are very proud of our little cat-ographer game! Find it on itch: samumantha.itch.io/the-crowns-c... and if you are on Windows, you can even play it :)