🌍 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

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 👇

#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. (2/2)

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...

🎉 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.

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. (1/2)

Venha participar do 1º Workshop Internacional sobre Engenharia de Software e Pesquisa em Software (SERS 2026) no ICSE 2026, em 14 de abril de 2026, no Rio de Janeiro! Este workshop interativo busca reunir as comunidades de engenharia de software e pesquisa em software / RSE. (1/2)

Join us at 1st Intl. Workshop on Software Engineering & Research Software, 14 April 2026 at ICSE 2026 in Rio! Interactive workshop bringing software engineering & research software communities together Submit short abstracts by 20 Oct. Details: conf.researchr.org/home/icse-20....

ReSA’s latest newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...) includes: - News from @futursi.bsky.social & funding opps from @simonsfoundation.org @esciencecenter.bsky.social - International Research Software Conference (IRSC): www.researchsoft.org/irsc/ - Community events, resources, & more!

🌊 Registration for Collaborations Workshop 2026 is now open via Eventbrite! #CollabW26 will take place as a hybrid event from Tuesday 28 April to Thursday 30 April 2026 at ICC Belfast. Find out more about the available options and how to register at www.software.ac.uk/news/registr...

We’re excited to announce the International Research Software Conference (IRSC)! 7–8 September 2026 | Sheffield, UK & online | Co-located with #RSECon26 @society-rse.org Learn more: www.researchsoft.org/irsc/ For updates, join: preview.mailerlite.io/forms/778129... Image by @danielskatz.org

Next years #RSECon26 will be 9-11th September 2026 &co-located with the inaugural International Research Software Conference 7-8th September 2026 (www.researchsoft.org/irsc/ ) in Sheffield. Want to help organise RSECon26 see society-rse.org/volunteer-at... #RSECon25 #RSECon26 #IRSC26

Great keynote this morning from Simon Hettrick "If we don't recognise everyone who is vital to research, we limit our ability to conduct research." - Simon Hettrick on the changing landscape of assessing research output assessment. Slides at slides.com/simonhettric... #RSECon25

Great closing quote from Graham Lee in this mornings Track A talk on Where do people come from? "RSE is more than a technical discipline, its a social movement aiming to revolutionise how research engages with software." - Graham Lee #RSECon25

💻Good software development is essential for more than half of scientific research (probably even more) 🏛️How do institutions deal with issues around ownership, sharing, archiving of such software? 🗒️A good list of policies from @researchsoftware.bsky.social www.researchsoft.org/institutiona...

ReSA’s August newsletter (preview.mailerlite.io/preview/7781...) includes: - News from @softwaresaved.bsky.social @softwareheritage.org - Nominations open for Research Software Community Leadership Forum (CLF) - apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - Community events, resources, and more!

🧭 We are pleased to announce that applications for the SSI Fellowship Programme 2026 will be open from Mon 11 Aug to Mon 6 Oct 2025. An introductory Fellowship Programme Launch Webinar will be held on Thu 21 Aug. Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/fellows...

The summer break is about to end and #code4thought will be back with the autumn/winter season 2025 on 2 Sep. Find out what's in store listen with this short trailer codeforthought.buzzsprout.com/1326658/epis... To support the show: en.tipeee.com/code-for-tho...

🌊 We are excited to announce that Collaborations Workshop 2026 (#CollabW26) will take place as a hybrid event at ICC Belfast from Tue 28 to Thu 30 Apr 2026. Registration will open on Mon 15 Sep with a limited release of super early bird tickets. Find out more: www.software.ac.uk/news/date-th...

🌟 Can you visualize a future in which you’ve won a grant of up to £25,000? #CatalystGrant 💡🌱 Digital Science’s 2025 Catalyst Grant is now open for applications - with the theme of #DataVisualization. 🔗 See more about our Catalyst Grant - and apply here: www.digital-science.com/investment/c...

One week left until registration closes for #OSFair2025. From 15 to 17 September, @cern.bsky.social will host a global gathering of innovators, researchers, and policy leaders to co-create the future of Open Science. 🔗Secure your spot today: www.opensciencefair.eu/registration... #OpenAIRE #CERN

🚨 Call for contributions is open for #LatinR2025! 📅 The conference will be held online, December 1–5, 2025. You can submit proposals for: 💡 Lightning talks 🎤 Oral presentations 🛠️ Workshops 👉 Deadline: August 25 More info: latinr.org/blog/es/2025...

The Carpentries Gratitude of the Month is to Aman Goel, Research Software Engineer @uomresearchit.bsky.social and Fellow at @softwaresaved.bsky.social. Aman is leading the organisation of a Training Community Day to follow the Research Software Engineering Conference #RSECon25 in September!

📝 [Blog Post] Open Science with a Latin American Identity: Meet the New Cohort of the rOpenSci Champions Program Introducing 10 new rOpenSci Champions — all from Latin America, representing diverse backgrounds and leading inspiring projects. Each of them is advancing #OpenScience from within […]

Nominations for the Research Software Community Forum close on 5 September 2025. See link below.👇

Join us for the next webinar in our series with LA Referencia and @researchdataall.bsky.social: The Role of Research Software in the Research Lifecycle 🗓 Date: 20 August, 14:00–15:30 UTC 🔗 Register here: redclara.zoom.us/meeting/regi...