Open Science@NT5 - status and snapshots

Report, 2025

In Europe, Open Science has been a priority for many years, since Open Science aims to improve research quality and integrity, digitalisation of research, collaboration and societal impact.
The work of the N5T Open Science Task Force has facilitated knowledge-exchange on different aspects of the Open Science and identified how different drivers may impact how the N5T institutions have approached the Open Science agenda.
The aim of this report is to inspire our institutions to continue and strengthen the discussions on how Open Science can support academic excellence at a technical university.
Our approach is to list different drivers and present a short status of Open Science actions at our institutions. Importantly, we highlight N5T best practices that serve as inspirational examples to overcome roadblocks for the Open Science agenda.
In conclusion, the N5T universities may benefit from integrating Open Science aspects in education and competence development at all levels, by including Open Science aspects in research assessment, and promoting a holistic view on support functions and services of relevance for handling research data and other digital resources and results.