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Driving innovation in scholarly communication

The OPERAS Innovation Lab drives innovation in scholarly communication within the Social Sciences and Humanities. It identifies, supports, and scales community-driven solutions that strengthen open scholarly communication and foster a sustainable culture of innovation within the OPERAS Research Infrastructure and its ecosystem.

The Innovation Lab goals are: 

  • To design and implement scalable, sustainable services that cultivate a culture of innovation within OPERAS and social sciences and humanities (SSH) community
  • To promote cutting-edge solutions for open scholarly communication in SSH.

Key features

Observatory: monitors emerging trends, practices, and technologies shaping open scholarly communication.

Accelerator: supports the development and piloting of innovative ideas, tools, and models.

Bank of ideas: an internal database linking problems, solutions, partnerships, and funding opportunities.

Explore the Innovation Lab Now

Showcase your project on Observatory:  Share your idea for a blog post to be published on the OPERAS Innovation Lab Observatory blog.

Develop your idea with Accelerator: Pitch your idea for an innovative project to the Lab’s Accelerator and get involved in our programme for pilots!

Explore current trends with our team: Collaborate with Innovation Lab Observatory on research concerning innovation in SSH.

Useful information:

Who is it for: SSH Researchers, Scholarly Publishers and Editors, creators of scholarly tools, Research infrastructure managers. 

Access Policy: Free to access. 

Website: https://lab.operas-eu.org 

Contact: innovation[at]operas-eu.org

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