YERUN
@yerunnetwork.bsky.social
Founded in 2015 and based in Brussels, YERUN - Young European Research Universities Network - brings together 24 like-minded young research universities from 18 European countries. https://yerun.eu
Citation is one of the first things that comes to mind when we talk about research, but does the count really… count? 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣
“Highly cited” doesn’t always mean most original or most useful for society, and important work in smaller fields can be overlooked.
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
“Highly cited” doesn’t always mean most original or most useful for society, and important work in smaller fields can be overlooked.
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Citation is one of the first things that comes to mind when we talk about research, but does the count really… count? 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣
“Highly cited” doesn’t always mean most original or most useful for society, and important work in smaller fields can be overlooked.
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
“Highly cited” doesn’t always mean most original or most useful for society, and important work in smaller fields can be overlooked.
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
“If evaluations start valuing more than publications, researchers will stop publishing.”
Researchers don’t publish only because they have to. Most publish because they want to share their findings. 📖
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Researchers don’t publish only because they have to. Most publish because they want to share their findings. 📖
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“If evaluations start valuing more than publications, researchers will stop publishing.”
Researchers don’t publish only because they have to. Most publish because they want to share their findings. 📖
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Researchers don’t publish only because they have to. Most publish because they want to share their findings. 📖
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
“Students need rankings to choose where to study.”
If that was true, no one could have gone to university before rankings were invented.
Students don’t need rankings. They need good, honest information, and the space to decide what matters most to them.
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
If that was true, no one could have gone to university before rankings were invented.
Students don’t need rankings. They need good, honest information, and the space to decide what matters most to them.
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
December 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
“Students need rankings to choose where to study.”
If that was true, no one could have gone to university before rankings were invented.
Students don’t need rankings. They need good, honest information, and the space to decide what matters most to them.
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
If that was true, no one could have gone to university before rankings were invented.
Students don’t need rankings. They need good, honest information, and the space to decide what matters most to them.
🎄 lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
🍫 lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
“English equals excellence.”
No. That’s just… wrong.
Excellence doesn’t have an accent.
If our assessments can’t see past one language, it’s the assessment that needs improvement, not the research.
Check our advent calendar below!
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
☃️ Calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
No. That’s just… wrong.
Excellence doesn’t have an accent.
If our assessments can’t see past one language, it’s the assessment that needs improvement, not the research.
Check our advent calendar below!
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
☃️ Calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
December 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
“English equals excellence.”
No. That’s just… wrong.
Excellence doesn’t have an accent.
If our assessments can’t see past one language, it’s the assessment that needs improvement, not the research.
Check our advent calendar below!
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
☃️ Calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
No. That’s just… wrong.
Excellence doesn’t have an accent.
If our assessments can’t see past one language, it’s the assessment that needs improvement, not the research.
Check our advent calendar below!
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
☃️ Calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
🎄 It’s Friday, time for a plot… TURN. 😉
Today’s door in YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar opens onto the world of global league tables.
Open today’s door and keep an eye on the calendar in the following days!
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Today’s door in YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar opens onto the world of global league tables.
Open today’s door and keep an eye on the calendar in the following days!
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🎄 It’s Friday, time for a plot… TURN. 😉
Today’s door in YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar opens onto the world of global league tables.
Open today’s door and keep an eye on the calendar in the following days!
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Today’s door in YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar opens onto the world of global league tables.
Open today’s door and keep an eye on the calendar in the following days!
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dKzeUFCn
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
🎄 4 December is for… four-getting the myth of objectivity!
Explore today’s door in YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar, co-created with several CoARA Working Groups.
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Explore today’s door in YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar, co-created with several CoARA Working Groups.
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
December 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🎄 4 December is for… four-getting the myth of objectivity!
Explore today’s door in YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar, co-created with several CoARA Working Groups.
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Explore today’s door in YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar, co-created with several CoARA Working Groups.
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
🎁 December is on fast-forward!
Today’s door of YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar looks at a blind spot in how we measure research.
Curious to see how this plays out in our calendar? Open today’s door:
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Today’s door of YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar looks at a blind spot in how we measure research.
Curious to see how this plays out in our calendar? Open today’s door:
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🎁 December is on fast-forward!
Today’s door of YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar looks at a blind spot in how we measure research.
Curious to see how this plays out in our calendar? Open today’s door:
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Today’s door of YERUN’s Research Assessment Advent Calendar looks at a blind spot in how we measure research.
Curious to see how this plays out in our calendar? Open today’s door:
❄️ Website: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
🔔 Day 2 is here!
Yesterday we looked at metrics. Today, we open the second door with a reminder that languages in science is just as important!
Discover this and the rest of the 24 myths & truths here:
❄️ Article: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Yesterday we looked at metrics. Today, we open the second door with a reminder that languages in science is just as important!
Discover this and the rest of the 24 myths & truths here:
❄️ Article: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🔔 Day 2 is here!
Yesterday we looked at metrics. Today, we open the second door with a reminder that languages in science is just as important!
Discover this and the rest of the 24 myths & truths here:
❄️ Article: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Yesterday we looked at metrics. Today, we open the second door with a reminder that languages in science is just as important!
Discover this and the rest of the 24 myths & truths here:
❄️ Article: lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ Interactive calendar: lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
🎄 From 1 to 24 December, we’ll be sharing 24 myths about research assessment and the truths that debunk them.
Explore the full interactive calendar, co-created with several CoARA Working Groups, and discover a new myth & truth every day!
❄️ lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Explore the full interactive calendar, co-created with several CoARA Working Groups, and discover a new myth & truth every day!
❄️ lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🎄 From 1 to 24 December, we’ll be sharing 24 myths about research assessment and the truths that debunk them.
Explore the full interactive calendar, co-created with several CoARA Working Groups, and discover a new myth & truth every day!
❄️ lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
Explore the full interactive calendar, co-created with several CoARA Working Groups, and discover a new myth & truth every day!
❄️ lnkd.in/dTSmdNs4
☃️ lnkd.in/d2vfPS_u
📣Today, YERUN, together with @cesaer-eu.bsky.social y.social, @coimbragroup.bsky.social roup.bsky.social, @eua.eu , @eu-life.bsky.social, @guildeu.bsky.social and LERU presents a coordinated set of amendments to the European Commission’s proposals for the FP10👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
yerun.eu/publication/...
December 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
📣Today, YERUN, together with @cesaer-eu.bsky.social y.social, @coimbragroup.bsky.social roup.bsky.social, @eua.eu , @eu-life.bsky.social, @guildeu.bsky.social and LERU presents a coordinated set of amendments to the European Commission’s proposals for the FP10👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
yerun.eu/publication/...
📣Proud to see YERUN member Universidade Nova de Lisboa represented at the European Commission conference “From Knowledge to Impact”, where Vice-Rector Isabel Rocha spoke in the panel “From Research to Market: Towards a Blueprint on Licensing and Spinoff Creation”!
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📣Proud to see YERUN member Universidade Nova de Lisboa represented at the European Commission conference “From Knowledge to Impact”, where Vice-Rector Isabel Rocha spoke in the panel “From Research to Market: Towards a Blueprint on Licensing and Spinoff Creation”!
👀During #OAWeek, the YERUN ad hoc group on Open Science hosted a great webinar “#ArtificialIntelligence in #OpenScience”, with brilliant speakers from across Europe.
Access the article and the recording 👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
Access the article and the recording 👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
October 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
👀During #OAWeek, the YERUN ad hoc group on Open Science hosted a great webinar “#ArtificialIntelligence in #OpenScience”, with brilliant speakers from across Europe.
Access the article and the recording 👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
Access the article and the recording 👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
⏰ The wait is over.
👀 Today we talk about what happens when #ArtificialIntelligence meets #OpenScience.
💻 Registration open until the event starts: lnkd.in/dA_4xG7i
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/d-_tGYfN
👀 Today we talk about what happens when #ArtificialIntelligence meets #OpenScience.
💻 Registration open until the event starts: lnkd.in/dA_4xG7i
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/d-_tGYfN
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
⏰ The wait is over.
👀 Today we talk about what happens when #ArtificialIntelligence meets #OpenScience.
💻 Registration open until the event starts: lnkd.in/dA_4xG7i
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/d-_tGYfN
👀 Today we talk about what happens when #ArtificialIntelligence meets #OpenScience.
💻 Registration open until the event starts: lnkd.in/dA_4xG7i
🔗 More info: lnkd.in/d-_tGYfN
‼️Tomorrow is not just another Tuesday! It is the day the YERUN webinar “ #ArtificialIntelligence in #OpenScience” takes place.
🗓 21 October | 15:00–16:30 CEST
💻 Online webinar | Registration open until we begin
🔗 yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
🗓 21 October | 15:00–16:30 CEST
💻 Online webinar | Registration open until we begin
🔗 yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
October 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
‼️Tomorrow is not just another Tuesday! It is the day the YERUN webinar “ #ArtificialIntelligence in #OpenScience” takes place.
🗓 21 October | 15:00–16:30 CEST
💻 Online webinar | Registration open until we begin
🔗 yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
🗓 21 October | 15:00–16:30 CEST
💻 Online webinar | Registration open until we begin
🔗 yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
🔎Not another #AI webinar. This one will be different. We will no just talk about smarter chatbots or faster searches, we will explore what happens when #ArtificialIntelligence meets #OpenScience.
Join YERUN’s webinar “Artificial Intelligence in Open Science” on 21.10.25 👉 yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
Join YERUN’s webinar “Artificial Intelligence in Open Science” on 21.10.25 👉 yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
October 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🔎Not another #AI webinar. This one will be different. We will no just talk about smarter chatbots or faster searches, we will explore what happens when #ArtificialIntelligence meets #OpenScience.
Join YERUN’s webinar “Artificial Intelligence in Open Science” on 21.10.25 👉 yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
Join YERUN’s webinar “Artificial Intelligence in Open Science” on 21.10.25 👉 yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
🌞Last week, the YERUN General Assembly brought us to Nicosia!
💡Over three inspiring days, we exchanged ideas on the future of the network, engaged in insightful discussions on EU #reserch and #education policies, and enjoyed the warm Cypriot hospitality👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/yeru...
💡Over three inspiring days, we exchanged ideas on the future of the network, engaged in insightful discussions on EU #reserch and #education policies, and enjoyed the warm Cypriot hospitality👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/yeru...
October 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🌞Last week, the YERUN General Assembly brought us to Nicosia!
💡Over three inspiring days, we exchanged ideas on the future of the network, engaged in insightful discussions on EU #reserch and #education policies, and enjoyed the warm Cypriot hospitality👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/yeru...
💡Over three inspiring days, we exchanged ideas on the future of the network, engaged in insightful discussions on EU #reserch and #education policies, and enjoyed the warm Cypriot hospitality👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/yeru...
During #OAWeek, the YERUN Ad-hoc Group on Open Science invites you to a reflective conversation on #AI and #OpenScience!
🗓️21 October
🕰️15:00 to 16:30 CEST
💻 Online
Register here👉https://yerun.eu/2025/10/artificial-intelligence-in-open-science-a-yerun-webinar-during-international-open-access-week/
🗓️21 October
🕰️15:00 to 16:30 CEST
💻 Online
Register here👉https://yerun.eu/2025/10/artificial-intelligence-in-open-science-a-yerun-webinar-during-international-open-access-week/
October 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
During #OAWeek, the YERUN Ad-hoc Group on Open Science invites you to a reflective conversation on #AI and #OpenScience!
🗓️21 October
🕰️15:00 to 16:30 CEST
💻 Online
Register here👉https://yerun.eu/2025/10/artificial-intelligence-in-open-science-a-yerun-webinar-during-international-open-access-week/
🗓️21 October
🕰️15:00 to 16:30 CEST
💻 Online
Register here👉https://yerun.eu/2025/10/artificial-intelligence-in-open-science-a-yerun-webinar-during-international-open-access-week/
🤔 How is #AI transforming #OpenScience?
Join the YERUN webinar “Artificial Intelligence in Open Science” during #OpenAccessWeek on 21 Oct 2025, 15:00–16:30 CEST.
💻 Online event, register here 👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
Join the YERUN webinar “Artificial Intelligence in Open Science” during #OpenAccessWeek on 21 Oct 2025, 15:00–16:30 CEST.
💻 Online event, register here 👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
October 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🤔 How is #AI transforming #OpenScience?
Join the YERUN webinar “Artificial Intelligence in Open Science” during #OpenAccessWeek on 21 Oct 2025, 15:00–16:30 CEST.
💻 Online event, register here 👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
Join the YERUN webinar “Artificial Intelligence in Open Science” during #OpenAccessWeek on 21 Oct 2025, 15:00–16:30 CEST.
💻 Online event, register here 👇
yerun.eu/2025/10/arti...
Our Brussels door is always open to YERUN members. Last week, we welcomed colleagues from the University of South-Eastern Norway to discuss Horizon Europe, EU policy updates, and how YERUN supports collaboration, talent development, and impact across our network. Happy to connect with members!
October 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our Brussels door is always open to YERUN members. Last week, we welcomed colleagues from the University of South-Eastern Norway to discuss Horizon Europe, EU policy updates, and how YERUN supports collaboration, talent development, and impact across our network. Happy to connect with members!
✨ 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝟳: 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 & 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐬 ✨
🍁 #SparksOfYERUN continues this autumn, and this edition is all about alliances and joint programmes that build cross-border study paths and support university collaboration.
🔗 yerun.eu/2025/09/spar...
💌 mailchi.mp/6df2ac6466a6...
🍁 #SparksOfYERUN continues this autumn, and this edition is all about alliances and joint programmes that build cross-border study paths and support university collaboration.
🔗 yerun.eu/2025/09/spar...
💌 mailchi.mp/6df2ac6466a6...
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
✨ 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝟳: 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 & 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐬 ✨
🍁 #SparksOfYERUN continues this autumn, and this edition is all about alliances and joint programmes that build cross-border study paths and support university collaboration.
🔗 yerun.eu/2025/09/spar...
💌 mailchi.mp/6df2ac6466a6...
🍁 #SparksOfYERUN continues this autumn, and this edition is all about alliances and joint programmes that build cross-border study paths and support university collaboration.
🔗 yerun.eu/2025/09/spar...
💌 mailchi.mp/6df2ac6466a6...
☀️YERUN summer reads!
In July this year, YERUN, together with the Coimbra Group and EU-LIFE, led a joint statement calling on the EC and Member States to preserve the bottom-up structure of the MSCA👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
In July this year, YERUN, together with the Coimbra Group and EU-LIFE, led a joint statement calling on the EC and Member States to preserve the bottom-up structure of the MSCA👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
August 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
☀️YERUN summer reads!
In July this year, YERUN, together with the Coimbra Group and EU-LIFE, led a joint statement calling on the EC and Member States to preserve the bottom-up structure of the MSCA👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
In July this year, YERUN, together with the Coimbra Group and EU-LIFE, led a joint statement calling on the EC and Member States to preserve the bottom-up structure of the MSCA👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
☀️YERUN summer reads!
On 16 July, the EC presented its proposal for the MFF 2028–2034. YERUN’s reaction welcomes key commitments but also flags critical points for further attention as negotiations move forward👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
On 16 July, the EC presented its proposal for the MFF 2028–2034. YERUN’s reaction welcomes key commitments but also flags critical points for further attention as negotiations move forward👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
August 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
☀️YERUN summer reads!
On 16 July, the EC presented its proposal for the MFF 2028–2034. YERUN’s reaction welcomes key commitments but also flags critical points for further attention as negotiations move forward👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
On 16 July, the EC presented its proposal for the MFF 2028–2034. YERUN’s reaction welcomes key commitments but also flags critical points for further attention as negotiations move forward👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
☀️ YERUN summer reads!
In July, YERUN, together with the Coimbra Group and EU-LIFE, co-led a joint statement calling for stronger support for early-stage collaborative research and innovation in the next FP10 👉 yerun.eu/publication/...
In July, YERUN, together with the Coimbra Group and EU-LIFE, co-led a joint statement calling for stronger support for early-stage collaborative research and innovation in the next FP10 👉 yerun.eu/publication/...
August 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
☀️ YERUN summer reads!
In July, YERUN, together with the Coimbra Group and EU-LIFE, co-led a joint statement calling for stronger support for early-stage collaborative research and innovation in the next FP10 👉 yerun.eu/publication/...
In July, YERUN, together with the Coimbra Group and EU-LIFE, co-led a joint statement calling for stronger support for early-stage collaborative research and innovation in the next FP10 👉 yerun.eu/publication/...
☀️YERUN summer reads
Earlier this year, we contributed to the EC consultation on the MFF, focusing on funding for #education, #training, and youth engagement 👉 yerun.eu/publication/...
Earlier this year, we contributed to the EC consultation on the MFF, focusing on funding for #education, #training, and youth engagement 👉 yerun.eu/publication/...
August 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
☀️YERUN summer reads
Earlier this year, we contributed to the EC consultation on the MFF, focusing on funding for #education, #training, and youth engagement 👉 yerun.eu/publication/...
Earlier this year, we contributed to the EC consultation on the MFF, focusing on funding for #education, #training, and youth engagement 👉 yerun.eu/publication/...
☀️ YERUN summer reads!
🙌 Back in May, YERUN welcomed the formal agreement reached by the Competitiveness Council to adopt the second ERA Policy Agenda 2025–2027 as a Council Recommendation, a key step toward a more structured and strategic #ERA.
Revisit the article👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
🙌 Back in May, YERUN welcomed the formal agreement reached by the Competitiveness Council to adopt the second ERA Policy Agenda 2025–2027 as a Council Recommendation, a key step toward a more structured and strategic #ERA.
Revisit the article👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
August 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
☀️ YERUN summer reads!
🙌 Back in May, YERUN welcomed the formal agreement reached by the Competitiveness Council to adopt the second ERA Policy Agenda 2025–2027 as a Council Recommendation, a key step toward a more structured and strategic #ERA.
Revisit the article👇
yerun.eu/publication/...
🙌 Back in May, YERUN welcomed the formal agreement reached by the Competitiveness Council to adopt the second ERA Policy Agenda 2025–2027 as a Council Recommendation, a key step toward a more structured and strategic #ERA.
Revisit the article👇
yerun.eu/publication/...