By Michelle Barker, Leyla Jael Castro, Bernadette Fritzsch, Daniel S. Katz, Carlos Martinez-Ortiz, Anna Niehues, Alexander Struck, Qian Zhang [This blog past has been cross-posted by the Software Sustainability Institute, Netherlands eScience Center, and others.] The FAIR for Research Software (FAIR4RS) Principles aim to promote and encourage the findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability (FAIR) of research software.

January 2024 This downloadable report features ReSA’s engagement in 2023 with key decision makers and influencers involved with research software across the globe, as well as the broader research software community. Citation: Hartley, Kim & Barker, Michelle (2024). Research Software Alliance Community Report 2023. Zenodo.

December 2023 Author: Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal In 2023 I was engaged by the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) as a Community Manager for the Asia region, as part of the ReSA mission to advance the research software ecosystem by collaborating with decision makers and key influencers.

Participants of the first Research Software Indaba held in Cape Town, South Africa in May 2023. (Photo credit: Noxolo Chalale) By Anelda Van der Walt (Director, Talarify) 6 December 2023 The African continent is home to some of the world’s most significant multi-country research projects.

October 2023 Authors: Kim Hartley and Michelle Barker We are proud to report that the second International Research Software Funders Workshop, co-hosted by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) and the Research Software Alliance (ReSA) from 18-20 September was a great success.

15 September 2023 DOI: 10.59350/a0wh3-y3057 Image source: Prostock-studio, Shutterstock We are pleased to announce that Version 1.0 of the Amsterdam Declaration on Funding Research Software Sustainability (ADORE.software) is now released.

4 September 2023 Authors: Eric Allen Jensen, Daniel S. Katz DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8312543 Research software is the unsung hero of modern science. Yet it often plays second fiddle to traditional scholarly outputs such as journal articles. As research grows increasingly computational, the need to recognise software contributions becomes imperative. However, there are a number of challenges that must be overcome to achieve this.

June 2023 Authors: Kim Hartley, Michelle Barker, Mark Leggott, Daniel S. Katz DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7986715 How Can Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) Support Research Software? Did you know that an organisational Open Source Program Office (OSPO) has the potential to improve sustainability of research software in universities, governments, and civic institutions?

June 2023 Authors: Kim Hartley, Michelle Barker, Mark Leggott, Daniel S. Katz DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7986715 How Can Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) Support Research Software? Did you know that an organisational Open Source Program Office (OSPO) has the potential to improve sustainability of research software in universities, governments, and civic institutions?

April, 2023 Author: Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal Introduction This blog explores my thoughts on the potential role of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in promoting the growth of a Research Software Engineering (RSE) community in Asia-Pacific. The significance of this lies in the fact that NRENs have not traditionally been significantly involved in supporting RSE groups in other regions.