Human Resources are conducting a survey on 'Defining careers related to research data management and software engineering in the ETH Domain'
December 8, 2025
We are pleased to share the following announcement from Measure 5 of the ETH domain ORD funding programme.
Please complete the survey at this link to help promote the RSE job title and improve hiring and career opportunities for RSEs within the ETH domain.
Whether you are a dedicated Research Data Manager, Research Software Engineer, or a researcher who manages data or software as a part of your work, we want to hear from you!
More ...Open Research Devroom at FOSDEM: Call for Participations
November 18, 2025
The upcoming FOSDEM conference in Brussels on 31 January and 1 February 2026 will feature an Open Research Devroom, with previous editions covering many RSE-related topics. A list of these topics from 2025 can be found at https://archive.fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/research/
From https://research-fosdem.github.io/:
We invite developers and users of open tools and technologies used in a research and investigation context to contribute to the 2026 edition of FOSDEM in Brussels, the largest open-source conference in Europe.
We understand research as the general process of knowledge production and inquiry. This includes scientific research, investigative journalism, data journalism, OSINT, as well as research and investigations undertaken by NGOs, civil society, community and activist groups, etc.
More ...EPFL RSE Lightning Talks
October 23, 2025
Another wonderful RSE Lightning Talks at EPFL. Thanks to all the presenters for taking the time to prepare what they care about and are currently working on. This was also one of the first events where we had half of our audience on zoom! Click on the post for links to the slides.
More ...Open Source Software Service@EPFL and Beyond
October 9, 2025
The Center for Digital Trust (C4DT)’s bi-annual open source services meet-up took place on the 9th October at EPFL and - for the first time - remotely, to extend the discussion beyond EPFL. As always, the meet-up is an opportunity for meeting and discussing how open source software services can have a positive impact in our environment.
You can download the slides from the presentations here.
More ...A Look Back at This Years EnhanceR Symposium
September 18, 2025
More than 100 people from all over Switzerland attended this years EnhanceR Symposium which took place on September 4th at HEG-FR in Fribourg.
More ...Swiss RSE Survey
September 8, 2025
Are you based in Switzerland and involved in developing software to advance research? For example, are you a PhD student, researcher or professional software developer? Or do you plan to become an RSE? Do you manage a group of Research Software Engineers? If so, please help us by filling out the survey.
The RSE4ORD project created this survey to gain a better understanding of the current RSE landscape in Switzerland and its needs.
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