Yanina Bellini Saibene

As part of rOpenSci's 15th anniversary celebrations, Community Manager Yani sits down with community member Mo to talk about how a first software review turned into years of involvement across R-Universe, the Champions Program, the Slack community, and core package work.

We started this article as an interview series with Champions from our program, and we decided to publish for our 15th anniversary series. This is the interview with Carolina Pradier, main maintainer of the eph package. Carolina Pradier has long worked to make the world a more equitable place.

We started this article as an interview series with Champions from our program, and we decided to publish for our 15th anniversary series. This is the interview with Carolina Pradier, main maintainer of the eph package. Carolina Pradier has long worked to make the world a more equitable place.

In June 2026, rOpenSci marked its 15th anniversary with three community celebration events: a themed coworking event and two extra events. This post captures the reflections and ideas shared by participants across the two special gatherings named "rOpenSci Community Celebration: Then, Now & Next" that were held to accommodate different time zones.

In June 2026, rOpenSci marked its 15th anniversary with three community celebration events: a themed coworking event and two extra events. This post captures the reflections and ideas shared by participants across the two special gatherings named "rOpenSci Community Celebration: Then, Now & Next" that were held to accommodate different time zones.

May was Open Source Software Maintainer Month.Behind every R package there is at least one person who responds to issues, reviews pull requests, keeps up with dependency changes, and makes sure everything still works.During Maintainer Month we wanted to celebrate rOpenSci's package maintainer community. 🔗The social media campaign One of our commitments to our community is to amplify the people who make it work.

May was Open Source Software Maintainer Month.Behind every R package there is at least one person who responds to issues, reviews pull requests, keeps up with dependency changes, and makes sure everything still works.During Maintainer Month we wanted to celebrate rOpenSci's package maintainer community. 🔗The social media campaign One of our commitments to our community is to amplify the people who make it work.

What makes rOpenSci's software peer review work is people who care deeply about the quality and usability of scientific software, and who give their time and expertise to help others build it better. Today, we're pleased to announce three new members of our editorial team.

What makes rOpenSci's software peer review work is people who care deeply about the quality and usability of scientific software, and who give their time and expertise to help others build it better. Today, we're pleased to announce three new members of our editorial team.

We are very happy to introduce the new rOpenSci Champions.This group will experience the program and work in Spanish, allowing us to continue to strengthen the open science and research software development community in this language.We are excited about the projects they will develop, which address real challenges from different disciplines and territories in Latin America.