Across Europe there is broad agreement that research assessment must recognise more than publications and citations. Frameworks such as CoARA and DORA have set out the principles. Yet the instruments that would make those principles workable — profiles, CV formats, policies and HR tools — have largely been developed separately, with little interoperability. Institutions willing to reform face a scattered toolkit and no clear route through it.

ARION closes that gap. It brings four interventions into one connected, open system, tests them in live assessment with eight pilot institutions, and publishes everything so any organisation in Europe can adopt it — together or one piece at a time.