Digital identity

In a context of rapidly expanding scientific literature, managing one's digital identity is a strategic issue for all researchers.

If you would like to learn more:

• our training offer doctoral and continuing education: it offers 2- or 3-hour training courses dedicated to digital identity
• our webinar on creating your IdHAL and CV-HAL

ORCID, which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor IDentifier, is an international system that allows research staff to create a unique and permanent digital identifier (ORCID ID) to distinguish themselves unambiguously. The ORCID profile has thus become an essential part of a researcher's digital identity and accompanies them throughout their career.

For more information, see our webinar Promoting your research with ORCID.

In 2026, UM will launch a campaign to encourage the creation and maintenance of ORCID IDs by offering to certify the accounts of UM faculty members.