News from the World Data System |
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Congratulations to the 2025 Data Stewardship Award Winners |
WDS is excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Data Stewardship Awards. After careful consideration of all candidates, the review team has selected the following individuals for their outstanding contributions:
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- Winner: Youhua Ran, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- 2nd Place: Micheal Arowolo, Xavier University of Louisiana, USA
- 3rd Place: Bhaleka Persaud, University of Waterloo, Canada
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We extend our gratitude to everyone who applied for the Data Stewardship Award. Special thanks to our team of reviewers for their time and expertise in evaluating candidates. Stay up to date on the latest Data Stewardship Award news here. More winner details will be shared soon.
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United Nations Working Group Update |
WDS would like to congratulate its ITO Associate Director, Reyna Jenkyns, for being selected to join the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Data Governance at All Levels. The Working Group on Data Governance (WG-DG) is tasked with facilitating a comprehensive and inclusive multi-stakeholder dialogue on data governance at various levels to support development. She will be working as a representative from the technical community.
The WG will report on its progress to the United Nations General Assembly, including follow-up recommendations towards equitable and interoperable data governance arrangements, which may include:
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- Fundamental principles of data governance at all levels as relevant for development.
- Proposals to support interoperability between national, regional, and international data systems.
- Considerations of sharing the benefits of data.
- Options to facilitate safe, secure and trusted data flows, including cross-border DataFlows as relevant for development (all SDGs).
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Congratulations again to Reyna for this wonderful opportunity to participate in the WG on Data Governance. We look forward to sharing more highlights as the work continues.
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Congratulations to Daniela Santos Oliveira |
WDS-IPO Project Manager, Daniela Santos Oliveira, received the Tenopir-King Research Excellence Award in recognition of research excellence by Research Innovation Center (RIC) Employees at the University of Tennessee.
Each year RIC presents two Tenopir-King Research Excellence Awards. They are presented to honor Dr. Carol Tenopir, Chancellor’s Professor Emerita and retired member of the School of Information Sciences faculty, who is world-renowned for her research about scholarly communication, and Donald King, Dr. Tenopir’s long-time research partner, who also was a member of CCI’s Board of Visitors.
Daniela has continually contributed to the WDS by supporting long-term relationships with colleagues from 10 countries in Central and Latin America. Her thorough attention to detail, ability to overcome language barriers, and consistent communication with partners have been pivotal in the success of workshops and the achievement of two key goals in the WDS Action Plan. Daniela's also worked on the development of the WDS Webinar Series on International Repository-related Policies. Congratulations to Daniela for receiving this prestigious award!
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5 Reasons to attend IDW 2025! |
Have you registered for IDW 2025 yet? With a variety of registration options available, including full registrations, student, low-middle-income country, and single-day passes, there’s a choice for everyone. Don’t miss out, register before the early bird deadline to reap the savings.
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- Connect with experts from around the world
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Experience Australia
- Attend the amazing Eat Street Social
- Present your research
- Explore Brisbane
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Read more on the reasons to attend IDW 2025 here.
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On 10 April, WDS presented the “WDS Webinar Series on International Repository-related Policies: Argentina and Colombia.” An expert panel at the event discussed their unique perspectives on Open Science Policies and how they impacted data repositories in each one of their home countries.
Visit the Webinar Archive page to watch the recording and view the published slides.
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Events and Workshop Announcements |
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How do global scholarly communicators approach policy and initiatives that affect their research infrastructures? Join WDS Member, the International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI), for a webinar on 22 April to find out!
The ICSTI Impact Forum is a virtual webinar opportunity for ICSTI members and guests. At this event, subject-matter experts offer talks on ICSTI’s current work and perspectives on global STI topics. Each meeting also includes time for open discussion with IIF speakers. The 2025 IIF topic will be Global Perspectives on Open Science: Policy Driven Research Infrastructures. Stay tuned to icsti.org and follow them on X and LinkedIn for updates.
Date: 22 April 2025
Time: 9:00 UTC
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Deadline Extended! Call for Sessions, Presentations, and Posters: SciDataCon 2025, part of IDW 2025 |
Given popular demand, the deadline for proposals for SciDataCon 2025 sessions and individual presentations is being extended!
We invite session proposals as well as abstracts for presentations and posters at International Data Week's SciDataCon 2025: Data for Positive Change taking place 13-16 October in Brisbane, Australia.
The deadline for submitting proposals for sessions and individual presentations has been extended to 23:59 AEST (12:59 UTC) on Friday, 25 April 2025. The deadline for posters, however, remains unchanged as 23:59 AEST on Thursday, 15 May 2025.
To submit a proposal, please create an account in the SciDataCon conference system.
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The Fair Digital Objects Forum (FDOF) will be hosting a May workshop on the challenges that researchers face when building an integrated data space across many disciplines and service centers in Norway. The event will facilitate data sharing and reuse to benefit researchers around the world. The country-wide approach to harmonization in Norway is an excellent case to discuss the challenges and the solutions taken.
Date: 19 May 2025
Time: 13:00-15:00 UTC
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First Call: World Data System Asia-Oceania Conference 2025 |
The World Data System (WDS) Asia-Oceania Conference 2025 is set to take place in Beijing, China. The Asia-Oceania region plays an important role in multi-disciplinary data collection, storage, management, mining, stewardship, and even knowledge discovery in the world. WDS-led international conferences on the data-related activities in the A&O region were held in 2017, 2019, 2020 (online), and 2023. The WDS China Group, the WDS community of Japan, and other stakeholders in the A&O region are dedicated to establish an open-data network in the A&O region through the collaboration.
This event will be held in September of 2025, organized by the WDS China Group, hosted by the Institute of Geographical Science and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), CAS.
Important Dates
Registration: 1 April to 1 August 2025
Abstract and exhibition proposal Submission: 15 April to 15 June 2025
Event: 8-12 September 2025
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Make an Impact: Calls for Papers and Providing Feedback |
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FIDELIS Landscape Survey Launched |
The FIDELIS landscape survey has been launched. The landscape survey aims to contribute to understanding the current needs of repositories in specific areas. The results will inform different parts of the project, guiding efforts in providing harmonization, training, and support for repositories.
The survey consists of a core set of questions, with optional supplementary questions for those who wish to provide additional information. The core questions are estimated to take around 20 minutes, with the whole survey taking approximately 40 minutes if all additional questions are also answered. Because of the inclusion of open-ended questions, the true duration of the survey will vary largely between people.
The survey is also open to respondents from outside of Europe, despite the focus of the project being initially European. The survey will remain open until Friday, 25 April 2025. Updates on the survey will be provided in June.
For any questions about the survey, you can consult the glossary or contact maaike.verburg@dans.knaw.nl.
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Call for Papers: CMC-Corpora 2025 |
The International Conference on Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Social Media Corpora for the Humanities brings together language-centered research on CMC and social media in linguistics, philologies, communication sciences, media, and social sciences with research questions from the fields of corpus and computational linguistics, language technology, text technology, and machine learning.
Submission Deadline: 15 May 2025
Event Date: 4–5 September 2025
Location: Bayreuth, Germany
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| Call for Expressions of Interest: Geoscience funding for Africa |
UNESCO’s International Geoscience Program (IGCP) is inviting Expressions of Interest for research projects led by geoscientists based in African institutions. This initiative aligns with the current UNESCO and International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) priorities to strengthen geoscience research in Africa. In line with this plan, UNESCO and IUGS will support projects by region, starting with Africa.
Successful projects may receive up to 50,000 USD for an initial one-year period, with the possibility of renewal for up to four years. Learn more about applications and what the submission must include below.
Deadline 15 May 2025
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Effort to Enhance National Research Data Management Ecosystem Infrastructure |
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) is partnering with Lyrasis to pilot a Research Activity Identifier (RAiD) service for organizations in the United States. The National Science Foundation (NSF) support has helped SDSC develop North America's first RAiD registration authority and to set up the governance, agreements, and financial structure to create a sustainable service.
There is an interest form and more information here on the two-year pilot project from Lyrasis, in case readers would like to join the community list and receive further updates.
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Career Development and Job Opportunities |
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Lecturer at the University of Exeter |
The Department of Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology at the University of Exeter is recruiting a new Lecturer in Philosophy (Artificial Intelligence and Data) as part of their strategic investment in this area. The new Lecturer will contribute to excellence in research and teaching in Philosophy and enhance the global reputation in this area for the university.
This is a permanent full-time position and applications will close 21 April 2025. For more information, please contact the Head of SPSPA, Prof Robert Lamb here: r.lamb@exeter.ac.uk.
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