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Bridging the Glacier Finance Gap in the Decade of Cryospheric Sciences
Bapon Fakhruddin, CODATA TG-FAIR DRR and Shaily Gandhi, IT:U Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria On March 3, 2026, the FAIR Data for Disaster Risk Research working group of CODATA convened a webinar titled “Glacier Adaptation and Financing,” bringing...
CDIF4EOSC: watch this space!
CODATA is very pleased to communicate that we are well-advanced with the Grant Agreement Preparation process with the European Commission for the recently approved proposal CDIF4EOSC: Developing and implementing the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework for EOSC....
Sustaining Research Data Capacity: Reflections from a CODATA Journey (2017–2025)
Felix Emeka Anyiam (Initial Co-Lead CODATA Connect 2019-2024) In this post, Felix Emeka Anyiam, who was Initial Co-Lead of CODATA Connect, our Early Career Researcher initiative, from 2019-2024, reflects on his experiences over eight years of participating in CODATA...
DCM2026: Preliminary Programme; Early Bird Registration extended till 9 March
Preliminary programme for the Dataverse Community Meeting 2026 has now been published. See https://dcm2026.com/preliminary-programme/. DCM2026 will take place on 12-15 May at the World Trade Center in Barcelona. Take advantage of the Early Bird registration fee, till...
TOMORROW! Glacier Adaptation and financing, data dimensions: Register for webinar on 4 March!
Date: 3rd March 2026, Time: 9:00 am to 9:45 am CEST Moderator : Shaily Gandhi Speakers: Anil Mishra Dhiraj Pradhananga Dr. Miriam Jackson Dr. Bapon Fakhruddin As we mark 2025 as the “Year of the Glacier,” the urgency to address the rapid retreat of these critical ice...
Read Now – February 2026: Publications in the Data Science Journal
Title: FIP Check: A Rubric-Based Tool for Assessing FAIR Implementation Profiles and Enabling Resources Author: Sungha Kang, John Graybeal, Barbara Magagna, Erik Schultes, Nancy Hoebelheinrich, Chris Erdmann, Ismael Kherroubi Garcia, Julianne Christopher, Christine R....
Beyond Articles: Rethinking Diamond Open Access for a Data-Driven Research Future
What would it take for Diamond OA to evolve into a holistic, equitable, and data-rich scholarly ecosystem — one that meaningfully includes early-career researchers? More specifically, what kinds of alignment are required between policy, funding, research assessment,...
Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: February 2026 Edition
Why Infrastructure Must Shift from Disaster Recovery to Resilience in a High-Risk World Asia and the Pacific face over US $170 billion in annual disaster losses as infrastructure built for past climates fails under modern risks. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) calls...
Final Reminder: deadline approaching for poster submissions to DCM2026
Final reminder to submit a poster for the Dataverse Community Meeting 2026, 12-15 May, World Trade Center, Barcelona. The deadline is February 16, 2026 (note that the deadline for presentations has passed): https://dcm2026.com/call-for-papers/ Posters could cover one...
Towards a data strategy for the Fifth International Polar Year (IPY5)
Planning of the IPY5 (2032-33) is underway and CODATA is excited to be a member of the IPY Planning Group. CODATA has a keen interest in ensuring that IPY5 is a success and marks another step forward in data stewardship. To that end, an IPY5 Data Task Group to develop...