{"id":3081,"date":"2025-10-09T09:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/?p=3081"},"modified":"2025-10-09T09:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:30:24","slug":"daphne-raban-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee-ordinary-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/09\/daphne-raban-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee-ordinary-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Daphne Raban: Candidacy for CODATA Executive Committee Ordinary Member"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is the second in the series of short statements from candidates in the coming CODATA Elections at <\/span><\/i>the General Assembly to be held on 17-18 October 2025<\/span><\/i><\/a>. Daphne Raban is a candidate for the CODATA Executive Committee as an Ordinary Member.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>She was nominated by Israel.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

My interest in data and information spans over three decades, beginning with a professional career in 1992 and continuing through my academic career since 2000. Today, I serve as a full professor at the University of Haifa\u2019s School of Business Administration. My research has ranged from early studies on the challenges of analyzing web-based data, through investigations of preferential attachment and information diffusion, to e-commerce behavior and the economics of information. More recently, I co-authored theoretical and experimental work on information markets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond research, I have been deeply involved in data-related institutional leadership. For the past five years, I served as Academic Head of the University of Haifa\u2019s central library\u2014the leading academic library in Israel\u2014where I witnessed firsthand how libraries evolve from access providers into producers and preservers of digital data. I was also honored to serve in a committee of the National Academy of Sciences tasked with introducing data science education across all university disciplines, a recommendation that has since been adopted across Israeli universities.<\/span><\/p>\n

As chair of the Israeli CODATA National Committee (NC), I have worked with colleagues to draft a mission statement, carefully aligned with CODATA\u2019s strategic priorities, that emphasizes data management and literacy, research collaborations, and the recognition of national policy as a cornerstone for progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, the Israeli NC has taken part in several initiatives: reviewing options for institutional data repositories, contributing to a national request to join DARIAH, leading a major preservation project for historical testimony data, and engaging with CODATA activities such as the IDPC and EDEN survey. I also make sure to circulate CODATA communications to scholars in Israel, helping to strengthen awareness and participation in this international community. During IDW, I will present two papers at SciDataCon 2025, participate in a panel discussion and attend the CODATA General Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n

My engagement with CODATA over the past three years, and my leadership of the Israeli NC, have been a source of valuable learning. Serving on the Executive Committee would allow me to deepen this mutual exchange: bringing CODATA\u2019s global expertise into Israel, while also sharing the Israeli experience in building data stewardship, institutional repositories, and open science policies.<\/span><\/p>\n

I see this candidacy as a chance to contribute, but also to learn. If elected, I will work to strengthen CODATA\u2019s visibility, foster practical applications of its knowledge, and continue advancing open science, data stewardship, and data-driven research.<\/span><\/p>\n

In summary, my main strengths as a candidate for the CODATA Executive Committee:<\/span><\/p>\n