In accordance with the CODATA constitution and on the basis of nominations received, the CODATA Nominating Committee, chaired by Professor Barend Mons, CODATA Past President, has prepared the following electoral slate which strikes a balance with regard to disciplines, countries, and specialised expertise relevant to CODATA and its current activities, while also reflecting the diversity of the global data community.
The following Offices are open for election:
- Secretary General (1 position, to serve 2025-29)
- Treasurer (1 position, to serve 2025-29)
- Executive Committee Ordinary Members (10 positions, to serve 2025-27)
The CODATA General Assembly 2025 will take place on 17-18 October 2025 in Brisbane, Australia, and online.
Secretary General (1 position, to serve 2025-29)
- Christine Kirkpatrick, nominated by USA: statement in support of candidacy
Treasurer (1 position, to serve 2025-29)
- Steven McEachern, nominated by DDI Alliance: statement in support of candidacy
Executive Committee Ordinary Members (10 positions, to serve 2025-27)
- Burcak Basbug Erkan, nominated by Data Policy for Times of Crisis Facilitated by Open Science (DPTC) Task Group; Middle East Technical University: statement in support of candidacy
- David Castle, nominated by World Data System: statement in support of candidacy
- Jeremy Frey, nominated by United Kingdom: statement in support of candidacy
- Donald Hobern, nominated by Australia: statement in support of candidacy
- Lianglin HU, nominated by China: statement in support of candidacy
- Agnes Kiragga, nominated by Kenya: statement in support of candidacy
- Pankaj Kumar, nominated by International Geographical Union: statement in support of candidacy
- Leo Lahti, nominated by Finland: statement in support of candidacy
- Kuo-Fong Ma, nominated by Academy of Sciences located in Taipei: statement in support of candidacy
- Pam Maras, nominated by International Union of Psychological Science: statement in support of candidacy
- Audrey Masizana, nominated by Kenya; Botswana: statement in support of candidacy
- Lauren Maxwell, nominated by Research Data Alliance: statement in support of candidacy
- Narinder Mehra, nominated by India: statement in support of candidacy
- Yasuyuki Minamiyama, nominated by Japan: statement in support of candidacy
- Mark Musen, nominated by USA: statement in support of candidacy
- Marc Nyssen, nominated by International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine: statement in support of candidacy
- Francisca Oladipo, nominated by GO FAIR Foundation: statement in support of candidacy
- Daphne Raban, nominated by Israel: statement in support of candidacy
- Rodrigo Roa, nominated by Chile: statement in support of candidacy
- Cyrus Walther, nominated by International Union of Pure and Applied Physics: statement in support of candidacy