Presentation by Dr Samantha Pearman-Kanza, PhD on "Making our Future FAIRer: Data Stewardship, Digital Tools & Ethical AI in Academia" for SCI Event: The Art of the Possible: Data, Digitalisation & AI in Practice.
👉 Link to the slides: zenodo.org/records/1786...
#TBT when team CaSDaR was at the University of Oxford's Love Research Data 2026!
Both Haribo and Dr. Louise Saul are always thinking about data! 💭
Thank you for capturing the picture Damon Strange!
The 9th Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry Symposium's Speaker list is out!
Event details here: t.ly/1QlTJ
We are excited to announce that Layla Hosseini-Gerami, Chief Data Science Officer at Ignota Labs, will be speaking at the event! Book your spots!
🚨 Direct registration link 👉 t.ly/BG7nA
As we move towards automation and AI-driven data management, the human element remains irreplaceable. FAIR data may be the goal, but fair practice is what sustains it.
💡Let’s remember: good data begins with good people.
Data Stewards are the translators between raw information and meaningful knowledge.
They enforce standards, negotiate context, ethics, and trust.
They ask the right questions, align expectations, and bridge the gap between researchers, systems, and policies.
Beyond FAIR: The Human Element of Data Stewardship 🧍
We often talk about data being Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR), but behind every dataset that meets these standards is a person or a team who makes it possible.
Cassie-ception!
Cassie wishes everyone a very happy weekend! 🙌
👉 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for a thought provoking online meeting to share knowledge around the practicalities, benefits, and success stories of ERN adoption!
A two-day workshop for professionals who who want to act as multipliers and share Research Data Management knowledge in their organizations.
🎟️ Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.be/e/rda-europe...
Monday blues are hitting us all hard... Cassie and friends are dealing with it as well as the rest of us 🫠
Honestly? Jealous!
In partnership with @lborouniversity.bsky.social and CaSDaR Network+, NPSA and HEECA are delivering this inaugural webinar as a fantastic opportunity to introduce trusted research.
🖇️ Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/trusted-re...
The UK’s new Health Data Research Service (HDRS), backed by a landmark £600 million investment from the government and Wellcome, has the potential to revolutionise the use of health data for public benefit: t.ly/CQhdm
Click here to read the BMJ article: www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Our Network Coordinator, Dr. Louise Saul wears many hats! Here's Louise at School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, University of Southampton's Southampton Science Comedy Evening!
We hope Haribo stories were shared! 😼
👥 FIDELIS Data Reuse Workshops
📆 25 February 2026
🔗 Registration & details: eden-fidelis.eu/events/data-...
The three workshops are stand-alone events yet interrelated, and we warmly welcome you whether you wish to attend the whole day or only parts of it.
Team CaSDaR at the #IDCC26!
We had a wonderful time at the event along with our friends from the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI)
Thank you Digital Curation Centre for having us over!
As #LoveDataWeek ends, remember this one advice from Cassie, SharkCat and Dr. Octopus ➡️ Turn away from bad data practices!
Happy Weekend everyone! 🙌
O FAIR data, FAIR data, wherefore art thou siloed?
Deny thy chaos and refuse unstructured names.
Adopt thy lifecycle - create, process, preserve, share
And if thou wilt, be but sworn to a DMP,
That I may find thee, access thee, interoperate,
And reuse thee long after the project’s end
#LoveDataWeek
Happy Love Data Week 2026! SharkCat couldn't be more excited!
🌹 Roses are red,
🦈 Sharkcat is blue,
📊 If you don't make your data FAIR,
🙄 He will judge you!
But thy eternal persistent identifiers shall not end.
Nor lose possession of the FAIR thou owest.
So long as Cassie can breathe, and open data she can attend,
So long lives this, and gives life to thee.
#CaSDaR #LoveDataWeek #LDW2026 #FAIRData #DataLove
DMPs do shake the funding bids without data meaningful,
And ill-advised consent forms make data affrightful,
Sometimes people don't know why they are storing you for 10 years,
or how to control who is accessing,
and often FAIR vs. unFAIR is feared,
by chance, or by lack of training [contd]
This #LoveDataWeek 2026 and we've gone Shakespearean with our love for data here at CaSDaR Network+
Cassie and Dr. Louise Saul have re-written the sonnet and it deserves so much love!
Shall I compare thee to a lifecycle?
Thou art more lovely and more useful. [contd]
From good documentation and stewardship to FAIR and responsible use, loving your data means making it understandable, reusable, and trustworthy.
This week is a reminder that great research doesn’t happen at analysis time, but starts with how we care for data every step of the way 📊 🩷
🩷 It’s #LoveDataWeek 2026 and our favourites, Cassie and SharkCat are here to wish you!
At CaSDaR, we’re celebrating the people, skills, and practices that turn data into something truly valuable.
💻 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for a thought provoking online meeting to share knowledge around the practicalities, benefits, and success stories of ERN adoption.
📕 More details: www.psdi.ac.uk/event/electr...
The University of Southampton Research Data team have organised a range of fantastic online events for this year's International Love Data Week.
Register here: indico.soton.ac.uk/event/24/
📌 Book here: www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
This online course explains the need for research data services, how to find out about users and their needs and then how to apply this knowledge to create a portfolio of research data services that they will want to use.
The University of Southampton Research Data team have organised a range of fantastic online events for this year's International Love Data Week🎭
On the 10th February, 13.00-14.00 GMT, Matt Spitz Mahon will discuss Petabyte Scale Data Storage at the Glasgow University: indico.soton.ac.uk/event/25/
In this webinar, by Samuel Munday, Data Revival will demonstrate how advanced computer vision and domain-specific AI can transform this “dark data” into living, interoperable assets.
🔗 Register: www.psdi.ac.uk/event/webina...
Join us for Perspectives on Engagement and Impact, an in-person and highly interactive UK Data Service event designed for Early Career Researchers.
Find out more and register here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jisc/uk-da...
