Read Now – Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: July 2025 Edition
Rising to the challenge: boosting adaptation and resilience for development One in five people globally are at high risk from climate-related hazards-not just because they're exposed to floods, heatwaves, cyclones, or droughts, but because poverty or limited access to...
Register Now: Webinar – Addressing Urban Heat Islands for Equitable Climate Resilience
Date: 2nd September 2025 Time: 09:00-10:00 CEST / 07:00-08:00 UTC Moderator : Shaily Gandhi (shaily.gandhi@it-u.at) Speakers: Virginia Murray, Juma Rahman, Thanasis Sfetsosand Bapon Fakhruddin Register...
Download and use the UNESCO-CODATA Data Policies for Times of Crisis Toolkit Now!
The UNESCO-CODATA Toolkit: Data Policies for Times of Crisis Facilitated by Open Science (DPTC) is a major addition to the UNESCO Open Science Toolkit. The UNESCO-CODATA DTPC Toolkit aims to operationalize open science principles, as outlined in the 2021 UNESCO...
From wildfires and earthquakes to cyberattacks and pandemics: a comprehensive new guide to today’s hazards
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the International Science Council (ISC) have released an updated edition of the UNDRR-ISC Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs). This comprehensive guide offers clear, standardized information on 281...
Read Now – Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: June 2025 Edition
Disaster Resilience in New Zealand: What we can learn from Australia. As climate risks and disasters intensify and our infrastructure ages, ensuring the disaster resilience of critical infrastructure comes at a cost, but who should bear it? At Infrastructure New...
IDW 2025 – Programme live; Early bird registration by 15 July
Get the data on the IDW 2025 Programme We are thrilled to announce that the programme for IDW 2025 is live! See: https://idw2025.org/program-at-a-glance/ From groundbreaking keynotes to innovative sessions, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, the event...
Call for Papers – FOR 2026 Conference: The Future of Open Research: Reliable, Responsible, Equitable
4-6 May 2026, Institute for Advanced Studies, Technical University of Munich Conference URL with preliminary information and submission guidelines: https://opensciencestudies.eu/for-2026-conference/ The future of open research is uncertain. On the one hand, decades of...
Apply for EOSC EDEN Curation Workshop and help to shape the future of research data curation in Europe!
📢 The EOSC EDEN project is creating an expert curation network that will enhance and facilitate curation and digital preservation processes to ensure research data remain FAIR in the long term. To discuss and lay the foundation of this network, we invite research data...
Integrating Citizen Science Data into Official Statistics for Air Quality Monitoring: webinar, 16 June
🌍 Webinar: Integrating Citizen Science Data into Official Statistics for Air Quality Monitoring 📅 Date: Monday, 16 June 2025 🕛 Time: 12:00–13:30 UTC\ 📍 Online | Free registration required: https://tinyurl.com/47tajavd Citizen science is emerging as a powerful tool to...
Read Now – May 2025: Publications in the Data Science Journal
Title: Research Data Management in Environmental Studies: Scoping Review and Bibliometrics Analysis Author: Rosini, Mudiyati Rahmatunnisa, Sunardi, Ida Fajar Priyanto URL: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2025-020 Title: Incorporating Open Data Philosophies into the...