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Read Now – Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: April 2026 Edition
Why disaster risk financing must evolve to meet the climate crisis Climate-related disasters are increasing in frequency and severity, while global adaptation and resilience finance remains largely reactive and far below estimated needs. Evidence shows finance flows...
Read Now – April 2026: Publications in the Data Science Journal
Title: Open Science, Health Data and Epistemic Harms: A Multidisciplinary Reflection Author: Tatenda Chatikobo, Frances Griffiths, Nikita Hayden, Gary Leeming, Ankita Mishra, Eva Morris, Luca Schirru, Nathanael Sheehan, Andrew Williams, Sharifah Sekalala URL:...
TWO WEEKS TO GO – Call for participation: UNESCO and CODATA survey on open science for data policy for times of crisis
How do organizations handle data in crises? A global survey explores policy implementation aligned with open science. Participate in the survey: https://surveys.unesco.org/UNESCO-CODATA-DPTC The questionnaire takes approximately 10 – 15 minutes to complete. The...
Final call for nominations: Digital Preservation Awards 2026 (deadline 5 May)
The Digital Preservation Coalition welcomes nominations for the prestigious Digital Preservation Awards, offering international recognition of achievements by people and organizations who have made significant contributions towards a sustainable future for our digital...
Conference call for Papers: 26-27 November, Johannesburg Business School, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa
An invitation to scholars, industry practitioners and post-graduate students with research interests in the fields of Decision Science, Data Science, Information Science, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Information Systems, and other information studies....
CDIF-4-XAS Implementation Plan
The OSCARS CDIF-4-XAS project is pleased to announce the publication of an extra deliverable (D3) the CDIF-4-XAS Implementation Plan. CDIF-4-XAS Implementation Plan https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19651219 This document describes the first proposal to integrate the...
Shaping the Future of Cognitively Healthy Aging: A Global Survey Initiative
An initiative building on the activities of the 2023-2025 CODATA Task Group Data-driven social change towards a society promoting cognitively healthy aging is currently gathering expert perspectives on cognitively healthy aging — the ability to maintain cognitive...
Celebrate 50 Years of CESSDA in Bergen: Future-Ready Social Science
This summer marks a remarkable milestone as CESSDA celebrates its 50th anniversary. To mark this occasion, we are thrilled to invite you to the conference "Future-Ready Social Science: Data, Policy, and Impact," taking place from 15–18 June 2026 in Bergen, Norway. We...
Final Days for Standard Registration: Dataverse Community Meeting 2026
Standard Registration deadline for the Dataverse Community Meeting 2026 is fast approaching. Be sure to secure your spot by 15 April to join the DCM2026 at the World Trade Center in Barcelona from 12–15 May. You can register via the following link: Register...
Webinar Today! Dealing with Changing Global Policy Dynamics: Emergency Management and its Impact on Disasters Survivors
Prof. Dr. B. Burcak Basbug, Professor of Statistics and Disaster Science, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkiye, co-chair of the CODATA International Data Policy Committee and of the UNESCO-CODATA Data Policy for Times of Crisis initiative, is speaking in a...