When high-quality, relevant and trustworthy data is sourced, made accessible and re-used responsibly, it can help all of us to make better informed decisions. At a time when our planet faces complex challenges such as climate change, social inequality, economic disruption, it’s vital that we make the most of this data. That’s why The Data Tank exists, collaborating with you to turn that vision into reality.
We’re redefining the role of Data Stewards. They will take the lead in identifying the challenges that data can help to solve – and do it in a responsible way, so that data reuse and sharing become a valued part of everyday life. Read on to find out more about our training and development programs.
To reuse and share data routinely, we need to build trust between data givers and receivers. A Social License, which legitimizes the principle of freeing up data for the common good, will create participatory frameworks in which to do this. Read on if you’d like to collaborate with us on this work.
We are home to an energetic online community. It brings together anyone who shares our vision to unlock data’s potential for public benefit, and is doing practical or theoretical work in this field. By pooling our ideas and adopting best practice, we can all move faster towards our common goal. Join us now.
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The Data Tank is looking to recruit a dynamic and hands-on Network and Business Development Manager to play a key role in building our community and expanding our activities. This is an exciting and impactful role within our small but growing international team. The successful applicant will ideally start as soon as possible.
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In response to a recent article published by The Data Tank’s Dr Stefaan G Verhulst on the job specs of data stewards (see below), Tim Davies from Connected By Data explores how those in this vital role can better support collective and participatory data governance practices.
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More data sharing can benefit society as a whole, but a lack of trust prevents that. A new kind of 'social license' could help." Read this interview (in Dutch) with Dr Julia Stamm and Dr Stefaan Verhulst, published in the published in the Belgian business and economics newspaper De Tijd on why we need to accelerate access to data to address societal challenges.
