The Nordic Data Stewardship Network (NDSN) is a collaborative initiative aimed at strengthening data stewardship across the Nordic countries.
Upcoming event(s)
The Nordic Data Stewardship seminar - Save the date
A hybrid meeting for Nordic data stewards in Helsinki on May 6th 2026
Organized by the NDSN with CSC – IT Center for Science and The Nordic e-Infrastructure Collaboration (NeIC)
We’ll dive into best practices for data management, ethics, and open science. Agenda coming soon.
The NDSN invites all those involved in data stewardship to join the NDSN online forum (hosted on the Swedish Sunet Forum platform) to receive regular updates on issues related to data stewardship. Also to sign up to our newsletter to receive the latest updates, insights, and news related to data stewardship directly to their inbox
The NSDN steering group:
Abdulrahman Azab : Sigma2
Anna-Maria Hämäläinen : CSC - IT Center for Science
Anna Sofie Fink : Danish e-infrastructure Consortium (DeiC)
Carolin Rebernig-Hedman : Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University
Eiríkur Stephensen : University of Iceland
Federico Bianchini : University of Oslo
Katrine Flindt Holmstrand : Technical University of Denmark
Kjartan Ólafsson : Icelandic research data service (DATICE), University of Iceland
Michaela Barth : KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Päivi Rauste : CSC - IT Center for Science
Olivia Ekman : Umeå University Library
To contact the steering group, please email Kjartan Ólafsson (kolafsson@hi.is)
Past events
Current challenges for data stewardship in the Nordic countries
22 October 2025, Online 10:00 to 12:00 (CET)
The meeting agenda:
- Welcome and short introduction to the NDSN. Kjartan Ólafsson, head of data management at DATICE - The Icelandic Research Data Service.
- The background to the NDSN. Curtis Sharma, Researcher at the University of Oslo and leader of the Skills4EOSC WP6 Professional Networks for Lifelong Learning (2022-2025)
- The Sonrai Network in Ireland. Jenny O’Neill, Data Manager at UCD Sonrai.
- A Nordic overview. Members of the NDSN steering group.
- Current challenges for Nordic data stewards (with input from participants. Anna-Maria Hämäläinen, CSC - IT Center for Science