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21 October 2025

DANS contributes to SURF Tech Trends 2026

FAIR and Open data Collaborations

Which technological developments will be most relevant for research and higher education institutions in the coming years? The SURF Tech Trends 2026 report offers insights into ten technological themes that are expected to shape the future of the digital infrastructure in the Netherlands. The report was developed in collaboration with experts from various institutions — including DANS, which contributed its expertise in data management.

Image of the cover of the E-data magazine

15 October 2025

E-data & Research closes a chapter

After nearly twenty years and sixty-six issues, the final edition of e-Data & Research will appear on 27 October 2025. Since its first issue in 2006, the magazine has reported on developments in digital research data within the social sciences and humanities, marking the end of an era. What began as an initiative of DANS grew into a joint endeavour involving institutions such as CBS, Centerdata, CLARIAH, the KNAW Humanities Cluster, and ODISSEI.

14 October 2025

New: RDA Knowledge Base

RDM Tools

October 6th marked the launch of the RDA Knowledge Base, a suite of tools and services for RDA users, developed by DANS in the RDA TIGER project. In short, the Knowledge Base helps users find, annotate, and publish RDA-related materials.

13 October 2025

DANS presents at iPRES 2025

FAIR and Open data RDM Training & Outreach

We are proud to share that our Data Processing Team Leader Valentijn Gilissen will present a short paper at the upcoming International Conference on Digital Preservation (iPRES 2025) in Wellington, New Zealand. Valentijn’s presentation, titled “Caring about Enhanced Curation – What, Why, When, How and Who?”, is part of Paper Session 10 on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM local time.

13 October 2025

Archaeology on the Map

Archaeology

DANS has updated the map functionality of its Data Station Archaeology. When users search for a given topic for example, a specific period they are presented with a list of datasets whose locations are visualised via the Map tab and can be further explored there.

22 September 2025

Celebration of 10 years DataverseNL

DataverseNL

FAIR and Open data

On 16 September, the DataverseNL community gathered in Utrecht to celebrate the service’s 10th anniversary. More than 70 professionals took part, reflecting on a decade of growth, innovation and collaboration.