DANS has an active Training Team with expertise in a wide range of areas, including open science, research data management (RDM), FAIR and research infrastructures. As a research data repository, we also have a busy team of data specialists who manage our Data Stations, steward and process data, and also provide training and support to depositors and users.
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It’s 1985. Take On Me by Norwegian band A-Ha is topping the charts, telephones still weigh a kilo, youth unemployment is sky-high, and squatters’ riots are a frequent occurrence in Amsterdam. In the midst of these turbulent times, Marion walks into the Steinmetz Archive – the predecessor of DANS. Exactly 40 years later we celebrate her well deserved retirement.
Due to the nationwide train strike, the DataverseNL 10th anniversary event unfortunately had to be postponed. A new date has now been confirmed: 16 september 2025, location Domstad, Utrecht.
DANS is a partner in the SSHOC-NL project – Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud – which brings together ODISSEI and CLARIAH to strengthen the research infrastructure in the social sciences and humanities. Two recent deliverables highlight DANS’ work on improving data deposit workflows and discovery tools for FAIR data use.
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On 1 June 2005, DANS was founded as a joint initiative of the KNAW and NWO. Over the past two decades, DANS has developed into the national centre of expertise for sustainable access to and reuse of research data.
DANS is involved as a knowledge partner iniSchool Netherlands: Dutch Design, an educational initiative that offers international students insight into the Dutch landscape of data management and digital heritage. The programme is organised in collaboration with the national iSchools platform, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, DOK Delft, and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
