research data management

Petabyte Scale Data Storage at the University of Glasgow

Online

The University of Southampton Research Data team have organised a range of fantastic online events for this year's International Love Data Week. This event features a talk by Matt Spitz Mahon at the University of Glasgow. The University of Glasgow has recently implemented petabyte scale, long-term storage for research data. In this talk, we present the features of the new storage and the timeline of implementation, and discuss considerations for our research data management service and open research agenda. 

Free

Perspectives on Engagement and Impact: a UK Data Service event for Early Career Researchers’

People's History Museum Leftbank, Leftbank, Leftbank, United Kingdom

The UK Data Service (UKDS) is running a free in-person event, held in The Engine Room at the People's History Museum in Manchester. This event will support ECRs to develop their skills in communicating their research for translation into policy. This workshop offers practical tools and inspiring perspectives to help you take the next step, with attendance from stakeholders interested in policy engagement. Through sessions such as 'Stakeholder Speed-Dating', Panel Discussions, and Lightning Keynotes, this interactive workshop looks like a great opportunity for ECRs to learn how to translate their data into impact through policy.

Free

Love Research Data 2026

The Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford, United Kingdom

Join us in the Sheldonian Theatre on Wednesday 11 February 2026 and find your perfect match when it comes to storing and sharing your research data. To coincide with the annual International Love Data Week, Research Data Management (RDM) support colleagues and services from the University of Oxford will be on hand for anyone wanting to learn more about how the University provides love and care for its valuable data collections. We will also be welcoming special guests to this year's event, and we will be joined by members of both the Trusted Research Environments Software Stewardship (TRESS) research project and the Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research (CaSDaR) network. This event will provide a valuable opportunity for Academic Researchers, Students, IT and Research Support teams, and any other interested parties, to be introduced to colleagues from the Bodleian Libraries, IT Services and Academic Division and beyond who are responsible for delivering the various Research Data Management services and platforms used at Oxford and support good practice in the UK sector more widely.

Free

Credibility, integrity and intent in research: The role of research data – Jen Gibson, Dryad

Online

The University of Southampton Research Data team have organised a range of fantastic online events for this year’s International Love Data Week. In this event Jen Gibson from Dryad will present on Credibility, integrity and intent in research: The role of research data. Jen’s talk will introduce Dryad, an open data publishing platform and a community committed to the open availability and routine re-use of all research data. Jen will touch upon credibility, integrity and intent in research and the role that research data play in these. 

Free

Where’s the data? Discovering Collections as Data at the University of Southampton Library – Matthew Phillips, University of Southampton Library

Online

The University of Southampton Research Data team have organised a range of fantastic online events for this year’s International Love Data Week. In this event Matt Phillips will talk about Discovering Collections as Data at the University of Southampton Library. Discover the Library Data Lab, the University of Southampton Library’s new collections as data service. In this talk we’ll consider what “collections as data” means and explore the APIs, datasets and other features of the Library Data Lab, as well as the standards and formats we use and why. We’ll see some of the work people have been able to do with our data and share Jupyter Notebooks that can help you get started using the Library Data Lab in your research.

Free