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DDI Alliance @ddialliance.bsky.social · 15d

Registration is open for #EDDI2025, the annual conference for users of the DDI Alliance metadata specifications for the social, demographic, economic, and health sciences. Join us in Budapest this December!
More ➡️ bit.ly/4mtmkPL

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National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) @nacda-icpsr.bsky.social · 22d

Workshop Alert!
Creating an NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan with ICPSR
Virtual Workshop – October 30, 2025, 10am-1pm EST

Join ICPSR for a practical virtual workshop designed to help you navigate the requirements of the NIH’s DMS Policy.

myumi.ch/y1NM1

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National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) @nacda-icpsr.bsky.social · Sep 4

Making your dataset from The National Social Life Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) just got easier.
Learn about the new Colectica portal where you can create custom data extracts and browse variables across waves, side-by-side.
harmonize.icpsr.umich.edu/Account/Logi...

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European DDI Conference @european-ddi.bsky.social · Sep 1

The EDDI 2025 Program Committee has extended the deadline for submissions to this years conference in Budspest until Monday 8th September 23:59 UTC+1.

More details at the Conference website at: events.geant.org/event/1879/

17th European DDI Users Conference, Budapest

Follow the conference on https://bsky.app/profile/european-ddi.bsky.social

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LISER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research @liser.lu · Aug 29

⭐ A New Chapter for Labor Market and Socio-Economic Research in Luxembourg

The IZA - Institute of Labor Economics @iza.org, will join LISER as its new institutional home starting January 1, 2026. 🤝

ℹ️ Learn more:

🔗 www.liser.lu/news/iza-liser

🔗 shorturl.at/WuGuC

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · Aug 1

Regarding the firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, we are dismayed to see the continuing politicization of the federal statistical system and undermining of the work of our federal employees. The friends of BLS statement says it all.

COPAFS @copafs.bsky.social · Aug 1

Statement from Friends of BLS on Commissioner McEntarfer’s Removal.

“This escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence and integrity of the federal statistical system.”

www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...

Statement on Commissioner McEntarfer’s Removal — The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Today, President Trump called into question the integrity of the Employment Situation report that the BLS released this morning. He accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of deliberately reporting ...

www.friendsofbls.org

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European DDI Conference @european-ddi.bsky.social · Jul 22

We have opened sponsorship for this years conference. More details at

events.geant.org/event/1879/p...

17th European DDI Users Conference, Budapest

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DDI Alliance @ddialliance.bsky.social · Jul 16

DDI helps make research data FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable. Whether you're a researcher, data manager, statistical agency, or developer, DDI provides tools and best practices to enhance your work. Learn more at ddialliance.org/use-case-by-role

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European DDI Conference @european-ddi.bsky.social · Jul 15

#ESRA25 two excellent hours of metadata and infrastructure discussions on Thursday “New Developments in Using, Sharing, and Re-using Metadata” co-organised by @kwoid.de from a great set of organisations who oil the wheels for European social science to make everyones lives easier.

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DDI Alliance @ddialliance.bsky.social · May 30

📣 We’re excited to announce the newly elected members of the DDI Scientific Board and Executive Board! 🎉

Their 4-year terms begin July 1, and we’re grateful for their dedication to advancing the mission of the DDI Alliance. Read more about them at bit.ly/3SnwCEF

#DDI #MetadataStandard #FAIRdata

Congratulations to Our New Board Members!
Scientific: Noemi Betancort Cabrera, SuUB Library-Bremen & Qualiservice; Simon Hodson, CODATA; Amber Leahey, Borealis: The Canadian Dataverse Repository; Hilde Orten, Sikt – the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research. Executive: Alina Danciu, Sciences Po, Paris; Steve McEachern, UK Data Service; Katja Moilanen, Finnish Social Science Data Archive.

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DDI Alliance @ddialliance.bsky.social · Apr 30

📣 The #DDIAlliance is showing up strong at #IASSIST2025 in Bristol, UK — June 3–6, 2025! Come connect with us and explore our presentations and posters.
Check the schedule 👉 bit.ly/42Qbsni

#DDI #MetadataStandard #FAIRdata

DDI and iassist logos with text: 50th Annual Conference of IASSIST. https://iassistdata.org/conferences/iassist2025/.

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DDI Alliance @ddialliance.bsky.social · May 21

The 17th European DDI User Conference (EDDI 2025) is accepting proposals for presentations, papers & posters. Join us in Budapest, Hungary, December 1-5 to share your insights on metadata standards & data documentation. ▶️ ddialliance.org/news/call-for-proposals-17th-european-ddi-conference-eddi-2025

EDDI European DDI User Conference and Research Documentation Centre at the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences logos. Text: Call for Proposals - 17th European DDI Conference (EDDI 2025).
Case Studies, Mature implementations, Early Implementations, Interplay of DDI with other standards or technologies, Projects in early phases in which DDI is under consideration, Critiques of DDI, Community building activities. Find out more & submit by Sept 1
https://events.geant.org/e/eddi2025

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Progedo @progedo.bsky.social · May 12

📢 L’IR Progedo #recrute un ou une ingénieur·e d'études en production, traitement, analyse de données et enquêtes dans le cadre du projet ANR EXO-POPP, sous la direction de @sandrabree.bsky.social.

🔗 En savoir plus : exopopp.hypotheses.org

📌 Postulez avant le 1ᵉʳ juin 2025 : bit.ly/43hMBZV

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ICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · Mar 27

Congrats to ICPSR Director Maggie Levenstein for her elevation to the rank of #AAASFellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science! More: myumi.ch/QwrbD

#ResearchDataEcosystem #economics #data #SocialScience #sbeccc @umich.edu @aaas.org @um-src.bsky.social

Maggie Levenstein named 2004 AAAS Fellow, for distinguished contributions to industrial organization and historical economics, especially information systems, competition dynamics, cartels and antitrust policies, as well as systematic improvements to national social science data policies.

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European DDI Conference @european-ddi.bsky.social · Feb 24

That’s terrible news.

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European DDI Conference @european-ddi.bsky.social · Feb 20

Great news

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Feb 14

FANTASTIC

ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)

You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have

www.datalumos.org/datalumos/

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · Feb 16

We just learned about this Declaration to #DefendResearch and the inclusion of public data! Thanks for linking to us. We love the level of cross-project support and communication we see now!
#DataRescue

Lisa Schiff @lschiff.bsky.social · Feb 14

Sign the open Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Gov Censorship! Sign now! Share everywhere! Help make this action go viral! #scholcomm #academisky #academichatter #sciencesky #openscience tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f

Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship

This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...

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Alina Danciu @alina-danciu.bsky.social · Jan 31

The @cdsp-sciencespo.bsky.social is organising with the Finnish Data Archive and HUN-REN and online free webinar on NLP data curation and FAIR data.
Registration, free but mandatory, here : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#LoveData25

#LoveData25 : AI and social sciences data (a CDSP, FSD, HUN-REN webinar)

The French Center for Social Political Data, the Finnish Social Science Data Archive and the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences are organising an online webinar on February 10, 13:00-14:00 CET. This e...

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Simon Dickopf @dickopf.bsky.social · Dec 5

Leaving Chur and the #EDDI2024 @european-ddi.bsky.social. Was a pleasure to participate and to get in touch with lots of passionate experts on documenting data. Thanks!

Chur train station with mountain view in the background

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European DDI Conference @european-ddi.bsky.social · Dec 5

EDDI 2025 will be hosted by HUN-REN, the Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology. More details to follow

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Alina Danciu @alina-danciu.bsky.social · Dec 3

#EDDI2024 first conference day!
A very good first session in the Aula of the Uni of Applied Sciences in Grisons, on Metacurate-ML.
Very interesting AI and automation work presented by Suparna De and Deirdre Lungley cc @ukdsimpact.bsky.social @closer-uk.bsky.social @european-ddi.bsky.social

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European DDI Conference @european-ddi.bsky.social · Dec 2

#EDDI2024 reception opens tonight

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European DDI Conference @european-ddi.bsky.social · Dec 2

Can’t find at room at #EDDI2024 ?just look down

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European DDI Conference @european-ddi.bsky.social · Nov 28

Our favourite week of the year is fast approaching. Starting on Monday 2nd December, we will be gathering in Chur, nestled in the Swiss Alps with the promise of great presentations, workshops, tutorials, fruitful discussions and fondue.!

The program is up at bit.ly/eddi-2024. #EDDI2024

16th European DDI Users Conference, Chur

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