Data stewardship professionalization

A national project to provide training and community resources for data professionals

Since 2025, I have joined the Open Science NL-funded project “National training and community platform for research data professionals” which runs from 2025 until 2028 within the Research Data Netherlands consortium, consisting of 4TU.ResearchData, DANS-KNAW, SURF and Health-RI.

This project consists of four work packages:

• WP1: Project communication and coordination
• WP2:
  • Developing a data steward curriculum and providing certification
  • Developing new data steward training
  • Teaching RDNL courses “Essentials 4 Data Support” and “GDPR 4 Data Support”
  • Developing train-the-trainer materials
  • Implementing a feedback loop
• WP3: Delivery of the platform
• WP4: Sustainability and governance of the platform

At the moment, my involvement is primarily in WP 2. In March 2026, we delivered a first version of the national curriculum (see also the blog about the curriculum). Feel free to check out the project proposal or get in toch with me about this project.