Criteria for ECR Members
Have a master’s degree, equivalent or higher
Be in the first 10 years after their last degree
Be interested in data management and an advocate for data stewardship
ECR Network Goals
Connections, Collaborations, & Active Participation
- Create opportunities for ECR members to advance their career development and increase their visibility
- Highlight member research during webinar series and WDS activities
- Foster connections with ECR members and the WDS community
- Expand awareness about the role and activities of WDS
- Encourage participation in the WDS Data Stewardship Award
- Solicit feedback from ECR members on WDS initiatives
- Facilitate participation in WDS trainings
- Promote good data management standards and practice
- Collaborate on and organize workshops and conferences related to data management, open science, and data best practices
- Voice ECR members’ concerns and ideas to the WDS Scientific Committee
Early Career Researcher Network Chairs
2020-2023
Maja Dolinar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, ADP Social Science Data Archives
Lianchong Zhang, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Claire Rye, New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI), University of Auckland
Advisory Board
Agneta Ghose, Aalborg University
Sabrina Delgado Arias, Science Systems and Applications, NASA GSFC
Alice Fremand, UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey
Previous Chairs
Alice Fremand, UK Polar Data Centre, British Antarctic Survey
Sabrina Delgado Arias, Science Systems and Applications, NASA GSFC
Ivan Pyshnograiev, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine