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Early Career Researchers Network
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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

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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

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