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Data Stewardship for an AI Era

Make data stewardship strategic with world-class training, frameworks, and a global community of practitioners.

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Data Stewardship
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Deep Dives

Coming Soon: Focused one-hour masterclasses for experienced stewards who want to specialize in specific topics. Register your interest and join our wait list for the launch in the coming months.

The Data Stewards Canvas | Stewarding Strategic Data Futures

Ask the Right Questions | Defining Data Questions and Scoping Use Cases

Don't Overcollect | Defining the Minimum Viable Data Points

Stewarding The Data Lifecycle Approach | Step-by-Step Methodology

Beyond the Traditional | Non-Traditional and Synthetic Data

The Missing R in FAIR | Preparing AI-Ready Data towards FAIR-R Principles

Exchange Network
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Exchange

A vibrant network for practitioners, alumni, and partners to stay engaged and share knowledge.

Datathons

Collaborative sprints where teams tackle data governance challenges using real datasets.

Events & Salons

Keynotes, fireside chats, and panels with global thought leaders in data governance and stewardship.

Trends to Watch

Quarterly briefings on AI governance, data sovereignty, new legal standards, and cross-sector collaborations.

For Organizations

Tailored offerings to institutionalize data stewardship across your organization.

Organization Workshop
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Private Bootcamps

Cohort training customized for your specific agency or company needs.

Executive Briefings

90-minute strategy sessions designed for leadership teams.

Capability Roadmaps

6–12 week consulting engagements to establish stewardship functions.

What Our Alumni Say

Join hundreds of data stewards who have transformed their organizations.

Recent News & Updates

Recapping Monthly Developments in a Changing Data Ecosystem, Non Traditional Data, AI Readiness and 4th Wave of Open Data, Value vs Extraction and more | Data Stewardship Trends to Watch

2026-10-15T12:00:00

Recapping Monthly Developments in a Changing Data Ecosystem, Non Traditional Data, AI Readiness and 4th Wave of Open Data, Value vs Extraction and more | Data Stewardship Trends to Watch

Led by Stefaan Verhulst, The Data Tank and The GovLab organized the fall session of the Data Stewardship Trends to Watch series. Trends to Watch is a bi-monthly series of webinars organized exclusively for our growing global data stewards alumni to stay updated on the emerging trends in the fields of data stewardship and AI. The September session focused on non-traditional data (smart data), AI readiness and fourth wave of open data, the importance of value amidst AI induced data extraction approaches and the emergence of new tools that can be used to further the common good. In the end, Mark Herringer, a data steward alumni leading the healthsites.io  (a recognized digital public good) initiative briefly presented his important work in the health space.

Stefaan Verhulst & Paulina Behluli
Introducing the Data Governance Self-Assessment

2026-09-28T10:39:00

Introducing the Data Governance Self-Assessment

Adam Zable, Stefaan Verhulst, and Sruthi Raghavan
Recapping Monthly Developments in a Changing Data Ecosystem, AI-Ready Data, Non-Traditional Data and more | Data Stewardship Trends to Watch

2026-08-14T14:14:00

Recapping Monthly Developments in a Changing Data Ecosystem, AI-Ready Data, Non-Traditional Data and more | Data Stewardship Trends to Watch

Led by Stefaan Verhulst, The Data Tank and The GovLab organized a summer session of the Data Stewardship Trends to Watch series. Trends to Watch brings together our global data stewards alumni every two months to explore and discuss the latest developments shaping the data stewardship landscape. In this session, we focused on the ways that AI is accelerating the data winter phenomenon and new mechanisms to address this phenomenon—data commons and other intermediary data ecosystems. Participants also considered the increased importance and focus on non-traditional data.

Paulina Behluli & Andrew Zahuranec