Data Stewards Academy
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Accessing Data in Systematic, Sustainable and Responsible Ways

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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Our Programs

From foundational bootcamps to deep dives, we offer comprehensive training for every stage of your data stewardship journey.

Data Stewardship Foundations

Data Stewardship Foundations

Bootcamps for building stewardship maturity

Deep Dives

Deep Dives

Advanced masterclasses for specialists

Exchange

Exchange

Network with global practitioners

For Your Organization

For Your Organization

Tailored enterprise solutions

Data Stewardship Foundations

Our flagship, hands-on program for leaders building data stewardship maturity. Learn to define purpose, design trust frameworks, and operationalize stewardship.

Data Stewardship Foundations
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In-Person Intensive

5 Days

Immersive experience with faculty and peers; includes field visits and a capstone sprint.

Hybrid Bootcamp

3 weeks online + 2-day capstone

Flexible for distributed teams; combines live instruction and collaborative labs.

Online Bootcamp

6 weeks (1-3h/week)

Global cohort-based, fully remote with recordings and office hours.

LinkedIn Learning

1h video course

Orientation and pre-work; ideal for team onboarding.

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

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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.

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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.

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What Our Alumni Say

Join hundreds of data stewards who have transformed their organizations.

Its always heartening to meet a fresh group of people from different sectors and backgrounds that all have a common interest in learning more and developing themselves and, by result, their organisations.
Alex Hutchison — Director, Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF
The role of data stewards is crucial for data spaces to succeed in Switzerland. This course is key.
André Golliez — President, Swiss Data Alliance
This has been a most enriching experience! I have gained relevant knowledge, skills, and tools on the third wave of open data. The people and classmates that you will encounter is top-notch which could greatly enhance your network and community.
Anonymous Cohort Alumni
I highly recommend participating in this course to anyone who is leading a team. It opens your eyes that working on AI or Data is not enough - you also need the structures and governance to do so. Data Stewards play a crucial role in this.
Benedikt Göller — Agore Digitale Transformation
The Data Stewards Intensive Course was a great opportunity to learn more on this very interesting but complicated topic. Building on the Canvas, the course was a mix of theoretical, practical and hands-on learning. A diverse pool of experts shared their expertise with us and we benefited from diverse views on how this role is implemented in practice.
Céliane Pochon — Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM)
This course was an incredible opportunity to learn from experienced peers, receive mentorship from academic and industry experts, and set strategy for a post-pandemic world, where public institutions need to set priorities with data and answer questions with data. It has been an honor to be a part of this inaugural cohort of Data Stewards, and I look forward to contribute to our growing community!
Christine Keung — Chief Data Officer, Mayor’s Office on Technology and Innovation, City of San Jose
The course offered a great opportunity to dive deeper into the role of data stewards and showed their importance. Furthermore, I benefit from the exchange within the group and the experience of the speakers.
Daniela Koller — Office of Data and Statistics, Thurgau Canton
Highly recommended course for people working on data science and large scale data led projects that have large scale impacts and complex collaborations.
Dr. Shyam Sundaram — Community Data Scientist
The course allowed me to improve my knowledge about open data and especially how to connect data needs with resources, as well as to develop a data stewardship strategy to apply in the projects that I manage. It also offered me the opportunity to learn about experiences and real use cases, listening to the people who carry them out in different countries. It was also an opportunity to expand my network of professional contacts with the possibility of exploring future collaborations.
Eduardo Béjar Feijoó — Executive Director, Fundación de Ayuda por Internet (FUNDAPI)

Recent News & Updates

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
What Open Data Stewards Can Learn from Corporate Guidance on AI-Ready Data

2026-07-28T11:34:00

What Open Data Stewards Can Learn from Corporate Guidance on AI-Ready Data

Our premise is not that public-interest data work should become more corporate. It is, rather, that firms have been contending for some time with the mechanics of AI-ready data (at scale, under audit, and with material consequences for failure) and that the open data movement stands to learn from at least some of these experiences.

Stefaan Verhulst
Non-Traditional Data and the Challenge of Measurement in the United States

2026-06-30T17:08:00

Non-Traditional Data and the Challenge of Measurement in the United States

The examples that follow provide a snapshot of current experimentation in the United States. They are not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to illustrate the diversity of approaches through which non-traditional data is being integrated with surveys, censuses, and administrative records to strengthen official statistics and inform public decision-making.

Stefaan Verhulst
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