Upcoming Offerings
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Data Stewardship at a Time of AI | Expanding the FAIR principles to FAIR-R
A focused masterclass on responsible data governance for civil society professionals working on data reuse projects.
Unlocking Non-Traditional Data for Pandemic Response & Modeling | Data Stewardship Bootcamp
This three-day, in-person bootcamp aims to equip researchers, public health officials, and policy advisors with the skills, knowledge, and strategies needed to access, leverage, and reuse non-traditional data for pandemic preparedness. Through guest lectures and hands-on sessions, participants will develop their own pandemic data-to-action canvas—a practical, personalized strategy for sourcing, negotiating access to, and governing novel real-world datasets.
Data Stewardship Masterclass
On October 27, 2026 as part of the Swiss Data Space Forum 2026 - Unlocking Data for AI, a Data Stewardship Masterclass delivered by Dr. Stefaan Verhulst will take place.
The Data Stewards Academy offers courses, bootcamps, deepdives, and community events making the case for strategic data stewardship. Strategic data stewardship builds on existing notions of data stewardship but extends them outward from the organization to the ecosystem. It defines a function and role focused not merely on controlling data, but on enabling responsible, sustainable, and purpose-driven data reuse in the public interest.
Interested to learn more about our framing of data stewardship? Check our latest work or use the carousel below to view a sample of the topics we cover.
The Data Stewardship Canvas
The Data Stewardship Academy Offerings are guided by our blueprint, 'The Data Stewardship Canvas' - a step by step methodology guiding data reuse strategies from the beginning to the end.
Explore Past Programs
Watch recordings from our previous courses and bootcamps
Building AI-Ready Open Data
Examine what makes datasets usable for AI, including key design features, interoperable data ecosystems, and governance practices that support secure, responsible reuse.
Trends to Watch
Quarterly briefings on emerging stewardship topics, from AI governance to data sovereignty.
Data Stewards Bootcamp in Milan
A hybrid Data Stewards Bootcamp in Milan, Italy, focusing on how data generated across the private, public, and non-profit sectors, can be responsibly reused to drive scientific advancement, and community engagement.
Open Data as a Foundation for AI Innovation
This workshop with Innovate-US looks at open data as AI infrastructure, covering legal, technical, and cultural barriers, and exploring how responsible data sharing drives public impact.
Data Stewards Intensive Course in Berlin - Second Edition
The second edition of the Data Stewards Intensive Course was implemented from 6 October to 3 November 2025 as a one-month hybrid program combining in-person sessions in Berlin with online modules and project presentations. Delivered by The Data Tank in collaboration with The GovLab and supported by the Bertelsmann Stiftung under the Data Atlas for Civil Society initiative, the course provided practical training for civil society professionals working with data.
Swiss Data Stewards Intensive Course
The Data Stewards Intensive Course in Switzerland was held in Zürich and Bern on May 12 to May 16 2025 which enabled exchange, reflection, and co-creation with a brilliant group of professionals from the public sector, private and civil society.
Maryland Chief Data Officers Course 2025
Hybrid cohort for state leaders in partnership with Maryland DoIT.
Data Stewards Bootcamp in Turin
A comprehensive one month hybrid course (three-day in-person and three sessions online) designed for data professionals from major Italian companies, focused on training specialists to harness private data for social purposes.
Data Stewards Intensive Course in Berlin - 1st Edition
Participants will learn the fundamentals of data stewardship through a 5-day course focused on drafting a data re-use strategy. Participants will be guided through each step of the process, from identifying the demand for data to translating data-driven insights into action. This course is specifically targeted to data practitioners across civil society organizations active in Germany. All lectures and coursework will focus on examples based in Europe.
