The FAIR Data Forum aims to provide a space in UCC  to share FAIR implementation stories, for peer learning and engaging with different perspectives, and to allow for feedback on the current and emerging needs of sustainable engagement with FAIR data sharing. 

For this session we will have a presentation from Professor Kalpana Shankar on Data management in qualitative research: challenges and opportunities followed by time for open discussion. 

Kalpana Shankar is a Professor of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin. She is an information studies scholar with internationally recognised expertise in research data management, information infrastructures, and meta-research . Recently completed projects include a historical study on the sustainability of social science data archives (Alfred P Sloan Foundation) and peer review processes in Ireland’s largest funding agency, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). Her service includes participation in the National Open Research Forum (NORF) FAIR Data Working Group, the Social Sciences Committee of the Royal Irish Academy, and the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Interest Group on Ethics and Social Aspects of Data. She holds a PhD in Library and Information Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.

This months forum is in person and takes place in the Creative Zone in Boole Library.