Are we educating students to thrive in a world where data publishing, open science, and data security are more important than ever?

Today I gave a keynote at UNIS. It may seem like data security and open science are in opposition, but good data management is the solution in both cases.

Publishing FAIR biodiversity data using your smartphone

I came across these reindeer at the side of the road. I opened my Seek app. You point your camera at an organism and it will try to identify it. The data contribute to iNaturalist + GBIF and can be used by scientists and policy makers alike.

Nice to be back on Svalbard this week. Continuing to help UNIS staff and students to manage their data properly.

New paper out 🥳 If you care about data management in geosciences - or believe in #OpenScience and #FAIRdata - this is a must-read. Although the Nansen Legacy project was a marine science project, the practices we discuss are broadly applicable across the geosciences.

doi.org/10.5194/essd...

Most researchers only share their data when publishing a paper. We should treat datasets as important research outputs in their own right: discoverable, reusable, and published early. By separating data publishing from paper publishing, we can make science more open, connected, and impactful.

When it comes to key scientific data, being open isn’t enough — they need to be FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable).

Watch a full walkthrough on what FAIR data are and how to publish them here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC14...

I’m presenting a poster about satellite data for Norway at the Svalbard Science Conference!

🌍 satellittdata.no - Sentinel data across Norway, Svalbard, the surrounding seas. We offer:

🌐 On-the-fly visualisation

📦 Data in SAFE and CF-NetCDF

🔗 Streaming of data

🚀 Better bandwidth vs CDSE

Good data management is vital if we are to adapt effectively to changes in the Arctic.

Made for my application to the Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders 2026 program. arcticfrontiers.com/emerginglead...

#FAIRdata #ClimateChange #Arctic #DataManagement