On 28 and 29 April 2026, the two-day online seminar “Anonymisation, Pseudonymisation and Management of Sensitive Research Data” took place, organized by the Higher Education and Science IT Shared Services Centre (VPC)
On 12 May 2026, the online training seminar “Legal Aspects of Research Data Processing” took place, organized by the Higher Education and Science IT Shared Services Centre (VPC)
On February 10–11, 2026, one of the most important European-level conferences dedicated to the development of data spaces, data management, and secure, reliable data exchange between research
From 5 to 7 May 2026, the Annual Conference of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) took place in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU)
The World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies '26 took place in Madeira, Portugal, from March 31 to April 2, bringing together researchers, data professionals, and technology experts to discuss the latest trends in information systems
On March 17–18, 2026, Mihails Korčevskis (RTU), a representative of the Latvian Data Stewards Network, participated in the AI in Higher Education Summit 2026 in Paris, France.
On May 6, an event was held reviewing the first year of operation of DataverseLV – from an idea outlined in Latvia’s Open Science Strategy to a fully functioning research data repository that has already received the internationally recognized CoreTrustSeal certification.
In April 2026, the Higher Education and Science IT Shared Services Center (VPC), in cooperation with the Latvian Academic Library Association (LATABA), organised a webinar “Research Data Ecosystem in Latvia and the Role of Libraries”.
We are proud to announce that the national research data repository DataverseLV has officially acquired the CoreTrustSeal certification. This significant achievement internationally affirms that DataverseLV
The 26th plenary session of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) (RDA VP26) took place online from March 16–20. Gatis Lāma, a representative of the Latvian Data stewards network and data curator at Riga Technical University
The initiative was implemented thanks to the project “Support for the implementation of open science in practice, as well as solutions for the sharing of scientific data and participation in the EU Open Science Cloud” (ANM 2.1.3.1.i)
The sustainability of the project is ensured by the delegation agreement of the Ministry of Education and Science on the provision of research data management services and the maintenance of the DataverseLV technical infrastructure for 2026-2028
The initiative was implemented thanks to the project “Support for the implementation of open science in practice, as well as solutions for the sharing of scientific data and participation in the EU Open Science Cloud” (ANM 2.1.3.1.i)
The sustainability of the project is ensured by the delegation agreement of the Ministry of Education and Science on the provision of research data management services and the maintenance of the DataverseLV technical infrastructure for 2026-2028
