News#

July 2, 2026#

  • The 150th Dataverse installation was registered on the Dataverse map. The total number of Dataverse installations is likely much higher, and we encourage installations not shown on the map to open a GitHub issue.

  • Dieuwertje Bloemen held a first meeting about KU Leuven’s Dataverse review dashboard to discuss its potential uptake by community members and the necessary collection support and other features that can enable reuse of the open-source add-on.

  • The Documentation working group created a new guide page listing and categorizing the main Dataverse features

  • CoreTrustSeal endorsed Borealis CTS Certification Documentation Suite. More info in the Google Group.

  • More news on Dataverse can be found in the recent Dataverse Community News posts published on the Dataverse Users Community email list

May 2, 2026#

  • The 2026 Dataverse Community Meeting, hosted by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center took place 12-15 May. A big thank you to the BSC for hosting

  • GDCC held a workshop entitled “Building a Sustainable Path Forward for the Global Dataverse Community” at the community meeting to discuss future sustainability initiatives

  • At the community meeting, GDCC also had its annual member meeting, going over the last year of GDCC activities and the road ahead

  • Next year’s community meeting will be hosted by KU Leuven and will take place May 25-28, 2027 in Leuven, Belgium

  • More news on Dataverse can be found in the recent Dataverse Community News posts published on the Dataverse Users Community email list

April 2, 2026#

  • Jetze Touber and Linda Reijnhoudt from DANS presented a plan for implementing file-level licensing in Dataverse are are requesting feedback.

  • GDCC is organizing a workshop at DCM26 entitled “Building a Sustainable Path Forward for the Global Dataverse Community” for which registration is open

  • The large data working group, documentation working group, containerization working group, and python working group are all organizing working group meetings at DCM26 on May 12th

  • Ceilyn Boyd and Philipp Conzett gave a recorded talk entitled “Birdaro Training & Developing the Dataverse Community and Decision-Makers Playbooks”

  • The kick-off meeting for the Nordic‑Baltic Dataverse Hub (NAISH) took place, the project aims to establish a collaborative framework for research data repositories in the Nordic-Baltic region, fostering alignment, resource sharing, and innovation

  • More news on Dataverse can be found in the recent Dataverse Community News posts published on the Dataverse Users Community email list

February 2, 2026#

  • Amber Leahey and Paul Boon gave presentations on geospatial features in the Dataverse community call. The deadline for providing feedback on the geospatial fields Amber presented is March 30th.

  • A preliminary agenda was published for the 2026 Dataverse Community Meeting and the early bird deadline was extended until March 9th

  • More news on Dataverse can be found in the recent Dataverse Community News posts published on the Dataverse Users Community email list

November 2, 2025#

September 2, 2025#

August 2, 2025#

An impressive list of 2025-07 Dataverse Community News has been published on the Dataverse Users Community email list.

June 2, 2025#

The 2025-05 Dataverse Community News have been published on the Dataverse Users Community email list. An impressing amount of Dataverse activities were happening in May 2025!

May 1, 2025#

Phil Durbin has just published the 2025-04 Dataverse Community News. Please have a look at the Dataverse activities that took place in April 2025!

April 28, 2025#

The call for nominations for the 2025 GDCC Steering Committee elections has been announced. Submit your nominations by May 23, 2025 and help shape the future of our community!

April 11, 2025#

Philipp Conzett has just pre-announced the 2025 Global Dataverse Community Consortium (GDCC) Steering Committee Nominations and Elections. Shape the future of the GDCC—start thinking now about the passionate, visionary leaders you’d like to see on the 2025 Steering Committee!

April 1, 2025#

Phil Durbin has just published the 2025-03 Dataverse Community News. March 2025 has been loaded with Dataverse activities!

March 3, 2025#

Phil Durbin has just published the 2025-02 Dataverse Community News. Interesting stuff happened in February 2025!

February 3, 2025#

Phil Durbin has just published the 2025-01 Dataverse Community News. The first month of the new Dataverse year has started with exciting activities!

January 7, 2025#

Phil Durbin has just published the 2024-12 Dataverse Community News. A lot of Dataverse initiatives and activities taking place during the last month of 2024!

December 3, 2024#

Phil Durbin has just published the 2024-11 Dataverse Community News. Also November has been packed with a lot of Dataverse activities!

November 1, 2024#

Phil Durbin has just published the 2024-10 Dataverse Community News. Impressive activities in October 2024!

October 23, 2024#

The Dataverse Sustainability Working Group has published their final report with recommendations on how to sustain and grow the Dataverse community.

October 1, 2024#

Dataverse Community News for September 2024

March 5, 2024#

GDCC updates at the Dataverse Community Meeting 2024. See presentation and recording.

November 22, 2023#

Call for proposals for the Dataverse Community Meeting 2024 Join the Dataverse Project and @CIMMYT for the 10th annual Dataverse Community Meeting.

Proposals are due by December 15, 2023. See our community meeting website for more information.

September 5, 2023#

The Dataverse Sustainability Working Group is Launched! The Dataverse community is growing rapidly. Earlier this year, installation no. 100 was added to the “official” list of Dataverse Installations Around the World. The Dataverse software is chosen by an increasing number of organizations across the globe as the technical backbone of their Trusted Digital Repository for research data.

The Global Dataverse Community Consortium (GDCC) recognized that with this growth and popularity comes the responsibility of ensuring the long-term sustainability of the software and the community. That’s why we have initiated the Dataverse Sustainability Working Group (WG). The WG had its kick-off meeting on September 5, where the WG Charter was approved and Dieuwertje Bloemen from KU Leuven (Belgia) and Rene Belsø from DeiC (Denmark) were elected as WG Chairs. They will also serve as the points of contact for the WG.

The mission of the working group is to provide evidence-based, community-reviewed, and consensus-based recommendations on how to empower the global Dataverse community to sustain the Dataverse software and the strength of the Dataverse community.

The working group will map out the needs and challenges of the community. Based on this mapping, the WG will deliver recommendations in the form of a report(s), addressing the following issues:

  • Mission and vision: What purpose should the community have? What should the community envision to achieve in the next 5-10 years?

  • Strategic objectives: What objectives should the community have to carry out its mission and to achieve its vision?

  • Means and resources: What means and resources should the community use to achieve its strategic objectives?

  • Implementation: What plan and roadmap should the community have to achieve its objectives?

Expected timeline:

  • August 2023: Working Group established

  • September 2023: First meeting

  • February 2023: Status report to the GDCC Steering Committee

  • March 2024: Working Group presents options and scenarios to the community at the Dataverse Community Meeting 2024

  • June 2024: Final report with recommendations to the GDCC Steering Committee

For more details and information on the working group, please reach out to the co-chairs Dieuwertje Bloemen (dieuwertje.bloemen@kuleuven.be) and Rene Belso (rene.belso@deic.dk).