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Working on the roads: improving the infrastructure for research into geo-societal challenges

In response to the growing geo-societal challenges of our densely populated planet, current research frequently requires convergence of multiple research disciplines, and optimized use of openly available data, research facilities and funds. Especially the Earth and environmental sciences play a significant role in addressing these challenges, but require the integration of scientific data, software and tools from multiple, globally distributed resources to unlock their full potential to contribute. In addition, the number of Earth and environmental research data repositories and data portals has increased markedly, and so has their range of maturities and capabilities to integrate into the ecosystem of modern scientific communication. Efforts such as the FAIR Data Principles, the CoreTrustSeal Certification for the trustworthiness of research data repositories, and the Enabling FAIR Data Commitment Statement have raised our expectations towards the capabilities of research data repositories and infrastructures. Now we need to ensure that these expectations are met at all levels, from individual researchers, to data repositories, to research infrastructures. What are the challenges and appropriate strategies? This session invites contributions from different fields of expertise, including research infrastructure or data repository managers, data scientists, interdisciplinary researchers and policy makers. Our aim is to discuss perspectives, experiences, current or future challenges and potential solutions related to creating an effective infrastructure for the environmental and earth sciences.

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Author
Elger, Kirsten (1); Curdt, Constanze (2); Pijnenburg, Ronald (3)
Institutionen
1: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany; 2: Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; 3: Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Veranstaltung
GeoKarlsruhe 2021
Datum
2021
DOI
10.48380/dggv-mjr5-zy30