Emerging Trends in Research - Survey Findings

Over the past three years the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) has extensively consulted the research community to gather their perspectives on the current state of digital research infrastructure (DRI) in Canada, its challenges and opportunities. This input has been instrumental in shaping the organizational priorities and investments for the period 2023-2025. To plan towards the years 2025-2030 and to identify future opportunities not previously recognized, the Alliance launched a call for input on Emerging Trends in Research that may impact how researchers interact and use DRI. The survey call was aimed at researchers across sectors and was open from July 7 to August 18, 2023. Summary key findings are discussed below and organized across eight themes: Big Data; compute and storage at scale; Artificial Intelligence; integrated digital research infrastructure; equity diversity, inclusion, and accessibility; data security, open policies, and governance; and quantum, with an additional section on key concerns.