Video 5 - Open Science: why do we need data stewards.

An interview on the need of data professionals and Open Science skills with York Sure-Vetter, Director of NFDI, Germany and Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Jessica Lindvall, Head of Training at SciLifeLab Training Hub; Anne Sophie Fink, Head of Data Management at DeiC (Denmark); and Sally Chambers, Director at DARIAH-EU.

Modern research and technology can require not only large amounts of data, but also good data quality. Ensuring good data quality requires specialized expertise. Data stewards and other data management professionals support researchers with providing and working with good quality data which are also FAIR. Open software, open infrastructures are also important bits in the Open Science puzzle, all of which require funding. The uptake of Open Science depends on widespread Open Science awareness and skills. These require outreach, training and formal education.