Geo data – support for researchers

Geo Data Team Services

The data stewards are here to help faculty researchers with managing and publishing data, and to raise awareness and facilitate Open Science and FAIR Data within the Geosciences faculty.  

 Data Services Offered 

  • Developing Data Organization Structures to help projects stay organized 
  • Help Writing and Reviewing Data Management Plans 
  • Finding the best Open and FAIR data format for long term and highest accessibility 
  • Publishing data to open data repositories 
  • Evaluating the need for privacy scans, data protection impact assessments, and ethical reviews 

Other Services Offered 

  • Classroom instruction on the following topics: 
    • Data Management 
    • Information Security 
    • Open Science, Open Data, and FAIR Principles 
    • Git and GitHub 

Data Stewards

Name  Department  Email 
Aristoteles Kandylas  Earth Sciences a.kandylas@uu.nl 
Garrett Speed  Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and 

Social Geography and Urban Planning (SGPL) 

g.t.speed@uu.nl 
Maisam M. Dadkan Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and 

Social Geography and Urban Planning (SGPL) 

m.mohammadidadkan@uu.nl