Experts from the UK Data Service will be delivering a series of talks at the 50th annual conference of IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology) in Bristol on 3-6 June. We are also delighted to be sponsoring this year’s event, which will be dedicated to “bridging oceans, harbouring data & anchoring the future”.
The conference will be hosted by the University of the West of England and will feature an extensive range of talks on the past, present, and future of data services, including data management and technologies. The full details can be found at the official conference website.
The UK Data Service at IASSIST 2025
Speakers from the UK Data Service will be delivering the following sessions:
Tuesday 3 June
13:00-16:00 | The Art of Transcription: Using open-source tools to optimize transcription processes
UK Data Service speakers: Maureen Haaker
Wednesday 4 June
10:15-11:15 | The European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST): Keeping it FAIR
UK Data Service speakers: Sharon Bolton, Jeannine Beeken, Lorna Balkan
10:15-11:15 | EOSC-ENTRUST’s Driver 2: A prototypic use case for federated, multinational use of TREs
UK Data Service speakers: Beate Lichtwardt, Sharon Bolton
10:15-11:15 | Revealing the Impact of Research Data: The Experience from Data Organizations and Initiatives
UK Data Service speakers: Finn Dymond-Green
11:30-12:30 | Enhancing data literacy: the UK Data Service Data Skills Framework
UK Data Service speakers: Vanessa Higgins
11:30-12:30 | Synthetic data’s role in shaping research and governance – insights from ADR UK projects
UK Data Service speakers: Maureen Haaker, Jools Kasmire, Cristina Magder, Melissa Ogwayo, Hina Zahid
11:30-12:30 | The Open Book Project
UK Data Service speakers: Jen Buckley
13:30-14:30 | Back to the rough ground! Retrieving concepts in survey research and its potential uses
UK Data Service speakers: Deirdre Lungley
13:30-14:30 | Creating accessible data training for postgraduate students: a collaborative journey
UK Data Service speakers: Jen Buckley, Alle Bloom
13:30-14:30 | Data-driven (data) service improvement, the UKDS way
UK Data Service speakers: John Sanderson, Leigh Tate
13:30-14:30 | Implementing Moodle for training at the UK Data Service
UK Data Service speakers: Sarah King-Hele
14:45-15:45 | How are data archives modernizing their platforms for FAIRness and sustainability?
UK Data Service speakers: Steve McEachern
14:45-15:45 | Takeaways from ‘UKDS PRUK – Skills Development for Managing Longitudinal Data for Sharing’
UK Data Service speakers: Finn Dymond-Green, Beate Lichtwardt, Cristina Magder
16:00-17:30 | Skills Development for Managing Longitudinal Data for Sharing: A Showcase of Training Resources Created for the Longitudinal Population Studies Data Managers Community (Poster Reception)
UK Data Service speakers: Gail Howell, Cristina Magder, Liz Smy, Hina Zahid
16:00-17:30 | Reproducibility and future challenges: Labour market inequalities using UK Census data (Poster Reception)
UK Data Service speakers: Placide Abasabanye
Thursday 5 June
08:45-09:45 | Thursday Plenary
UK Data Service speakers: Steve McEachern
10:00-11:00 | FAIRly Specialist? Generic vs Disciplinary implications for FAIR-enabling Repositories
UK Data Service speakers: Hervé L’Hours, Oliver Parkes
14:45-15:45 | Developing and testing harmonisation workflows for comparative survey data using DDI – a WorldFAIR case study
UK Data Service speakers: Steve McEachern
Friday 6 June
09:15-10:15 | Synthetic data fidelity: how less can be more
UK Data Service speakers: Jools Kasmire
09:15-10:15 | Building computational capacity in data service professionals
UK Data Service speakers: Louise Capener
10:30-12:00 | Lightning Talk: Supporting research and teaching in social sciences with computational notebooks
UK Data Service speakers: James Reid