We are so excited to share this week’s episode featuring Connie Claire, Community development manager at the RDA. Connie previously held a role at the 4TU repository managed by TU Delft in partnership with Eindhoven university, the university of Twente, and Wageningen University.

To kick off the conversation Connie briefly details her role in Community management at 4TU, an international data repository for science, engineering and design disciplines. She mentions the work involved in building the community, which included data stewards, data managers, data trainers, IT support professionals, librarians, research software engineers, and researchers!

As the conversation develops, Rory and Connie discuss the effort to engage with researchers and trying to drive culture change towards better RDM/data practices, and Connie shares her experiences based on connecting on a personal level, through interactions such as sharing success stories, identifying barriers and pain points.

Briefly, Connie shares her background before getting involved in RDM, including her work as a phD researcher in developmental biology at the university of Nottingham, as well as the driving force behind the transition to working at the RDA.

Focusing on recent and upcoming work commemorating the RDA’s 10th anniversary, Connie shares plans for international and regional events, and provides additional details about upcoming events such as the upcoming Plenary in Gothenburg, and events focused on themes such as health and medical data (April), and metadata and technical infrastructure (May). Connie extends an invitation to listeners to get involved in events including workshops, blogs, seminars, podcasts, and more!

Find out more about the upcoming Plenary in Gothenburg:
https://www.rd-alliance.org/plenaries/rda-20th-plenary-meeting-gothenburg-hybrid