National Committee for Data in Science
The committee addresses national data policy, data infrastructure, and data access across the science and research system, promoting data interoperability and usability informed by and informing international data standards and principles.
The committee addresses national data policy, data infrastructure, and data access across the science and research system, promoting data interoperability and usability informed by and informing international data standards and principles.
The National Committee for Data in Science aims to:
- provide strategic evidence-based advice on the use of data in science to the Academy and other bodies as required
- support best practice regarding data use in science by engaging with researchers, professionals and relevant national organisations
- liaise with relevant international bodies, ensuring Australian involvement in international activities
- promote interdisciplinary collaboration and take a multi-disciplinary approach in providing advice to the Academy
- advance the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and CARE (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics) data principles
Reports and activities
- Submission - 2021 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Exposure Draft, December 2021
- Submission—University Research Commercialisation Scheme, April 2021
- Submission - State of the Social Sciences 2021, April 2021
- Submission - State of the Social Sciences 2021, April 2021
- Submission – Australian Human Rights Commission, Human Rights and Technology Discussion Paper, March 2020
- Submission—National Archive of Australia Consultation, August 2020
- Submission–2030 Strategic Plan for Science , June 2017
- Submission—Data use, December 2016
- Submission—Targeted consultation on the draft principles for accessing and using publicly funded data for health research, February 2016
Related groups and organisations
Members
Chair
- Mr Donald Hobern, 2026-2029
Deputy Chair
- To be filled
Ordinary Members
- Dr Ming Ding, 2026–2028
- Dr Rebecca Farrington, 2026–2028
- Dr Steve Hill, 2026-2028
- Mr Donald Hobern, 2026–2028
- Professor Ingeborg Koch, 2026–2028
- Dr Cassandra Sedran-Price, 2026-2028
- Dr Asara Senaratne, 2026–2028
- Professor Michael Stumpf FAA, 2026–2028
- Associate Professor Katrina Witt, 2026–2028
Observers
- Associate Professor Stephanie Harrison, Observer for EMCR Forum Executive, 2025–2026
- Dr Adrian Burton (past chair), 2026
Ex-officio Members
- None