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New blogpost: Strength in diversity

April, 2025
Science is facing severe threats in the US, as data are being deleted and grants are being rescinded. In this blogpost, the focal areas of CWTS respond, highlighting how diversity in science is an asset, rather than something to oppose.

New preprint: Sustainability of knowledge infrastructures

March, 2025
Last year, a group of researchers met for one week at an intense, collaborative workshop hosted by the Lorentz Center. Our topic of discussion was to explore how emerging knowledge infrastructures can be evaluated. This preprint, born out of these discussions, poses directions of thinking for knowledge infrastructure managers to consider about sustainability.

Advisory board selected

March, 2025
The advisory board for the Caring for COVID-19 data project has been announced! The board consists of a combination of experts in open data and open infrastructures from academia, governmental agencies, and citizen science, bringing together both practitioners and academics. The board will provide input into the empirical and conceptual design of the project throughout the next three years. We are looking forward to collaborating!