We are joining Love Data Week

From 9 to 13 February 2026, the Flemish Research Data Network and several of its partners joined Love Data Week. FRDN members and invited speakers contributed sessions that highlight best practices, real‑world challenges, and opportunities to strengthen FAIR research data management across disciplines.

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Outcomes and Resources

The outcomes and resources from FRDN Love Data Week 2026 are available on this page.

Love Data Week

From 9 to 13 February 2026, partners of the Flemish Research Data Network are joining the global celebration of Love Data Week — an annual event around Valentine’s Day that connects research organizations worldwide to celebrate data and promote FAIR research data management.

This year’s theme, “Where’s the Data?”, takes you on a journey through the entire data lifecycle: from planning and collection to storage during analysis, sharing, publication, long-term preservation, and reuse.

Whether you’re a researcher, data steward, data curator, RDM coordinator, OS policy officer, or library professional, this is your chance to dive into data ethics, boost data literacy, and exchange best practices for FAIR research data management.

✓ All sessions are online — join from anywhere
✓ All sessions are in English
✓ Free registration

Programme

Join us for lively sessions on

How to Plan for and Handle Physical Data
Preregistration: Increase Rigor and Reduce Bias
Registered Reports
From ELN to FAIR Data
How to Find a Repository and Zenodo Community
FAIRvault: The Road So Far
Making Qualitative Data Reusable
Publishing Sensitive Data: Why, How and Where?
The Social Study: A Scientific Panel to Capture Life and Public Opinion in Belgium
Data Availability Statements
Reuse and Sharing of Code: Licensing Research Software Data
Handover, Retrieval and Reuse
From Specimens to Species Lists to Solutions: A Love Story with Biodiversity Data
Data papers: How and Why?