Nordic–Baltic collaboration to strengthen DeiC Dataverse

Together with five other Nordic–Baltic partners, the Danish national research data repository DeiC Dataverse, operated by the University of Copenhagen, receives funding from NordForsk to internationalise and further develop the Dataverse repository through a five-year project: the Nordic-Baltic Dataverse Hub (NaisH).

The Nordic–Baltic Dataverse Hub will strengthen collaboration on trustworthy research data repositories across the region as part of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation. It will support the sharing of high-quality research data, closer cross-border repository collaboration, while at the same time safeguarding national data sovereignty. The goal of NaisH is to strengthen the implementation and operation of Trustworthy Digital Repositories, build shared capacity, and achieve a critical mass of competencies, thereby jointly strengthening repository impact and long-term sustainability. 

DeiC and the University of Copenhagen will establish the repository hub together with The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), the University of Iceland (HI), the University of the Faroe Islands (Setur), Riga Stradiņš University, and Kaunas University of Technology. By joining forces, the hub will pursue innovation, including the use of AI, and provide the Nordic–Baltic community with a stronger, more coordinated voice in the international research repository infrastructure landscape.

DeiC invites all Danish universities, via the already established DeiC Dataverse community, to engage in NaisH activities ranging from repository certification and data curation to workflow automation, competence and capacity building, and international workshops. Activities will begin with a kick-off NaisH Dataverse Cooperation event on April 21.-23. 2026 in Kaunas, Litauen.