Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI): Getting to know FAIRsharing

This webinar is part of a series showcasing the digital research infrastructure projects and communities in the UK and beyond.

22 July 2026 |

Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Webinar Series - Overview

Starting in February 2026, we launched a series of webinars to showcase the digital research infrastructure projects and communities in the UK and beyond in collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Join us to learn about state-of-the-art initiatives that aim to advance research tools and techniques, foster collaboration and data sharing, and accelerate discoveries across a range of academic disciplines and sectors. And if you work on a research infrastructure project and are interested in being a guest speaker, please email us at info@dcc.ac

Digital Research Infrastructure Webinar Series: Getting to know FAIRsharing

Wednesday 22 July

FAIRsharing is a manually curated, community-driven registry of data and metadata standards, interlinked with databases and data policies across all research disciplines. Whether you are helping a researcher choose the right repository for their dataset, advising on which metadata standard to adopt, or ensuring compliance with funder and publisher requirements, FAIRsharing is designed to make that guidance easier and more consistent. It empowers Data Stewards to signpost researchers toward the most relevant, high-quality resources, while providing producers with the visibility they need to ensure their tools are adopted and cited. FAIRsharing also acts as a service provider, powering third party tools by providing trustworthy content to promote standards and databases, including a variety of DMP planning and FAIR assessment/assistance tools.

About our guest speaker

Dr Allyson Lister is the FAIRsharing Content and Community Lead at the University of Oxford. With a background in computational biology, standards development and FAIR data practices, she leads the curation and community outreach for FAIRsharing’s global registry of standards, databases and policies. Allyson is an active contributor to the Research Data Alliance (RDA), where she co-chairs two working groups focused on enabling FAIR in the context of research standards and repositories across all disciplines.

Agenda (all times BST)

14:00 - 14:05 Introduction and housekeeping
14:05 - 14:45 Introduction to the DRI and its services
14:45 - 14:55 Q&A
14:55 - 15:00 Close

This free webinar is open to all. Please reserve a ticket to receive joining information. The session will be recorded.

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