Data Donation Symposia
The Data Donation Symposium brings together applied researchers, methodologists, legal and ethical experts, research engineers, and software developers with an interest in using digital trace data for scientific research purposes.
The archive below keeps the current event visible while preserving access to previous editions and their materials.
Upcoming symposium
Data Donation Symposium 2026
The 2026 symposium brings together applied researchers, methodologists, legal and ethical experts, research engineers, and software developers working with digital trace data.
- Date
- October 1-2, 2026
- Location
- Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, Germany
- Submission
- Abstracts due April 30, 2026
Previous symposia
Data Donation Symposium 2025
Hosted by colleagues at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Data Donation Symposium 2024
Photos, programme, keynote by Melinda Mills, and materials from the Amsterdam event.
Data Donation Symposium 2023
An international symposium with sessions on empirical studies, legal aspects, bias, tooling, and methodological considerations for data donation.
Data Donation Day 2022
The earlier Utrecht event that helped shape the current symposium series.
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