Data steward competencies: findings from a European job description study

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Posted by Eimear Hanahoe

13 July 2026

Sonraí Irish Data Stewardship Network is pleased to share the outcomes of a recent UCD MLIS Service Learning internship hosted in partnership with Asiera. Over four weeks, Ruoxin Liu, collected and analysed 43 data steward job descriptions from 13 European countries, producing both a structured dataset and a gap analysis report.

Read more about the findings on the Sonraí blog, which includes links to the full report and data.

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