Workshop 1.3 |FAIR and Secure: Data Management under EU Sovereignty and Security Rules
Date: Wednesday, 1 July 2026, 16:00-18:00
Location: R22
Speakers:
Elisa Rodenburg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Manna Satama, University of Eastern Finland Library, Finland
Armin Straube, Glucksman Library, University of Limerick, Ireland
Mari Elisa Kuusniemi, Helsinki University Library, Finland
Laetitia Bracco, SPARC Europe / Université de Lorraine, France
Jodie Double, University of Leeds Libraries, United Kingdom
Andrea Mervik, Lund University, Sweden
Organised by the LIBER Research Data Management Working Group
In the past decade, the push towards open research practices has gained momentum, and research libraries across Europe have an important role to play in facilitating and supporting FAIR data practices. At the same time, the European research community has faced growing concerns around security, geopolitical risk, and technological dependence. In response, policymakers have introduced data sovereignty and knowledge security guidelines, alongside new legislation such as the Data Governance Act (DGA), the Digital Services Act (DSA), the AI Act, the Dual Use Act, the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These frameworks have introduced intensified obligations for research organisations where libraries are working towards making data FAIR while complying with the applicable legislation and guidelines. In this workshop, we would like to bring these two developments together and translate FAIR into ‘FAIR and Secure’ choices for data, for example regarding licensing, access control, metadata and data reuse, under the relevant EU legislation. The workshop will contribute towards a joint guiding document containing checkpoints for data sensitivity, dual use, governance, and more, that will be useful for the researchers directly and for the libraries in their role as research support and stewards of data, knowledge and collections. Ideally, using such a document, libraries will be able to review key points relevant to the matter at hand, and will be able to support researchers in making informed decisions about their data management. The workshop will employ the fishbowl method, which is an active and structured discussion format between facilitators and participants. Through this method, participants and speakers build the basis of the guiding document together.
This proposal addresses the conference’s theme directly by creating an instrument that can help libraries to support research and (cultural) heritage organisations and their researchers. Specifically, the guiding document that will be drafted in this workshop helps libraries to navigate the increased complexities and opportunities of FAIR research data, and applying the FAIR principles to collections-as-data, while always complying with guidelines and legislation about knowledge security and data protection.