The document introduces the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), a national organization that provides data infrastructure to support researchers. It discusses the ARDC's mission to accelerate research through high-quality data assets and its programs, including thematic research data commons focused on people, planet, and humanities/indigenous research. It provides examples of these commons and resources on the ARDC website to help researchers find data, tools, and other resources.

1. Introduction to Thematic
Research Data Commons
La Trobe University - Digital Research Drop-In (FINAL)
About the ARDC
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Richard Ferrers, Engagements
Team (Vic, Tas, ACT, People)
richard.ferrers@ardc.edu.au
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2. w We acknowledge and
celebrate the First Australians
on whose traditional lands we
meet, and we pay our respect
to their elders past, present
and emerging.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF COUNTRY
About the ARDC

3. AGENDA
● Overview of the ARDC
● Research Data Commons
● Pages For Researchers
● Conclusion

4. What is the ARDC?

5. MEMBERS
About the ARDC
ARDC is a member’s organisation

6. About the ARDC ARDC is a national investment.
https://www.education.gov.au/national-research-infrastructure/funded-research-inf
rastructure-projects

7. ARDC do events.

8. THE INTERIM
ARDC STRATEGY
OUR PURPOSE
To provide Australian
researchers with competitive
advantage through data.
OUR MISSION
To accelerate research
and innovation by driving
excellence in the creation,
analysis and retention of
high‑quality data assets.

9. About the ARDC
WHAT WE DO
The ARDC runs programs and
facilitates partnerships that ensure
Australian researchers are
internationally competitive through
having access to high-quality data
assets, platforms, infrastructure,
policies, people and training to
transform our lives.
ARDC talk to people.

10. Key stakeholders Researchers
People who work
with researchers
Australian Government
Department of Education (funders)
/ NCRIS
Government / Policy
International Data Organisations
National Data Organisations
ARDC Members
Researchers
from any discipline
(academic, but also
government and industry)
Infrastructure providers
Universities / Research Institutions
Data Managers
Trainers
Librarians
eResearch / Research
Support Offices
OUR AUDIENCES

11. About the ARDC
ARDC promote FAIR data, software.
https://ardc.edu.au/resource/fair-data/

12. Digital Research Skills
Research Software Data Retention
Platforms
Translational Research
Data Challenges
Thematic Research
Data Commons
National Data
Assets
ARDC PROGRAMS
About the ARDC
ARDC partner to build national digital infrastructure.

13. What is the Data Commons?

14. WHAT IS A RESEARCH
DATA COMMONS?
A research data commons
brings together people, skills,
data, and related resources
such as storage, compute,
software, and models to
enable researchers to
conduct world class
data-intensive research.

15. RESEARCH PLATFORMS
Domain-oriented online
environments that draw
together research data,
models, analysis tools and
workflows to support
collaborative research
across institutional and
discipline boundaries.
About the ARDC https://ardc.edu.au/resource/research-platforms/

16. THEMATIC
RESEARCH DATA
COMMONS
About the ARDC

17. PEOPLE RESEARCH
DATA COMMONS
A national-scale data
infrastructure for health
research and research
translation
About the ARDC
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Consult: Discover Collaborate Analyse Link

18. PLANET RESEARCH
DATA COMMONS
National-scale data
infrastructure for
environmental research
and decision making
About the ARDC
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Consult: FAIR integrated Data | Trusted Data Supply | DSS - SAFE

19. HUMANITIES, ARTS, SOCIAL
SCIENCES (HASS) AND
INDIGENOUS RESEARCH
DATA COMMONS
National-scale data infrastructure
for HASS and Indigenous research
and decision making
About the ARDC
Image — Mario Purisic - jG1z5o7NCq4 / unsplash.com

20. Improving
Indigenous
Research
Capabilities
ARDC
Community
Data Lab
Language Data
Commons of
Australia
Integrated Research
Infrastructure for
Social Sciences
HUMANITIES, ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES (HASS)
AND INDIGENOUS RESEARCH DATA COMMONS
About the ARDC

21. TRANSLATIONAL
RESEARCH DATA
CHALLENGES:
BUSHFIRES
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About the ARDC

22. TRANSLATIONAL
RESEARCH DATA
CHALLENGES:
BUSHFIRES
Understanding bushfire
● Behaviour
● Impact

23. TRANSLATIONAL
RESEARCH DATA
CHALLENGES:
FOOD SECURITY
Image — Tim Hüfner - 6-kTk6B8mq8 / UNSPLASH.COM
About the ARDC

24. FIND DATA
FIND TOOLS
FIND Resources For Researchers
Our Website - access to the Data Commons

25. ardc.edu.au

26. https://ardc.edu.au/researcher/

27. https://ardc.edu.au/researcher/

28. Sign up to hear about new resources.
https://ardc.edu.au/researcher/

29. https://ardc.edu.au/researcher/accelerate-your-earth-a
nd-environmental-sciences-research/

30. https://ardc.edu.au/researcher/accelerate-your-
health-and-medical-research/

31. https://ardc.edu.au/researcher/accelerate-your-h
ass-and-indigenous-research/

32. ARDC is:
- National investment $200M, part of NCRIS $1.5B
- To support researchers (data commons)
- To accelerate research (by themes)
- To build competitive advantage through data
- Focus on themes; People | Planet | HASS and Indigenous
- DEMO; Jupyter Notebook inc FAIR | Research Data Aust Health
- What next? Orcid | Share Data Descriptions Figshare (OPAL) |
Find Data | Subscribe to ARDC newsletter
Conclusion

33. People Planet HASS and Indigenous
Vic Tas ACT Qld NSW SA WA NT
richard.ferrers@ardc.edu.au andrew.white@ardc.edu.au mary.filsell@ardc.edu.au
ARDC Engagement - Data Commons Support
https://ardc.edu.au/about-us/our-people/

34. ardc.edu.au
contact@ardc.edu.au
@ARDC_AU
Australian-Research-Data-Commons
ARDC_AU
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Acknowledgement: Mary Filsell,
Engagements Team