Data Fika: ten coffee breaks with GBIF data

GBIF Sweden is launching Data Fika, a new online series for Sweden’s biodiversity data community. Running from September 2026 to June 2027, the series offers ten informal sessions covering the journey from finding and using biodiversity data to preparing and publishing your own data through GBIF.

The idea is simple: 30-45 minutes, a cup of coffee, and one topic at a time. The series is designed for researchers, students, data stewards, collection staff, environmental professionals, and others who work with biodiversity data. No previous experience with GBIF is required, and participants are welcome to join individual sessions or follow the entire series.

The program starts with an introduction to GBIF before moving into practical aspects of finding and reusing GBIF-mediated data. Later sessions address standards, identifiers and metadata, the GBIF data model, data cleaning, fitness for use and sampling bias, licenses and sensitive data, FAIR and CARE principles, and data publishing. The final session brings these elements together in an end-to-end research data workflow.

Four optional hands-on workshops complement the regular sessions, providing more time to work with GBIF downloads, data cleaning and fitness for use, CARE principles, and the complete data workflow. All sessions are online and free, and recordings and materials will be made available through the Data Fika website.

The first Data Fika takes place on Friday, 11 September 2026, from 11:00 to 11:45, with an introduction to GBIF.

From finding data to publishing your own, Data Fika is an opportunity to build practical skills, ask questions, and explore how open biodiversity data can support your work - one fika at a time.

See the full program and sign up at: https://www.gbif.se/data-fika/.