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10 Ways to Celebrate and Get Involved in Love Data Week 2025

From February 10-14, 2025, the international community will celebrate Love Data Week, exploring critical questions about data ownership and origins with the theme "Whose Data Is It, Anyway?". This year's theme challenges us to examine where data comes from and who owns it before we use it in our work. Whether you're a first-time participant or a returning supporter, here are 10 ways to celebrate and get involved:

1. Connect with us on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram @lovedataweek.
2. Participate virtually in Love Data Week activities through ICPSR's online calendar of events 
3. Host your own event or activity. Want it added to the calendar? Submit your events and we’ll add them!  Event ideas include: 
   • Host a data management and sharing workshop
   • Demonstrate data discovery using preferred archives
   • Join ICPSR's annual Adopt a Dataset Program
   • Showcase impactful local data-driven research
   • Share innovative approaches to teaching with data
   • Coordinate a data-thon for analyzing key topics
   • Organize a data contribution party using platforms like Zooniverse
   • Explore data governance and management
   • Discuss data sovereignty, such as Indigenous data
   • Examine copyright and other intellectual property associated with data
4. Recognize colleagues for their participation in Love Data Week activities and events with a Love Data Week-specific Certificate of Participation. 
5. Post your own Love Data Week activities on social media with the hashtag #LoveData25. 
6. Use a cool Love Data Week background graphic as your Zoom background or screensaver.
7. Download, print, and share Love Data Week stickers with friends, students, and colleagues. |
8. Have a data trivia contest with your team, office, staff, classroom, students, or family – and tell us what happened. (If you’re following us on social media, you’ll be able to see our daily trivia questions during Love Data Week.) 
9. Spread the word about Love Data Week 2025 to maximize participation and creative events.
10. Sign up to receive Love Data Week update emails to get the latest news on activities and posts!