16.9.2025 Researchers' Journeys in Opening Cultural and Historical Data

In the webinar, Mila Oiva, docent, cultural historian specialized in Russian and Polish history (University of Turku) and Lotta Leiwo, doctoral researcher, Doctoral Programme in History and Cultural Heritage (University of Helsinki) will discuss their experiences with services maintained by the Language Bank of Finland (Kielipankki) and on topics such as:

• What motivated the researchers to make their data openly available?

• What steps did they take during the process?

• Has the data been reused, and what benefits—if any—has sharing brought to their own research group or to others?

• What challenges did they encounter, and what lessons have they learned for the future?