Open Data Webinar Malaysia – UMT by Dasapta Erwin Irawan

Data transforms into environmental intelligence through a journey of computational processing and knowledge synthesis. Raw observations become patterns through algorithms, then evolve into insights from multiple sources, ultimately enabling informed environmental decision-making and stewardship.

FAIR principles—findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable data—enable cross-domain collaboration, supported by robust data policies.

Why Data Sharing Matters

When researchers share data following FAIR principles, they create opportunities for collaboration across disciplines.

Benefits:

• Researchers: Increased visibility and citations
• Research groups: Enhanced reputation and collaboration opportunities
• Universities: Institutional credibility and commitment to open science

Open data practices position researchers and institutions as leaders in the global scientific community, contributing to more transparent, reproducible, and impactful research.

Strengthening research ecosystem resilience through open science practices

Building Indonesian research resilience requires fixing structural weaknesses while creating open-science infrastructure, addressing both external pressures and internal misconduct.

Current citation-focused metrics may distract from research’s deeper purpose. Open science practices offer a better path: transparent research creates ripple effects from individual recognition to national research capacity.

Open data sharing—making data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable—enables cross-domain collaboration, increases researcher visibility, and demonstrates integrity.

Collective collaboration and open sharing may achieve more than isolated competition for metrics. With MOSP (Malaysia Open Science Platform), Malaysia has moved ahead of Indonesia in this matter.

International university partnerships combine research engagement, student mobility, and entrepreneurship ecosystems.

The UCL-ITB partnership illustrates this: UCL brings 50% international students across 110+ programs, while ITB expands international postgraduate research in earth sciences, volcanoes, and water resources.

Key dimensions:

• Research collaboration — Industry-tech cooperation and cross-border networks enable joint monitoring and mobility.
  • Data sharing is critical and would strengthen partnerships.
• Data infrastructure — Open data sharing following FAIR principles enables cross-domain collaboration and strengthens research integrity.
• Entrepreneurship hubs — The “Oasis Hub” attracts investment and generates 51 spinouts.