Subcommunity Spotlight: Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand
The Subcommunity Spotlight blog series aims to raise awareness of the many vibrant subcommunities within The Carpentries and highlight their activities. A subcommunity brings together a subset of the broader Carpentries community. It may be local (e.g., a university-based Carpentries club), regional (e.g., The Carpentries in Africa), or special interest-driven (e.g., HPC Carpentry, Carpentries-es, CarpentriesOffline). The series aims to foster connections among members, whether they live in the same region, speak a common language, or share similar interests. To learn more or get involved in a subcommunity, join the #subcommunity channel on Slack or reach out via email at community@carpentries.org. If you lead a subcommunity and would like to be featured in a future edition of this series, we’d love to hear from you!
The Carpentries in Australia
The Carpentries in Australia is a regionally connected subcommunity that fosters Carpentries activity across the country, often collaborating with its counterpart in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Australian Research Data Commons coordinates a national Carpentries partnership, helping researchers rapidly build foundational data and software skills through Instructor certification. Most workshops in Australia are run by the Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF), the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, and Curtin University.
How You Can Contact This Subcommunity
- Community point of contact: Damien Irving, admin-au@carpentries.org.
- Australian Research Data Commons Carpentries Partnership: Liz Stokes, contact@ardc.edu.au.
- Join the mailing list: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/local-aunz.
- Join the Slack channel: https://swcarpentry.slack.com/archives/CH9MDCTSM.
Blog Posts Highlighting The Subcommunity
- Carpentry Connect 2024 Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand
- #Carpentries25 Testimonial Series: Damien Irving
- I Can’t Believe I Survived Without It: Learning Data and Software Skills with The Carpentries
- Carpentries Partnership for Australia to Uplift Digital Research Skills
- Supporting The Carpentries
- The Carpentries in Australia: Community Discussion Summary
- Sydney ResBaz - A Big Success
Social Media Highlight
📣New project launched to create a secure and collaborative platform for health data research! ARDC has partnered with the ADSN team, inc. researchers from QUT, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social. 🔗 ardc.edu.au/article/aust...
— Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) (@ardc.edu.au) July 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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The Carpentries in Aotearoa/New Zealand
This subcommunity focuses on building relationships within the Carpentries community in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Aotearoa has several Carpentries members and is also represented on The Carpentries’ Board of Directors. The Carpentries in New Zealand has hosted various CarpentryConnects, sharing announcements and opportunities relevant to the New Zealand community, hosting Self-Organised workshops, and offering professional development.
How You Can Contact This Subcommunity
- Community point of contact: Nisha Ghatak, nisha.ghatak@reannz.co.nz.
- Join the mailing list: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/local-aunz.
- Join the Slack channel: https://swcarpentry.slack.com/archives/CH9MDCTSM.
Blog Posts Highlighting The Subcommunity
- Carpentry Connect 2024 Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand
- #Carpentries25 Testimonial Series: The New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI)
- New Zealand Community Holds Its First Carpentries Chat
- The Carpentries in New Zealand
- Dunedin ResBaz
- CarpentryConnect New Zealand 2023
- CarpentryConnect New Zealand 2021
- CarpentryConnect Events in 2020
- NeSI blog Post on anniversary: Empowering New Zealand’s Research Community: NeSI as a Carpentries champion on their 25th Anniversary
- The Carpentries in New Zealand_Annual National ResBaz
Social Media Highlight
Next subcommunity meeting
The next joint meeting for The Carpentries in Australia and The Carpentries in Aotearoa/New Zealand will be held in early October 2025. Stay tuned for the announcement!