Hack the Hackathon
An unconference series and interdisciplinary community
exploring scientific collaboration, learning, and
civic engagement through hackathons.
Hackathons have experienced a steep rise in popularity over the past decade.
Practitioners and researchers have developed a vast treasure trove of (practical) knowledge organizing and studying hackathon events, but our understanding of motivations and best practices is largely limited to single domains.
We are building a growing and interdisciplinary community of practitioners and researchers of hackathons, hackweeks, data dives, codefests, edit-a-thons and other time-bounded events in order to foster an exchange of knowledge and best practices. You can learn more or find more information about our next workshop below.
San Diego, Nov 18-22, 2024
Hack the Hackathon 4 will be held as a hybrid meeting at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego in San Diego, California, USA and online.
The first workshop was held online and hosted by the Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands from December 6 to 10, 2021.
The second workshop was conducted as a hybrid event at the Flatiron Institute in New York, NY, USA and online from October 3 to 7, 2022.
The third workshop was held as a hybrid event at the SDG Solution Space in Geneva, Switzerland, and online from November 6 to 10, 2023.
Get to know the people behind Hack the Hackathon.
Senior Research Data Specialist
University of California Office of the President
San Diego, CA, USA
CEO
BioData Sage
Bethesda, MD, USA
Data Stewardship Coordinator
NSF NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research
San Diego, CA, USA
Ph.D. Candidate
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Associate Astronomer
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, MD, USA
We are glad to give a shout out to organizations and individuals that have helped us over the years to make Hack the Hackathon what it is today.