Further Ressources on Research Data Management

Planning

Helpful sources for planning your research project systematically from the start:

Document research data

Good documentation helps other researchers to better find and understand your research data:

  • Jedinger, A., O. Watteler, and A. Förster (2018). "Improving the quality of survey data documentation: A total survey error perspective." Data 3 (4): 45. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/data3040045 (CC BY)

Process research data

In order to make the data comprehensible for subsequent users, there are some steps to be observed in the data processing:

Save and secure research data

To secure data and materials against loss, overwriting, etc., you will find information on data organisation and data security here:

Protect research data

In social science research, personal data usually also play a role. The persons concerned must be protected according to the law:

Working together in the cloud

Research projects are very often conducted in different institutions and across national borders. This poses particular challenges in terms of data management and shared access to research data:

Share research data

When sharing research data, some copyright aspects must be taken into account. A licence regulates the conditions for subsequent use:

Research data from social media and Big Data

Social science research is increasingly using data from social media and the web. There are a number of organisational, legal and ethical issues associated with this:

  • Breuer, J., Al Baghal, T., Sloan, L., Bishop, L., Kondyli, D., & Linardis, A. (2021). Informed consent for linking survey and social media data - Differences between platforms and data types. IASSIST Quarterly, 45(1). https://doi.org/10.29173/iq988 (CC BY-NC)
  • Breuer, J., Bishop, L., & Kinder-Kurlanda, K. (2020). The practical and ethical challenges in acquiring and sharing digital trace data: Negotiating public-private partnerships. New Media & Society, 22(11), 2058–2080. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820924622
  • RatSWD [German Data Forum] (2020): Big data in social, behavioural, and economic sciences: Data access and research data management. RatSWD Output 4 (6). Berlin, German Data Forum (RatSWD). https://doi.org/10.17620/02671.52

Contact persons

Research Data Management