As part of her secondment at Tashkent State University of Economics, Dr. Gulnaz Isabekova-Landau, a postdoctoral researcher working in the CRC project B06, conducted a workshop addressing research visibility and access to research data in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia using the example of the Discuss Data open repository.
In addition to discussing common challenges around data sharing in and around Eurasia, this workshop also elaborated on collaboration possibilities. The workshop included a live demonstration of data uploading and metadata tagging in Discuss Data using the datasets gathered within the framework of CRC 1342.
This workshop was part of a broader event addressing the “Science Excellence in Central Asia: Between SCOPUS Fetishisation, Predatory Journals, and Survival Strategies of Researchers,” which was held on 11–12 June 2025 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This event aimed to provide a platform for discussing and critically examining research evaluation and its impact on researchers in the Central Asian region.
Both the workshop and secondment of Dr. Isabekova-Landau are supported by the “Open(ing) Research in Central Asia: Consolidating a Culture of Research Ethics, Data Management, and Open Science, in Eurasia and Beyond” project, which is funded by the European Union’s HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme under grant agreement No 101182752.
Contact:
Dr. Gulnaz Isabekova-Landau
CRC 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy, Research Centre for East European Studies
Klagenfurter Straße 8
28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218-57073
E-Mail: gulnaz@uni-bremen.de
