On 25 and 26 September 2025, the workshop "Research Data Management (RDM) for Social Scientists: From Concepts to Daily Work" took place at the University of Bremen. The event was organised by the Collaborative Research Centre 1342 in cooperation with the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) and was primarily targeted at PhD students, but was open to all other researchers in the social sciences.
The workshop started with the fundamentals of RDM (e.g., the FAIR principles, research data lifecycle, data management plan, metadata, repositories) before getting down to the "nitty-gritty" of integrating RDM practices into daily work routines. At the end of the workshop, the participants were able to understand the basics of RDM and got to know the concepts and rationale of FAIR data. More importantly though, they learned how and why file naming and folder structures on their computer, backup strategies or version control tools ease their research and help them to meet RDM goals.
Contact:
Dr. Nils Düpont
CRC 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy
Mary-Somerville-Straße 7
28359 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 218-57060
E-Mail: duepont@uni-bremen.de
