Does your research involve data collection in a social science discipline? Does your research involve human participants? Do you want to learn more about key data management practices throughout the research process?
If so, the below series of free webinars offered by FORS, the Swiss Center of Expertise in the Social Sciences, is for you.

Below, you will find all past webinars including the videos of the presentations and the slides of the presentations.

Presentation slides and video tutorials of past webinars

Informed consent

The first webinar, on obtaining informed consent, took place on September 27, 2022 and was presented by Pablo Diaz. It covered the most important questions on consent with regard to setting up a social science research project. By the end of the presentation you should have known how to formulate a coherent consent form and how to apply it.

Presentation slides

Video of the webinar

Data documentation

The second webinar on data documentation took place on October 11, 2022 and was presented by Marieke Heers. It addressed the importance of good documentation within a research project, and will guide you through project-level documentation and data-level documentation. By the end you should have been able to determine what documentation is needed during a research project and what documentation is needed for archiving.

Presentation slides

Video of the webinar

Quantitative data anonymisation

The third webinar, by Brian Kleiner, on quantitative data anonymisation, took place on November 1, 2022. It provided key concepts on anonymization in social science research to help you to develop an appropriate strategy, and to provide the main techniques for anonymising your quantitative data.

Presentation slides

Video of the webinar

Qualitative data anonymisation

The fourth webinar, on qualitative data anonymisation, took place on November 22, 2022 and was presented by Alexandra Stam. It gave an introduction to the key principles of qualitative data anonymization and guided you through the different techniques for anonymising your data, as well as file handling procedures. It also addressed some common concerns expressed by researchers, and how to possibly overcome them.

Presentation slides

Video of the webinar

You will find all presentation slides and the recordings of the past webinars below:

Data management planning
The first webinar, on data management planning, took place on September 9, 2021 and was presented by Alexandra Stam. It provided an introduction to open research data and data management, before focusing on data management planning by guiding you through the SNSF DMP template. By the end of the presentation you should have had enough insights to start drafting your own data management plan.

Slides of the presentation

Video of the webinar

Data protection
The second webinar, on data protection, took place on September 30, 2021 and was presented by Pablo Diaz. It gave an introduction to the various legal and ethical requirements in Switzerland when conducting research in the social sciences. In particular, you should have learned which laws apply to your discipline (whether or not you collect personal and sensitive data), your rights and obligations with respect to protecting research participants, all while providing  practical examples.

Slides of the presentation

Video of the webinar

Data security
The third webinar on data security took place on October 12, 2021 and was presented by Brian Kleiner. It gave an introduction to different storage solutions for research projects, guided you through key data security measures throughout the research process, and presented different preservation options and requirements. By the end of the presentation you knew how to define a strategy to protect your data during and after your projects.

Slides of the presentation

Video of the webinar

Archiving & data sharing
The fourth webinar on archiving and data sharing took place on November 4, 2021 and was presented by Marieke Heers. You were introduced to the importance of data sharing and some key requirements to make data sharable, such as consent, documentation and anonymization. It then presented different solutions for data sharing and present in greater depth the new FORS online repository SWISSUbase. By the end of the workshop you had a better understanding of the key data management practices needed in order to make data sharable and the advantages of choosing SWISSUbase as a repository.

Slides of the presentation

Video of the webinar

Contact

For any questions related to this webinar series, you can contact Dr. Alexandra Stam