FORS-DaSCH Webinar Series: Data Management for Social Sciences and Humanities

FORS-DaSCH webinar series:
Data Management for the Social Sciences and Humanities

FORS and the Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities (DaSCH) are happy to announce the launch of a new series of online data management webinars. The webinars are free of charge and are specifically designed for researchers in the humanities and social sciences who collect and/or process research data in the Swiss context.

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The second online webinar, FAIR and CARE Principles, will take place on February 5, 2025 (2:00–3:30 PM)
and will be hosted by Noemi Villars-Amberg (DaSCH) and Meret Hildebrandt (FORS). It will cover the theory behind the FAIR and CARE principles, followed by practical applications illustrated through two case studies. The webinar will conclude with a 30-minute discussion.

Previous workshop

The first workshop on Planning Data Management took place on November 6, 2024 and was led by Rita Gautschy (DaSCH) and Auriane Marmier (FORS).

After a brief introduction to Open Science, the origins of the DMP, and the various requirements from funder and legal perspectives, the webinar presented two case studies of particular interest to the humanities and social sciences. These followed the SNSF template and focused on projects that collected different types of data, often raising challenges for researchers, namely images and interview data. The webinar then concluded with a 30-minute discussion on DMPs. By the end, participants were expected to better understand the SNSF requirements for data management planning and the subtleties of handling images and/or interview data.

This was an introductory-level Zoom meeting intended for social science and humanities researchers, as well as anyone interested in data management and data sharing. No prior experience or knowledge was required to participate.