Events: Open Science & Economics
Conferences, seminars, webinars, online panels and more: Here you will find relevant events from the fields of Open Science and business studies and economics. Are you an event organizer yourself and would like to have your event added to the calendar? Don’t hesitate, please contact us.
You can find more dates for events relating to business studies and economics in the calendar of the ZBW search portal EconBiz.
If you don’t track it, why fund it?
Using Crossref, Dimensions & Altmetric to demonstrate real impact. Most organizations can’t see the full influence of the research they fund or publish. Why? Because their metadata is incomplete—and their impact metrics only tell half the story. Join us for a focused session on how open metadata + attention data create a complete, trustworthy picture of research impact.
Data Quality Workshop: Unstructured Data and the Need for Quality Metrics
This one-day workshop is dedicated to the theme of data quality in unstructured data will bring together experts from diverse fields to share insights, experiences, and strategies for navigating the challenges and opportunities that arise when working with unstructured data. The program will also address the need for quality metrics in the development of AI and official statistics across business, economics, and related areas.
Support your research: From FAIR principles to qualitative data
The first part of the workshop will focus on key aspects of research data management, including the data lifecycle, the use of metadata, the FAIR principles, and the publication and preservation of research data. The second part will emphasise the handling of qualitative research data, such as scientific surveys or videos. In this section, we will address, for example, aspects of data anonymisation or the re-use of qualitative data. We will conclude with time for open discussion and a broad Q&A session.
Data Quality Workshop: Unstructured Data and the Need for Quality Metrics
In the context of unstructured data in business, economics, and other social sciences, research can focus on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to… the assessment or improvement of the quality of unstructured data - the development of data quality frameworks - applications for unstructured data in research - highlighting the challenges in collecting and curating unstructured data. The event brings together experts from diverse fields to share insights, experiences, and strategies for navigating the challenges and opportunities of working with unstructured data. It also explores the need for quality metrics in AI and official statistics development in business, economics, and related data.
ZOERR WORKSHOP: Mediendesign – didaktisch, einfach und intuitiv
Im Workshop widmen wir uns dem Design von OER-Materialien auf ganz praktische Weise. Lehrkonzeption und Mediendesign mit gängigen Bordmitteln: Wie erstelle ich Materialien, worauf sollte ich didaktisch achten, wie publiziere ich meine OER sicher und sichtbar
Open Access and the Commons: The many faces of scholar-led publishing
Learn about the crises facing open access academic publishing, and how scholar-led models could help.
Open Divide — Session 10: The Global South’s Role in Shaping the Open Science Paradigm
This lecture series tackles these pressing issues, exploring the role of libraries, sustainability, and long-term preservation. It critically examines competition, commercialization, and governance in academic publishing while addressing equity and the broader impact of open science policies. Alternative models, such as shadow libraries, commons-based publishing, and the Global South’s contributions, offer fresh perspectives on the future of Open Access.
oa.talk: Answers to the increasingly concentrated use of research results as training data for artificial intelligence
The presentation takes up this current question and formulates answers to the increasingly concentrated use of research results as training data for artificial intelligence. These answers are aimed at building scalable open research infrastructures in which the rights to the research output remain entirely in the hands of the scientists – strategies the presentation will address include: involvement of the scientific community - involvement of the management levels at universities - strengthening the topic in research funding - enabling technical standards (APIs, database systems, PIDs).
Excellent research is open research
Excellence in research means that there is a relatively fast progress in knowledge generation. Participants will learn about and apply Open Science practices across the research lifecycle that – if done correctly – accelerate progress: pre-specifying an analysis plan, writing reproducible code, and submitting preprints to PCIs. Requirement: Participants will be required to complete a 12-minute survey about their experience with Open Science practices two weeks prior to the workshop. Completion of the survey will help align the workshop’s tasks with participants’ prior knowledge and is a prerequisite for attending the session.
Werkstatt-Tag – Bildung gemeinsam gestalten mit OER
Den Auftakt macht Nadine Linschinger, Open Education Managerin an der Universität Graz, mit einer Online-Keynote zum Thema „Let’s level up together: Impulse für eine offene Bildungspraxis“. Im Anschluss gibt es an den fünf Co-WOERK Standorten ein vielseitiges Programm. In Workshops, Open Studios und kurzen ergebnisorientierten Arbeitsphasen haben Sie vor Ort die Möglichkeit in die Praxis der digitalen Lehrmittelerstellung einzutauchen. Lernen Sie interaktive Tools wie H5P und die Studioausstattung von Podcast bis VR an Ihrem Standort kennen und erfahren Sie step by step, wie vorhandene Lehrmaterialien in offene Ressourcen umgewandelt und damit Teil einer innovativen Lehrkultur werden. Parallel informieren wir u.a. über Plattformen für offene Bildungsmaterialien, Creative Commons-Lizenzen und wie Studierende dank OER früh publizieren lernen.
Open courses made easy with LiaScript
During this tooltime, you will get to know the most important functions of LiaScript and have the opportunity to try out the application interactively, ask questions and discuss the opportunities and challenges of using it.
Love Data Week (LDW)
Die Love Data Week (LDW) ist eine internationale Aktionswoche rund um die Themen Forschungsdaten und Forschungsdatenmanagement. Unter dem Motto "Where's the Data?" wird die Datenliebe 2026 weltweit mit zahlreichen Veranstaltungen zu unterschiedlichsten Themen zelebriert. Die FDM-Initiativen im deutschsprachigen Raum möchten mit einer breiten Beteiligung an der Love Data Week mehr Aufmerksamkeit für das Thema Forschungsdatenmanagement erregen.
FAIR and FAIR Assessment Tools
Wie lässt sich konkret messen, wie „FAIR“ ein Datensatz tatsächlich ist? Hier kommen FAIR Assessment Tools ins Spiel – Werkzeuge, die die FAIRness von Daten objektiv bewerten. Aufgrund der rasanten Entwicklung der letzten Jahre in Sachen FAIR Assessment widmen wir den damit verbunden Tools eine Follow-Up-Veranstaltung zu unserem Webinar aus dem Jahr 2023. Nach einer Einführung in die FAIR-Prinzipien und einem kurzen Überblick über unterschiedliche FAIR Assessment Tools folgt im Anschluss nach einer kurzen Pause die Vorstellung unseres neuen FAIR Assessment Tools, welches speziell für die Anwendung durch Forschende und Personal im Forschungsdatenmanagement konzipiert wurde.
MOERFI – Demo-Tage und Mapping von (OER-förderlichen) BildungsInfrastrukture: Offene Bildung weiterdenken: Tools, Editoren und KI in der Praxis
MOERFI – Demo-Tage und Mapping von (OER-förderlichen) BildungsInfrastrukturen – widmet sich der Vernetzung und Sichtbarmachung digitaler Bildungsinfrastrukturen, die offene Bildungsressourcen (OER) fördern. In den letzten Jahren sind zahlreiche Plattformen und Tools im Bildungsbereich entstanden, die oft nur einem kleinen Kreis bekannt sind. MOERFI setzt genau hier an: Unser Ziel ist es, bestehende und neue Infrastrukturen sichtbar zu machen, Akteurinnen und Akteure aus verschiedenen Bildungsbereichen zu vernetzen und gemeinsam an Lösungen für eine offene Lehre zu arbeiten. Der 2. Demo-Tag von MOERFI rückt die praktische Umsetzung offener Lehre in den Mittelpunkt. Dazu sind u.a. Lehrende aus Schulen und Hochschulen eingeladen, die OER für ihre eigene Lehre entwickeln, erproben und einsetzen möchten. Im Fokus stehen konkrete Tools, Editoren und der Einsatz von KI im Lehr‑Lern‑Kontext. Die Veranstaltung verbindet kurze Impulse, einen Markt der Möglichkeiten und praktische Maker Labs, sodass Teilnehmende sowohl Informationen aufnehmen, als auch Anwendungen unmittelbar hands-on ausprobieren und eigene Materialien gestalten können
eLab in the Lab – Equipment Management with QR Codes & More
This hands-on session provides an overview of how eLab can be used in everyday laboratory work, with a focus on the management of devices and laboratory equipment. Using a practical case example, it demonstrates how device descriptions can be stored directly in eLab and accessed via QR codes attached to the devices. This enables quick and centralized access to information on maintenance, usage, and documentation. Participants will gain practical ideas on how to implement similar workflows within their own teams in order to make device management and documentation more structured, transparent, and traceable. Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of eLab is helpful but not required.
TIER2 Final event: The Future of Reproducibility Research and Policy
The theme will be the future of reproducibility, exploring how emerging technologies, diverse research practices, and evolving policy frameworks can shape more transparent and reliable research
Ask Me Anything (AMA) for Contributors
Explore how to onboard, integrate, and build with the EOSC EU Node. What’s on the agenda? This AMA session focuses on the contributor’s perspective and will cover: Live demonstration of the testing environment with the enrolled Candidate Nodes and their onboarded services - Insights into the process of onboarding services from Candidate notes; how they were achieved, lessons learned, and what contributors can expect - Open-source components of the EOSC EU Node; what is available, how to access it, and how it can be reused, deployed, or customised.
European Rights Retention Community of Practice
At this 8th meeting, we are pleased to welcome speakers from two countries, Finland and Germany, who will share their national progress. Finland will present its ongoing implementation of a rights retention strategy across universities, while Germany will discuss its current landscape and emerging directions and preview activities on rights retention commencing in 2026 as part of a national open access project. Beyond the presentations, this meeting offers a space for community members to actively participate by sharing experiences, discussing challenges, and exploring practical solutions together in open discussion.
Datenschutzrecht und der Umgang mit personenbezogenen Forschungsdaten
Die Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten für die wissenschaftliche Forschung ist seit Anwendung der DSGVO weitgehend privilegiert. Aber gerade daher sind die Grundzüge der datenschutzrechtlichen Pflichten wesentlich, die in dieser Veranstaltung unter besonderer Betrachtung des Umgangs mit (personenbezogenen) Forschungsdaten behandelt werden.
Developing open teaching and learning scenarios with OER
The workshop will begin by providing key legal and practical principles for the use and creation of open educational resources. The focus will be on the practice-oriented development of open teaching and learning scenarios based on real challenges from the field of higher education and adult education. The potentials and challenges of using OER are critically reflected upon in a joint discourse and possibilities for the meaningful integration of open materials in the planning, implementation and follow-up phases of educational programs are developed. In addition, the functions and possible applications of the www.twillo.de portal will be presented.