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.
E-Science-Tage 2025: Research Data Management – Challenges in a Changing World
The E-Science-Tage are an interdisciplinary conference series on the topics of research data management and open science – with a wide range of opportunities for professional exchange between science and technology. Save the Date!
Turning PDFs into Research Data (2025)
Do you ever feel that the data you need for your research is accessible but it’s not in a convenient table, such as company reports or building plans?
Perhaps the information you need is spread out across many different documents?
If only we could read and extract structured data from thousands of written documents.
In this course, we explore how to accomplish this task by combining web scraping, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and Natural Language Processing (NLP). Over four weeks, we provide online lessons and interactive sessions to learn the fundamentals of these key technologies.
Horizon Europe Open Science requirements in practice
Have any doubts or questions about your obligations as a Horizon Europe (HE) grant holder in terms of Open Access to publications and Research Data Management? We will present the HE requirements, followed by some time for your questions to our experts. You will also get a preview of the main tools and services OpenAIRE provides to help project coordinators and research support staff on the requirements’ compliance.
Learn about:
– Mandatory and recommended Open Science requirements in HE.
– Compliance with the HE Open Access to publications mandate.
– Managing and sharing Research Data in HE projects.
– Delivering Data Management Plans and reporting publications and datasets in HE.
– OpenAIRE tools and services to support HE projects.
Open Source Tools
Es werden ausgewählte Open Source Tools vorgestellt und der Workshop soll als erster Einstieg zur Anwendung dieser Tools dienen. Hierzu wird zunächst das Prinzip von Open Source und in diesem Zusammenhang kurz die OER-Strategie vorgestellt. Anschließend wird es in den Bereichen Suchmaschinen, Texteditoren und Markdown, Bild- und Videobearbeitung, Animation und H5P-Elemente zu jeweils einem Tool einen kurzen Input geben, um danach selbstständig oder in Kleingruppen Aufgaben hierzu zu bearbeiten. Eine Liste mit weiteren Tools in den Bereichen (neben den von uns ausgewählten) wird Ihnen zur Verfügung gestellt. Am Ende wird es noch Zeit für eventuelle Vertiefungen geben.
PathOS Training Session: Exploring the Academic Impact of Open Science
Join us for a PathOS training series – an engaging webinar on the academic impact of Open Science.
We will delve into key findings from a scoping review on academic impact and explore practical insights from case studies on Open Access in AI and climate – specifically focusing on gender dynamics and industry impact. Featuring experts Thomas Klebel (KNOW) and Petros Stavropoulos (ARC).
Discover key insights into how Open Science is shaping research, industry and policy and engage in a live Q&A to explore new opportunities for enhancing academic impact through open practices.
Qualitative Research Methods I
The basic goal of this course is to provide participants with the methodological foundations and advanced knowledge in qualitative research in business. After attending the course, participants should be able to
- understand the philosophical and methodological foundations of qualitative research and to classify, differentiate and choose different qualitative research methods;
- assess goals and purposes, as well as strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research;
- understand and raise key questions for planning and preparing a qualitative research design, data collection and analysis;
- identify, analyze and manage core issues during the planning, execution, analysis and writing of qualitative studies;
- to differentiate rigorous from non-rigorous qualitative management research.
IGDORE ReproducibiliTea and Open Science Coffee
ReproducibiliTea is a journal club initiative that has resulted in journal clubs about open science and replicability in academic departments all over the world (see https://reproducibilitea.org/ for more history and information). IGDORE is now proud to announce our own ReproducibiliTea journal club fully online, allowing people to join from wherever they happen to be in the world!
This journal club is suited for beginners to open science. To fully understand what the open science movement is built upon, we will cover important basic concepts and discuss the most seminal works. Each session will be based on an article which all participants read in advance. Depending on the session topic, other resources such as Youtube videos or optional reading may be provided to facilitate the discussions. These will always be optional; you are never expected to prepare more than reading the session article.
Everyone is welcome – from student to Nobel Prize laureate; from intern to CEO. No prior knowledge is required to participate, but the article discussions will probably be more valuable to you if you have a university-level understanding of quantitative and/or qualitative research methodology
Workshop: Train-the-Trainer zum Thema Forschungsdatenmanagement
Der zweitägige Workshop richtet sich an Personen, die in ihrem Arbeitsbereich oder an ihrer Einrichtung Grundlagen zum Forschungsdatenmanagement vermitteln wollen und davon ausgehend FDM-Services für ihre Standorte auf- oder ausbauen möchten. Neben didaktischen Ansätzen, Methoden und dem Seminaraufbau werden folgende Themen behandelt:
- Forschungsdaten-Lebenszyklus
- Forschungsdaten-Policies
- Datenmanagementplan
- Strukturierung von Daten
- Dokumentation
- Speicherung und Backup
- Langzeitarchivierung
- Zugriffssicherheit
- Publikation von Forschungsdaten
- Nachnutzung von Forschungsdaten
- Rechtliche Aspekte
Die Einheiten werden von praktischen Übungen begleitet, durch die das neu gewonnene Wissen verfestigt und auf eigene Anwendungsfälle übertragen werden kann. Dabei lernen die Teilnehmenden nützliche Werkzeuge und Plattformen für eine effektive Arbeit mit ihren Daten kennen. Verwendete Methoden sind Theorieimpulse, Einzelübungen, Plenums- und Gruppenarbeit, Diskussions- und Reflexionsrunden sowie E-Learning-Elemente.
Reihe: Chancen durch Offenheit – Impuls 2: Mit Offenheit Barrieren senken – inwieweit Hochschulen Barrierefreiheit umsetzen müssen und wie freie Lehr-/Lernmaterialien das ermöglichen können
Chancen durch Offenheit – eine Reise durch Urheberrecht, Creative Commons und was offene Lizenzen ermöglichen.
Thematische Sprechstunde: Hijacked Journals
Sprechstunde der Landesinitiative openaccess.nrw zum Thema „Hijacked journals: current challenges and solutions“ statt. Eingeladen sind Bibliothekar:innen und Wissenschaftler:innen.
Wir freuen uns, ankündigen zu können, dass Dr. Anna Abalkina (Osteuropa-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin) auf den Stand ihrer Forschung zu diesem hochaktuellen Thema, auf das Tool „The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker“ und Tipps zum Aufspüren gekaperter Zeitschriften eingehen wird. Im letzten Jahr wurde Dr. Abalkina in Nature’s Top Ten „of people who helped shape science in 2024” aufgenommen. Die Veranstaltung findet auf Englisch statt.
Zotero als Werkzeug zum persönlichen Forschungsdatenmanagement
Zotero ist als kostenlose, open-source Software zur Verwaltung bibliografischer Daten und damit verknüpfter Forschungsliteratur nicht nur in den USA, sondern auch im deutschsprachigen Raum sehr beliebt. Als Software ist Zotero sehr anpassungsfähig und kann auch als niedrigschwelliges Werkzeug zur Verwaltung der eigenen Forschungsdaten eingesetzt werden. In diesem Workshop werden wir anhand von Datensätzen, die die Teilnehmer/innen mitbringen, Strategien zum Management unterschiedlicher Forschungsdaten mit Hilfe von Zotero diskutieren und ausprobieren. Wie können wir unsere Forschungsdaten organisieren, so dass wir sie über einen längeren Zeitraum selbst verwalten und ggf. zur Übermittlung an ein Datenrepositorium vorbereiten können? Im Workshop entwerfen wir auch eine Handreichung, die wir mit Kolleginnen und Kollegen im 4Memory Konsortium teilen können.
KI und OER im Einsatz: OER vielseitig und rechtskonform mit KI aufwerten
Im interaktiven Workshop werden die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten erkundet, wie Künstliche Intelligenz die Welt der Open Educational Resources (OER) transformiert und deutlich erleichtern kann. Dieser Workshop richtet sich an Hochschullehrende, die ihre Lehrmaterialien auf innovative Weise gestalten möchten. Die Teilnehmenden erfahren, wie KI dabei helfen kann, OER effektiver zu gestalten und den Arbeitsaufwand zu reduzieren. Von rechtlichen Fragestellungen bis hin zur praktischen Anwendung verschiedener Tools werden relevante Themen praxisnah beleuchtet. Dieser Workshop bietet die Gelegenheit, Bildungsinhalte mit neuen, innovativen Methoden zu gestalten und zugleich sicher entlang rechtlicher Aspekte handeln zu können.
4th HELMHOLTZ REPRODUCIBILITY WORKSHOP
In this workshop we will delve into the core of reproducible science and its transformative potential for science. The workshop begins with two keynoteson reproducibility, one byAltuna Akalin(MDC – Software reproducibility of data processing and machine learning in the era of AI) and the other byFrieder Paulus(Lübeck University – Contextualization of reproducibility in the organization of academic work) – both of which will also be livestreamed, to make them easily accessible for researchers from all Helmholtz Centers. Following the keynotes, attendees can choose one oftwo hands-on workshopsthat will equip them with the tools and insights needed to make reproducibility a cornerstone of their scientific endeavors.
Open Science Trainers Meet up
Join us for the 11th EIFL online meet-up of open science trainers, which will focus on crowdsourcing, curating and sharing information about open science with researchers, librarians, and other open science actors.
Computer sciences basics for data science
Computer science is a key component for data science applications and research data management as methods and procedures rely on it. For instance, to enable fast access to information, data sets must be stored efficiently in data structures. Clever modelling and algorithmic processing hereby guarantee a fast search and selection of information of even big data sets. This course will provide insights into computer science basics and gives an overview about relevant topics for data science.
Open Science Symposium Registration
“The Collaborations Workshops series brings together researchers, developers, innovators, managers, funders, publishers, policy makers, leaders and educators to explore best practices and the future of research software.”We are delighted that you would like to attend the one-day symposium Qualitative Open Science: Challenges, Opportunities, Tensions, and Synergies funded by Open Science NL.”
PathOS Training Session: Exploring the Economic Impact of Open Science
Join us for an insightful webinar on the Economic Impact of Open Science, part of the PathOS training series.
This session will delve into how Open Science fosters economic growth and innovation, particularly within the life sciences sector. Featuring experts Lena Tsipouri (OPIX) and Despoina Sousoni (ELIXIR), we will explore key findings from a scoping review and dive into a detailed case study on the use of open bioinformatics resources by industry, highlighting their role in driving innovation and economic benefits. The webinar will conclude with a discussion on future research directions and policy implications, offering recommendations for leveraging Open Science to amplify economic impacts.
Engage with our experts during the live Q&A session to uncover how open practices can catalyze significant economic transformations across industries.
FDM-Werkstatt: Tools of the trade
In order to analyze, store, or publish digital research data, powerful software tools or even custom-made software are required. However, it is often quite challenging when the different tools are not interoperable or the overall workflows are not fully digitized, as this results in time-consuming processes with limited opportunities of collaboration. Therefore, a key objective should be to make data processing more efficient and to automate workflows. And this is where the tinkering begins!
Machine Learning
The course exposes participants to recent developments in the field of machine learning (ML) and discusses their ramifications for business and economics. ML comprises theories, concepts, and algorithms to extract patterns from observational data. The prevalence of data (“big data”) has led to a surge in the interest in ML to leverage existing data assets for improved decision-making and business process optimization. Concepts such as business analytics, data science, and artificial intelligence are omnipresent in decision-makers’ mindset and ground, to a large extent, on ML. Familiarizing course participants with these concepts and enabling them to apply cutting-edge ML algorithms to real-world decision problems in management, policy development, and research is the overarching objective of the course.
IGDORE ReproducibiliTea and Open Science Coffee
ReproducibiliTea is a journal club initiative that has resulted in journal clubs about open science and replicability in academic departments all over the world (see https://reproducibilitea.org/ for more history and information). IGDORE is now proud to announce our own ReproducibiliTea journal club fully online, allowing people to join from wherever they happen to be in the world!
This journal club is suited for beginners to open science. To fully understand what the open science movement is built upon, we will cover important basic concepts and discuss the most seminal works. Each session will be based on an article which all participants read in advance. Depending on the session topic, other resources such as Youtube videos or optional reading may be provided to facilitate the discussions. These will always be optional; you are never expected to prepare more than reading the session article.
Everyone is welcome – from student to Nobel Prize laureate; from intern to CEO. No prior knowledge is required to participate, but the article discussions will probably be more valuable to you if you have a university-level understanding of quantitative and/or qualitative research methodology