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.
The DIAMAS Project Final Conference
The DIAMAS project has made a major contribution towards establishing a high-quality, aligned,community-led, and sustainable scholarly communication ecosystem that aims to make open access the standard practice for publications across Europe. As the project nears its conclusion, we are excited to announce the Final Conference titled “The Future of Diamond Open Access Publishing in Europe and Beyond,” scheduled for 3 June in Brussels, Belgium. This one-day event will provide an opportunity to learn about the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in Diamond open access. Participants will engage with experts, policymakers, and peers to explore innovative ideas for advancing scholarly communication.This event will be delivered in partnership with The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), as the host of the event.
50th Annual Conference of IASSIST
IASSIST at 50! Bridging oceans, harbouring data & anchoring the future.
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.
Reclaiming academic ownership of the scholarly communication system
On 5 June, the European University Association will publish a new briefing on ‘Reclaiming academic ownership of the scholarly communication system: Challenges and opportunities for universities’. During this launch event speakers will present insights and key considerations from the briefing, setting the stage for an open discussion with the audience to explore pathways toward a just scholarly publishing ecosystem, as envisioned in the EUA Open Science Agenda 2025.
Making Data Work: Tools for Better Statistical Practice
How can we improve the accessibility of statistical knowledge and the application of statistical methods to data in practice? The interactive workshop “Making Data Work: Tools for Better Statistical Practice” brings together experts developing and evaluating tools that support learning and practice in statistics and data science.
twillo-Thursday Spotlight: OER mit Software erstellen – Was gibt es zu beachten?
Die Erstellung von Lehr- und Lernmaterialien mithilfe von Software gehört für viele Lehrende zum Alltag. Doch nicht jedes Programm eignet sich uneingeschränkt für OER. In diesem Spotlight zeigt unsere Juristin exemplarisch, worauf bei den Nutzungsbedingungen zu achten ist, und welche Programme OER-freundlich sind – und welche eher nicht.
Open Research Conference 2025
This 2-day conference will mark the culmination of The University of Manchester’s Opening up Research programme 2024/2025 and is a collaborative effort by the Office for Open Research, the School of Engineering Open Research Lead, the UK Reproducibility Network, and the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute. The conference brings together researchers from across the disciplines to explore the latest advances and to discuss important topical questions being posed by society around open research and integrity.
Coffee Lecture: Open Science
Unsere Coffee Lecture-Reihe „Forschungsdatenmanagement und Wissenschaftspolitik“ gibt Einblicke in die wissenschaftspolitischen Beweggründe und Akteure hinter der Stärkung des FDM. Neben dem wissenschaftspolitischen Kontext gehen wir auf aktuelle FDM-Anforderungen wichtiger Drittmittelgeber für die anwendungsorientierte Forschung ein und geben Ihnen einen Einblick, wie Sie die neuen Standards erfolgreich umsetzen.
Meta-science summer school: Designing and conducting studies to improve research
"Concerned about the reproducibility and transparency of research? Interested in learning more about meta-research, or the science of science? Looking for hands-on experience? Excited to work with other early career researchers across disciplines?"
Meta-Analysis for Management Research
Meta-analysis encompasses a broad set of methods to conduct a systematic, quantitative review of the literature in order to derive empirical generalizations. This workshop will deal with methods for conducting a meta-analysis. The purpose is to train the participants to conduct and publish a high-quality scientific meta-analysis within the broad field of management research.
Reinforcement Learning for Business, Economics, and Social Sciences (2025)
How do machines learn to make the right choices? How can individuals, firms, organizations, and researchers use automated decision-making?
This course provides an introduction and intuition for designing algorithms that allow machines to learn based on reinforcements. Reinforcement learning provides decision rules based on learning from partial, implicit, and delayed feedback.
This is particularly useful in sequential decision-making tasks where a machine repeatedly interacts with the environment or users. Reinforcement learning is well known for its successes in robotic control, autonomous vehicles, game playing, and chat agents. In business, economics, and the social sciences, there is a recent explosion of applications including temporal difference learning and adaptive experiments.
The course includes 4 live Online Meetings, in which you will discuss the week’s contents with the instructor and fellow participants:
Meeting 1: June 17, 4:30pm-5:30pm CEST
Meeting 2: June 24, 4:30pm-5:30pm CEST
Meeting 3: July 08, 4:30pm – 5:30pm CEST
Meeting 4: July 15, 4:30pm – 5:30pm CEST
EconBiz Seminar: Avoiding plagiarism
Got an assignment coming up and don't know how to start? Our online seminar (in English) teaches you essential research and writing skills in a 30-minute session. The topic of this session is "Avoid unintentional plagiarism".
KNOER-Tagung 2025: Open Education und Open Science im Dialog: Synergien für die digitale Transformation der Hochschule.
Wir wollen die Synergien an der Schnittstelle von Open Education und Open Science gemeinsam ausloten und durch einen intensiven Austausch zwischen den Akteur:innen Potenziale beleuchten, die sich aus einer engeren Zusammenarbeit der jeweiligen Akteur:innen ergeben. Anhand verschiedener Schwerpunkte werden in interaktiven Formaten konkrete Ideen thematisiert, wie Open Education und Open Science voneinander lernen und als Treiber der digitalen Transformation in der Hochschulbildung fungieren können. In verschiedenen Formaten der Tagung werden zudem auch weitere aktuelle und relevante Themen wie Demokratiebildung und Künstliche Intelligenz thematisiert.
FDM-Tage 2025: Empowering Research – Tools und Thüringer Praxisbeispiele
Der erste Tag startet wie gewohnt mit einer Einführung in das Forschungsdatenmanagement, gefolgt von der Verleihung des FAIRest Dataset Award, und schließt mit einem Überblick über die aktuellen Thüringer Aktivitäten im Bereich Forschungsdatenmanagement ab. Am zweiten Konferenztag stehen Softwarelösungen zur kollaborativen Zusammenarbeit im Umgang mit Forschungsdaten im Mittelpunkt. Ergänzt durch Erfahrungsberichte aus der praktischen Anwendung.
Global Lessons, Local Contexts: Regional Perspectives on Open Science Education
How is open science education taking shape across different regions, and what factors influence its implementation? This webinar brings together voices from Europe, Canada, and the United States to explore how policies, institutional priorities, and researcher needs shape approaches to open science education within their specific contexts. Drawing from metaresearch, cross-institutional coordination, and practical experience, the panel will discuss current gaps, emerging strategies, and opportunities for progress across contexts.
Barcamp: Data Literacy
Im Vorfeld zur Jahrestagung QUADRIGA findet das Barcamp statt. Du arbeitest wissenschaftlich mit Daten oder vermittelst in Deiner Lehre Datenkompetenzen? Du entwickelst Open Educational Resources oder forschst zu Future Skills in der Hochschullehre? Du hast Lust auf interdisziplinären Austausch oder möchtest Gleichgesinnte an Deiner Arbeit im Feld der datenbasierten Wissenschaften teilhaben lassen? – Dann ist das Barcamp genau das Richtige für Dich!
QUADRIGA Jahrestagung 2025
Als vom BMBF gefördertes Datenkompetenzzentrum für die Wissenschaft widmet sich QUADRIGA der Vermittlung und Stärkung von Datenkompetenz für die Forschung. Die diesjährige Jahrestagung markiert die Halbzeit der Projektlaufzeit und möchte gemeinsam mit der Community den Fokus auf Strategien, Best Practices und Outputs für die Vermittlung von Datenkompetenz legen. Neben dem Blick auf die vergangenen anderthalb Jahre soll zusammen an weiterführenden Ideen, Konzepten und Policies gearbeitet und mit anderen Akteur:innen im Bereich Datenkompetenzen in den Austausch getreten werden. Dafür interessiert uns insbesondere, was Strategien und Best Practices, aber auch konkrete Herangehensweisen und Outputs in der Datenkompetenzvermittlung sind.
EconData Workshop
Struggling to turn data into something useful for your research? Wondering how to assess the reliability of AI-generated insights? Finding it challenging to choose the right algorithms and methods for effective data analysis? If these or similar questions sound familiar, then join the EconData Workshop for practical input you can apply immediately. This is your chance to bring up the challenges that matter most to you.
Open Source Software and Open Science: A productive pair
This event is part of the Coffee Lectures on Open Science Education.
Abstract: Open Source Software (OSS) and Open Science are built on the same ideas and borrow heavily from the same philosophical and practical traditions. In practice, I would go as far as arguing that open science involving computations requires an open software stack. However, while OSS has become the backbone of much of the world's scientific and web infrastructure, adoption in economics has been fairly slow. This is especially true when compared to some fields that have seen rapid progress in recent years, such as machine learning. I will discuss some reasons for this, and how we may be able to accelerate the trend. The lecture will include many practical examples, which draw on own research, on the course materials of Effective Programming Practices for Economists, and on the OSS projects pylcm and GETTSIM.

Speaker: Hans-Martin von Gaudecker, University Bonn
Hans-Martin von Gaudecker is a Professor of Applied Microeconomics in the Department of Economics of the University of Bonn.
Data Publishing – Publisher Requirements
Roman Gerlach (TKFDM, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena) talks about Data Publishing and the requirements of the Publishers.