State Initiative for Research Data Management in Lower Saxony
Since November 2023, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) has been funding the ”State Initiative for Research Data Management in Lower Saxony” project with 15.7 million euros. All universities and higher education institutions under state responsibility in Lower Saxony are involved in the project, which will run for five years. The aim of this joint project is ”[…] to bring research data management in Lower Saxony to the wider scientific community and to create a comprehensive programme to support researchers.”[1]
The funding programme consists of three pillars: ”Pillar 1 establishes a central helpdesk, which will further develop support services in the form of a distributed network and make them available to all universities. Training and development of basic skills in research data management will be provided for those higher education institutions that have not yet established research data management services (pillar 2). And lastly, a project fund for particularly innovative projects with an expected impact beyond the own institution is available (pillar 3).”[1]
TIB is responsible for a work package that provides advisory and support services for members of higher education institutions in Lower Saxony.
Dr Christine Jung-Dahlke and Anna-Karina Renziehausen are contact persons for researchers who seek assistance with data handling or provision of relevant disciplinary service as well as for employees in research infrastructure facilities who support researchers at a local level.
Our tasks include
- Personal consultations on (subject-specific) research data management
- Designing and organising workshops for RDM staff and researchers on all aspects of research data management
- providing professional networking opportunities.
Contact Persons
Dr Christine Jung-Dahlke, geoecologist and geoinformatician
E-mail: christine.jung@tib.eu // T +49 171 6486907 (mornings only)
Expertise: Advice for researchers on research data management, especially for spatial data
Anna-Karina Renziehausen, historian and academic librarian
E-mail: anna.renziehausen@tib.eu // T +49 151 40050382
Expertise: Support services for RDM staff and quantitative data analysis with MAXQDA
In line with our specialist background, we are also happy to help with subject-specific questions on data handling.
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[1] https://www.mwk.niedersachsen.de/startseite/aktuelles/presseinformationen/start-der-landesinitiative-forschungsdatenmanagement-niedersachsen-227559.html [14.05.2024] translated
... ist Dipl.-Geoökologin und Geoinformatikerin. Sie arbeitet im Rahmen der Niedersächsischen Landesinitiative Forschungsdaten im Bereich Publikationsdienste an der TIB.
… ist Historikerin (M.A.) und wissenschaftliche Bibliothekarin. Sie arbeitet im Rahmen der Niedersächsischen Landesinitiative Forschungsdaten im Bereich Publikationsdienste an der TIB.
