Inspiring day yesterday at the BERD Academy Workshop on “𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵”, in cooperation with the ifo Institute. Thank you to all participants! 🙏 Special thanks to keynote 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗿 and our scientific committee: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘇, 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗥𝘂𝗷𝗮𝗻, and 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘁.

🚀 Our 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 at ZBW Kiel kicked off yesterday - a space for anyone who’s ever stared at a dataset and thought “now what?” 2 days all about hands-on problem solving, practical takeaways, fresh ideas, and maybe a few new friends. Many thanks to our cooperation partners: DRA, ZBW, and CAU.

Submission deadline (31 Oct) for Social Media Access Days coming closer. Looking forward to your abstracts: www.dnb.de/DE/Professio.... w/ @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social #NFDI4DataScience @berd-nfdi.bsky.social @gesis.org @trovdimi.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

Are you a PhD, early-career researcher, or Master’s student in business, economics, or the social sciences? Bring your data questions – about 📊 finding data 🔍 choosing methods 📖 publishing data No prerequisites – just curiosity. More info & 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

🚨 Don’t miss tomorrow’s Research Data Management Seminar: 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 🗓 September 9, 2025 🕑 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. 🎤 Vasilka Paunova ➡️ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 now and join us tomorrow: www.uni-mannheim.de/news/researc...

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁!📄 A new Scientific Data paper presents a gold-standard dataset for extracting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 139 corporate sustainability reports (MSCI World Small Cap & DAX). Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another CORDI has come to an end. What a great time! Thank you #NFDI #CORDI2025

From poster to overengineered 3D experiment. Basically... infrastructure... - #NFDI spirit in action🔥Come by and have coffee with me :) #CoRDI2025

Expert Testing Starts for New Data Training Modules: Our Moodle-based platform is live! ASSURED - by BERD@NFDI, GHGA, and KonsortSWD - trains users in the safe, legal, and ethical use of sensitive research data. Want to contribute?👉info[at]assured-training.org Webpage: assured-training.org

𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗭𝗕𝗪 𝗞𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟰-𝟭𝟱 Got data questions you've never had the right space to ask? Whether you're struggling with analysis, finding the right dataset, or making your data citable, this workshop is for you. 👉 Register: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy... 📩 Questions? info[at]berd-nfdi.de

🔥 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 We welcome submissions from researchers at all career stages. 📬 Submit your abstract (max. 250 words) by 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 to 📧 [email protected] More info: www.berd-nfdi.de/data-quality...

How can FAIR data management be reconciled with the General Data Protection Regulation? 🔐 The new fact sheet series developed by the Working Group Data Protection of the #NFDI section ELSA focuses on specific aspects of the main topic “FAIR-Principles and Data Protection".

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 📅 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟭𝟲 & 𝟮𝟱 🧑‍🏫 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗴 Learn how to use LLMs and other AI tools across your research workflow - from planning to publication. 💸 F𝗿𝗲𝗲 | In return, we ask participants to support evaluation 👉 www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: Novel Financial Data for Research This BERD Academy & ifo workshop explores how real-time financial data, like card and payment data, can advance research in economics and policy. 💸 Free | Limited travel grants available 👉 Apply: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Last week’s workshop in Kassel dove into Human-in-the-Loop and Active Learning for NLP - blending theory with hands-on Python. Big thanks to Lukas Rauch for making it engaging and practical! More info: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Interested in social media research & archiving? Abstracts for Social Media Access Days due 31 October: www.dnb.de/DE/Professio.... w/ @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social #NFDI4DataScience @berd-nfdi.bsky.social @gesis.org @trovdimi.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

Our EconData Workshop wrapped up yesterday, and we are still inspired. In just two days, participants showed amazing energy and creativity. Big thanks to our instructors Dr. Heidi Seibold and Ilona Lipp - and to everyone who joined! Next stop: Kiel🙌 More pics: www.berd-nfdi.de/workshop-man...

Today, we kicked off our EconData Workshop, a collaboration with the Digital Research Academy (👀https://digital-research.academy/). Participants brought great energy, brainstormed, and set their own topics. Tomorrow, it’s hands-on: time to work on real solutions💪 www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Social Media Data: Show & Tell – 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁-𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 (3) 📅 June 20 | 2:00 PM CEST | Online 🎙 With Prof. Dr. Julia Bee, Dr. Elena Pilipets, and Stephen Albrecht 👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: adwmainz.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Further information: nfdi4culture.de/de/veranstal...

Spokesperson Election for Industry Engagement Section on May 16 🔹 Florian Stahl (BERD@NFDI) re-elected 🔹 Andreas Förster (DECHEMA,NFDI4Cat) new Deputy, succeeding Christoph Eberl – thanks for the contribution! The section builds bridges between NFDI and industry.

Heute beim RatSWD-Workshop „Unternehmensdaten für Forschung & Politikberatung“: Ulrich Krieger stellte den BERD Research Data Marketplace vor – unsere Plattform für Forschung mit Unternehmen bei voller Datenkontrolle.🔗 Mehr Infos: www.berd-nfdi.de/research-dat... 📸©JonasZdrzalek

🛎️ Excited to announce the 1st Workshop on Bridging NLP and Public Opinion Research at COLM 2025, Oct 10th in Montreal 🇨🇦 As LLMs reshape public discourse and research, collaboration between NLP and Public Opinion Research (POR) is more vital than ever #NLPOR Submit by June 23📄 🔗 tinyurl.com/nlpor25

Great news for late birds!🦉 The 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 for our workshop “Deep Learning with Humans-In-The-Loop: Active Learning for NLP” has been 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵! 🗓️ June 26, 2025 🕘 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM 📍 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 & 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

How do machines learn to decide - and why is it important? Explore reinforcement learning: feedback-driven algorithms used in AI, business, and beyond. 📅 Starts June 17, Online 🕟 Tuesdays, 4:30–5:30 PM 💀 Apply by May 12: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

🧠 Learn to build (Deep) Active Learning cycles in Python – hands-on & free! 📍 University of Kassel 🗓️ June 26, 2025 🕘 9:00–16:00 🧑‍💻 Requirements: Basic Python + ML knowledge, own laptop 💀 Apply by May 14 → Info & Application: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Am Donnerstag, 08. Mai 2025, 16:00-17:00 Uhr, geht es in unserer Webinar-Reihe zur European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) weiter mit der 5. EOSC Coffee Lecture: “Die EOSC Föderation – Aktueller Stand und nächste Schritte" mit Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann: www.zbw.eu/de/eosc-coff... Gerne anmelden!

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀?😵‍💫 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀?🤯 Join the 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗺 for practical, actionable insights for your research. No prerequisites|✅ Free attendance|☕Plenty of coffee|😋Free lunch on day 2 🎟️ www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

@berd-nfdi.bsky.social entwickelt seit 2022 eine Serviceplattform, die Datenmanagement, Analyse und Open Science vereint. Mit der Kommunikationschefin Veronica Haas sprechen wir in unserer neuen Podcastfolge über Fortschritte und neue Services sowie Veränderungen in der Forschung: zbw.to/dldBv #FDMI

Helen Alber's DAGStat 2025 talk yesterday showed how LLMs streamline sentence classification and how to fix their mistakes. 💡 The solution? A two-step approach: LLMs pre-classify, experts refine, and Sim-SIMEX corrects errors, boosting efficiency and handling imbalanced data as well as MC-SIMEX.

This free 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲, starting on 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, will equip you with the skills and tools to ensure your research is organized, version-controlled, stable, and fully reproducible, with 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟯. Apply now: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Die zweite Version des 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗳ü𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻 𝘇𝘂𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ist da! 🎉 🧐 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘂? Die überarbeitete Version verbessert Struktur, Interoperabilität und Auffindbarkeit. Schaut rein: zenodo.org/records/1480...

Yesterday, the German Data Science Days '25 kicked off at LMU - a great event fostering interdisciplinary exchange among data scientists. Also today BERD is here with an info booth. Stop by, learn about our services, we look forward to connecting! www.gdsd.statistik.uni-muenchen.de/german-data-...

Still don’t know what to do during the semester break? Why not explore new ideas with data? Join us in Cologne, March 19th to 20th 2025 🙌 Register here: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

The first unconference workshop is coming up soon! Join us in Cologne, March 19th to 20th 2025 🙌 @berd-nfdi.bsky.social Register here: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 – #FDMPower Join the global Love Data Week from February 10–14, 2025, celebrating research data and data management under the theme "Whose Data Is It, Anyway?" 🚀📊 You may find the links to our upcoming events in the comment section!

Happy Data Protection Day! Today is all about raising awareness of privacy rights and data protection best practices. Find out more about our online tool iVA that helps you understand data protection laws: www.berd-nfdi.de/legal-questi...

Are you interested in creating creative and efficient survey formats? Are topics like sampling, field control, and data preparation essential to your research? Then, the 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻-𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗟𝗢𝗪 is something for you! Register until tomorrow via www.uni-mannheim.de/news/survey-...

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗣𝗗𝗙𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮! 📄 Join Jack Collins's free online course (𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗿 𝟭𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱) on web scraping, Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and Natural Language Processing! Sounds interesting? 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Register now for our next online Coffee Lecture on Open Science Education: "BERD Academy: Open Education for Researchers with (unstructured) Business, Economics and Related Data". The speaker is Markus Herklotz, LMU Munich. zbw.to/JVvZz @berd-nfdi.bsky.social #OpenScience

Interested in well-structured long-term company data? 👉 Vote now until the 31st of January to help us adapt our platform to your data needs! Sound amazing? Check out the data portal: long-term.berd-nfdi.de/s/data/item and vote now: long-term.berd-nfdi.de/s/data/guest...

Don't miss out on this great event 😊

And the holly jolly Christmas time has begun 🎄Did you discover our BERD@NFDI Christmas Calendar yet? No? Follow us on LinkedIn to receive exciting information about valuable data sets every day until Christmas: de.linkedin.com/school/berd-...

Last week, our consortium met in Cologne for lively discussions, milestone celebrations, and PhD showcases. Grateful to our team and hosts for an inspiring gathering! 🐦💡 Pictures: www.berd-nfdi.de/all-hands-me...

Have yourself a merry little Christmas and… the BERD@NFDI Christmas Calendar! 🎄 Starting December 1, we will present you with 24 exciting data sets. This calendar will undoubtedly make this joyful (but often also stressful) time even more pleasant. Stay tuned! 😊

Our colleagues Vasilka Stoilova, Mahmoud Hassan, and Dr. Ulrich Krieger represented BERD@NFDI at the 1st Base4NFDI User Conference at the Fraunhofer FOKUS in Berlin🎉 Curious to learn more about the service we presented? Visit us at ts.berd-nfdi.de

Watch the 4th EOSC Coffee Lecture on: “Die EOSC ist Online! Was heißt das und wie geht es weiter?“ now: www.zbw.eu/de/eosc-coff...

Join the BERD Academy Online Lecture on: “Open Education for Research with (unstructured) Business, Economics and Related Data” organized by ZBW 📍Online 📅 January 29th, 2025 👨‍🏫 Speaker: Markus Herklotz Sounds exciting? Find out more via: openeconomics.zbw.eu/en/coffee-le...

Save the Date: 4th EOSC Coffee Lecture on: “Die EOSC ist Online! Was heißt das und wie geht es weiter?” 📍 Online 📅 November 12th, 2024 👨‍🏫 Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann Sounds exciting? Register now via: eveeno.com/121007791

We’re excited to announce that our project coordinator, Dr. Ulrich Krieger, will present BERD@NFDI at the NFDI4DS Conference today. We look forward to listening to his valuable insights! To find out more about our research, visit our website: www.berd-nfdi.de

Be ASSURED in Safe and Ethical Research Data Handling!🔒 ❔ Do you want to learn more about how to handle sensitive data? ❔ Do you want to achieve a recognized certification for doing so? Then, this might be something for you. Find out more about ASSURED at: www.berd-nfdi.de/assured/