During two webinars we will find out more about implementation of FAIR principles in everyday work of a researcher. This will give introduction to some of the most significant aspects to make your research data FAIR.
14/11
15:30–17:00 @ Zoom
The first session will cover techniques and workflows for data processing, including file naming conventions, conversions to open data formats, data cleaning and documentation that enable archiving, publishing and reuse of data for reproducibility or secondary analysis. Practical examples will be presented of the use of tools for data processing and analysis for different types of data, both quantitative and qualitative. Special emphasis will be put on ethical data sharing and data protection via anonymization and controlled access. Examples will be shown of data documentation standards that enhance data interoperability, such as use of standard demographics variables and standard categories of missing data.
23/11
15:30–17:00 @ Zoom
The second session will cover metadata standards and related controlled vocabularies to describe, document and support search for your data, as terms describing sampling and other characteristics of methods used. The purpose and key aspects of data management planning will be explained, how to prepare a consent form, and where to find support and where to publish data. The inventory of related materials will be presented needed for proper documentation of the research project as a context where the data is produced, in order to enable informed reuse. Importance will be emphasised of computer code sharing that enable reproducibility of published research results, which is a growing requirement of scientific journals.
The lecturer
Janez Štebe is an assistant professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He’s been lecturing on the social science methods and data science subjects. He is the Head of Slovenian Social Science Data Archive, the national service provider for European research infrastructure CESSDA. He is continuously involved in international data infrastructure development projects, including the past Data without Boundaries (DwB), Synergies for Europe's Research Infrastructures in the Social Sciences (SERISS), and current CESSDA Journals Outreach project. He is seeking international research collaboration on topics of comparative electoral systems studies, attitudes toward work, and COVID-19 related conspiracy beliefs and other.
