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The webinar FAIR and CARE Principles covered the theory behind the FAIR and CARE principles, followed by practical applications illustrated through two case studies. The webinar concluded with a 30-minute discussion.

After a brief introduction to Open Science, the origins of the DMP, and the various requirements from funder and legal perspectives, the webinar presented two case studies of particular interest to the humanities and social sciences. These followed the SNSF template and focused on projects that c...

This webinar explores the importance of documenting research data and provides practical guidance on how to do so effectively. It covers documentation at multiple levels – including both project-level and data-level – and outlines the key requirements for preparing data for deposit and long-term...

This guide addresses qualitative data anonymisation from a theoretical, legal and practical perspective. After defining qualitative data anonymisation and addressing some common forms of resistance when it comes to anonymising such data, this guide presents the main anonymisation techniques. It a...

In the social sciences, requirements from funders and journals to make data available often present difficulties for researchers because of data protection issues. Anonymisation is a good solution for addressing the challenges of personal and sensitive data. This FORS Guide provides some practica...

This is a UKDS guide for researchers on UK law and the EU GDPR.

This webinar gives an introduction to the key principles of qualitative data anonymization and guides researchers through the different techniques for anonymising their data, as well as file handling procedures. It also addressed some common concerns expressed by researchers, and how to possibly...

This webinar provides key concepts on anonymization in social science research to help researchers to develop an appropriate strategy, and to provide the main techniques for anonymising your quantitative data.

This webinar addressed the importance of good documentation within a research project, and will guide you through project-level documentation and data-level documentation. By the end you should have been able to determine what documentation is needed during a research project and what documentati...

This webinar covered the most important questions on consent with regard to setting up a social science research project. By the end of the presentation researchers should have known how to formulate a coherent consent form and how to apply it.