RDM for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Research data management (RDM) methods, tools and procedures can differ depending on the scientific discipline. Different types of data require different solutions. Each subject area has its own standards or recommendations based on the requirements of the specific data and research processes.
The following information has therefore been compiled specifically for researchers in the humanities and social sciences.
Core Facilities
for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Core Facilities offer overarching yet subject-specific and individual counseling on the topic of RDM and therefore are recommended as a first point of contact:
Digital Humanities Center
The Digital Humanities Center provides consultation to humanities scholars and social scientists on issues related to the management of their specific research data. The university's research data repository FDAT is also connected to the center. Another focus are the Spatial Humanities, for which special services are offered.
Digital Humanities Center
info@dh-center.uni-tuebingen.de
+49 7071 29-73628
Methods Center
The Methods Center advises researchers in the social sciences and beyond on quantitative and qualitative methodological research. It pursues an interdisciplinary and multi-method approach.
Methods Center
sekretariat@mz.uni-tuebingen.de
+49 7071 29-74932
NFDI Consortia
for the Humanities and Social Sciences
NFDI consortia offer subject-specific services and information on the topic of RDM. They are suitable contacts for additional, discipline-specific consultation:
With Tübingen Participation
Text+
Text+ is an NFDI consortium for literature and linguistics. However, due to the focus on language and text-based research data, the methods and services offered may also be suitable for other subject areas that deal with spoken and written language.
NFDI4Memory
The NFDI4Memory consortium focuses on the historical sciences. Here, disciplines that are part of the historically oriented humanities will find expertise on various topics related to research data management.
NFDI4Objects
NFDI4Objects combines the humanities with the natural sciences through its focus on archaeology. Here, all disciplines conducting research in the field of material remains of human history will find expert contacts.
KonsortSWD
KonsortSWD offers a contact point for all researchers in the social, educational, behavioral and economic sciences. Additionally, RatSWD is also linked to the consortium.
Further Consortia
Berd@NFDI
Berd@NFDI is a consortium for data from business administration, economics and related disciplines. It offers solutions for empirically collected data consisting of audio, video, image and text files as well as mobile data.
NFDI4Culture
NFDI4Culture offers support for research data on material and non-material cultural heritage. Art history, cultural and media studies disciplines will find expertise here.
Research Projects on RDM
within the Humanities and Social Sciences
RDM structures and services have been and are being developed and used in numerous research projects. The following projects involve and have involved researchers from Tübingen.
Depending on the nature of your own research data, tools and/or expertise developed within the projects may be helpful for data management:
Spacialist
Virtual Research Environment
Virtual or digital research environments are working platforms that have been developed to enable scientists to conduct research together from different locations at the same time.
Spacialist is a virtual research environment (VRE) for the spatial humanities, i.e. all space-related humanities.
Service Project
CRC 1070 ResourceCultures
Information management and information infrastructure in Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) can be applied for as a sub-project in Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) or CRC/Transregio (TRR) of the DFG. They are intended to develop and implement project-specific data management concepts and to set up and operate the associated infrastructure.
The service project Geoscientific and Geoarchaeological Expertise and Research Data Management of the CRC 1070 - ResourceCultures is based in the humanities and social sciences. The CRC runs from 2013 to 2025.
INF-Project
CRC 833 The Construction of Meaning
Information management and information infrastructure in Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) can be applied for as a sub-project in Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) or CRC/Transregio (TRR) of the DFG. They are intended to develop and implement project-specific data management concepts and to set up and operate the associated infrastructure.
The INF project Heterogeneous Primary Research Data - Representation and Processing of the CRC 833 - Constitution of Meaning was based in the humanities and social sciences. The CRC ran from 2009 to 2021.
SSHOC
Social Sciences & Humanities Open Cloud
SSHOC - Social Sciences & Humanities Open Cloud was an EU-funded project in the humanities and social sciences with a funding period from 2019 to 2022.
Its aim was to develop a cloud for researchers in the humanities and social sciences in which data, tools and training are available and accessible to researchers.
EOSC-Hub
Integrated Services For The European Open Science Cloud
EOSC-Hub - Integrated Services For The European Open Science Cloud was an EU-funded project in the humanities and social sciences. The funding period was from 2019 to 2020.
Its aim was to bring together a wide range of tools and services from European infrastructure projects and make them accessible via a common integration and a standardized interface.
PARTHENOS
Pooling Activities, Resources and Tools for Heritage E-research Networking, Optimization and Synergies
PARTHENOS - Pooling Activities, Resources and Tools for Heritage E-research Networking, Optimization and Synergies was an EU-funded project in the humanities and social sciences with a funding period from 2015 to 2019.
Its aim was to link existing infrastructures and increase the interoperability of their services. This included the development of joint data standards and research projects as well as the pooling of services and software.
CLARIAH-DE
CLARIN-D and DARIAH-DE
CLARIAH-DE was a BMBF-funded project within the humanities and social sciences that ran from 2019 to 2021.
Its aim was to connect the two infrastructures CLARIN-D and DARIAH-DE to form a joint research data infrastructure for the humanities in Germany.
CLARIN-D
Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure
CLARIN-D - Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure was a BMBF-funded project in the humanities and social sciences. The funding period was from 2016 to 2020.
Its aim was to create a research infrastructure for the humanities and social sciences that supports researchers in the re-use of existing research data, develops and provides tools for analyzing their own and re-used data as well as providing support in data management.
LAPPS-CLARIN
project funded by Mellon Foundation
LAPPS-CLARIN was a project within the humanities and social sciences funded by the Mellon Foundation. Funding ran from 2016 to 2018.
Its aim was to enable services from the CLARIN and LAPPS Grid projects to be interoperable and accessible from the respective other service.
NaLiDa
Center for Sustainability of Linguistic Data
NaLiDa - Zentrum für Nachhaltigkeit Linguistischer Daten was a DFG-funded project within the humanities and social sciences that ran from 2013 to 2016.
Its aim was the long-term preservation and provision of language resources for research questions.
ViCE
Virtual Open Science Collaboration Environment
ViCE - Virtual Open Science Collaboration Environment was a state funded project in the humanities and social sciences with a funding period from 2016 to 2018.
Its aim was to develop a standardized and widely available solution for the use of virtual research environments (VRE).
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