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[Online Winter School] Research with Natural Science Collections: Data, Quality and Methods

November 24 - November 28

Organisation: German Federation for Biological Data e.V. (GFBio), Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN), German Archaeological Institute (DAI), Vernetzungs- und Kompetenzstelle Open Access Brandenburg (VuK) 

Handling research data is becoming key for innovative research. Object-related data in particular can be a challenge here. The WiNoDa Knowledge Lab supports researchers and curators with a five-day intensive course on essential data skills for research with objects in earth system research, archaeology and biodiversity.

Our online seasonal school brings together experts working with natural science collections and is organised in collaboration with NFDI4Biodiversity, a consortium in the German National Research Data Infrastructure NFDI.

Join us to explore the full data journey – from understanding different data types and standards, navigating diverse collection systems, to enriching datasets and improving data quality. Special attention will be given to how to make collection data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and openly available for the scientific community.

Through practical exercises, participants will work with existing collection data, learn how to manage it efficiently using SQL, and gain insights into integrating and harmonizing data across platforms. The course will address conceptual and technical aspects of working with complex data structures.

The seasonal school is suitable for both researchers who work with collection data and curators who want to review and improve the quality of their existing data corpora.

Join us to learn…

  • about the principles of FAIR and open collection data
  • how to meet data quality standards
  • about challenges in handling object data
  • how to navigate different data collections
  • about data types and standards
  • about persistent identifiers
  • how to enrich collection data
  • how to visualise data
  • how to manage collection data with SQL.
Find further details and registration here. 

The registration includes a short survey that allows us to better tailor the program to participants’ needs.

Registration is open until 15 October 2025.

Spaces in the winter school are limited to 30 participants.

Credit: no credits

Charges: no charges

Language: English

About us

The Winoda Knowledge Lab is a data competence center which brings together museums, research institutions, and service providers in the field of research infrastructure: GFBio – German Federation for Biological Data e.V. supports researchers in the field of biodiversity research and ecology with training and services for the management of research data along the data life cycle. Its members form the initial core of the NFDI4Biodiversity consortium and, together with the University of Bremen, provide its office. As a leading research museum, the Museum für Naturkunde opens up its scientific collections and conducts research into biodiversity, evolution and geosciences. For archaeological research, the German Archaeological Institute is part of the Winoda Knowledge Lab as a globally active research institution with a focus on international cooperation. The VuK supports the project for the implementation of Open Science and its communication.

More opportunities to learn RDM

If you are interested in data management in biodiversity and environmental science, the jointly organised seasonal school from NFDI4Bio, HeFDI and iDiv in October 2025 might be interesting for you. You can find more information here: https://www.nfdi4biodiversity.org/de/events/seasonal-school-2025/

 

Picture: Kirill Tatarenkov

Details

Start:
November 24
End:
November 28

Venue

Online
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