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Registry-based research in Sweden – past, present and future (Not specified)
The excellent opportunities for registry-based research in Sweden can improve health, but this ’goldmine of data’ is underused and there are also methodological limitations and funding issues requiring attention. Additional information concerning the...
… on. … Registry-based research in Sweden – past, present and future …
SSHOC Gathers International Resources for Researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities (English)
The SSHOC (Social Sciences and Humanities Open Cloud) project has started and the new website been launched. Over time, the website will become a place where researchers in the social sciences and humanities will be able to find a collection of...
… and Humanities Open Cloud) project has started and the new website been launched. Over time, the website will become a place where researchers in the social sciences and …
SND's activities (English)
Since the early 1980s, the Swedish National Data Service (SND) has supported researchers in sharing and reusing research data. Our work began on a small scale, focusing on survey data in the social sciences. Today, we support all types of research...
… to educate and inform. Through Researchdata.se and the SND website, we offer digital training materials tailored to … best practices on subjects such as data management plans, recommended file formats, and handling different types of data … and the National Library of Sweden, SND has developed the website Openscience.se , which brings together the most …
National collaborations (English)
SND collaborates with a range of organizations in promoting open science and increased access to research data. Much of SND’s collaborative work takes place within the SND Network, which includes a majority of Sweden’s higher education institutions...
… for Research, previously “Research Data – From Concept to Completion” ) focuses on mapping the needs of researchers in … The project has three tracks: Analysis of reports, studies, and parallel projects Terminology and capabilities … on Zenodo and will be published in web format on the SND website. This group has completed the work with the …
The SND Network (English)
The SND Network consists of most Swedish universities and several other research organizations. These members have established local research data support units, known as Data Access Units (DAUs). SND serves as a knowledge hub and provides central...
… Many of these institutions provide information on their own websites, allowing you to follow the development of research …
IZA Workshop "Persistent Identifiers for the Social Sciences" (Not specified)
A convention for the proper, formal and machine actionable citation of datasets used in empirical research is long overdue. The benefits of such a convention would be enormous in terms of bibliometrics but also in terms of allowing the contribution...
… the contribution of data providers and workers to become more evident. Persistent Identifiers of digital and other objects are seen as an important ingredient in this context. The workshop, coorganized by GESIS, … with user participation, regarding governance, politics and community issues will be included in the program in order to …
Eva Stensköld, Director of SND, has been nominated as a candidate to the EOSC Association Board of Directors. The nomination is made by the University of Gothenburg together with the Swedish Research Council and eight Swedish universities that are...
… research organizations, and therefore also to the research community. I also have considerable experience from EU work … her role as Director of SND, will be a vital part of the upcoming crucial build-up phase of the EOSC Federation. … November. Learn more about the nine candidates on the EOSC website. … Eva Stensköld nominated to the EOSC …
—It’s fantastic, you learn so much; it’s amazing in terms of skills development. Maria Johnsson, librarian at Lund University Libraries, has for several years specialised in working with research data. Last autumn, Maria was one of the experts who...
… many countries and research areas to discuss and develop recommendations and best practices in various fields, such as … and data repository certification. By adopting the RDA recommendations, researchers and institutions can streamline … Johnsson learned about the support programmes on the RDA website, decided to apply and was awarded one of the coveted …
What began in 1981 with two data enthusiasts sharing a small office at the University of Gothenburg has grown into a national research data infrastructure supporting a majority of Sweden’s higher education institutions. One of those two pioneers was...
… standards, certification, or strategic planning for the future. How highly Iris is regarded by colleagues in Sweden … social science researchers and research projects. The outcome was a catalogue of around 200 studies, published as Svenska Databaser I (Swedish Databases …
Five Swedish infrastructures, including SND, should be merged into one organisation. That is the proposal from the Swedish Research Council and the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions in a new report. The reasoning behind the...
… to develop an e-infrastructure for research that can meet future needs. It could be, for example, to be able to use … and methods by, for instance, making it possible to easily combine data sets and data sources in new ways. But the … prerequisites." (page 8, translated) In order to meet the future demands for e-infrastructures, open research data and …