Improving Data Quality through Data Stewardship: An emerging Community of Data Stewards in Germany

Imp o ing Da a Quali y h ough Da a
S ewa dship: An eme ging Communi y
o Da a S ewa ds in Ge many
Jens Die kes Daniela Hausen
o Da a S ewa ds Ge many
E-Science-Tage 2025 - Heidelbe g - 14.3.2025
The why & how o a na ional communi y o da a s ewa ds
➢Many ac i i ies on RDM & da a s ewa dship
○NFDI, Sec ion EduT ain
○DINI/nes o AG Fo schungsda en
○Da a Compe ence Cen e s
○Fede al S a e Ini ia i es, …
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○a clea defini ion o a da a s ewa d
○in eg a ion o da a s ewa ds in o esea ch eams
○p o essionalisa ion
○ca ee acks
○ins i u ional s a egic awa eness
"Sca e ed puzzle pieces nex o sol ed agmen " by Ho ia Va lan
is licensed unde CC BY 2.0.
➢Realisa ion: he e is much mo e han jus sha ing expe iences and knowing o he
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The why & how o a na ional communi y o da a s ewa ds
★Da a S ewa dship in RDM 2020
★Da aS ew p ojec 2022
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(DSgG) 2022, 23, 24
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Yellow pages &
communica ion
Goals:
●Vi ual space o s ewa ds o
communica e
●Easy access
●Communi y-d i en
Needs:
●In ol emen o membe s wi h
a echnical in e es
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Vision
Da a S ewa dship as a s a egic
c oss-cu ing p io i y in he esea ch
ecosys em
●Co-C ea ion
●T anspa ency
●D i e cul u al change
●P o essional De elopmen :
S ong na ional ne wo king and
beyond
●Sus ainabili y
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Challenges
Exchange abou common
challenges, such as hose ela ed o
●Roles/ de . o Da a S ewa ds
●In as uc u e & p o ide s
●In e nal communica ion
●Cul u al change
●Finding RDM esou ces & ge
esea che s o use ools
●Reaching people
●Legal ques ions
●…
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Mailinglis
Con ac :
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Jens Die kes
Uni e si y o Cologne
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Daniela Hausen
Hein ich Heine Uni e si y
Düsseldo
[email p o ec ed]
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