Welcome om he GESIS eam!
A sho in oduc ion o
Resea ch Da a Managemen
D . Anja Pe y
PhD Onboa ding | Facul y o Managemen , Economics and
Social Sciences, Uni e si y o Cologne | 08 Oc obe 2025
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Wha is GESIS?
One o he wo ld’s leading
in as uc u e ins i u ions o
he social sciences.
We suppo esea che s wi h
expe ise and in as uc u e
se ices a all le els o hei
esea ch p ojec s
Phase 1
Planning s udies and collec ing da a
Phase 2
Finding and assessing da a
Phase 3
P ocessing and analysing da a
Phase 4
A chi ing and sha ing
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(Beyazçiçek, 2023)
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(Kononow, 2023)
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Resea ch Da a Managemen
•Heal hca e o you da a!
•All s a egies, p ocesses and measu es o ensu e:
•Da a quali y
•In e p e abili y
•Re-use o da a
•O en also e hical and legal aspec s
•Ve y cen al: The da a managemen plan!
•RDM om he s a
•De ines esponsibili ies in he p ojec
•Roadmap o he p ojec
(Alonso, 2021)
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Along he da a li e cycle
esea ch
s udy planning
da a collec ion
& cleaning
da a analysis
da a a chi ing &
sha ing
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Resea ch
esea ch
documen a ion
Documen
osea ch o e-usable da a and
ma e ials
oadded alue o new da a
esea ch e hics
Fi s e hical e iew
op o ec all (g oups o ) pe sons
in ol ed
oensu e esea ch in eg i y
s udy planning
da a collec ion
& cleaning
da a analysis
da a a chi ing &
sha ing
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S udy planning
esea ch
esea ch e hics
documen a ion
s udy planning
Conside e hical aspec s and ob ain,
e.g., e hics o e
Documen
opopula ion and sample d awing
omeasu emen ins umen and
p e- es s
legal issues
Conside legal issues
oda a p o ec ion egula ions
ocopy igh s and igh s o usage (in
he p ojec and beyond)
da a sha ing
Iden i y sui able eposi o ies o
new da a
da a collec ion
& cleaning
da a analysis
da a a chi ing &
sha ing
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Da a collec ion and
cleaning
esea ch
esea ch e hics
documen a ion
s udy planning
legal issues
da a sha ing
da a collec ion
& cleaning
Ob ain in o med consen and
implemen consen managemen
o ganiza ion
Recei e da a collec ed, s o e and
p ese e aw da a
Con en ion o s o ing, naming,
e sioning and backing up
o da a and ela ed ma e ials
Documen da a, da a collec ion, and
he ield pe iod
ome hodological epo
ocodebook and measu emen
ins umen
da a analysis
da a a chi ing &
sha ing
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Da a sha ing a GESIS
A chi ing BASIC
F ee o cha ge
Da a s o ed and accessible
o a leas 25 yea s
Basic en y check
DOI
A chi ing PLUS
One ime s o age ee
Long- e m p ese a ion and
access
Ex ensi e en y checks
Enhanced documen a ion
DOI
A chi ing PREMIUM
P ice on eques
Long- e m p ese a ion and
access
Se ices o da a handling,
incl. subs an i e checks and
co ec ions
DOI
T aining and consul ing in Resea ch Da a Managamen
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Thank you!
Con ac
D . Anja Pe y
anja.pe [email protected] g
@da endeale in.bsky.social
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Re e ences
•Uni e si y o Cologne. The Rec o . (2022). Guidelines o he Uni e si y o Cologne on Good Resea ch P ac ice. (25 Janua y 2022). A ailable
a : h ps://po al.uni-koeln.de/si es/uni/images/Fo schung/e hik/Guidelines_Good_Resea ch_P ac ice_UoC.pd . [2025/09/09].
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•Alonso, M. (2021). No i le. h ps://www.pexels.com/de-de/ o o/pe son- au-jung-suche-7623574/. (Pexel License)
•Beyazçiçek, S. (2023). 16. I hough I was an open book. A ailable a : h ps:// o ms.app/en/blog/su ey-memes
•Kononow, P. (2023). Table Name Does Ma e . A ailable a : h ps://da aedo.com/ca oon/ able-name-does-ma e . (CC BY-ND 3.0).
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