Training

We offer you various forms of training in research data management. All courses are free.

General open trainings

We offer regular courses via the course database provided by the university's Talent acquisition and development unit (in the category "Wissenschaftsorganisation"). Those courses are free for academic and non-academic staff.

  • 13.03.2024, 09:00-12:00, u:cris in der Praxis, German, online
  • 21.03.2024, 10:00-12:30, Mein ucris-Profil: Einführung in das Forschungsinformationssystem u:cris für Wissenschafter*innen, German, online
  • 10.04.2024, 09:00-12:00, u:cris in der Praxis, German, on-site
  • 10.04.2024, 10:00-13:00, Praktische Einführung in das Repositorium PHAIDRA, German, online
  • 15.04.2024, 10:00-13:00, Creating Data Management Plans, English, online
  • 16.04.2024, 10:00 - 13:00, Practical Introduction into the repository PHAIDRA, English, online
  • 17.04.2024, 09:00-12:00, Introduction to Research Data Management in the Social Sciences, English, Online
  • 22.04.2024 und 25.04.2023, 10:00-13:00, Research Data Management at the University of Vienna (in zwei Teilen), Englisch, 22.04.2024 on-site und 25.04.2024 online
  • 14.05.2024, 09:30-11:00, Einführung in Transkribus (mit Fokus auf Handschriftenerkennung & KI-Modellierung), German, online [booked out]
  • 16.05.2024, 09:00-12:00, Datenmanagementpläne schreiben, German, online
  • 21.05.2024, 09:30-11:00, Einführung in Transkribus (mit Fokus auf Handschriftenerkennung & KI-Modellierung), German, online [booked out]
  • 28.05.2024, 09:30-11:00, Einführung in Transkribus (mit Fokus auf Handschriftenerkennung & KI-Modellierung), German, online [booked out]
  • 05.06.2024, 09:00-12:00, Introduction to Research Data Management in the Social Sciences, English, online

Trainings for Master and PhD students in the humanities

We offer introductory courses in research data management for PhD students in the humanities. After these introductory courses, you can arrange individual sessions for your personal questions. Courses in summer semester 2024:

  • 09.04.2024, 16:00-18:30, Forschungsdatenmanagement für Doktorand*innen der Geisteswissenschaften, German, on-site (main building, Seminarraum 9, Tiefparterre)
  • 07.05.2024, 16:00-18:30, Research Data Management for PhD Students in the Humanities, English, on-site (main building, lecture room of the University Library, Stair 9, HU)

 

In the summer semester of 2024, we will also be offering practical hands-on workshops on data organisation for the first time: After a short introduction to file naming, folder structure, and documentation, you will implement the knowledge you have acquired directly using your own data. Bring your laptop!

  • 23.04.2024, 16:30-18:30, Data Organisation Basics for PhD and Master, German and/or English (depending on what the participants prefer), on-site (Campus, English and American Studies Library, TV room)
  • 11.06.2024,16:30-18:30, Data Organisation Basics for PhD and Master, German and/or English (depending on what the participants prefer), on-site (Campus, English and American Studies Library, TV room)

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Since legal questions always arise when dealing with data, we offer a practical workshop with Christoph Korab from the Institute for Innovation and Digitalisation in Law: After a short introduction to Austrian intellectual property and data protection law, you can ask all your questions.

  • 14.05.2024, 16:30-18:30, Legal questions, German, on-site (Campus, English and American Studies Library, TV room)

If you don't write your dissertation at PhilKult or HistKult, but in a related discipline, and want to take part in a course, please contact us beforehand. Usually it's no problem. You could also take part in one of the trainings for doctoral students from all faculties:

  • 09.04.2024, 10:00-12:30, Research Data Management for PhD Students: Introduction to Data Planning, Collection and Analysis, English, Online
  • 22.04.2024, 14:00-16:30, Research Data Management for PhD Students: Introduction to Data Archiving, Publishing and Reuse, English, Online [postponed from 16th to 22nd]

The trainings take place via Moodle and Zoom or on-site. You can register on our central RDM website. All doctoral students can take part regardless of which phase their dissertation is in and they don't need to be employed by the university.

 

Individual trainings

If you need training with an discipline-specific focus or training for specific questions from your project or department, please contact us to speak about the details. These courses are free for university employees and students. If they take place within a research project, also members of the project partners can take part. By answering the three questions on our website "Build a Custom Workshop", you can define an individual training for your needs and send us a request. Examples:

  • ten-minute presentation of the research data management policy and the data stewardship programme at a staff meeting
  • half-hour introduction to data management planning for FWF projects
  • two-hour hands-on workshop on data organisation and documentation
  • two-hour workshop on the most important FDM services of the University of Vienna
  • guest lecture as part of a course for Master's students or doctoral candidates, etc.

 

Related courses by the University of Vienna

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The University Library offers research training, library tours, consultations, etc. https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/schulungsangebot/ (more specific offers can also be found on the websites of the respective specialised libraries).

The Computer Centre (ZID) offers a wide variety of courses in the field of data management in the broader sense - e.g. data analysis with Python, introduction to R, MAXQDA Basics, reference management systems Citavi and Zotero... You can find these in the course database under the menu item "ZID-Kurse". Those courses are fee-based.

In the course database you will also find training courses in the area of data protection, e.g. a two-hour introduction to the GDPR. https://kursdatenbank.univie.ac.at/.

The MediaLab of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies regularly offers courses in recording and editing audio and video files, motion capture and eye tracking. These courses are free of charge for PhilKult staff, but a small fee is charged for students and staff from other institutions. You can find the current programme at https://medialab.univie.ac.at/workshops/.

The Center for Doctoral Studies offers various "Transferable Skills" workshops für PhD students, e.g. "Research Data Management for PhD Students: Introduction to Data Planning, Collection and Analysis" and "Creative Commons: Die (richtige) Verwendung von CC-Lizenzen in der Wissenschaft". For more information and registration, see https://forschung.univie.ac.at/services/veranstaltungen-trainings/phd-candidates/trainings-for-phd-candidates/

Self-learn courses from outside the university

The community-base website Programming Historian offers a variety of free courses for humanists working with data on different skill levels, from "Introduction to the Principles of Linked Open Data", "Cleaning Data with OpenRefine" or "Preserving Your Research Data". https://programminghistorian.org/en/

The ACDH-CH offers interactive learning material for the Digital Humanities, such as data management and long-term archiving. https://howto.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/de

if you are interested in cooperative self-learning, please contact us. We would like to develop innovative course formats. Example: 30 minutes of individual self-learning alternate with discussion in the group.