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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · 29d

Are you a PhD, early-career researcher, or Master’s student in business, economics, or the social sciences?

Bring your data questions – about
📊 finding data
🔍 choosing methods
📖 publishing data

No prerequisites – just curiosity.

More info & 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Don’t miss tomorrow’s Research Data Management Seminar: 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

🗓 September 9, 2025
🕑 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
🎤 Vasilka Paunova

➡️ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 now and join us tomorrow:
www.uni-mannheim.de/news/researc...

Research Data Management Seminars: FAIR and GDPR Compliant |

Research Skills

www.uni-mannheim.de

BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Sep 1

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁!📄

A new Scientific Data paper presents a gold-standard dataset for extracting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 139 corporate sustainability reports (MSCI World Small Cap & DAX).

Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Another CORDI has come to an end. What a great time! Thank you #NFDI

#CORDI2025

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Aug 28

From poster to overengineered 3D experiment. Basically... infrastructure... - #NFDI spirit in action🔥Come by and have coffee with me :)

#CoRDI2025

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Jul 31

Expert Testing Starts for New Data Training Modules: Our Moodle-based platform is live!

ASSURED - by BERD@NFDI, GHGA, and KonsortSWD - trains users in the safe, legal, and ethical use of sensitive research data.

Want to contribute?👉info[at]assured-training.org

Webpage: assured-training.org

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Jul 25

𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗭𝗕𝗪 𝗞𝗶𝗲𝗹
𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟰-𝟭𝟱

Got data questions you've never had the right space to ask? Whether you're struggling with analysis, finding the right dataset, or making your data citable, this workshop is for you.

👉 Register: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
📩 Questions? info[at]berd-nfdi.de

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Jul 23

🔥 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻
We welcome submissions from researchers at all career stages.

📬 Submit your abstract (max. 250 words) by 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 to
📧 [email protected]

More info: www.berd-nfdi.de/data-quality...

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German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) @nfdi.de · Jul 18

How can FAIR data management be reconciled with the General Data Protection Regulation? 🔐

The new fact sheet series developed by the Working Group Data Protection of the #NFDI section ELSA focuses on specific aspects of the main topic “FAIR-Principles and Data Protection".

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Jul 3

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝

📅 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟭𝟲 & 𝟮𝟱
🧑‍🏫 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗴

Learn how to use LLMs and other AI tools across your research workflow - from planning to publication.

💸 F𝗿𝗲𝗲 | In return, we ask participants to support evaluation

👉 www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Jul 3

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: Novel Financial Data for Research

This BERD Academy & ifo workshop explores how real-time financial data, like card and payment data, can advance research in economics and policy.

💸 Free | Limited travel grants available

👉 Apply: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Jul 1

Last week’s workshop in Kassel dove into Human-in-the-Loop and Active Learning for NLP - blending theory with hands-on Python.

Big thanks to Lukas Rauch for making it engaging and practical!

More info: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

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Stefan Dietze @dietzestefan.bsky.social · Jun 26

Interested in social media research & archiving? Abstracts for Social Media Access Days due 31 October: www.dnb.de/DE/Professio.... w/ @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social #NFDI4DataScience @berd-nfdi.bsky.social @gesis.org @trovdimi.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

Call for Submissions: Social Media Access Days

www.dnb.de

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our EconData Workshop wrapped up yesterday, and we are still inspired.

In just two days, participants showed amazing energy and creativity.

Big thanks to our instructors Dr. Heidi Seibold and Ilona Lipp - and to everyone who joined!

Next stop: Kiel🙌
More pics: www.berd-nfdi.de/workshop-man...

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Jun 23

Today, we kicked off our EconData Workshop, a collaboration with the Digital Research Academy (👀https://digital-research.academy/).

Participants brought great energy, brainstormed, and set their own topics. Tomorrow, it’s hands-on: time to work on real solutions💪

www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Jun 10

Social Media Data: Show & Tell – 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁-𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 (3)

📅 June 20 | 2:00 PM CEST | Online
🎙 With Prof. Dr. Julia Bee, Dr. Elena Pilipets, and Stephen Albrecht

👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: adwmainz.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Further information: nfdi4culture.de/de/veranstal...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Social-Media-Daten: Show & Tell - Rechtsextremismus- und Demokratieforschung (3). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the...

adwmainz.zoom.us

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · May 23

Spokesperson Election for Industry Engagement Section on May 16

🔹 Florian Stahl (BERD@NFDI) re-elected
🔹 Andreas Förster (DECHEMA,NFDI4Cat) new Deputy, succeeding Christoph Eberl – thanks for the contribution!

The section builds bridges between NFDI and industry.

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · May 23

Heute beim RatSWD-Workshop „Unternehmensdaten für Forschung & Politikberatung“:

Ulrich Krieger stellte den BERD Research Data Marketplace vor – unsere Plattform für Forschung mit Unternehmen bei voller Datenkontrolle.🔗 Mehr Infos: www.berd-nfdi.de/research-dat...

📸©JonasZdrzalek

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Janet Liu @janetlauyeung.bsky.social · May 16

🛎️ Excited to announce the 1st Workshop on Bridging NLP and Public Opinion Research at COLM 2025, Oct 10th in Montreal 🇨🇦

As LLMs reshape public discourse and research, collaboration between NLP and Public Opinion Research (POR) is more vital than ever #NLPOR Submit by June 23📄

🔗 tinyurl.com/nlpor25

Welcome to the First Workshop on Bridging NLP and Public Opinion Research, co-located with COLM 2025, October 10, 2025, Montreal, Canada.

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · May 15

Great news for late birds!🦉 The 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 for our workshop “Deep Learning with Humans-In-The-Loop: Active Learning for NLP” has been 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵!

🗓️ June 26, 2025
🕘 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 & 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Apr 25

How do machines learn to decide - and why is it important?

Explore reinforcement learning: feedback-driven algorithms used in AI, business, and beyond.

📅 Starts June 17, Online
🕟 Tuesdays, 4:30–5:30 PM

💀 Apply by May 12: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Apr 25

🧠 Learn to build (Deep) Active Learning cycles in Python – hands-on & free!

📍 University of Kassel
🗓️ June 26, 2025
🕘 9:00–16:00

🧑‍💻 Requirements: Basic Python + ML knowledge, own laptop

💀 Apply by May 14 → Info & Application: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

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ZBW – Leibniz Informationszentrum Wirtschaft @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social · Apr 4

Am Donnerstag, 08. Mai 2025, 16:00-17:00 Uhr, geht es in unserer Webinar-Reihe zur European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) weiter mit der 5. EOSC Coffee Lecture: “Die EOSC Föderation – Aktueller Stand und nächste Schritte" mit Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann:
www.zbw.eu/de/eosc-coff...
Gerne anmelden!

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Apr 3

𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀?😵‍💫
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀?🤯

Join the 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗺 for practical, actionable insights for your research.

No prerequisites|✅ Free attendance|☕Plenty of coffee|😋Free lunch on day 2

🎟️ www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

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BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Mar 31

Thank you so much for the invitation to your #OpenScience ZBW-Podcast and the great discussion on BERD@NFDI, Dr. Doreen Siegfried.

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