ImageSandra Lundström
Autumn 2024 (online course, in English)
Course start: 4th November
Writing data management plans, structuring research data, and creating infrastructures of open science – these are all tasks that are getting more and more common in academia, also within humanities and social sciences. This development is partly due to new directions in research policies, for example as expressed in the recent research propositions from the Swedish government. Today, moreover, some funding bodies, such as the Swedish Research Council, Riksbankens jubileumsform and Formas, require that scholars write a data management plan along with the research application.
This course addresses this development and the increased need for data management skills in academia. The course is aimed especially at doctoral candidates in the humanities, but also at those in the social sciences and other interested parties who want to learn more about data management in research.
During the course, participants get the opportunity to learn and immerse themselves in various aspects that are important to know when, for example, writing a research application in general, and a data management plan in particular. For example, aspects related to, among others, legislation, ethics, and data storage. The course will equip participants with practical knowledge of data management in order to work as researchers in academia today.
How to apply
If you are interested in taking the course, ask for your supervisors’ approval and then send an application through this form—including your PhD topic, a sentence about why you are interested in the course and an approval from your main supervisor. This is to ensure you receive credits at your home institution after completing the course. We issue a certificate upon successful completion, which you can present to your home institution to have the credits recorded.
The course will be offered on a first come, first serve basis. Doctoral students at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Umeå University will be prioritized, thereafter doctoral students at other faculties at Umeå University, and last doctoral students from other universities in Sweden. There will be a maximum of 15 participants. When the course is completed you will receive a certificate of participation.
