Open Sesame? Research Data Management and Open Access Essentials for Your Research Project

How well do you manage your research data—and are you making your publications truly open? Join us to explore best practices in Research Data Management following the FAIR Principles and discover how the University of Bonn supports Open Access publishing. Learn about institutional agreements, funding opportunities, and tools like bonndoc to make your work more accessible and impactful.

Online Event

Friday, December 5, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Target Group

Postdocs, doctoral students, students and other interested early-career researchers

Language

English

Location

Online

Lecture Series

An event in the series "Better safe than sorry - How early-career researchers overcome risks and avoid pitfalls when submitting applications and performing research"

Eine Wissenschaftlerin und ein Wissenschaftler arbeiten hinter einer Glasfassade und mischen Chemikalien mit Großgeräten.

Content

In the first part, we will talk about one of Open Science requirements, Research Data Management (RDM): a range of activities and topics relating to the handling of digital research data. Here you will learn about best practices for collecting, organizing, documenting, publishing and archiving research data in digital systems according to the FAIR Principles (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable).

In the second part, we will focus on Open Access and the related services offered by the university. The University of Bonn supports Open Science and strives to increase the proportion of its publications that are made available through Open Access. We will talk about current institutional agreements between the university and different publishers , e.g. the publish & read agreements with Elsevier, Wiley, and Springer Nature ("DEAL"). You will learn how they work and what other options you have for publishing your work in open access, e.g. with financial support through our Open Access Publication Fund. You will also gain insight into self-archiving (Green Open Access) and the options provided by our institutional repository bonndoc.

Speakers

After completing a degree in Biology, Dr. Ewa Elizabeth Bres obtained a PhD at the International Graduate School of Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum. During her doctorate she studied the impact of the lipoprotein receptor Lrp1 on brain development, with a focus on the astrocyte lineage. At the Research Data Service Center, she manages the research data repository bonndata and is a contact person for training courses.

Dr. Annika Tensi studied at Maastricht University and Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, where she also completed her PhD. In her research, she focused on sustainable agricultural innovations, exploring various social science questions at the intersection of economics, environment, and society in agricultural practice. At the Research Data Service Center, she is the contact person for the Open Science Community, RDM-consulting and PR.

Dr. Daniel Rudolf studied chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, where he completed his doctorate at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry with a thesis on guanidinate-stabilized gallium hydrides. After completing a library traineeship, he came to Bonn. He works at the ULB as a subject librarian for chemistry, pharmacy, medicine and agriculture, is a member of the university's research data service center, and is the central contact for electronic lab books and open access.

Certificate Compliance

If you participate in at least six events of the series, you have the possibility to apply for a Certificate Compliance. Both German and English language events from different semesters can be credited for the certificate. For issuing the certificate, please contact the BGZ by e-mail.