Selected projects and publications 2008–2016
Selected projects and publications from earlier German Data Forum (RatSWD) appointment periods
Working Groups
set up by the German Data Forum most often publish the results of their work as reports:
- Optimierung des bestehenden kriminalstatistischen Systems in Deutschland. Wolfgang Heinz et al. 2009.
- Ein Nationales Mortalitätsregister für Deutschland. Bericht der Arbeitsgruppe und Stellungnahme des Rates für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (Hrsg.) 2010.
- Georeferenzierung von Daten – Situation und Zukunft der Geodatenlandschaft in Deutschland. Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (Hrsg.) 2012.
- Datenschutzrechtliche Anforderungen bei der Generierung und Archivierung qualitativer Interviewdaten. Stefan Liebig et al. RatSWD Working Paper Series 238/2014.
Workshops and conferences
often serve as the basis for publications. By publishing the results, we seek to make the respective subject matter accessible to a wider audience:
- Empfehlung des Rates für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD) zum Zugang der Wissenschaft zu den Daten des Zensus 2011. Stellungnahme des Rates für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten 2011.
- Weiterentwicklung der amtlichen Haushaltsstatistiken. Thomas Riede, Sabine Bechtold und Notburga Ott (Hrsg.) 2013.
- Forschungsinfrastrukturen für die qualitative Sozialforschung. Denis Huschka, Hubert Knoblauch, Claudia Oellers und Heike Solga (Hrsg.) 2013.
Research strategic publications
of the German Data Forum (RatSWD) assess the current status and future potential of Germany’s research data infrastructure:
- Fortschritte der informationellen Infrastruktur in Deutschland. Gabriele Rolf, Markus Zwick und Gert G. Wagner (Hrsg.) 2008.
- Building on Progress: Expanding the Research Infrastructure for the Social, Economic and Behavioral Sciences. German Data Forum (ed.) 2011.
- Facing the Future: European Research Infrastructures for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Adrian Dusa, Dietrich Nelle, Günter Stock, and Gert G. Wagner (eds.) 2014.
Access to research data
Big data and unstructured data
Publications
Press releases:
- Results of the 38th meeting of the German Data Forum: Health Data, Big Data, and Accreditation Criteria for Research Data Centers (27 April 2015)
- Data Ownership and Data Access? The German Data Forum celebrates 10-year anniversary with an event on big data (21 April 2015)
Events
- International Expert Workshop: ‘Big Data in Social and Economic Research’
2-3 November 2016, Dusseldorf - 10-year RatSWD Anniversary Event Big Data – Big Trouble? The Use of Big Data for Research, Policy and Society
16 April 2015, Berlin - Keynote Address
6th Conference for Social and Economic Data (6|KSWD)
20-21 February 2014, Berlin
Education data
Dialogue with stakeholders
- Dialogue with stakeholders at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories at the University of Bamberg (LIfBi) on the further development of the National Educational Panel Study’s (NEPS) survey structure with the aim of achieving representativeness at a national level (starting in August 2016)
Publications
Press releases:
Events
- Forum G – What we know about education: Results from PISA, PIAAC, NEPS and IQB Monitoring
6th Conference for Social and Economic Data (6|KSWD)
20-21 February 2014, Berlin
Health data
Dialogue with stakeholders
- Supporting the initiative for revising §75 SGB X for establishing and re-useing long-term research databases (Dec 2016)
- Commissioning Dr. Dr. med. Ulrich Mueller (Philipps-Universität Marburg) to follow up on the establishment of a National Death Index / National Mortality Database (Nov 2016)
- Dialogue with DIMDI – German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information Information towards better access to health services research as part of the German Data Forum’s 40th meeting (Dec 2015)
- Dialogue with the German National Cohort (GNC) (NaKo – Nationale Kohorte) on data access to the study’s data as part of the German Data Forum’s 40th meeting (Jun 2015)
- Dialogue with the AGENS, a working group on collecting and using secondary data, as part of the German Data Forum’s 39th meeting (Jun 2015)
Publications
- German Data Forum agrees on new cooperation activities and initiatives to improve the research data infrastructure (16 November 2016)
- Results of the 39th meeting of the German Data Forum: Strengthening International Cooperation and Facilitating Access to Data on Health and Migration (18 June 2015)
- Results of the 38th meeting of the German Data Forum: Health Data, Big Data, and Accreditation Criteria for Research Data Centres (27 April 2015)
Events
- International Workshop ‘Infrastructure for Confidential Research Data in the Health and Social Sciences’
11-12 October 2016, Berlin - Forum 3 – Access to Data in Epidemiological Research
5th Conference for Social and Economic Data (5|KSWD)
13-14 January 2011
Crime statistics and legal data
Publications
- Optimisation of existing criminal statistics systems
RatSWD (2009). Recommendations by RatSWD Working Group on optimisation of existing criminal statistics systems
RatSWD Working Groups
Migration data
Dialogue with stakeholders
- Dialogue with the Research Centre of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, BAMF during the 39th meeting of the German Data Forum on access to migration data
June 2015
Publications
Press releases:
- The German Data Forum welcomes the statement by the German academies on the situation of longitudinal studies (09 June 2016)
- Results of the 40th Meeting: Challenges arising from refugee influx can only be met with good scientific data (11 December 2015)
- Results of the 39th meeting of the German Data Forum: Strengthening International Cooperation and Facilitating Access to Data on Health and Migration (18 June 2015)