The research data management support of the University of Eastern Finland - UEF Data Support – provides services and training to assist UEF researchers in data management at various stages of the research project. We also provide DMP and DMPol commenting services at any point of your research (see further instructions, link will be added). The services are provided jointly by the Library, IT-services, Legal Affairs, Information Management Services, Data Protection and Information Security through a single service address.
If your question concerns, for example, planning of data management, judicial aspects of data management, storage space or sharing of research data, you can reach the right people by sending your question to datasupport@uef.fi.
UEF Data Support organizes data management training, courses and offers open materials, see further below in sections Data Management Courses and Guides. Although UEF Data Support does not provide support for research methods, we try inform about the related training, see Training in research methods.
Data management support for the different phases of research
Data Management Courses and Guides (UEF)
For whom: UEF staff
When: The training can be completed at any time according to your own schedule, as the course consists of self-study online material.
Description: Online training covers the basics of research data management and offers and introduction on how to prepare a data management plan. The training material consists of recordings and materials, which are divided into eight separate sections.
Material: The material for Basics of research data management is located in the Material Bank for training of personnel in Heimo Service (requires UEF login).
Language: Finnish, English
Organiser: UEF Data Support
For whom: UEF graduate students, UEF doctoral school
When: 1st of September 2023–30th of April 2024
Description: An optional course that forms part of the doctoral school studies at the University of Eastern Finland. The course covers e.g. how to define research material and data, FAIR principles, ethics and data protection, metadata and documentation, data storage during the research and opening and storage of data after the research. Description in Peppi (LINK WILL BE ADDED)
Material: UEF Library provides the learning material open for everybody. You can find the link to the material here, Basics of Research Data Management.
Language: Finnish/English
Organiser: UEF Library
Subsricption to the course: Link to Peppi will be added
For whom: UEF graduate students, YUFE network graduate students
When: 1st of September 2023–9th of June 2024
Description: An optional course, which forms part of the doctoral school studies at the University of Eastern Finland. The course introduces open science from two perspectives: open publishing and open research data. Description in Peppi (LINK WILL BE ADDED).
Open learning material https://blogs.uef.fi/ueflibrary-bors/
Language: English
Organiser: Library in cooperation with UEF open science experts
Subsricption to the course: Link to Peppi will be added
For whom: UEF researchers applying for funding from the Academy of Finland and anyone else interested in the topic.
When: Yearly in connection with the Academy of Finland application. Follow UEF Viva Engage (ex-Yammer), e.g., UEF Tutkimusrahoitus // Research funding, UEF Kirjasto // Library.
Registration: We will provide the link here when registrations begin.
Description: Training introduces the basics of open science and how to take open science into account when applying for research funding (the basics of open publishing and data management and the guidelines of the Academy of Finland).
Language: Finnish, English
Organiser: UEF Data Support
For whom: UEF researchers applying for funding from the Academy of Finland and anyone else interested in the topic.
When: Yearly in connection with the Academy of Finland application. Follow UEF Viva Engage (ex-Yammer), e.g., UEF Tutkimusrahoitus // Research funding, UEF Kirjasto // Library.
Registration: We will provide the link here when registrations begin.
Description: We go through the basics of the Data Management Plan and the guidelines and requirements according to the Academy of Finland.
Language: Finnish, English
Organiser: UEF Data Support
For whom: UEF students starting their Master's thesis (gradu).
When: Twice the academic year.
Description: A part of Syventävät informaatiotaidot -course (8020370 1 ECT), including also, e.g., information retrieval and open science. The material for research data management is aimed at students who need the basics about RDM.
Material and link to the learning material: UEF Library provides open learning material, Aineistonhallinta opiskelijalle.
Language: Finnish
Organiser: Library in cooperation with UEF data protection specialist
In addition to the annual training, workshops and courses, UEF Data Support offers tailored training on various topics in data management. These trainings are planned and implemented based on your wishes, for example for an individual researcher or a research group. Please feel free to ask more about the different options from datasupport@uef.fi!
Themed training
Trainings focus on various aspects of research data management, such as secure processing and storage of data in UEF or contracts and intellectual property rights (IPR) in the context of international research projects. Follow the UEF Viva Engage (ex-Yammer), e.g., UEF Tutkimusrahoitus // Research funding, UEF Kirjasto // Library, Digipalvelut // Digital Services.
Examples of tailored trainings
Opening research data: Training (1 h) covers topics related to opening and licensing research data, such as the benefits of opening research data, different degrees of opening data, Creative Commons licenses, what should be considered when opening research data and where research data can be opened.
Opening and licensing source code: Training (1 h) covers opening code and programming/computational environment. In addition, the training has introduced the most common licenses of open source codes (MIT, GNU General Public).
Training in research methods
For whom: Suitable for people who know basic Python and want to know some internals and important libraries for science - basically, how a typical scientist actually uses Python. For more details, see Who is this course for?
Time: 7.-10.11.2023, every day at 09:50-13:00 (with breaks). Please note, times are in EET (CET+1)
Place: Online. The course will be streamed live on Twitch.Tv and those who register early can also join via Zoom to work on the exercises in small groups. Please note that only a subset of participants will receive the Zoom link on a first-come-first-served basis, as Aalto University cannot provide Zoom support for more than 100 concurrent learners.
Registration and further information (Aalto University): Python for Scientific Computing
Description: A medium-advanced course in Python tools such as NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and Pandas.
Language: English
Organizers: Aalto Scientific Computing in joint collaboration with CodeRefinery, and multiple Nordic partners such as KTH Royal Institute of Technology, University of Oslo, The Arctic University of Norway, University of Helsinki, University of Oulu, University of Jyväskylä, University of Eastern Finland, Nordic-RSE, the Finnish Reproducibility Network.
Guides and materials produced by others
Data Management Guidelines (Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
Making a research project understandable - Guide for data documentation
To cite: Siiri Fuchs and Mari Elisa Kuusniemi (2018) Making a research project understandable - Guide for data documentation [Online]. Available at: doi:10.5281/zenodo.1914401.
Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
Data management checklist (Fairdata/CSC)
Research data management -course (CSC)
Requires HAKA or ELIXIR login.