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15 February 2010

RatSWD Research Note Nr. 43 published

Are Indicators of Quality of Life and Life Satisfaction as a Political Goal Meaningful?(currently only available in German)
Denis Huschka, Gert G. Wagner

18 Januar 2010

New Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD) Newsletter released (No.11 – January 2010)

This issue (currently only available in German) informs readers about the Science Council’s evaluation, judged according to own its recommendations, of the success of the RatSWD. There is also a variety of news about upcoming conferences as well as the activities of the RatSWD.

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18 Januar 2010

The use of business and organisational data in secondary analysis: a pilot project on the construction of a data service centre at the University of Bielefeld.

As of the 1st of January 2010, a pilot project has been running at the University of Bielefeld. This project concerns preparatory measures for establishing a data service centre for business and organisational data.

Further information is available in German in the RatSWD Newsletter No. 11 on page 6.

18 Januar 2010

Authorship of Large Empirical Projects

For quite some time, there has been intense debate within the natural sciences about authorship guidelines for publications. The new year’s editorial of the journal "Science" discusses the central aspects of this debate. In light of the increasing complexity of empirical inquiries and analyses, this topic will surely also soon reach the social, economic and behavioural sciences.

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18 Januar 2010

Working Group "Information Infrastructure" on behalf of the GWK

The Joint Science Conference (GWK) requested that the Leibniz Association create a working group for "Information Infrastructure." This working group met for the first time in December 2009 in Berlin under the chairmanship of Sabine Brünger-Weilandt of FIZ Karlsruhe. At this meeting, a steering committee was appointed, of which the chairperson of the Council for Social and Economic Data (RatSWD), Gert G. Wagner, is also a member.

11 Januar 2010

The German Research Foundation (DFG) calls for proposals on "informational structures for research data"

The German Research Foundation (DFG) invites project proposals in the area of “informational structures for research data” to be handed in by the 10th of April, 2010. The call for proposals is intended to support projects concerning systems for the provision of scientific literature and information (LIS). In particular, projects will be supported that fit into one of the following two categories:

1. Discipline-specific organisational forms: proposals that aim to develop and, if possible, expand, discipline-specific organisational forms that protect, save and make use of research data,
2. Research data repositories: proposals that aim to professionalize and expand already existing efficient research data repositories or scientific informational structures specialized in research data.

Further information (only in German) is available here.