Archiving and Sharing Qualitative Research Materials with Qualiservice
Workshop for (post-)doctoral students by the DFG Research Training Group “Contradiction Studies – Constellations, Heuristics, and Concepts of the Contradictory” with the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) and the Research Data Center (RDC) Qualiservice.
Dr. Jan-Ocko Heuer and Dr. Michaela Rizzolli (RDC Qualiservice)
Presentations will be in English, but contributions can be made in German.
For empirical research in the social and cultural sciences and humanities, research data and materials are often both a starting point and a result of research projects. The (long-term) storage and sharing of these research materials within the scientific community does not only increase transparency and comprehensibility of research but also allows to re-use these materials using other research methods or posing other research questions. This applies in particular to data and materials from qualitative research, as these materials are often particularly comprehensive, complex, and information-rich, thus allowing various kinds of re-use. On the other hand, due to the sensitivity and complexity of these materials, sharing and re-using qualitative research materials is still rare.