Training

We offer you various forms of training in research data management. All courses are free. You can register for all courses in the course database u:rise.

Poster with an overview (PDF)

 Trainings for academic and non-academic staff

Those courses are free and open for academic and non-academic staff.

Forschungsdatenmanagement

  • 23.10.2025, 10:00-13:00 Research Data Management at the University of Vienna
  • 29.10.2025,10:30-12:00 Einführung ins Repositorium PHAIDRA
  • 06.11.2025, 09:30-12:30 u:cris in der Praxis
  • 19.11.2025, 10:00-13:00 Creating Data Management Plans
  • 20.11.2025, 09:30-12:30 Urheberrecht für die Geisteswissenschaften
  • 26.11.2025, 09:00-12:00 Introduction to Research Data Management in Social Sciences
  • 27.11.2025, 09:30-12:30 u:cris in der Praxis
  • 27.11.2025, 10:00-12:00 Introduction to the PHAIDRA Repository
  • 04.12.2025, 10:00-12:00 How to prepare your Social Science Data for Publication
  • 10.12.2025, 09:30-11:00 Validierung in u:cris
  • 11.12.2025, 09:00-12:00 Datenmanagementpläne schreiben
  • 15.01.2026, 09:30-11:00 Validierung in u:cris
  • 23.01.2026, 10:00-12:00 Standing out of the crowd - How can researchers be more visible
  • 30.01.2026, 10:00-11:30 ORCID iD - Why should I have one?

 

 Open Science, Open Access, Open Data

  • 11.11.2025, 14:00-15:30 Publishing Open Access journals using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) software
  • 13.11.2025, 14:00-15:00 Funding schemes for Open Access publishing
  • 20.11.2025, 14:00-15:00, Funding schemes for Open Access publishing in connection with FWF projects
  • 20.01.2026, 10:00-12:00 Your Open Science Story: Crafting a Digital Presence that Boosts Your Impact
  • 21.01.2026, 17:00-19:00 Mini-Workshop: Open Government Data. Amtsgeheimnisse zum Mitnehmen - offene Verwaltungsdaten von A wie Altlasten bis W wie Wetter

 Trainings for Master and PhD students in the humanities

Introductory Courses

We offer introductory courses in research data management PhD students in the humanities. The courses are also open for master students with a special interest. After these introductory courses, you can arrange individual sessions for your personal questions. 

  • 30.10.2025, 13:00-17:00 Forschungsdatenmanagement für Doktorand*innen in den Geisteswissenschaften
  • 18.11.2025, 14:00-18:00 Forschungsdatenmanagement für Doktorand*innen in den Geisteswissenschaften
  • 03.12.2025, 10:00-13:00 Research Data Management for PhD Students (open for students of all faculties)
  • 15.01.2026, 14:00-18:00 Research Data Management for PhD students in the Humanities

Mini-Workshops

In the two-hour format Mini-Workshop you will receive a concise introduction to a certain topic in the first hour, and in the second hour you can ask questions and/or apply what you have learned to your own data. All dates online. Depending on the participants' needs and preferences, the language can be switched also on short notice.

  • 20.10.2025, 16:00-18:00 Mini-Workshop: Data Organisation
  • 04.11.2025, 14:00-16:00 Mini-Workshop: Metadata and Documentation. Your data’s passport to the future
  • 10.12.2025, 06:00-08:00 Mini-Workshop: Datenorganisation. Es ist nie zu früh, sich um die Organisation Deiner Daten zu kümmern
  • 18.12.2025, 18:00-20:00 Mini-Workshop: Archivierung und Repositorien. Warum. wo und wie Forschungsdaten in den Geisteswissenschaften archiviert werden sollen
  • 21.01.2026, 17:00-19:00 Mini-Workshop: Open Government Data. Amtsgeheimnisse zum Mitnehmen - offene Verwaltungsdaten von A wie Altlasten bis W wie Wetter

Organisational Information

The trainings take place via Moodle and Zoom or on-site. All doctoral students can take part regardless of which phase their dissertation is in, and they don't need to be employed by the university.

 Individual trainings

If you need training with an discipline-specific focus or training for specific questions from your project or department, please contact us to speak about the details. These courses are free for university employees and students. If they take place within a research project, also members of the project partners can take part. By answering the three questions on our website "Build a Custom Workshop", you can define an individual training for your needs and send us a request. Examples:

  • ten-minute presentation of the research data management policy and the data stewardship programme at a staff meeting
  • half-hour introduction to data management planning for FWF projects
  • two-hour hands-on workshop on data organisation and documentation
  • two-hour workshop on the most important FDM services of the University of Vienna
  • guest lecture as part of a course for Master's students or doctoral candidates, etc.