Data Management

Research data should be carefully edited, archived and as far as possible open and accessible to all in order to achieve impact, transparency and reproducibility. The University of Zurich promotes free and free access to scientific publications and thus the dissemination of scientific findings.

The following overview shows where you can find help at UZH if you have questions about general research methodology, data collection, analysis, storage and reuse, as well as the publication of research results.

General questions about study design or data management planning

General information on working with research data (University Library)
Advice on study design and analytical methods (Center for Reproducible Science)
Consulting for clinical human research (Clinical Trials Center)
Consulting on the elaboration of a data management plan (University Library)
SNSF guidelines on Open Research Data
EU Guidelines on Open Research Data for Horizion 2020 Projects
General questions on data protection (UZH Legal Services and Data Protection)
Basic courses on data management (University Library)

Questions on data collection

Data collection by means of a survey and the corresponding tools of the UZH (Central IT)
Recruitment of Subjects (Z-Pool Tool)
Data collection via UZH technology platforms
Capturing text data from the Internet - web crawling (LiRi Language Technology)
Digitize texts or images (Center for Digital Editions)
Find and use existing data (University Library)

Questions about data analysis

Courses at the UZH on data analysis, statistics, etc. (Central IT)
Consulting in scientific computing and data science specific to data analysis (Science IT)
Support for the evaluation of audio or video data (LiRI)

Questions on ethical or legal aspects

Legal aspects in publishing and sharing data (University Library)
Research with personal data (DSI)
Research with copyright-protected data (Legal Services)
Faculty Ethics Commissions
Research involving animals (animal welfare/3R coordination)
Research involving genetic resources
Commercialization of data or research results (Unitectra)

Questions about saving data

Store and publish data (University Library)
Store and protect data on the institute server - incl. backup (IT coordination of your institute)
Storing Particularly Sensitive Data("Local Storage UZH - File Service" with Secure Option)
Consulting in selecting an appropriate infrastructure for saving data (Science IT)

Questions about publishing data

Publishing data in a repository (University Library)
Publish data according to FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse) Principles (University Library)
Publish data under Creative Commons License (University Library)

Questions regarding access, sharing and recycling of data

Open Science Policy of UZH
Open Data (Open Science UZH)
Store and Publish Data (University Library)
Coordination and support for citizen science projects (CC Citizen Science)
Training Programs for Participatory Research Projects (Participatory Science Academy)

Share data with collaboration partners:

SWITCHdrive
SWITCHfilesender
Special Cases (Science IT)

Further Information

Outside the UZH there are also many useful tips on how to collect and handle data. Below you will find a (not complete) overview of recommendations:

SWISSCovery (platform for scientific information from around 490 libraries in Switzerland)
E-Manuscripta (Platform for digitized handwritten sources from Swiss libraries and archives)
E-Rara (Platform for digitized prints from Swiss institutions)
Phonogram Archive (Sound Archive)
Overview of Open Data Repositories
Courses on data analysis of the ZHAW
Courses on data analysis at the University of Basel