The Love Data Week will take place again from February 9-13, 2026 with a diverse and international program following the motto "Where's the Data?". LDW2026 events offered by RDM initiatives from German-speaking countries can be found in the overview on forschungsdaten.info.
We are looking forward to meeting you during the local program at the UoC. So please save the dates and register for the workshops!
Monday, 09.02.2026 Kick-off event on-site
morning session
Welcome | Vice-Rector Prof'in Dr. Carien Niessen
09.02.2026, 10 am
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Professorin Dr. Carien Niessen | Vice-Rector for Research
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Welcome note for the local programme of the Love Data Week at UoC
Technische Landesdienste für FDM in NRW | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Wesner
09.02.2026, 10:15 am
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Prof. Dr.Ing. Stefan Wesner | CIO & Director ITCC
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Das Landeskonzept der DH-NRW für förderierte Informationsinfrastrukturen sieht vor, dass Forschenden der Mitgliedshochschulen konsortial betriebene Landesdieste entlang des Forschungsdatenlebenszyklus angeboten werden. Die UzK gestaltet mehrere dieser Landesdienste in enger Kooperation mit der RWTH Aachen als Betreiberstandort maßgeblich mit. Die Frage “Where is the data?” kann in Bezug auf verfügbaren Datenspeicher daher schon jetzt konkret beantwortet werden. Mit dem DataStorage.NRW und der FDM-Plattform Coscine steht bereits eine nachhaltige Speicherinfrastruktur für Forschungsdaten inklusive der Erfassung von Metadaten gemäß den FAIR-Prinzipien zur Verfügung. Der Kurzvortrag gibt auch einen Ausblick auf die Weiterentwicklung der Landesdienste.
Forschungsdatenspeicher beantragen und verwalten mit Coscine | Dr. Jan Breder
09.02.2026, 10:45 am
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Dr. Jan Breder | C³RDM / ITCC
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Coscine ermöglicht für Forschungsprojekte den Zugriff auf Speicherplatz des DataStorage.nrw unter Gewährleistung der FAIR-Prinzipien. In diesem Kurzvortrag wird erläutert, wie der Prozess der Beantragung von Speicher über die Coscine-Platttform abläuft und wie Projekte in Coscine angelegt werden.
Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI) | Dr. Jens Dierkes
09.02.2026, 11:30 am
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Dr. Jens Dierkes | C³RDM / USB
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The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) is a government-funded initiative aimed at establishing a cross-domain data infrastructure that will ultimately interface with the European Open Science Cloud. We will provide an overview of the current situation, the local stakeholders involved in this initiative, and its implications for academic institutions.
Introduction to the Data Steward Network | Dr. Jens Dierkes
09.02.2026, 12:00
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Dr. Jens Dierkes | C³RDM / USB
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We tell you all about the vital role of data stewardship and the dedicated data stewards who make it all possible. It's incredibly encouraging to see the potential for collaboration in unlocking the power of FAIR research data. That's going to transform projects and institutions across the board! In this context, local networking among data stewards is key to integrating and meeting the needs of research projects. On a wider scale then, there is a community of data stewards growing rapidly and their mission is to professionalise data stewardship across the country.
Where is the data? Or to put it another way, how FAIR is your data? This year's LDW motto is the perfect prompt for a discussion with our data stewards. What does 'FAIR' mean?
Atinkut Zeleke will give a talk on FAIR Metric in the context of NFDI4Health. He will address the need for a FAIR data infrastructure in health research, as well as sharing his experience of implementing FAIR in healthcare contexts. Drawing on the experience of NFDI4Health, he will present the 'recipes' used to develop FAIR metrics for automated FAIR assessment, and share the key lessons learned for scalable implementation.
Robert Keßler will give a talk on Reproducibility of scientific results in higher education: An empirical report from computer science. Reproducibility of scientific results is a topic that should be introduced to early-stage researchers and students as early as possible. For this reason, the Chair of Parallel and Distributed Systems offers a seminar for computer science students in which they can gain initial practical experience in this area. This presentation will report on the experiences gained so far and the hurdles that need to be overcome.
Order. ORDER! - some tips on file naming and folder conventions | Dr. Andreas Mühlichen
10.02.2026, 10 am
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Dr. Andreas Mühlichen | C³RDM / USB
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Final. SuperFinal. MegaFinal. Who isn't familiar with these amusing superlatives used to name final and finaler versions of important documents, which then no one can tell apart anymore? Join me in being too lazy to search and let yourself be inspired to create and document file names and folder structures in such a way that both your future self and third parties with whom you may want to collaborate can find their way around your data now and in the future.
digiLL_campus Bedarfserhebung, Auswertung und Personaerstellung mit KI | Dr.'in Melanie Weitz, Jan Veldscholten
10.02.2026, 10:30 am
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Dr.'in Melanie Weitz, Jan Veldscholten | ZfL
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Im Projekt digiLL_campus wollen wir eine maßgeschneiderte digitale Begleitung für Quer- und Seiteneinsteiger:innen in den Schuldienst schaffen, die ihre berufsbegleitende Professionalisierung praktisch unterstützt. Unser Vorgehen war dabei genauso strukturiert wie offen: Wir haben durch qualitative Interviews Bedarfe erfasst, diese KI-gestützt analysiert und mit Cluster-Methoden ausgewertet. Daraus sind – mit Blick auf die Zielgruppe – drei stellvertretende Personas sowie eine neue Webseitenstruktur entstanden, mit denen wir konkrete Lernangebote im Sinne der Open Educational Resources & Practices schaffen wollen. Der gesamte Prozess war so ertragreich wie lehrreich – und das wollen wir gern mit euch teilen!
Die Forschenden im SPP 2143 “Entangled Africa: Innerafrikanische Beziehungen zwischen Regenwald und Mittelmeer, ca. 6.000 – 500 Jahre vor heute” verwenden für ihre Daten ein Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Repositorien. Um ihre Daten trotzdem gemeinsam durchsuchbar zu gestalten, wird das ARIADNE Portal verwendet, eine europäische Plattform zu Auffinden archäologischer Daten. Hierzu musste jedoch im SPP 2143 selbst zunächst ein Metadatenstandard gefunden werden, der mit allen bisher genutzten Datenbanken kompatibel ist sowie mit dem Datenschema ARIADNEs. Ein selbst entwickeltes Tool unterstützt bei der Umsetzung dieses Standards.
**cancelled** AI for R: Guide for self help | Dr.'in Emilia Kmiotek-Meier
10.02.2026, 11:30 am
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Dr.'in Emilia Kmiotek-Meier | Department für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
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This session will help participants understand how artificial intelligence can be practically applied to coding in R. It focuses on obtaining, evaluating, and improving code, as well as effectively interpreting and resolving messages, warnings, and errors in R.
prerequisites
Although no prior knowledge of R is required, familiarity with basic R concepts and R code will help participants better understand the content of the event.
Dr.'in Emilia Kmiotek-Meier | Department für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
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In this interactive session, you will learn how to appropriately visualise quantitative data from both technical and design perspectives. We will also explore tools for data visualisation. There will be time for questions and discussion.
Erste Einführung in das Thema Datensicherung und Unterstützung bei der persönlichen Einrichtung für Windows-Nutzer*innen. Wenn Ihr direkt starten wollt, bringt eine Festplatte mit. Um Anmeldung wird gebeten.
Wir schreiben einen Datenmanagementplan (DMP) | Jasmin Schenk
11.02.2026, 10 am
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Jasmin Schenk | C³RDM / D7
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Wie beschreibe und dokumentiere ich meine Forschungsdaten? Wir diskutieren DMP-Beispiele, sehen uns gemeinsam Templates und Tools für die Erstellung von Datenmanagementplänen an und beginnen mit der Datenbeschreibung für eigene Vorhaben der Teilnehmenden.
Boost your Research: Open Science Benefits in Medical Research
11.02.2026, 12:00
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Katja Restel | OSCC / D7
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This workshop aims at showing how Open Science practices can enhance research's impact/visibility and credibility. This will be achieved by introducing the concept of and tools for preregistration as well as by introducing and fostering understanding of journal and funding requirements for Open Science. These first glimpses into OS as well as tools and tips serve to empower participants to (at least) think of integrating Open Science into their projects.
If we have the authors' data, surely we can get the same results?! Challenges in the reproducibility of linguistics studies | Dr.'in Elen Le Foll, Ali Yildiz, Marie Klünter
11.02.2026, 2 pm
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Dr.'in Elen Le Foll | Romanistik / DCH, Ali Yildiz | Institut für Linguistik), Marie Klünter | Romanistik
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While data sharing undoubtedly helps to improve the reproducibility of published research, this session shows that it is far from a silver bullet. We report on our attempts to reproduce the results of recent quantitative linguistics publications using the authors' original data. We report on challenges that highlight recurring reproducibility issues, setting the stage for a discussion on the (lack of) incentives, recurring problems, and potential solutions for improving the reproducibility of quantitative research in the humanities and social sciences. This session is organised in collaboration with ReproducibiliTea in the HumaniTeas (sign up to the mailing list to find out more).
FAIR Data & Reproducibility – How to do FAIR Data for Reproducible Research / 11.02.2026, 2 pm / Milagros Pacco , Marvin Lorber
11.02.2026, 2 pm
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Milagros Pacco, Marvin Lorber | DKZ.2R
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This workshop focuses on the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and their application in everyday research practice. Participants will gain practical guidance on how to prepare, document and share data in a FAIR way to ensure long-term reuse and reproducibility.
git.nrw – Collaborate, Version, and Publish: CI/CD, Project Management, and DOI‑Enabled Data Sharing for Students, Educators, and Researchers | Sven Wöhrle, Thomas Gerlach
11.02.2026, 3:30 pm
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Sven Wöhrle | TH Köln, Thomas Gerlach | ITCC
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git.nrw is a pilot project of the state of NorthRhine-Westphalia. This GitLab instance combines classic versionand code management with integrated project managementfunctions. Issues, milestones and a Kanban board enable theplanning and tracking of tasks in research and teachingprojects. At the same time, it provides CI/CD pipelines thatautomate builds, tests and deployments. In our course, we show several practical examples, e.g. how to assign a DOI to the research project in the repository via Zenodo so that the data can be found and cited in the long term.
IT-Prime: Das Language Archive Cologne (LAC) und das KA3OS-Projekt / 11.02.2026, 4 pm / Francisco Mondaca, Felix Rau
11.02.2026, 4 pm
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Francisco Mondaca | IfL, Felix Rau | DCH
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Audiovisual research data, including audio and video recordings, transcriptions and annotations, are becoming increasingly important in the humanities, from linguistics and musicology to ethnology and oral history. The Cologne Language Archive (LAC) is a CTS-certified digital repository dedicated to the long-term preservation and accessibility of audiovisual language data for research, education and cultural heritage purposes. KA3OS is the current project to develop the technical infrastructure behind the LAC.
This presentation traces the development of the LAC and introduces the KA3OS project, a collaboration between the Institute of Linguistics (IfL), the Data Centre for the Humanities (DCH) and the IT Centre of the University of Cologne (ITCC). The project builds on many years of collaboration in the management of linguistic research data at the University of Cologne. KA3OS aims to consolidate the work already done in previous projects, ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of valuable research data, and consolidate the University of Cologne's position as a leading institution in linguistic research.
prerequisites
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language
DE
format
lecture
time & place
16:00 - 17:00 (CET) hybrid: Neue Senatssaal (Main Building 100) or Zoom
Thursday, 12.02.2026 | no program due to Weiberfastnacht
Friday, 13.02.2026 | Workshop
Boost your Research: Open Science Benefits in the Economics and Social Sciences | Katja Restel
13.02.2026, 11 am
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Katja Restel | OSCC / D7
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This workshop aims at showing how Open Science practices can enhance research's impact/visibility and credibility. This will be achieved by introducing the concept of and tools for preregistration as well as by introducing and fostering understanding of journal and funding requirements for Open Science. These first glimpses into OS as well as tools and tips serve to empower participants to (at least) think of integrating Open Science into their projects.
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