Relevance of big data for scientific research
Working group during the 5th appointment period (2014–2017)
The German Data Forum (RatSWD) is addressing recent developments and debates about big data and their significance for empirical social, behavioural, and economic research. The main issues include the quality of big data, the relevance of big data for research as well as data documentation and access to big data.
RatSWD activities on big data in the 5th appointment period:
April 2015
Festveranstaltung und Paneldiskussion des RatSWD zum Thema Big Data und Wissenschaft
Nov 2016
Internationaler Expertenworkshop des RatSWD “Big Data in Social and Economic Research”, Austausch über Datenzugangsmodelle zu Big Data mit nationalen und internationalen Stakeholdern
Dez 2016
Session “The ethics of using new forms of data for cross-national research” beim RatSWD/UK Data Forum-Workshop “Cross national research data: access, legality, ethics and opportunities” am 19. Dezember 2016 in London
Working group members
Chairs:
- Hans-Josef Fischer
IT.NRW (Landesbetriebe Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen), member of the German Data Forum - David Schiller
Research Data Center of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), member of the German Data Forum
Members:
- Thomas K. Bauer
RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, member of the German Data Forum - Stefan Bender
Deutsche Bundesbank, vice-chair of the German Data Forum - Eckart Hohmann
President (ret.) of the Hessian State Statistical Office - Prof. Dr. Stefan Liebig
Bielefeld University