Research Data

Support services for research data

Can't find what you're looking for? Please contact research-data@uib.no if you need support and guidance.

Planning and data management plan

A data management plan (DMP) describes what research data you plan to collect or generate, and how you plan to describe, store, and preserve the research data during and after the project.

Courses and guidance

The University Library can provide advice and guidance on handling and making research data available. We regularly hold open courses that are advertised in the UiB calendar.

Information security

Information security is about managing the risk that personal data and other information assets are safeguarded in a satisfactory manner. This also applies to research data during and after a research project is completed.

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Policies and rules

The University of Bergen aims to ensure that data resulting from employees’ research activities are prepared and made available for reuse, in accordance with the FAIR principles. This aligns with the national strategy for making research data available and facilitating sharing, and is often a...

Archiving and making data available

Research data should be shared "as openly as possible, as closed as necessary", and in accordance with the FAIR principles of findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability.

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Tools and infrastructure

UiB offers various infrastructures and services for handling and storing research data, both during and after the project is completed.

Research ethics and data protection

Research ethics are values, principles, norms and institutional arrangements that help to constitute and regulate scientific activity. Data protection concerns are central to research ethics.

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