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BERD@NFDI - NFDI for Business, Economic and Related Data

Subject Area Social and Behavioural Sciences
Term since 2021
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 460037581
 
The research domains of business, economics, and other social sciences are concerned with the relationships among individuals and organizations within a society. To understand these complex systems, social science disciplines have been using empirical methods for a long time. However, unstructured and non-standard data, i.e., information that either does not have a previously defined data model or is not organized in a predefined manner (e.g., images or videos from social media), are gaining in relevance. The generation of continuous data streams in society and economy (datafication) strengthens this trend: It is estimated that by 2025 80% of the data processed in economic applications will be available in unstructured form. Because of the sheer size and, more importantly, the lack of structure and the heterogeneity of raw digital data, the BERD@NFDI community calls for innovative and reusable methods, mostly from artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as a suitable storage and computing environment to process the data in a way that it can be used for further scientific analyses. Consequently, algorithms become an integral part of the research data life cycle and thus have to be managed in the same way as the data itself. Within this context, the mission of BERD@NFDI is to develop, provide, and maintain a future-oriented, powerful research data infrastructure for the integrated management of unstructured data and related scientific software. With this focus and a clear commitment to openness (e.g., open software, open standards) BERD@NFDI can be an important and unique mosaic stone to build up the NFDI. BERD@NFDI will coordinate and enable sustainable research processes through the ongoing design of suitable services. It will not provide a mere storage location for data and scientific software, but a service portfolio that will be strictly aligned to the actual needs of the scientific user community. User feedback will be ensured through the BERD@NFDI training program, technically integrated interaction features, and institutionalized user participation in the consortium's committee structure. The consortium is headed by the University of Mannheim and is composed of seven co-applicant institutions including infrastructure providers and research institutions with a focus on business, economics, and other social sciences. Many of them have a long-lasting tradition of prosperous collaboration, which leverages the consortium to a high level of efficiency and effectiveness to successfully conduct the ambitious work program. Finally, the transparent governance structure with clear responsibilities together with a user-centric, multi-stakeholder approach will ensure the success of BERD@NFDI and will make a structural contribution to the success of the NFDI as a whole.
DFG Programme NFDI technical and methodological consortia
International Connection USA
Applicant Institution Universität Mannheim
 
 

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