The Data Champion Award 2026, endowed with €1,500, is awarded to researchers Dr. Anne Speer, Charlotte Brandhorst (both University of Bremen / Research Institute Social Cohesion), and Leonie Wolfrath (University of Mannheim). With this award, the interdisciplinary data competence center DataNord recognizes their data project on the RISC milieu typology, developed at the FGZ at the University of Bremen.
Read more about DataNord's integrative approach to data literacy in research:
Steinmann, Lena et al.: Bremen’s Interdisciplinary Data Competence Center DataNord: An Integrative Approach for Data Literacy in Research, in Heuveline, Vincent et al. (Hrsg.): E-Science-Tage 2025
Starter Track lectures transmit a generic knowledge in research data management and data science. This track is designed for anyone who wants to get started in data literacy.
Schedule: January thru June every year
The Operator Track ‘Data Steward’ teaches essential competencies for efficient data handling in accordance with the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data principles. The track includes hands-on workshops on programming languages, data management plans, reproducibility, data preparation, data processing and database skills.
Schedule: July thru December every even year
Data science is concerned with extracting information and gaining knowledge from data using computational analysis methods. In the hands-on workshops of the Operator Track ‘Data Scientist’, participants learn mathematical and statistical methods, artificial intelligence applications, computer science concepts for data analysis and data visualization skills.
