The following events are highlighted to all Birkbeck Research students as part of Birkbeck Love Data Week 2020.
Introduction to Research Data Management
Wednesday 12 February, 11.30-13.00
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This interactive session will include discussion and opportunities for questions. It will cover all the basics of Research Data Management including:
- why thinking about data management is a good idea
- what the risks are
- why planning for the long term helps
- what you can do about any issues or requirements that you identify
This event will be useful for any students embarking on research, or established academics looking to improve their understanding of how to manage their data.
Researching LGBTQ+ Communities: openness, ethics and consent
WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY, 18.30 – 19.45
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What ethical implications do researchers working with LGBTQ+ communities need to consider? How do we navigate tensions in the drive to make data open? How do we manage consent in this context?
Birkbeck academics Dr Fiona Tasker (Reader in Psychology) and Ralph Day (doctoral researcher in contemporary history) will discuss their research, and how they work with their potentially sensitive data.
Fiona has published extensively on topics including family relationships, identity development of adults and children, and children’s social and emotional development in both non-traditional and new family forms and LGBTQ parenting.
Ralph’s current research focuses on queer sexualities and the telephone in Britain from the 1970s to the 1990s through a study of the telephone information and support service London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard.
This event is being organised as part of Love Data Week and as part of the Library’s LGBT+ History Month programme.
Data Management Plans for Postgraduate Research Students
Friday 14 FEBRUARY, 11.30 – 13.00
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This session is aimed at postgraduate research students and Master’s research students, who are creating or reusing data, or who may require ethical approval, and would like to create a Data Management Plans (DMPs) to help guide them through their project.
DMPs are also important documents for funded research, with many funders requiring them as part of a bid. Being familiar with the process of creating DMPs is therefore a useful research skill.
We will use example plans and online tools to create DMPs, and look at how to improve them.
