Digital Research Academy

Yesterday we had fantastic chats at useR! 2025 🌍💬 — and we’re just getting started!

Today, swing by to:
🔍 Discover how peer-led training can transform your research practice
🤝 Explore collaboration ideas
🎁 Pick up some DRA pins & merch (perfect conference souvenirs!)

#useR2025 #RStats #Training

🚀 We’re all set up at useR! 2025!
📍 Penn Pavilion, Duke University, Durham, NC
🗓️ August 8–10

The Digital Research Academy booth is open — and yes, the pins and swag are looking fantastic! 🎁✨

Find us, say hi, and let’s chat!

#RSEng #Reproducibility #ResearchTraining #PeerLearning #OpenScience

Multiple badges with R, Research software, Data Science, Be My Code Buddy

Three buttons with DRA written on them

Picture of our team making buttons and wearing them. First right is Heidi, second right is Julia, second left is Danny and first left is Joyce

Four buttons with R, Data Science, Research software and be my code buddy written on them

🎉 The Digital Research Academy will be at useR! 2025, Durham, NC, Aug 8–10!

Stop by our booth to talk research software, reproducibility & training and pick up some cool buttons!
Open to all R lovers and research enthusiasts.

Find more: buff.ly/5orHUWd
#useR2025 #rstats #RSEng

A picture with group of people who attended OSR last year. The following details are mentionedOPEN SCIENCE RETREAT GLOBAL EDITION TUESDAY 7 APRIL - SATURDAY 11 APRIL 2026 / MACHYNLLETH, Wales, UK. Applications open- Fall 2025. A week in which people from various disciplines and institutions across the world come together to share knowledge, experiences, and best practices related to open science. For more info see open.science-retreat.org

Ready to rethink research culture in a new way?

📍 April 7–11, 2026
📌 Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales, UK
🌱 Open Science Retreat Global is back!

No panels, no posters, just space to connect, build, and reimagine Open Science together.

Details: buff.ly/vTi15qE
#OpenScience #OSRetreat

📣 Boost your Open Science visibility!
Join the OSPARK Workshop 🧠
🗓️ Aug 29 | 10–13 CEST
📍 RWTH Aachen IT Center
Hands-on tips for OS communication.
Register now → buff.ly/89HxJsV
#OpenScience #OSPARK #SciComm

🚨 Deadline extended!
Apply to become an Open Science trainer in Aachen — new deadline: 25 July!

If you care about open, inclusive, collaborative research, this one’s for you.

Apply here 👉 buff.ly/v4W8vkX

#TTT #TrainTheTrainer #FAIRscience #SciComm #OpenResearch #DRA

Building an Open Science Culture by training, trust and transformation — The Experimentalist Heidi Seibold When I first started doing research, I never questioned whether I should make my data or code publicly available; it simply felt like the right thing to do. To me, making your work…

🚀 Open Science is about people, not just platforms.
In her new piece for The Experimentalist, Heidi Seibold shares reflections on building a strong, values-based Open Science culture.

Read here 👉 buff.ly/jP5Mu0p
#OpenScience #SciComm

Is Machine Learning and AI solving the problem of p-hacking? Does using machine learning solve our problem of p-hacking and HARKing or do we have the same problems as with statistical tests and models?

Does using machine learning solve our problem of p-hacking and HARKing or do we have the same problems as with statistical tests and models?

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Wie diverse ist Eure Wissenschaftsumgebung? Wichtiges Statement von Heidi Seibold und der @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social

🎯Got great tools or services, but no one knows about them?

📣 Time to change that.

Join the OSPARK Workshop on Aug 29 at RWTH Aachen and learn how to promote your Open Science initiative or support service, connect with peers & get your work seen.

🔗 buff.ly/Yp0lIAz

#OpenScience #OSPARK #SciComm

DRA is at the Oldenburg Open Science Conference this week! 🎉
Meet Julia Pauquet at our booth
Grab our fresh swag (yes, including buttons!)
Let’s talk training & open science
📍 July 18 | Oldenburg
🔗 buff.ly/COrnrlG
#OOSC25 #OpenScience

The picture has Aachen cathedral in the background and Train The Trainer from September 1-3, 2025 Aachen, Germany written against it.

⏰ Reminder: TTT Aachen applications close soon!
Want to level up your training skills in a hands-on, in-person setting?

📍 Sep 1–3 in Aachen — historic city, border vibes 🇩🇪🇧🇪🇳🇱
🗓️ Apply by July 21 → buff.ly/dk5l7jw

#TrainTheTrainer #DigitalResearchAcademy #OpenScience #ResearchTraining

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⏰ Final call!
Join us this Friday, 18 July, for a free 90-min workshop on using AI tools like ChatGPT for ethical, effective research data analysis.

🕒 15:00–16:30 CEST
💡 Fast-paced + practical
🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/UFj2cSr
#AIForResearch #EthicalAI #DataAnalysis #OpenScience #DigitalResearchAcademy

Basic knowledge of Python is required for this course.

Digital Research Academy - Free online course

Want to improve your research software engineering skills? Consider learning more about test-driven development!

🗓️ This Thursday, July 17 · 14:30–18:30 CEST · Free · Online

#RSEng

Register here: buff.ly/2XoLQUB

Careful observers might have noticed that we moved the date. Check your calendar!

Please note that we had to move this course to Thursday, July 17th

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🎉 DRA is at the 1st Oldenburg Open Science Conference!

📍 Oldenburg · July 18
Come say hi to Julia Pauquet at our booth 👋
Let’s talk Open Science, research training, and cool projects
Also we’ve got DRA swag + some very fun buttons

Details → buff.ly/NYsRhac
#OOSC2025 #OpenScience #ScienceEvents

🚨 Last chance to join!
Test-Driven Development Workshop
🗓️ Mon, July 14 · 14:30–18:30 CEST · Free · Online

Write better, bug-resistant code using the TDD cycle: test ➝ code ➝ refactor.

🔗 Register before it’s full:https://buff.ly/dzRuz1e

#TDD #Python #DigitalResearchAcademy #OpenScience #DevSkills

Open Science is polictical OPEN SCIENCE - A GUIDE TO RECOVERY FOR ACTIVIST BURNOUT

One of the groups at the Open Science Retreat (#osr25ch) this year created a zine on the activism side of #OpenScience:

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Aachen city skyline with TTT details and TTT and DRA logos

🌟 Train-the-Trainer heads to Aachen! Applications now open! 🌟

Ready to grow your training skills and spend a few days in one of Germany’s most historic and charming cities famous for its cathedral, thermal baths, and vibrant research community?

📅 When: Sep 1–3, 2025
📋 Apply → buff.ly/ApHRuo4

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Interested in getting a little AI help for your data analysis?

Join us Friday, 18 July for a free, 90-min online workshop on
AI-assisted data analysis — aligning efficiency with ethical responsibility.
15:00–16:30 CEST

Reserve your spot:
buff.ly/O2pO7td

#AIForResearch #DataAnalysis #ChatGPT

Hi! There’s a technical issue with our email courses right now. 🥲We‘re working on fixing this ASAP and will keep you updated as soon as it’s resolved!!!

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Free online course: Introduction to Test-Driven Development
July 14, 14:30 → 18:30 CEST

Want to write code that’s clean, reliable, and easy to maintain?
Join this hands-on workshop on TDD — where tests come before the code.

buff.ly/dzRuz1e

#SoftwareDevelopment #CodingWorkshop #OpenScience

Podcast: Research Data: Handle With Care - NFDI4Health Our new podcast series “Research Data: Handle With Care” explores research data management and its related fields. Created as a part of an NFDI4Health-sponsored workshop, it highlights the practical…

🎧 The final episode of Research Data: Handle with Care is out now!

Ever wonder how researchers responsibly handle health data, or how data protection and open science can work hand in hand?

📖 Episodes here: buff.ly/SSYIkQK

#OpenScience #DataStewardship #HealthData #NFDI4Health #Podcast

DRA Train-the-Trainer program #7 (Aachen, DE) Improve your training skills and become a trainer at the Digital Research Academy! Apply by July 21 This TTT will consist of one online Kick off session (Aug 12 16:00-18:00 CEST) and a 3-day onsite…

Want to help improve the quality of research by teaching other what you know?

Become a Trainer at the DRA!

Applications are open for the next TTT program!
🗓️ Sep 1-3, 2025
📍 Aachen, Germany

Deadline for applications: July 21, 2025
buff.ly/ApHRuo4

#OpenScience #DataLiteracy #RSE

EMAIL COURSES We are a trainer network focused on improving the quality of research - Quality Training for Quality Research

Did you know we have free email courses?

We currently have 4 email courses:
✏️ Sketchnoting
⏩ Agile methods
💻 R for novices
💪 Open Science Challenge

... and more are in the works!

Today, we kicked off our EconData Workshop, a collaboration with the Digital Research Academy (👀https://digital-research.academy/).

Participants brought great energy, brainstormed, and set their own topics. Tomorrow, it’s hands-on: time to work on real solutions💪

www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...

Thanks @berd-nfdi.bsky.social for having us!

We just wrapped up the EconData Workshop in Mannheim. Two wonderful day full of discussions and learning about data visualization, geospatial data, LLMs, and more.

Group photo of all participants

The Open Science Retreat is always a whirlwind of a week with so many things happening - both in terms of work and leisure

This year we created a report so you can check out what happened and evaluate if you'd like to be part of it in upcoming years

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