Various individuals and organizational units across the university provide research data management services to researchers. Close collaboration and a strong network between providers are essential to ensure the most efficient and best support for researchers.

The successful collaboration of this network started as a project in September 2017 and was solidified by Rectorate decision in September 2020. The network consists of (central) service and infrastructure providers at the university and, since 2021, also includes data stewards who are embedded directly in the individual faculties and departments and provide decentralized subject-specific support.

The aim of the network is to achieve a basis for good scientific practice, safety, transparency and reproducibility of research results, and thus the reuse of research data for further research studies, optimizing their benefits to society. Part of its work is dedicated to, among other things, establishing ...

• University philosophy and guiding principles on research data management
• Legal frameworks for secure research data management
• Integrative services for the entire research data lifecycle
• Training and events
• Active data management and storage solutions

The RDM Network is a “coalition of the willing”. If you are interested in taking an active part in promoting good practices in research data management and data stewardship, do not hesitate to contact the coordination team.

For more information on our activities and achievements, check out our annual report for 2024.

The following service and infrastructure providers at the university contribute to the Research Data Management Network (alphabetical order):

• Biozentrum Research IT
• Center for Data Analytics (CeDA)
• Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
• Data Protection Officer
• Department of Clinical Research (DKF)
• Digital Humanities Laboratories (DHLab)
• Grants Office
• Imaging Core Facility (IMCF)
• IT-Services University of Basel
• Legal Services
• Research and Infrastructure Support (RISE)
• sciCORE | Center for Scientific Computing
• Unitectra
• University Ethics Committee (UEK)
• University Library (UB)
• Vice President's Office for Research

Numerous data stewards act as the first point of contact for RDM support in the individual faculties and departments.

• Competence Center in Digital Law
• Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities (DaSCH)
• SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
• Swiss TPH

The network is managed by a coordination team that is based at the University Library. It is steered by the Vice President’s Office for Research, and a strategy group is responsible for the strategic development of the RDM Network.