BERD@NFDI is a research data infrastructure dedicated to transforming the way Business, Economic, and Related Data are managed.
With a special focus on unstructured data, such as images, videos, audio, and text files, we provide a comprehensive suite of services and tools. These tools facilitate the searching, collecting, indexing, processing, analyzing, and preserving both data and algorithms, simplifying your data management needs throughout the entire research process.
The EconData tour has come to a close.
๐ Two inspiring days at Humboldt-Universitรคt zu Berlin showed the power of the "unconference" format.
A heartfelt thank you to:
- Prof. Dr. Sonja Greven, Eliza Mandieva & the IZ D2MCM Team for the perfect hosting.
- Our instructors from Digital Research Academy, Ilona Lipp & Carolina Natel.
- Jan Klostermann (BERD) for his deep expertise in economics.
- All participants for sharing your data challenges and expertise so openly! โ๐
Panel: โ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐โ
with
รzlem Doger-Herter (Ask-A-Woman)
Fabian Kienle (Google)
Gรถran Kauermann (LMU/GDSS)
Katharina Schรผller (STAT-UP)
Mod: Larissa Holzki (Handelsblatt)
โจ๐๐๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: This panel is the highlight of a full day for insights into Research Data Management and the latest BERD@NFDI innovations.
โ ๏ธSeparate registrations required!
Full-Day Event (ENG): https://berd-indico.uni-mannheim.de/event/39/
Panel Discussion (GER): https://www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy/ai-data-panel-2026/
Last weekโs EconData Workshop at IAB Nuremberg was incredible! ๐ซถ Huge thanks to our instructors Ilona Lipp, Carolina Natel, and Malte Schierholz, and to Georg-Christoph Haas and the IAB for the great collaboration and venue. To our participants: your questions and expertise made the unconference thrive.
๐ Final call for Berlin! Join our last workshop in the series:
๐๏ธ March 9โ10, 2026
๐ HU Berlin
๐ https://izd2m.hu-berlin.de/events/2026-03-09_EconData-Workshop.html
Same high energy, same participant-driven agenda. See you there!
โณOur EconData Workshop is happening very soon, and we still have seats left๐
If you have been stuck on a data puzzle or are not sure which algorithm to pick, this is your sign to join us. ๐ข๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ ๐ถ๐?
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๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต-๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป
๐ป Bring your laptop & ideas
Cost: ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ
Grab your spot here: https://izd2m.hu-berlin.de/events/2026-03-09_EconData-Workshop.html
Organized by @HumboldtUni, BERD@NFDI, and @digiresacademy
๐๐น๐ผ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฅ: ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐จ
On January 22nd, 2026, KODAQS, AI-HUB@LMU, and BERD@NFDI hosted a one-day workshop at LMU Munich on unstructured data and the need for quality metrics.
Laura Young, Research Associate at KODAQS, captured the highlights in a blog post - read her take here: https://www.berd-nfdi.de/data-quality-workshop-unstructured-data-and-the-need-for-quality-metrics/
๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ, led by Jack Collins
Online course starting April 14, 2026
Learn how to extract data from documents using ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ข๐๐ฅ & ๐ก๐๐ฃ (incl. Selenium, RAG, data quality).
๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ณ: https://www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy/pdfs-2026/
๐ค ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ?
Join โHow to Get the Best of AI Tools in Researchโ
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March 3 & 10, 2026
๐ป Online
Learn how to use AI (LLMs & more) for planning, literature reviews, analysis, and communication. Includes hands-on practice.
- Free of charge (evaluation required)
- Open to all researchers (priority: business & economics)
- Apply by ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ: https://www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy/ai-tools-research-2026/
๐โ๏ธ"Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, na na na naaaaโฆโฆ๐, Run, run, Rudolph.... ๐ธ๐ซ, laaaast Christmas, hmhmhmhmhmmโฆ ๐ถ"
It is not even Christmas yet, all cookies are already gone, and your brain is still looping the same old carols on repeat?
The ๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ (๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ซ) to the rescue: 250,000+ copyright-free MusicXML scores - perfect for remixing the classics, composing new carols, or training AI to finally write a last-minute original Christmas tune.
๐https://openbigdata.org/resource/public-domain-music-dataset/
โจ๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฏ: Curious about how festive cheer turns into measurable influence?
This ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ unwraps 33,935 influencers and 10+ million posts across beauty, food, travel, pets & more - captions, hashtags, likes, comments, and millions of images included. A dataset for analyzing how influence works at scale.
๐https://openbigdata.org/resource/instagram-influencer-marketing-dataset/
๐ท๐ฃ๏ธ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฎ: Looking forward to long Christmas debates at the dinner table?
Then try SpeakGer - 74 years of German parliamentary speeches, broken down into individual speeches and rich metadata. All the festive monologues, interruptions, and party lines you could wish for - fully transcribed, structured, and ready for analysis.
