"Data! Data! Data!" Sherlock Holmes used to cry impatiently, “I can’t make bricks without clay.” It took European legislators some time to realize that such a fundamental resource as data should not remain underregulated. Throughout history, data have largely been unregulated, leading to the emergence of monopolies when technological progress met a lack of regulation. For centuries, legislators often dismantled one monopoly only to create another. Recently, however, the focus has shifted towards providing stakeholders with rights of access to data, marking a significant change. In this context, the European strategy for data, which resulted in the adoption of several new regulations (such as the Data Governance Act, Digital Services Act, Data Act), can be seen as a true Copernican revolution. Important note : You can watch a recording of this HeFDI Data Talk under https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtCpSd1GhfA. Feel free to also check out our other event recordings there!

The HeFDI Data Talks are a bi-weekly open information and discussion event around the topic of data management in the context of science, in which relevant NFDI consortia as well as research data management services present themselves. The series discusses current topics and introduces numerous tools and services, including local and regional ones. If you have suggestions or feedback regarding topics, please feel free to contact the HeFDI office (hefdi@uni-marburg.de). If you would like to receive regular updates on our offerings and events, sign up for our newsletter .

The HeFDI Data Talks are an offer of the HeFDI Initiative (Landesinitiative HeFDI), which is funded by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts (HMWK).