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Eckpunkte für die Konzeptionierung einer deutschen Forschungssoftwareinstitution. Allgemeine Herausforderungen, konkrete Bedarfe und mögliche Lösungsansätze

Authors: Mannseicher, Florian; Linxweiler, Jan; Krupka, Daniel Adrian; Speck, Robert; Wyatt, Claire; Stängle, Dorothee; Linnemann, Katja; +5 Authors

Eckpunkte für die Konzeptionierung einer deutschen Forschungssoftwareinstitution. Allgemeine Herausforderungen, konkrete Bedarfe und mögliche Lösungsansätze

Abstract

Das deutsche Forschungssoftwareökosystem weist systemische Defizite auf, die die Qualität und Reproduzierbarkeit wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisse beeinträchtigen. Das Projekt FutuRSI identifiziert nach 18 Interviews mit Expertinnen und Experten fünf zentrale Herausforderungen: fehlende Entwicklungsexpertise und Ausbildungswege für Research Software Engineers (RSEs), unzureichende Karrierewege, die heterogene Struktur des deutschen Wissenschaftssystems, Qualitätsdefizite und mangelnde Nachnutzbarkeit, sowie eine unzureichende Studienlage. Diesen werden zehn konkrete Bedarfe zugeordnet, u. a. langfristige Wartung, Qualitätssicherung, nationale Infrastrukturen, Ausbildung, Community-Services, Vernetzung, Bewusstseinsbildung und institutionelle Legitimation. Als Lösungsansätze wurden neun Umsetzungsformate identifiziert, von Prozessunterstützung über Governance-Strukturen bis zu Förderangeboten und Karriereentwicklung. Die nächsten Schritte im Konzeptionierungsprozess von FutuRSI umfassen Recherchen zu vergleichbaren Institutionen und ihren Organisationsstrukturen, eine Risikobewertung sowie die Entwicklung konkreter Beteiligungsformate und Finanzierungsmodelle. The German research software ecosystem has systemic deficiencies that impair the quality and reproducibility of scientific results. The FutuRSI project identifies five central challenges based on 18 interviews with experts: lack of development expertise and training pathways for research software engineers (RSEs), insufficient career paths, the heterogeneous structure of the German science system, quality deficits and lack of reusability, and insufficient studies. Ten concrete needs are assigned to these challenges, including long-term maintenance, quality assurance, national infrastructures, training, community services, networking, awareness raising, and institutional legitimacy. Nine implementation formats were identified as solutions, ranging from process support services and governance structures to funding opportunities and career development. The next steps in FutuRSI's conceptualization process include research into comparable institutions and their organizational structures, a risk assessment, as well as the development of concrete participation formats and financing models.

This publication is available in German and English.

Keywords

research software, research software engineering, RSE

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