Taking Registered Reports to the next level. A free, supra-journal platform that reviews and recommends registered report preprints across all research fields. We are run by and for researchers.
Website: PCI Registered Reports
Contact in Leipzig: Corina Logan
The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is a charismatic and endemic species of the Galápagos Islands that is threatened with extinction. The species consists of 11 subspecies, each of which is unique and important for the survival of the species as a whole. Since the marine iguana is endemic, it is not found anywhere else on earth (not even in zoos!). If it is lost from the Galápagos Islands, then it is lost forever.
We are collecting photographs from the coastlines of the Galapagos Islands. From these images, we can count marine iguanas to greatly improve their conservation – and you can help.
Links: About the project; Participation
The Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities is one of the eight members of the German Union of Academies. It is based in Leipzig, financed by the Saxon State Ministry for Science and the Arts and covers research projects from the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. Most of the endeavors have a long-term duration, covering sometimes more than two decades of research in three branches: STEM (“Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse”), Humanities (“Philologisch-historische Klasse”), and IT/Engineering (“technikwissenschaftliche Klasse”).
Most of the projects offer digital outputs (databases, open access publications etc.) – see here and here . The academy houses several endeavors in Digital Humanities (Pudel, KompetenzwerkD) and is member of the NFDI initiative, SaxFDM, FDHL and more initiatives promoting open science.
The KompetenzwerkD – Saxon Research Center and Competence Network for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage was founded in 2020 to foster research in the following six institutions in Saxony:
The KompetenzwerkD has the following goals:
Link: https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/akademie-digital/akademie-digital/kompetenzwerkd-saechsisches-forschungszentrum-und-kompetenznetzwerk-fuer-digitale-geisteswissenschaften-und-kulturelles-erbe
Contact: kompetenzwerkd(at)saw-leipzig.de
The Pudel Project – is a SaxFDM focus project for the duration of 2022. Its goal is to create an online publication service for ontologies and vocabularies in the humanities.
Link: https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/projekte/publikationsdienst-fuer-wissenschaftliche-datenmodelle-und-vokabulare-sax-fdm-fokusprojekt
Contact: Anja Becker; becker(at)saw-leipzig.de
„Denkströme“ is an open access journal of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Next to articles and reports from research projects of the Academy, statements addressing current issues in academia are published. The journal’s scope are academics of the respective disciplines and a broader audience.
Link: http://www.denkstroeme.de/
Contact: denkstroeme@saw-leipzig.de
This course teaches data analysis, but it focuses on scientific models first. The unfortunate truth about data is that nothing much can be done with it, until we say what caused it. We will prioritize conceptual, causal models and precise questions about those models. We will use Bayesian data analysis to connect scientific models to evidence. And we will learn powerful computational tools for coping with high-dimension, imperfect data of the kind that biologists and social scientists face.
Links: Website, Lectures on YouTube
Im DatenLabor finden Sie eine Auswahl von frei zugänglichen Forschungsdaten aus dem Themenfeld der Bioökonomie.
Link: datalab.dbfz.de
The HTWK Library provides information on Open Access and offers services to support researchers in the publishing process such as:
Website: https://bibliothek.htwk-leipzig.de/publizieren/open-access/
HTWK Leipzig Open Access Representative: Astrid Schiemichen (astrid.schiemichen@htwk-leipzig.de)
The OA-HVerlag research project was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) from 2018 to 2020. The aim of the project was to construct and develop a media-neutral, sustainable, and cost- and staff-efficient publishing workflow for the production and dissemination of OA monographs. The results were published in the handbook “Open Access Publication Workflow for Academic Books: A Handbook for Colleges and Universities”.
Currently, the OA-HVerlag is supervised by students as part of their bachelor studies in publishing technology. As part of this, the project team publishes a monthly Open Access newsletter.
Research project: fim.htwk-leipzig.de/forschung/forschungsthemen/open-access-hochschulverlag/
Handbook: DOI 10.33968/9783966270175-00
OA-HVerlag: oa-hochschulverlag.htwk-leipzig.de
Twitter: @OAHVerlag
Newsletter: oa-hochschulverlag.htwk-leipzig.de/de/newsletter/
The research team of OA-STRUKTKOMM deals with the question of how data exchange between individual actors and systems of Open Access publishing can be made more robust and compatible. In addition to the development of a communication structure for systems involved in the workflow, the further development of an out-of-the-box publication server is taking place. Furthermore, in order to establish the present Open Access workflow model, knowledge transfer will be realized in order to support university publishers in deciding on individually suitable workflow strategies.
Website: oa-struktkomm.htwk-leipzig.de
Twitter: @oa_struktkomm
Contact: oa-struktkomm@htwk-leipzig.de
The repository offers longterm preservation of digital language resources with a focus on lexical data and language resources for so-called “under-resourced” languages. The mission of the repository is to ensure their longterm preservation and deep integration in modern research infrastructures like the European CLARIN project and the national research data infrastructure (NFDI) consortium Text+.
Repository website: https://repo.data.saw-leipzig.de
Project website: https://www.saw-leipzig.de/de/projekte/nfdi-textplus
Contact: clarin@saw-leipzig.de
Der Botanische Garten der Universität Leipzig ist ein Ort der Begegnung an der Universität Leipzig. Getreu unserem Motto bringen wir die globale Vielfalt der Pflanzen nach Leipzig, um sie hier zu erforschen, zu vermitteln und zu schützen.
Als ein zentraler Ort des Wissenstransfers der Universität Leipzig interagieren wir in vielen Projekten mit Bürger:innen und vielen Akteur:innen der Gesellschaft. Dabei werden aktuelle biowissenschaftliche Themen wie Biodiversität, Ökosystemleistungen, Auswirkungen des Klimawandels und Nachhaltigkeit thematisiert. Der direkte Kontakt mit den Pflanzen und ihrer Vielfalt ist für uns das zentrale Element auf dem Weg zum Transferzentrum für Pflanzenvielfalt, Botanik und Ökologie.
Link: Transferprojekte
The HTWK Leipzig, Faculty of Engineering, offers interested school students the opportunity to actively research the topic of agri-photovoltaics. For example in the form of:
The offer is funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung as part of the Our Common Future programme.
Website: https://fing.htwk-leipzig.de/forschung-transfer/schule-wissenschaft/our-common-future/
Interested students, teachers and parents can contact Mathias Rudolph or Julian Hofbauer (mathias.rudolph@htwk-leipzig.de, julian.hofbauer@htwk-leipzig.de)
ManyBabies (MB) is a collaborative project for replication and best practices in developmental psychology research. Our goal is to bring researchers together to address difficult outstanding theoretical and methodological questions about the nature of early development and how it is studied. For example:
Website: https://manybabies.github.io/
Contact in Leipzig: Christine Michel (ManyBabies I, currently on leave)
Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research (UFZ) are increasingly publishing their research in Open Access. For support and funding, the UFZ library offers various services to provide optimal assistance. Furthermore, the UFZ library monitors all UFZ related publications and their costs for the Open Access transformation within the Helmholtz Association and beyond.
Open Science website of the UFZ library: https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=36297
We are scientists, artists, teachers, and students working together to reimagine and cultivate a new direction for evolution and sustainability education. We believe interdisciplinary perspectives in evolutionary anthropology can serve as a foundation for understanding and valuing the science of evolutionary change in our everyday lives and global society. Join us!
Website: http://openevo.eva.mpg.de
Contact in Leipzig: dustin.eirdosh@eva.mpg.de
The ManyMoments project aims to improve the replicability and generalizability of the findings obtained with intensive longitudinal data (e.g., experience sampling method, ambulatory assessment, etc.).
For that purpose, we:
Caroline Damm ist Inklusionsbeauftragte am Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung.
Kontakt: damm@tropos.de
Die Arbeitsgruppe Forschungsdaten der Universität Leipzig bietet individuelle Beratung sowie Informationsveranstaltungen und Workshops zu Thema Forschungsdaten an.
Link: https://www.uni-leipzig.de/forschung/forschungsservice/forschungsdatenmanagement/
Open Science Network Leipzig 