Resource Directory

This is a UKDS guide for researchers on UK law and the EU GDPR.

This webinar covered the most important questions on consent with regard to setting up a social science research project. By the end of the presentation researchers should have known how to formulate a coherent consent form and how to apply it.

The online hands-on workshop was aimed at trainers and support staff covering critical elements of data sharing and available tools and resources for supporting Open Science including: • Open Science resources and Data Management Planning • Consent and Ethical considerations • Legislation and Lic...

Humanities and social sciences researchers encounter a number of data protection issues in their work. An example is scientific events where photos and videos are taken and legal participant consent is required in order to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Surveys and ot...

Drawing on the Swiss context, this Guide illustrates key considerations in crafting a coherent anonymization strategy that is compliant with legal requirements and ethical norms. It shows how to strike the right balance between anonymization and other data protection measures, namely informed con...

The trend toward and the obligation for sharing and long-term preservation of research data is in conflict with increasingly restrictive data protection legislation and practices on personal data in Europe, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Qualitative research data, in parti...

This collection of webpages from FSD include best practice guidelines for managing research data across the whole life cycle of data. These guidelines can be useful for the archive staff as well as for data producers. The guidelines are very extensive and are divided in to eleven categories and a...