📍 University of Cologne
📅 March 19-20, 2025
⏰ March 19: 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM | March 20: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
About
Join us for an engaging unconference-style workshop designed to foster collaboration and innovation in business, economics, and related research fields!
Share your knowledge and experiences, build relationships, and create tangible outputs on data-related topics like reproducible research, unstructured data, or AI. Whether you are a researcher, data steward, software engineer, librarian, or other research professional, we would love to meet you! No prerequisites are needed. As this event thrives on participation and group energy, just bring your friends, your ideas, and your curiosity!
Why Attend?
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- Meet peers and collaborate: Build connections and collaborate with like-minded peers from business, economics, and related research fields.
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- Contribute to relevant outcomes: Create tangible outputs such as best practice guides, white papers, or learning materials.
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- Gain visibility: Showcase your expertise and contribute to projects that benefit both the wider research community and yourself.
Event Highlights
Day 1: Barcamp Sessions (Half Day – starts at 1 pm)
Kick off with thought-provoking discussions on topics you’re passionate about!
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- Explore Critical Topics: From FAIR data practices to the latest generative AI tools.
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- Set the Agenda: Attendees drive the session topics – your voice matters!
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- Collaborative Ideation: End the day by forming project groups for Day 2
Day 2: Project Development (Full Day – starts at 9 am)
Dive into focused, hands-on work to create meaningful results.
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- Work in Teams: Join a project of your choice and tackle a challenge in a single day.
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- Deliver Tangible Outputs: Whether it’s a best practice guide or a podcast episode, you will create what you find most meaningful. Be creative!
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- Present and Share: Showcase your team’s results during the closing ceremony.
How to Particpate?
Ready to join us? Secure your free Pretix ticket now and join us in transforming business, economics, and beyond.
Let’s co-create the future of research – together!
Upcoming Locations
Join the BERD Unconference as it kicks off in Cologne and continues across Germany throughout the year and into early 2026. Each event is independent and self-contained, so participants are free to attend one or multiple sessions without needing to commit to the entire series:
📍 Cologne | 📍 Mannheim | 📍 Kiel | 📍 Nuremberg
About the Instructor
Foto: Anna Voelske
Heidi Seibold holds a PhD in Biostatistics with a focus on Machine Learning. Her research has been in the intersection of Data Science, Reproducibility and Medicine. She is a solopreneur in Open and Reproducible Research and an independent researcher at IGDORE. Heidi is the co-founder of the Digital Research Academy and Open Science Freelancers.
