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BERD@NFDI is a research data infrastructure dedicated to transforming the way Business, Economic, and Related Data are managed.
📦✨𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟰: Will it arrive before Christmas?, Is my 2 a.m. impulse purchase justified?, Can anyone provide reproducible evidence that this will survive my child? - questions upon questions.

Perfectly on theme: the 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗤&𝗔 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁 - 1.4M questions and 4M answers.

🎁 openbigdata.org/resource/ama...
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🎄𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟯: Wondering how to make a post go wildly viral? …me too 😅

Let's unpack what drives attention online with today’s treat: the CrowdTangle API - public posts since 2014 from big pages, groups, and verified profiles.

🎁https://openbigdata.org/resource/crowdtangle-platform-and-api/
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🎄𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟮: 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘀… 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀?🏛️

Splendid✨ - behind today’s door: 𝗠𝗮𝗙𝗶𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁-𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴, 877,140 speeches from 1949 to 2021, enough legislative commotion to keep your text-mining busy.

🎁https://berd-platform.de/records/2fsd2-ew537
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🧦🍬𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟭: 𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝗿𝗱𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 🤓✨

The 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗽 bundles questions, answers, comments, votes, badges, and edits. Snapshots over a decade let you watch the community and knowledge grow.

🎁https://openbigdata.org/resource/stack-overflow-qa/
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Do you have data that sometimes drives you crazy - or a question you have never had the right space to ask?

Here’s the right place to ask, share, and learn:

📅 Feb 26 (13:00–17:00) & Feb 27 (09:00–17:00)
📍 IAB, Nürnberg
💻 Bring your laptop & ideas
🆓 Register: eveeno.com/econ-data-wo...
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🚀 Our 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 at ZBW Kiel kicked off yesterday - a space for anyone who’s ever stared at a dataset and thought “now what?”

2 days all about hands-on problem solving, practical takeaways, fresh ideas, and maybe a few new friends.

Many thanks to our cooperation partners: DRA, ZBW, and CAU.
October 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Are you a PhD, early-career researcher, or Master’s student in business, economics, or the social sciences?

Bring your data questions – about
📊 finding data
🔍 choosing methods
📖 publishing data

No prerequisites – just curiosity.

More info & 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
September 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁!📄

A new Scientific Data paper presents a gold-standard dataset for extracting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 139 corporate sustainability reports (MSCI World Small Cap & DAX).

Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Another CORDI has come to an end. What a great time! Thank you #NFDI

#CORDI2025
August 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
From poster to overengineered 3D experiment. Basically... infrastructure... - #NFDI spirit in action🔥Come by and have coffee with me :)

#CoRDI2025
August 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Expert Testing Starts for New Data Training Modules: Our Moodle-based platform is live!

ASSURED - by BERD@NFDI, GHGA, and KonsortSWD - trains users in the safe, legal, and ethical use of sensitive research data.

Want to contribute?👉info[at]assured-training.org

Webpage: assured-training.org
July 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗭𝗕𝗪 𝗞𝗶𝗲𝗹
𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟰-𝟭𝟱

Got data questions you've never had the right space to ask? Whether you're struggling with analysis, finding the right dataset, or making your data citable, this workshop is for you.

👉 Register: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
📩 Questions? info[at]berd-nfdi.de
July 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🔥 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻
We welcome submissions from researchers at all career stages.

📬 Submit your abstract (max. 250 words) by 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 to
📧 DataQualityWorkshop@stat.uni-muenchen.de

More info: www.berd-nfdi.de/data-quality...
July 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝

📅 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟭𝟲 & 𝟮𝟱
🧑‍🏫 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗴

Learn how to use LLMs and other AI tools across your research workflow - from planning to publication.

💸 F𝗿𝗲𝗲 | In return, we ask participants to support evaluation

👉 www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
July 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: Novel Financial Data for Research

This BERD Academy & ifo workshop explores how real-time financial data, like card and payment data, can advance research in economics and policy.

💸 Free | Limited travel grants available

👉 Apply: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
July 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Last week’s workshop in Kassel dove into Human-in-the-Loop and Active Learning for NLP - blending theory with hands-on Python.

Big thanks to Lukas Rauch for making it engaging and practical!

More info: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
July 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our EconData Workshop wrapped up yesterday, and we are still inspired.

In just two days, participants showed amazing energy and creativity.

Big thanks to our instructors Dr. Heidi Seibold and Ilona Lipp - and to everyone who joined!

Next stop: Kiel🙌
More pics: www.berd-nfdi.de/workshop-man...
June 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today, we kicked off our EconData Workshop, a collaboration with the Digital Research Academy (👀https://digital-research.academy/).

Participants brought great energy, brainstormed, and set their own topics. Tomorrow, it’s hands-on: time to work on real solutions💪

www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
June 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Spokesperson Election for Industry Engagement Section on May 16

🔹 Florian Stahl (BERD@NFDI) re-elected
🔹 Andreas Förster (DECHEMA,NFDI4Cat) new Deputy, succeeding Christoph Eberl – thanks for the contribution!

The section builds bridges between NFDI and industry.
May 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Heute beim RatSWD-Workshop „Unternehmensdaten für Forschung & Politikberatung“:

Ulrich Krieger stellte den BERD Research Data Marketplace vor – unsere Plattform für Forschung mit Unternehmen bei voller Datenkontrolle.🔗 Mehr Infos: www.berd-nfdi.de/research-dat...

📸©JonasZdrzalek
May 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Great news for late birds!🦉 The 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 for our workshop “Deep Learning with Humans-In-The-Loop: Active Learning for NLP” has been 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵!

🗓️ June 26, 2025
🕘 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 & 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
May 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
How do machines learn to decide - and why is it important?

Explore reinforcement learning: feedback-driven algorithms used in AI, business, and beyond.

📅 Starts June 17, Online
🕟 Tuesdays, 4:30–5:30 PM

💀 Apply by May 12: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
April 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🧠 Learn to build (Deep) Active Learning cycles in Python – hands-on & free!

📍 University of Kassel
🗓️ June 26, 2025
🕘 9:00–16:00

🧑‍💻 Requirements: Basic Python + ML knowledge, own laptop

💀 Apply by May 14 → Info & Application: www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
April 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀?😵‍💫
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀?🤯

Join the 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗺 for practical, actionable insights for your research.

No prerequisites|✅ Free attendance|☕Plenty of coffee|😋Free lunch on day 2

🎟️ www.berd-nfdi.de/berd-academy...
April 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Helen Alber's DAGStat 2025 talk yesterday showed how LLMs streamline sentence classification and how to fix their mistakes.

💡 The solution? A two-step approach: LLMs pre-classify, experts refine, and Sim-SIMEX corrects errors, boosting efficiency and handling imbalanced data as well as MC-SIMEX.
March 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM