New Research Data Office with data stewards in each faculty
With the Research Data Office, the University is working to improve support for researchers in the management of research data. Each faculty now has a data steward to assist researchers in their work with research data. Annakim Eltén will take on the role of data steward at The Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
The new Research Data Office will better support researchers in managing their research data according to legal requirements and security standards. This is achieved through technical solutions for storage, for example, as well as through extended online support and a support function staffed by knowledgeable employees.
To ensure that the support really meets the needs of researchers, the unit has assigned data stewards to each faculty. They will work closely with researchers, providing guidance and support while also raising the needs that emerge with the Research Data Office. The goal is a system that constantly improves support for research – so that researchers can spend more time on what matters most: research itself.
Meet Annakim Eltén new data steward for the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
How long have you worked at LU and how did you come to be the faculty's data steward?
– I have worked at LU since 2000, first at NetLab, the development department where we developed solutions in project form to manage information resources and other data for a variety of target groups at all levels, from EU collaborations to local projects. Since 2004 at SOL, later HT, where I have been involved from the beginning in building and developing research support. Data management has always been one of our focus areas, even though the conditions, requirements and needs have changed.
What are the biggest challenges for researchers at your faculty when it comes to research data management and how can you support them in this?
– The research conducted at HT is of so many varieties, so the challenges and opportunities are multiple and sometimes great within the various disciplines. I hope to be able to contribute even more clearly than before to effective support throughout the research process, using established and new networks and infrastructures.
Why is the way you manage your research data so important?
– If research is to help us understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition, it must be transparent and possible to use in a broad context.
Is there a motto or philosophy of life that you live by?
– 42
Who would you like to have dinner with if you could choose anyone (living or dead) and what would you discuss?
– It would be interesting to talk about generative AI with Ada Lovelace.