Find specialised information in different fields of research data management.
For resources and information about information security, information classification, legal status of research data, personal data processing, GDPR and legal counselling, we recommend contacting the university legal officers, the archive and IT specialists.
Information security (Aurora)
Find more information on secure information management.
Archiving research material (Aurora)
Including the document "Records management plan – Conducting research”.
Legal aspects in research (Aurora)
Contact details and information about legal aspects of your research.
ICT Services and System Development (ITS)
Contact ITS for support in matters concerning IT resources to process and store data during and after a research project.
Resources and guides on research data management provided by sources outside Umeå university.
Swedish National Data Service collaborates with some 30 higher education institutions and public research institutes in order to provide researchers with a coordinated and quality assured system for finding, describing, and disseminating research data, nationally as well as internationally.
Swedish National Data Service (SND)
A guide to help social science researchers make their research data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.
Data management expert guide (Cessda)
Data management resources for the biomolecular sciences.
Bringing data to life: Data management for the biomolecular sciences
The purpose of the European portal for research data on COVID-19 is to facilitate and accelerate the research about the virus. It is possible both to retrieve data from the portal and contribute data to the portal.
This service is part of an effort to create a European data platform for research data on COVID-19, with support from the European Commission.
Connected information for Swedish researchers can be found on COVID-19 Data portal Sweden.
Information, guidelines, tools and services to support researchers in making use of Swedish and European infrastructures for research data sharing - especially COVID-19 Data portal (Europe). It is possible both to retrieve data from the portal and to submit data to the portal.
The Swedish portal is operated by SciLifeLab Data Centre and partners, with support from the Swedish Research Council. The Swedish National Data Service (SND) also support the portal.
List of repositories and best practice advices on data management and the FAIR principles.
Coalition for Publishing Data in the Earth and Space Sciences (COPDESS)
To get informed, make strategic considerations and set up a data management plan.
To maintain a sound, ordered and consistent management of research data during the research project.
To conclude a research project with well-founded decisions regarding research data.