001 Introduction: Data Literacy and Research Data Management - Upskilling your data competencies for your thesis.

The Session 001 Introduction is part of the course "Data Literacy and Research Data Management: Upskilling your data competencies for your thesis". It provides an introduction to data literacy and research data management. Bachelor and Master students will explore what data literacy means, distinguish research data from information and knowledge, identify different types of research data, and become familiar with the research data lifecycle. The session also provides an introduction to the FAIR principles, enabling students to understand key concepts for making research data more findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. These materials were created as part of the State Initiative Research Data Management Lower Saxsony (FDM-NDS).