SDS PHSG: Sustainable Data Stewardship: Advancing Open Research at PHSG

The Sustainable Data Stewardship: Advancing Open Research at PHSG project aims to enhance research data management (RDM) and Open Science practices at the University of Teacher Education St. Gallen (PHSG). As part of the Open Research Data (ORD) initiative, the project builds on previous efforts to institutionalize data stewardship, improve metadata management, and foster a culture of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data.
The extension of the project (2025–2026) focuses on several key areas:

• Expanding CRIS and RDMO integration: Strengthening PHSG’s research infrastructure by optimizing metadata workflows and enhancing connections with SWIS-SUbase and FORS.
• Training and awareness: Providing tailored workshops, blended learning modules, and self-learning materials to support researchers, lecturers, and students in adopting FAIR data principles.
• Legal and ethical compliance: Developing training materials and guidelines in collaboration with PHSG’s Legal Office and Media Consortium to ensure compliance with data protection, copyright laws, and research ethics.
• Institutional sustainability: Embedding ORD principles in seminar and thesis work, integrating Open Science into PHSG’s long-term strategy, and securing hybrid fund-ing models to support future developments

Through these measures, PHSG is strengthening research transparency, data accessibility, and reproducibility, ensuring that researchers and students have the tools and knowledge to engage with Open Science effectively.

This project contributes to the broader Open Science movement in Switzerland, fostering and strengthening the existing collaboration among universities of teacher education in Switzerland and advancing responsible and sustainable research data management.

Swissuniversities: Action plans for (further) development of ORD specialists/ data stewardship