A full-day programme designed for graduate school directors and coordinators, teachers, and data stewards
Join us for a day of demonstrations and dialogue on how research infrastructure for Social Sciences and Humanities can strengthen your graduate programmes, expand student access to world-class data, and prepare the next generation of scholars.
Programme
| 10:00 | Welcome to the Research Infrastructure Landscape An overview of how research infrastructure for Social Sciences and Humanities is organised in the Netherlands, covering recent investments through SSHOC-NL, the Macroscope, and Sector Plan funding. |
| 10:15 | Big Surveys and Life Course Data There are more than 10,000 datasets available for graduate students in the Netherlands. In this discussion, we will explore some of the most commonly used datasets in graduate training and research. Additionally, we will share examples of how these datasets can be integrated into your curricula. |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 | Sensitive and Secure Data: Access without Compromise Sensitive commercial, IP-protected, and personal data offer powerful research opportunities but come with real access challenges. In this session we will demonstrate infrastructure solutions that allow such data to be accessed and used at scale in graduate education and research. |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Using LLMs in the Social Sciences and Humanities LLMs are now part of the research workflow. We examine the opportunities and risks, and equip graduate schools with a practical toolkit covering best practices for performance evaluation, ethical use, and legal compliance. |
| 14:30 | Coffee Break |
| 14:45 | Panel: Embedding Infrastructure in Graduate Training Experts from research infrastructures and graduate schools discuss how to integrate these resources into everyday teaching and research. Ample time for audience questions, closing with a summary and concrete next steps. |
| 16:00 | Drinks and Networking |