RDA-COVID19-Social-Sciences

This is the subgroup of the RDA-COVID-19 working group focusing on Social Sciences.

• Co-chair assigned:  Ingrid Dillo
• Moderator(s):  Iryna Kuchma, Amy Pienta
• Email:  rda-covid19-socialsciences@rda-groups.org
• Useful Information for RDA COVID-19 Social Subgroup

Scope (economics, sociology, political science, education, demography, geography, and psychology), data topics: 

• Social Isolation and Social Distancing
• Family and Intergenerational Relationships
• Quality of Life and Well Being
• Health Behaviors and Behavior Change
• Health Disparities
• Impact on Vulnerable Populations (including immigrants, minority groups)
• Community Impact and Neighbourhood Effects
• Transportation; Food Security
• Beliefs, Attitudes, Misinformation, Public Opinion
• Technology-Mediated Communication (public information campaigns; social media use)
• Economic Impacts (including industry, work, unemployment)
• Organizational Change
• Social Inequalities and Discrimination
• Education Impacts (including online learning)
• Political Dynamics, Policy Approaches, and Government Expenditure
• Criminal Justice (including domestic violence, prison populations, cybercrime)
• Human Mobility and Migration (including dislocation)

The Outputs

The RDA-COVID-19 WG, from April 1st through June 30th, 2020, created more than five releases of the recommendations and guidelines, leading to the final endorsed version, “RDA COVID-19 Recommendations and Guidelines for Data Sharing,” with ongoing efforts to add and review materials.

• RDA COVID-19 Recommendations and Guidelines for Data Sharing, final release, published 30 June 2020
• RDA COVID-19 Recommendations and Guidelines for Data Sharing Infographic
• RDA COVID-19 Guidelines and Recommendations – the prior 5 releases

• RDA-COVID19 WG Zotero Library

Citation:  RDA COVID-19 Working Group. Recommendations and Guidelines on data sharing. Research Data Alliance, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15497/rda00052

Resources

• Final executive summary
• RDA COVID19 Press Release 30 June 2020 final – June 2020

Joint Statements

• RDA COVID-19 Recommendations and Guidelines for Data Sharing: How STM Publishers can Contribute (July 2020)
• GIDA-RDA COVID-19 Guidelines for Data Sharing Respecting Indigenous Data Sovereignty (July 2020)
• The Duty to Document does not Cease in a Crisis, It becomes more Essential (May 2020)
• Data Together COVID-19 Appeal And Actions (March 2020)

Work Plan:

• Weekly meetings with sub-group: on Thursdays at 11am UTC at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86058692856, agenda & minutes from the previous meetings

• Recorded first meetings

  • 9th April: recording and slides

  • 16th April: recording

• First writing sprint 4/13 

  • Co-writing & Discussion (Data Collections; Metadata, Standards & Data Quality)

• Additional writing sprints

  • 4/15 Legal & Ethical; Data Sharing and LT Preservation; Data management responsibilities and resources

  • 4/17 11am UTC (Data Collections; Metadata, Standards & Data Quality; Storage)

  • 4/20 10am – 12am UTC (Legal & Ethical; Data Sharing and Preservation; Data management responsibilities and resources)