Code competencies for better science: Recommendations for the German academic system

Software competencies - as a user, developer, or proponent - become indispensible in today's digital scientific conduct. Yet, these competencies are not universally fostered in the German academic system. In a workshop hosted by the Volkswagen Stiftung in November 2024, 33 participants from different scientific fields and positions developed actionable recommendations for different target groups in or around academia to improve digital competency in science. The resulting white paper was published in German at doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14273366. This poster is a visual presentation of the recommendations in this whitepaper and was prepared for the InformatikFestival 2025. The sources for this poster (as an inkscape svg) can be found at https://hub.psychoinformatics.de/adina/FSKompPoster.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2025-07-30
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16608434
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Research Data Management Practices
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Code competencies for better science: Recommendations for the German academic system

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Research Data Management Practices
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Code competencies for better science: Recommendations for the German academic system

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Abstract

Software competencies - as a user, developer, or proponent - become indispensible in today's digital scientific conduct. Yet, these competencies are not universally fostered in the German academic system. In a workshop hosted by the Volkswagen Stiftung in November 2024, 33 participants from different scientific fields and positions developed actionable recommendations for different target groups in or around academia to improve digital competency in science. The resulting white paper was published in German at doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14273366. This poster is a visual presentation of the recommendations in this whitepaper and was prepared for the InformatikFestival 2025. The sources for this poster (as an inkscape svg) can be found at https://hub.psychoinformatics.de/adina/FSKompPoster.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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Research Data Management Practices
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