From Socio-Technical Challenges to Transferable Recommended Actions in Interdisciplinary Research Environments

Research data management is increasingly recognised as a necessary component of good scientific practice, yet often perceived as an administrative burden rather than a structurally integral part of interdisciplinary research. This dissertation addresses that gap through sustained empirical engagement with two interconnected challenge areas: the design and implementation of a research data management solution within CRC 1266 "Scales of Transformation" at Kiel University, and the development of data integration and analysis workflows for heterogeneous archaeological datasets within the BigExchange project. These efforts yield two conceptual contributions — the Interdisciplinary Research Data Management (IRDM) framework, which formalises the organisational and infrastructural conditions for effective RDM, and the Modular Research Pipeline (MRP) framework, which structures research activities across the lifecycle of interdisciplinary data science projects. Together, IRDM and MRP form a complementary perspective on how data management and research practice interact. From this basis, seven transferable recommended actions are derived for RDM practitioners, institutional decision-makers, and researchers in interdisciplinary environments.

Level thesis:degree_level

thesis.doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Year

2026

Author dc:creator

• Strohm, Steffen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Renz, Matthias
• Cordes, Ann-Kristin

• Interdisciplinary Research
• FAIR Research Data Management
• Data Integration
• Integrated Analysis Workflows
• Socio-technical Systems

Repository record source_url

https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/macau_mods_00008399

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:macau.uni-kiel.de:macau_mods_00008399