In this course you learn how you write a Data Management Plan (DMP) for your research project.
Privacy and data management for research - Faculty of Law 2026
Tycho Hofstra
Course Description
In this course you learn how you to manage your research data in accordance with the GDPR, the code of conduct of VU Amsterdam and the principles of open science. After completing the course you will have written a data management plan for your research project, which is fundamental for modern academic research. The course is aimed at PhD students at the beginning of their research project (± 1st year) from the faculty of Law. Discover, for example:
- which laws and codes of conduct your research should comply with,
- where you are going to store your data,
- where you are going to archive them for the long term,
- how you can make them FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).
The course consists of 2 in person workshops and an online peer review session. Please make sure that you are able to participate in all three events.
Study Characteristics
- Language: English
- ECTS: 1
- Type of education: online
- Academic skill: research
- Start date: 20:04:2026
- End date: 01:06:2026 (est.)
- Self paced: no
- Available to: PhD students VU
- Graduate school: LAW, Rechtenfaculteit
- Discipline: Research Data Management (RDM)
- Min. number of students: 4
- Max. number of students: 30
- Total course duration in hrs: 28
- Number of lessons: 3
- Anticipated hrs. of study: 23
- Sign up period: (now) – (10:04:2026)
- Concluding assessment: yes
- Assessment type: Review of your Data Management Plan (DMP)
- With certificate: yes
- Roster/schedule info:3 scheduled meetings:
3 scheduled meetings:
Workshop 1: 20-04-2026 10:00-12:00
Workshop 2: 11-05-2026 10:00-12:00
Peer review: 18-05-2025 13:00-23:59 (self paced window to review)
- Name of teacher: Tycho Hofstra
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Privacy and data management for research | Law | 2024-1
Course Description
In this course you learn how you to manage your research data in accordance with the GDPR, the code of conduct of VU Amsterdam and the principles of open science. After completing the course you will have written a data management plan for your research project, which is fundamental for modern academic research. The course is aimed at PhD students at the beginning of their research project (± 1st year) from the faculty of Law. Discover, for example:
- which laws and codes of conduct your research should comply with,
- where you are going to store your data,
- where you are going to archive them for the long term,
- how you can make them FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).
The course consists of 2 in person workshops and an online peer review session. Please make sure that you are able to participate in all three events.
Study Characteristics
- Language: English
- ECTS: 1
- Type of education: online
- Academic skill: research
- Start date: 20:04:2026
- End date: 01:06:2026 (est.)
- Self paced: no
- Available to: PhD students VU
- Graduate school: LAW, Rechtenfaculteit
- Discipline: Research Data Management (RDM)
- Min. number of students: 4
- Max. number of students: 30
- Total course duration in hrs: 28
- Number of lessons: 3
- Anticipated hrs. of study: 23
- Sign up period: (now) – (10:04:2026)
- Concluding assessment: yes
- Assessment type: Review of your Data Management Plan (DMP)
- With certificate: yes
- Roster/schedule info:3 scheduled meetings:
3 scheduled meetings:
Workshop 1: 20-04-2026 10:00-12:00
Workshop 2: 11-05-2026 10:00-12:00
Peer review: 18-05-2025 13:00-23:59 (self paced window to review)
- Name of teacher: Tycho Hofstra