Consolidation of institute-level research data management developments within the Max Planck Society

Determine whether and how the research data management initiatives, working groups, and locally developed practices at individual Max Planck Institutes will be merged into a coordinated, Max Planck Society–wide framework for research data management.

Background

The paper documents growing, locally driven research data management (RDM) activities across Max Planck Institutes, alongside evolving society-wide interest and workshops coordinated by the Max Planck Digital Library. Despite this momentum, the authors explicitly note uncertainty about whether these decentralized developments will coalesce into a unified approach.

This question is posed in the context of broader national and European developments (e.g., NFDI, EOSC) and updated rules for good scientific practice within the Max Planck Society, which collectively increase the salience of harmonized RDM practices.