Guest researcher workstations

We recommend off-site use before applying for a special dataset according to your wishes. One way to analyse datasets with particularly sensitive content is to work at a guest researcher workstation. These workstations have special security measures. Researchers are not able to import or export data themselves. All additional files, which the researcher wishes to import or export, are first checked by FDZ staff. Standard analytical software programs are available on the PCs: SPSS, Stata, R and Python.

We currently offer six workstations in Berlin as well as one workstation in Cologne, Mannheim, München and another in Würzburg. Monitored remote access may also be used for supplemental analyses following a guest research stay. Please contact us if you wish to work at a guest researcher workstation.

If you wish to use data beyond the scope permitted for off-site use, please contact us before submitting an application. We will advise you on the correct data for your project and the appropriate form of data access.

Location Berlin

After consulting with the FDZ-RV, you can book a time slot for working with the data via the following email address: FDZ-RV-Berlin@drv-bund.de. Registration must be made at least one week in advance.

Opening hours: Mon-Thu 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Address: Konstanzer Straße 42, 10709 Berlin

Location Cologne

After consulting with the FDZ-RV, you can book a time slot for working with the data via the following email address: sdc@gesis.org at the GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences. Registration must be made at least one week in advance.

Opening hours: Mon-Thu 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Address: Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, 50667 Cologne

Go to the GESIS website

Location Mannheim

After consulting with the FDZ-RV, you can book a time slot for working with the data via the following email address: idan-mannheim@gesis.org at the GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences. Registration must be made at least one week in advance.

Opening hours: Mon-Thu 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Address: Quadrat B6 4-5, 68159 Mannheim

Go to the GESIS website

Location München

After consulting with the FDZ-RV, you can book a time slot for working with the data via the LMU-ifo Economics & Business Data Center booking page.

Opening hours: Mon–Fri, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Address: Poschingerstraße 5, 81679 Munich

Go to booking page

Location Würzburg

After consulting with the FDZ-RV, you can book a time slot for working with the data via the following email address: FDZ-RV-Wbg@drv-bund.de. Registration must be made at least one week in advance.

Opening hours: Mon–Thu, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Address: Berner Straße 1, 97084 Würzburg, Germany

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