AUSSDA & AMDC for Data:Research:Austria —
Survey and Register Data Linked for Urban Research
What is this about?
Reusing survey data and linking register data: From policy questions to data-answerable problems
+ Outlook on the upcoming Data:Research:Austria funding call
How can survey and register data power urban research for “Climate‑Neutral and Smart Cities” (EU Mission Cities, aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities)?
This 90‑minute online webinar connects the EU Mission Cities and SDG 11 with Vienna’s Research Questions and a practical tour of Austria’s social science data ecosystem.
AUSSDA (The Austria Social Science Data Archive) demonstrates how to discover, reuse, and publish survey datasets, complete with rich metadata and DOIs for visibility and reproducibility. The Austrian Micro Data Center (AMDC) outlines secure access to register microdata from Statistik Austria: what’s possible, how applications work, and what compliance and timelines look like.
We then focus on combining both worlds — augmenting surveys with registers — to answer pressing urban questions on housing, mobility, and climate resilience with showcases of applied examples. You’ll learn what to consider regarding linkability in study design (including Austria’s sector‑specific personal identifier, bPK), for planning anonymization and documentation in your Data Management Plan, and where typical pitfalls lie.
We close with an outlook on the upcoming Data:Research:Austria (ÖAW) funding call and practical next steps.
This session will be followed by a second webinar dedicated to funding specifics.
Who is this for?
Everyone interested in Urban Research
This session is aimed at an interdisciplinary audience in urban research, including planning, geosciences, psychology, sociology, public health, engineering, data science, etc.
Students, researchers, data stewards, and interested parties from all institutions are welcome!
What to expect?
Agenda
| Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|
| Matthias Reiter-Pázmándy | Welcome |
| Katharina Meißner-Schöller | Vienna Research Questions: City Topics spark Projects |
| Iris Butzlaff | AUSSDA in Practice: Reusing and Publishing Survey Data |
| Marie Beindl | AMDC Essentials: Secure Access to Register Microdata |
| Marie Beindl | Linking Data: Augmenting Surveys with Register Data |
| Sibylle Wentker | Funding Outlook: Data:Research:Austria (ÖAW) |
| Jonathan Fetka & Lennart Ziegler | Urban Research Deep‑Dive: Two Applied Examples |
| all | Lessons Learned, Questions & Answers |
| Jeanne Wilbrandt | Wrap‑Up & Support |
Good to Know
Additional Infos
The University of Vienna offers its researchers:
- Access to AMDC (Infos: https://rdm.univie.ac.at/de/services/amdc/)
- AUSSDA Services (https://aussda.at/services/)
- Funding consultation (Uni Vienna Internal Wiki Page: Project Planning)
- Seed funding for green, collaborative proposals (Uni Vienna Internal Wiki page: Seed funding)
- RDM Support with focus on urban research (https://ufind.univie.ac.at/en/person.html?id=1020494)
Who is organizing this?
Data Steward URBANISE
Jeanne Wilbrandt is the University of Vienna's most recent addition to the Data Steward Team, and supporting Research Data Management in urban research.
This event is one of many to come and raise awareness for topics concerning data, the EU Mission Cities, and sustainable, reusable research.