Rhine-Ruhr Center for Scientific Data Literacy (DKZ.2R)

This is the official website of the Rhine-Ruhr Center for Scientific Data Literacy (DKZ.2R). We are one of the eleven Data Literacy Centers in Germany, that were founded in 2023. Our goal is to reduce data-related hurdles in research, train and support researchers in methodological data literacy in a hollistic way, and promote data-competent scientists.

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Recent News

DKZ.2R@ NFDI4Objects Community meeting

From the 25th to 27th of September 2024, the Leibnitz Centre for Archaeology (LEIZA) & Mainz University of Applied Sciences are hosting the second NFDI4Objects Community meeting. There will be a …

August 28, 2024

The Carpentries Workshop by DKZ.2R - Python basics and plotting

As part of our “Trainings” work package, the DKZ.2R plans to curate and provide a variety of trainings, seminars …

August 22, 2024

DKZ.2R@ Data-Science-Community Workshop INFORMATIK

For the 54th time the “Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft der Informatik” is celebrating the INFORMATIK festival, an event …

August 19, 2024

DKZ.2R@ Themenwoche Digitale Kompetenzen in der Wissenschaft

DKZ.2R teamed up with another data literacy center QUADRIGA , NFDIxCS , and

August 19, 2024

DKZ.2R@ Data Stewardship goes Germany

On the 11th and 12th of September the RWTH Aachen is hosting the third “Data …

August 15, 2024

DKZ.2R@ Statusveranstaltung der Datenkompetenzzentren in Deutschland

From September 19th to 20th the BMBF is inviting representatives of all eleven Data Literacy Centers in Germany to …

August 15, 2024

Call for participation!

We launched our first call for participation for our Rent-an-Expert System! Find out what we are offering and how you can apply for expert-consulting (free of charge!)

June 24, 2024

FDM-Werkstatt

From March 18-20. the RWTH-Aachen hosted the FDM-Werkstatt: the first of many DKZ.2R events, including an open DKZ-session on wednesday afternoon! Read more about it

February 22, 2024
Press Release DKZ.2R

Press Release DKZ.2R

The RWTH-Aachen was the first institution to post the official press-release for the start of the DKZ.2R! You can read the text

February 22, 2024