The Love Data Week is an annual event to celebrate research data and research data management. Originally established at the University of Michigan within the ICPSR, an international consortium of more than 800 academic institutions and research organizations, the Love Data Week has become a worldwide event. In reference to love, it is celebrated in the second week of February, during Valentines Day. 

In Switzerland, several higher education institutions have been participating in the Love Data Week since 2021. During the week they offer various workshops, talks and events focusing on research data management, mostly in digital form. The aim is to raise awareness, promote RDM tools and practices as well as guide researchers and other research support personnel in the field of research data management. 

Presentations and documents of the Love Data Week Switzerland are available at our Love Data Week Zenodo Community. 

During the Love Data Week events will also be taking place outside of Switzerland (e.g. in Germany and Austria), many of which can be attended online. For more information about some of the events please refer to forschungsdaten.info.