Community

Large, organised groups of researchers focused on specific scientific domains, such as the social sciences, humanities, or marine science, utilise D4Science's Virtual Research Environments (VREs) to establish tailored workspaces that support open science practices through integrated data, tools, and collaborative features. These communities leverage VREs to promote the open sharing of research findings, data, and methodologies, facilitating transparency and reproducibility within their respective fields.

Within D4Science, communities can:

  • Create and manage customised VREs: Build tailored workspaces that meet the unique requirements of your research community, including the selection of specific tools and services.
  • Promote open science: Share research data, methods, and results openly within your community, fostering transparency and reproducibility.
  • Integrate diverse resources: Connect to a variety of data sources, computational tools, and services within a single platform, streamlining workflows and improving efficiency.
  • Foster collaboration: Encourage interdisciplinary research by providing a shared environment where researchers can connect and collaborate effectively.
  • Share knowledge: Use wikis, forums, and social networking tools to share best practices, exchange insights, and build a community around your scientific domain.
  • Access domain-specific services: Leverage D4Science to gain access to data sets and tools relevant to your specific scientific domain.
  • Utilise a common platform: Access and analyse data from multiple sources within a single, unified platform, enhancing efficiency.
  • Provide training and educational activities by using a dedicated VRE to deliver training resources, tools, and data to your community.
  • Scale resources: Whether your project requires minimal resources or extensive computational power, D4Science VREs can scale to provide the necessary infrastructure.
  • Benefit from community-driven evolution: Engage in co-creating the VRE to match your community's expectations better.
  • Manage the VRE with monitoring and accounting tools to track resource usage and ensure efficient operation of the VRE.