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The building sector accounts for almost a third of the global final energy consumption and attempts to lower it can have a big impact on the environment. Social sciences have an important role to play in shaping the built environment by conducting research on the predesign and design process and post-occupancy evaluation. In this context, measuring attitudes and behaviours of building users with surveys can play an important role in achieving sustainability goals. This contribution is based on a systematic literature review that focuses on published research studies that use surveys to examine environmental comfort, energy consumption and other sustainability issues related to building construction and use. The review assesses the quality of contributions and identifies knowledge gaps. Moreover, works that involve specific demographics groups and deal with inequalities are identified. In parallel, an inventory of survey questionnaires and items is generated and a selection of them is assessed with available survey questionnaire evaluation methods. Based on the results improvements of survey research practices to study sustainable building issues are proposed and further research needs are identified., The author acknowledges the support of the Slovenian Research Agency for funding the project using questionnaires to measure attitudes and behaviours of building users (Z5-1879) and the European Commission for funding the InnoRenew project [Grant Agreement #739574] under the Horizon 2020 Widespread-Teaming program.

Governments and public health authorities have placed several restrictions and recommendations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but that has not stopped the pandemic. Since the first outbreaks various organisations run web surveys trying to understand attitudes and behaviours of citizens related to protective measures and with the advent of COVID-19 vaccines they extended the topic to vaccine hesitancy. Under time pressure due to the emergency of the health crisis, many of these surveys gave precedence to speedy results on the expense of survey quality. One of the common methodological problems is the use of convenience samples that do not allow the generalisation of results to the population instead of more representative options. In this contribution, I present two case studies of such cross-sectional surveys in Slovenia. The first was about compliance with protection measures such as social distancing and mask wearing and run in November 2020, while the second dealt with vaccination attitudes and was conducted in December 2020, just before the arrival of the first doses of the vaccine. In both studies the questionnaire was administered in parallel to two samples, a large snowball convenience sample and a smaller marketing panel sample that is representative of the country’s population. In both cases the comparison of results between the two samples indicates certain biases. Finally, the results are discussed considering other studies on the topic and recommendations are provided for how to improve future surveys in similar situations., The author acknowledges the support of the Slovenian Research Agency for funding the project using questionnaires to measure attitudes and behaviours of building users (Z5-1879) and the European Commission for funding the InnoRenew project [Grant Agreement #739574] under the Horizon 2020 Widespread-Teaming program.

Web surveys are widely used by scientists and other researchers, to gather data on a particular topic or issue. Their popularity is due to their inexpensiveness and flexibility compared to traditional postal, face-to-face surveys. However, with declining response rates it can be challenging to get sufficient samples to provide valid and reliable data. Moreover, applying desired sampling procedures can be very challenging so web surveys are often based on non-probability samples that do not allow the generalisation of results from sample to population. In this talk I provide a brief overview in web survey methods and based on selected case studies I discuss possible approaches to improve the quality and representativity of web surveys.

Within the bilateral project “Innovation activities of Austrian and Slovenian companies in the wood-value chain” we conducted a cross-sectional survey on factors influencing innovation activities of companies towards climate change mitigation and adaptation. The aim of the research was to understand the impact of climate change on companies in the forest-wood sector in Austria and Slovenia, their attitudes towards climate change and their motivation for action on climate change, and how climate change encourages them to develop new strategies, processes, or products. The survey was conducted in summer 2021 on a sample of 123 Austrian and 170 Slovenian companies, The cooperation between the co-authors was funded by the Slovenian research agency (ARRS) and the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD) within the bilateral project "Innovation activities of Austrian and Slovenian companies in the wood-value chain" (BI-AT/20-21-006). In addition, the research work of the Slovenian co-authors was funded by the European Commission within the InnoRenew project (739574) under the Horizon 2020 Widespread-Teaming program and the ARRS postdoctoral project "Using questionnaires to measure attitudes and behaviours of building users" (Z5-1879), while the research work of the Austrian researchers was conducted with support of the OEAD WTZ (SI 06/2020) and the Horizon 2020 project "RESONATE – Resilient Forest value chains – enhancing resilience through natural and socio-economic responses" (H2020-RUR-2020-2).

Lecture for the Jožef Stefan Internatonal Postgraduate School

Podnebne spremembe so eden ključnih izzivov sodobnih družb. Pri blaženju podnebnih sprememb in strategijah prilagajanja nanje imajo pomembno vlogo tudi gospodarske dejavnosti povezane z gozdom, saj ima uvajanje inovacij v gozdno-lesnem sektorju lahko potencialno velike koristi za okolje. V prispevku predstavljamo rezultate raziskave na vzorcu 293 slovenskih in avstrijskih podjetij v tem sektorju, ki je potekala sredi leta 2021. Z anketnim vprašalnikom smo proučili vpliv podnebnih sprememb na podjetja, njihov odnos do tega pojava in motivacijo za ukrepanje. Ugotovili smo, da je večina podjetij vsaj nekoliko zaskrbljenih zaradi podnebnih sprememb, le redka pa so razvila s tem povezane inovacije. Njihovo obnašanje lahko do neke mere pojasnimo na osnovi teorije načrtovanega vedenja. Na podlagi rezultatov podamo priporočila, s kakšnimi ukrepi in komunikacijo lahko spodbudimo podjetja k blaženju podnebnih sprememb., Avtorji se zahvaljujejo za prejem sredstev Javne agencije za raziskovalno dejavnost RS za projekta Inovativnost avstrijskih in slovenskih podjetij v gozdno-lesni verigi [BI-AT/2-21-006] in Uporaba vprašalnikov za merjenje stališč in vedenj uporabnikov stavb [Z5-1879 (B)] ter Evropske komisije za projekt InnoRenew v okviru programa Obzorje 2020 [H2020 WIDESPREAD-2-Teaming: #739574].

Presentation of the project on including society into the care for cultural heritage at the Mutual Learning Exercise event on Citizen Science Initiatives organised by the Ministry for science, education and sport in Ljubljana.

The lecture will introduce researchers to key concepts in research data management focusing on FAIR principles (Findability, Availability, Interoperability and Reusability) of data sharing. In particular, the talk will address data management and curation practices in the long tail of research data with practical examples from different research disciplines. Recommended formats for different types of data will be presented, suggestions how to prepare the data documentation and metadata according to disciplinary standards, how to select an appropriate repository, including ethical and legal issues and security considerations, etc. The talk will also discuss the appropriate allocation of responsibilities and resources to research data management in organisations and the emerging role of data stewards.

Forestry will play an increasingly important role as a raw material contributor since climate change mitigation requires a shift from fossil-based materials to renewable, bio-based materials. Consequently, an increase in wood demand is expected. Slovenia has a forest coverage of 59% while almost half of Austria is covered by forest (43 %). In these countries, the forest-based sector has an important role. We look at the environmental impact of forestry in Slovenia and Austria under an increase in wood demand. This contribution has a twofold purpose: 1) to describe the environmental impact of Slovenian and Austrian forestry and forest products with a focus on sawlogs, and 2) to provide life cycle inventory data for Slovenian and Austrian forestry and importing countries for other LCA needs, for example, LCAs in the construction or biorefinery sectors and for benchmarking purposes. This contribution explores the use of the European Life Cycle Inventory of Forestry Operations (EFO-LCI) database [1]. The life cycle impact assessment applies the 16 impact categories as recommended by the European Commissions for LCA/Environmental Footprint in Europe [2] and provides additional indicators important for bio-based materials.

Presentation at webinar of the doctoral school of the University of Ljubljana

This CESSDA® Roadshow on the Circular Economy brings together experts from service providers and top-level researchers to explore the key role of the social sciences with impartial, reliable data on attitudes and practices to recycling and eco-design. It will guide participants through valuable resources in the CESSDA Data Catalogue®, give examples of data use and reuse as best practices and explain how researchers can organise and process data using the ESSDA Data Management Expert Guide®. The videois available on theCESSDA TrainingYouTube channel.

This CESSDA® Roadshow on the Circular Economy brings together experts from service providers and top-level researchers to explore the key role of the social sciences with impartial, reliable data on attitudes and practices to recycling and eco-design. It will guide participants through valuable resources in the CESSDA Data Catalogue®, give examples of data use and reuse as best practices and explain how researchers can organise and process data using the ESSDA Data Management Expert Guide®. 14:00-14:05 Introduction, CESSDA® & Trust-IT 14:05-14:15 CESSDA Data Catalogue® - Discovery of Danish Datasets related to the Circular Economy, Jan Dalsten, Danish National Archives 14:15-14:25 Use case on Circular Economy Research - A view on societal impacts and priorities, Konstantinos Tsagarakis, Professor of Economics of Environmental Science and Technology at the Technical University of Crete. 14.35-14.45 CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide® - Organise & Process, Johana Chylíková, Czech Academy of Sciences 14:45-14:55 Challenges with the reuse of data on circular economy: Experience of researchers at the InnoRenew CoE, Ana Slavec, InnoRenew CoE Renewable Materials and Healthy Environments Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence 14:55-15:25 Interactive Discussion 15:25-15:30 Wrap up, CESSDA® & Trust-IT

While large research collaborations can dedicate vast resources to the storage, analysis and sharing of data, the majority of scientists are working in small teams and have only limited funds to dedicate to data management, in particular this is true for doctoral students and other early career researchers. In social science research, the advent of free online (survey) data collection tools has enabled researchers to collect responses in an inexpensive way; however, a lot of the resulting data is not shared with other researchers and/or preserved for long-term use. One of the reasons is that this data is often of low quality and/or is not reusable due to incomplete metadata. In this presentation I overview data sharing challenges I encountered while working on my own long-tail social science projects and assisting other researchers with data collection, analysis and sharing in their projects. Moreover, I provide suggestions on how to improve the reusability of long tail survey research. In particular, I argue that the use of data management plans and other data management practices should be encouraged among social science researchers., The project Using questionnaires to measure attitudes and behaviours of building users (Z5-1979) is financially supported by the Slovenian Research Agency.

This was an invited lecture for the course Selected Topics of Innovation Management at the University of Graz., The project Using questionnaires to measure attitudes and behaviours of building users (Z5-1979) and Innovation activities of Austrian and Slovenian companies in the wood-value chain (BI-AT/20-21-006) were financially supported by the Slovenian Research Agency.

Web surveys, even for purposes of scientific data collection, are commonly based on non-probability samples as this saves costs and other resources. Unlike probability sampling procedures, non-probability sampling does not enable the generalisation of results from sample to the population. Since certain users are more likely to volunteer to participate, non-probability samples often have a certain selection bias. The representativeness of non-probability sampling designs can be improved with measures such as trying to spread the sample recruitment as broadly as possible by combining several recruitment channels. This contribution presents the case study of two web surveys in Slovenia that were based on large convenience samples, first on the topic of COVID-19 protective measures and the second on topic of COVID-19 vaccination. In both cases, we run a parallel survey where the same questionnaire was administered to members of an online market research panel that is representative of the Slovenian population. Based on the comparison of results of the two convenience samples to the respective panel samples we estimate how biased they are and discuss possible approaches to improve their representativeness., The author acknowledges the support of the Slovenian Research Agency for funding the project using questionnaires to measure attitudes and behaviours of building users (Z5-1879), the European Commission for funding the InnoRenew project [Grant Agreement #739574] under the Horizon 2020 Widespread-Teaming program, and the Republic of Slovenia (investment funding from the Republic of Slovenia and the European Regional Development Fund).

Raziskava o uporabi mobilnih aplikacij na izletih in potovanjih ter o zanimanju za oglede spomenikov kulturne dediščine je nastala v okviru projekta Zaščita bronastih spomenikov v spremenljivem okolju, ki ga vodi Zavod za varstvo kulturne dediščine in financira Javna agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost RS. Cilj tega projekta je razvoj celostnega pristopa k varovanju bronastih kulturno dediščinskih spomenikov, saj so v zunanjem okolju izpostavljeni koroziji in drugim dejavnikom, zaradi onesnaževanja in globalnih podnebnih sprememb pa se stanje še poslabšuje. InnoRenew CoE vodi četrti in peti delovni sklop tega projekta. V okviru četrtega sklopa poteka razvoj sistema IKT za nadzor nad kulturno dediščino, ki bo temeljil na obdelavi podatkov, pridobljenih iz senzorjev in vzpostavitvi sistema za hranjenje javne zbirke slik spomenikov ter izdelava protokola za kategorizacijo in označevanje slik spomenikov. Ker je primernih slik v javno dostopnih virih premalo, je treba razviti tudi družbeni mehanizem za vključevanje zainteresirane javnosti v varstvo kulturne dediščine, kar je predmet petega delovnega sklopa projekta. Simbolni pomeni kulturne dediščine so pomembni za povezovanje skupnosti, na čemer lahko temelji vključevanje javnosti v prizadevanja za ohranitev kulturnodediščinskih objektov, vendar je za to potrebno poglobljeno razumevanje stališč in obnašanja obiskovalcev grajene kulturne dediščine. Cilj petega delovnega sklopa je razumevanje percepcije in vrednot različnih družbenih skupin do kulturne dediščine, vključevanje tarčnih skupin v varstvo dediščine, zasnovano na spodbujanju sodelovanja s pošiljanjem fotografij poškodb na skulpturah in širjenje ozaveščenosti o spomenikih kulturne dediščine. Prva naloga v okviru petega sklopa je bila izvedba fokusnih skupin, pri katerih smo proučevali navade fotografiranja z mobilnimi telefoni na izletih in potovanjih ter s tem povezane prakse na socialnih omrežjih. Zanimalo nas je zavedanje udeležencev o kulturni dediščini ter njihova motivacija za interakcijo s spomeniki preko fotografiranja in drugih mobilnih aplikacij. Pri tem smo se osredotočili tudi na uporabnike geolokacijskih aplikacij, kot sta Geocaching in Pokemon Go, ki tako interakcijo s spomeniki kulturne dediščine že omogočajo. Fokusne skupine so nam pomagale razumeti vzorce uporabe mobilne tehnologije in pripraviti predloge, kako razviti mehanizme za vključitev javnosti v varstvo kulturne dediščine v obliki igre, s katero bi povečali interakcijo obiskovalcev s kulturno dediščino. Na podlagi rezultatov bomo lahko razvili socialni mehanizem za spodbujanje sodelovanja javnosti pri ohranjanju kulturne dediščine ter oblikovali strategijo za socialna omrežja., Projekt Zaščita bronastih spomenikov v spremenljivem okolju (J7-9404) je sofinancirala Javna agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije iz državnega proračuna.

Presentation at the spring meeting of the doctoral school at the University of Ljubljana

Slovenia was identified as a region lagging in innovation, and this is particularly noticeable in the country's forest-based value chain. However, Slovenia's Smart Specialisation Strategy identified this industryas having astrong potential for growth. To leverage theinnovation and growth potentialof the chain, we need to gain a deeper understanding of existing innovation activities and the reasons for the lack of innovation activities. While there isa large body ofliterature on innovation activities of small (10-49), medium (50-249),and large enterprises (250+ employees), there is little known about micro-enterprises (i.e.,less than 10 employees). On the EU level, data on innovation activities are collected bytheCommunity Innovation Survey (CIS), whichhas beencarried out every two years since 2006. It is part of the European Union science and technology statistics and is carried out in several EU and ESS member countries, including Slovenia. However, CIS only includes enterprises with 10 or more employees. Since micro-enterprises represent more than 90 %ofwood value chainenterprises in Slovenia, data on their innovation activities is needed to fully understand it. Thus, we carriedout our own survey on innovation activities of Slovenian enterprises in the forest-based value chain based on the CIS instrument. In this report, we present the methodology, data collection and descriptive statistics computed based on answers of participating enterprises. In addition, for selected items, we computed crosstabulations by enterprise sector and size. Finally, we summarise the findings and outline directions for future research.

To poročilo je del zagonskega projekta DS 6.1 - Napredni materiali za hrambo kulturne dediščine, ki ga je v sodelovanju z Innorenew CoE, Univerzo na Primorskem, Inštitutom za celulozo in papir, Nacionalnim inštitutom za javno zdravje, Zavodom e-Oblak in Fraunhofer WKI vodil Raziskovalni inštitut ZVKDS v obdobju od 1. aprila 2018 do 31. marca 2021. Zagonski projekt je bil posvečen razvoju naprednih materialov, namenjenih zaščiti kulturnodediščinskih predmetov, posledično pa tudi raziskavam njihovega hranjenja in senzorifikacije. Gre za enega izmed osmih zagonskih projektov evropskega projekta InnoRenew CoE (H2020 WIDESPREAD-2-Teaming; # 739574), ki ga koordinira Univerza na Primorskem. V poročilu so predstavljeni rezultati raziskave o pogojih hrambe predmetov v slovenskih muzejih in galerijah. Podatki so bili zbrani s pomočjo strukturiranega vprašalnika, ki je vključeval vprašanja o organizaciji muzejskih depojev in načinih shranjevanja muzejskih predmetov v njih, o klimatskih pogojih in razmerah v depojih, uporabi sistemov HVAC (ogrevanje, prezračevanje in klimatizacija), uporabi embalaže za dolgotrajno pakiranje muzejskih predmetov in prevozu muzejskih predmetov. Skupno je bilo pripravljenih 78 vprašanj v slovenskem jeziku. Vprašalnik je bil ustvarjen z uporabo orodja EnKlikAnketa. K sodelovanju je bilo povabljenih 89 slovenskih muzejev, katerih zaposleni so na vprašalnik lahko odgovarjali od septembra do vključno decembra 2018. Vprašalnik je izpolnilo 61 muzejev, izračunana stopnja odgovora pa je 80-odstotna. Zbrani podatki ankete so predstavljali temelj za nadaljnje delo v zagonskem projektu., COBISS.SI-ID - 62503171

This report is part of the start-up project’s WP6.1 – Advanced Materials for Cultural Heritage Storage, led by the Research Institute of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia (IPCHS) in cooperation with the University of Primorska (UP), Pulp and Paper Institute (ICP), the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), EuroCloud Slovenia and Fraunhofer WKI from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2021. The start-up project was dedicated to the development of advanced materials for the protection of cultural heritage objects as well as the research regarding their storage and sensorification. The start-up project is one of the eight boosts of the EU’s InnoRenew project (H2020 WIDESPREAD-2-Teaming; #739574) coordinated by the University of Primorska. The report outlines the results of the research focused on storage conditions in Slovene museums and galleries. Data was collected by a structured questionnaire that included questions referring to the organisation of museums’ depots as well as collections’ storage methods, applications of HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) systems, utilisation of long-term storage packaging and transportation of museum objects. Overall, 78 questions in the Slovene language were prepared. The questionnaire was administered using the OneClickSurvey (EnKlikAnketa) online survey tool. Altogether, 89 Slovene museums were invited to participate in the survey, which ran from September to December 2018, inclusive. Sixty-one museums replied to the questionnaire, and an 80 % response rate was calculated. Data gathered provided a foundation for further work on the start-up project., COBISS.SI-ID - 62501379

Research culture consists of the norms, activities, ethics and integrity that define the behaviour of researchers. Research culture has a profound influence on how Early Career Researchers (ECRs) develop during their research careers, present their work and interact with other researchers and the rest of society. The emerging Open Science era will redefine the basic research culture, so that engagement between researchers and society is placed at the heart of research work. The Open Science Career Assessment Matrix (OS-CAM) was developed to provide institutions/funding agencies with a tool to evaluate researchers through the lens of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Open Science. This session examines the OS-CAM from the point of view of how RRI/Open Science activities enable ECRs to engage with society by developing their communication skills, interacting with stakeholders, publishing open source code, writing data management plans, sharing their datasets through repositories and so on. The future generation of researchers must learn to speak the language of “Open Science & RRI” and apply it in their daily work. Lack of consensus remains over whose responsibility it is to teach these skills. This session will promote the interaction between the audience and a panel of experts, who will discuss how RRI/Open Science can help ECRs to develop transferable skills that directly enhance their intersectoral career mobility. This session is supported by the Marie Skodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Social Lab of the New HoRRIzon Project that has enabled stakeholders in the MSCA to examine how RRI/Open Science activities affect the career development of ECRs. The panel includes several young researchers from Eurodoc and EuroScience, who are active participants in the policy debate surrounding researcher career development, public engagement, open science and gender equality.

The webinar will introduce researchers to key concepts in research data management, present resources that can be used when preparing a research data management plan and outline present best practices of sharing data in a responsible way in line with FAIR principles. The webinar will be lead by dr.Ana Slavec, consulting statistician at the InnoRenew CoE and RDA Europe Ambassador for renewable materials and products.

Given the expected increase in demand for Data Stewards and Data Stewardship skills it is clear that there is a need to develop training, education and CPD (continuous professional development) in this area. In this paper a brief introduction will be provided to the origins of the definitions of Data Stewardship. Also it notes the present tendency towards equivalence between Data Stewardship skills and FAIR principles. It then focuses on one specific training event – the pilot Data Stewardship strand of the CODATA-RDA Research Data Science schools that was held in Trieste in August 2019. The paper will discuss the overall curriculum for the pilot school, how it matches with FAIR4S framework, and findings from the students and instructors on how to improve the school.

Presentation about best practices for using (Excel) spreadsheets to manage research data.&nbsp

The purpose of the workshop is to introduce researchers to key concepts in research data management and teach them how to share data in a responsible way in line with FAIR principles. Participants will also learn about best practices for using spreadsheets to manage their data. They need to bring their own laptop to take part in the practical session where they will either work on writing a data management plan or preparing their data to be submitted to a repository. The content is relevant for researchers from all fields, not necessarily only researchers working with data on renewable materials and products.&nbsp

This report analyses the state of FAIR practices within diverse research communities and FAIR-related policies in different countries and offers six practical recommendations on how FAIR can be turned into practice. These recommendations are aimed primarily at decision making entities of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), as well as research funders: 1. Fund awareness-raising, training, education and community-specific support. 2. Fund development, adoption and maintenance of community standards, tools and infrastructure. 3. Incentivise development of community governance. 4. Translate FAIR guidelines for other digital objects. 5. Reward and recognise improvements of FAIR practice. 6. Develop and monitor adequate policies for FAIR data and research objects. In order to ensure widespread benefits of the EOSC, improvements in FAIR practices are necessary. We believe that the timing of this report, which coincides with the fully-fledged launch of the EOSC, could help the EOSC, research funders and policymakers make crucial strategic decisions about investment needed to put FAIR principles into practice. nonPeerReviewed

Data management plan (DMP) for postdoctoral project on Using questionnaires to measure attitudes and behaviours of building users. The plan has the following sections: Data Collection, Documentation and Metadata, Ethics and Legal Compliance, Storage and Backup, Selection and Preservation, Data Sharing, Responsibilites and Resources., Project funded by the Slovenian Research Agency (grant number Z5-1879)

Predstavitev dveh primerov družboslovnih raziskav povezanih z dediščinsko znanostjo: ankete o razmerah hranjenja muzejskih predmetov (v okviru projekta Razvoj naprednih materialov za varstvo kulturne dediščine) in raziskave o družbenih mehanizmih vključevanja zainteresirane javnosti v varstvo kulturne dediščine (delovni sklop WP5 v okviru ARRS projekta Zaščita bronastih spomenikov v spremenljivem okolju).

V okviru pozdravnega govora za udeležence delavnice o odprte znanosti, je bilo najprej predstavljeno društvo Mlada akademija, njegove dejavnosti v tekočem letu, načrti za prihodnje dogodke, komunikacijski kanali, mednarodno povezovanje, predvsem pa dejavnosti na področju odprte znanosti. V drugem delu je predstavljeno Eurodocovo izobraževanje za ambasadorje odprte znanosti.

InnoRenew CoE Center odličnosti za raziskave in inovacije na področju obnovljivih materialov in zdravega bivanjskega okolja je neodvisni raziskovalni inštitut, ki je bil ustanovljen februarja 2017 in je eden izmed devetih partnerjev v projektu InnoRenew v okviru programa Obzorja 2020 (H2020 WIDESPREAD-2-Teaming: #739574). Inštitut ima šest raziskovalnih skupin, ki pokrivajo zelo različna področja – od lesarstva, gradbeništva in kemije do računalništva, psihologije in drugih družbenih ved. Ker je projekt vključen v program Pilot odprtih raziskovalnih podatkov Obzorja 2020, smo septembra 2017 pripravil Načrta upravljanja z raziskovalnimi podatki na inštitutu InnoRenew CoE in partnerjev v projektu InnoRenew. Načrt sledi smernicam upravljanja raziskovalnih podatkov po načelih FAIR (najdljivost, dostopnost, interoperabilnost in ponovna uporabnost) in vključuje tudi poglavja o varstvu podatkov ter o pravnih in etičnih vidikih, saj se v določenih raziskavah zbirajo tudi raziskovalni podatki o ljudeh. Pri teh raziskavah je treba upoštevati še dodatno etično presojo raziskovalnih načrtov, ocenjevanje tveganj pri zbiranju podatkov ter Splošno uredbo o varstvu podatkov (GDPR). Večji del raziskav inštituta in projekta pa predstavljajo raziskave na področju tehnike, predvsem raziskave o obnovljivih materialih in proizvodih, kjer so izzivi upravljanja z raziskovalnimi podatki drugačni kot v družboslovnih raziskavah. Kot ambasadroka Združenja za raziskovalne podatke za področje tehnike – obnovljivih materialov sem ugotovila, da sta glavna tehnična izziva pomanjkanje standardov za metapodatke in ontologije ter pomanjkanje področnih repozitorijev, socialni izzivi pa strah pred izgubo konkurenčne prednosti, strah pred zlorabami in napačnimi interpretacijami podatkov ter nenaklonjenost industrijskih partnerjev do izmenjave podatkov. Na vseh področjih, tako naravoslovnih kot družboslovnih, pa sta izziv slaba seznanjenost raziskovalcev z načeli FAIR in pomanjkanje veščin, potrebnih za upravljanje raziskovalnih podatkov, zato naši načrti za prihodnje delo vključujejo izobraževalne delavnice in seminarje za raziskovalce. Pri sodelovanju z delovnimi skupinami RDA pa se bomo lotili tudi tehničnih ovir, kot so pomanjkanje metapodatkovnih shem in področnih repozitorijev.

Slovenia was identified as a region lagging in innovation and this is particularly noticeable in the country's forest-based value chain. However, Slovenia's Smart Specialisation Strategy identified this industry as having a strong potential for growth. To leverage the innovation and growth potential of the wood value chain we need to gain a deeper understanding of existing innovation activities and reasons for the lack of innovation activities. While there is a large body of literature on innovation activities of small, medium, and large enterprises, there is very little known about micro companies (i.e., companies with less than 10 employees). This is probably due to the lack of data. On the EU level, data on innovation activities are collected by the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) which has been carried out every two years since 2006. However, the survey only includes companies with 10 or more employees. Since micro companies represent more than 90% of wood value chain companies in Slovenia, data on their innovation activities is needed to fully understand it. Thus, we carried out our own survey on market and innovation activities of Slovenian companies in the wood value chain irrespective of size. The Bizi.si business directory was used as a sampling frame - given the small expected response rate we decided to include the full population. We developed a shorter questionnaire based on the CIS instrument and sent it to 7123 companies in the wood value chain, giving them an option to respond either on paper or online. For companies in the wood manufacturing and furniture sector we invested also in sending a second letter and we were able to reach a 7% response in these two sectors. We present the difference in responses between micro and other companies in the sample and then discuss the methodological challenges of surveying micro companies., Acknowledgements: We gratefully acknowledge receiving funding from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union, H2020 WIDESPREAD-2-Teaming: #739574, and the Slovenian Research Agency, for the project using questionnaires to measure attitudes and behaviours of building users (Z5-1879)

Fifth part of statistics course materials for the Sustainable Built Environment programme (master level) at the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technology, University of Primorska. The topic is multivariate techniques: bivariate regression, multivariate regression, control variables, spurious and intervening relationships, partial correlations, multivariate regression models, non-linearity. Fourth part available here:https://zenodo.org/record/3911853#.XvjnsCgzYuV

Conference abstract for 8th Hardwood Conference, Pages 176-177

The InnoRenew CoE Renewable Materials and Healthy Environments Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence is a young interdisciplinary research institute with two key research areas: wood modification and restorative environmental and ergonomic design. It was established as part of the InnoRenew project funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework of the European Union (H2020 WIDESPREAD-2-2Teaming: #739574) and has received investment funding of the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union of the European Regional Development Fund. In September 2017 the InnoRenew CoE and its project partners prepared the InnoRenew project and InnoRenew CoE Data management plan (DMP). The DMP was based on a survey of researchers at the institute and partner institutions regarding the kinds of data that they plan to collect and in what form, about metadata standards they use, about possible privacy and security issues, and about their previous practices of storing research data. The DMP is quite complex, as it covers the activities of researchers from various disciplines and each has specific challenges. Some of the planned research involves human subjects, so it addresses ethical and legal issues regarding personal data protection as well.

The report identifies gaps for further development of data archives services (DAS) in each country by exploring the wider ecosystem of data sharing culture, organisational setting and service operational profile. Where now the research data infrastructure is only emerging, it identifies promising candidate services.