14  How could Nordic-RSE or a potential Nordic research software institute foster community engagement and knowledge transfer?

14.1 Nordics

14.1.1 Descriptive Statistics

Community engagement (Nordics)
Total respondents: 60
Category Respondents (n) Percentage (%)
Organisation of conferences, workshops and similar events 52 86.7%
Organisation of online and/or in-person trainings 30 50.0%
Compilation and development of freely available training materials (for teaching and self-studying) 29 48.3%
Fostering networking within the RSE community via a moderated chat (or similar) 25 41.7%
Hosting an easily searchable database of trainings available through other institutions 23 38.3%
Running regular online talk-series 21 35.0%

14.1.2 Free-text responses

Nordic RSE - Community [Others]
Response Category Frequency (n) Percentage (%)
avoid sections) 1 14.3%
example agents.md file (including must-have 1 14.3%
good-to-have 1 14.3%
guest in other academic conferences and workshop which are not strictly about rse 1 14.3%
indentify a person involved in the politics and administration of each university to affect budget and planning decisions about rse development 1 14.3%
political work at the level of institutions; policy work 1 14.3%
provide model/agent friendly (availability/format) better practices materials 1 14.3%

The raw-to-category allocation table for this question is in Appendix B.

14.1.3 Statistics by age group

Community engagement by age group (Nordics)
Total respondents with age reported: 59. Rows are ranked separately within each age group by respondent count.
Below 35 (n=19)
35-45 (n=27)
45+ (n=13)
Category Respondents (n) Percentage (%) Category Respondents (n) Percentage (%) Category Respondents (n) Percentage (%)
Organisation of conferences, workshops and similar events 17 89.5% Organisation of conferences, workshops and similar events 21 77.8% Organisation of conferences, workshops and similar events 13 100.0%
Compilation and development of freely available training materials (for teaching and self-studying) 13 68.4% Organisation of online and/or in-person trainings 16 59.3% Fostering networking within the RSE community via a moderated chat (or similar) 8 61.5%
Fostering networking within the RSE community via a moderated chat (or similar) 8 42.1% Compilation and development of freely available training materials (for teaching and self-studying) 12 44.4% Hosting an easily searchable database of trainings available through other institutions 7 53.8%
Organisation of online and/or in-person trainings 8 42.1% Running regular online talk-series 11 40.7% Running regular online talk-series 6 46.2%
Hosting an easily searchable database of trainings available through other institutions 6 31.6% Hosting an easily searchable database of trainings available through other institutions 10 37.0% Organisation of online and/or in-person trainings 5 38.5%
Running regular online talk-series 4 21.1% Fostering networking within the RSE community via a moderated chat (or similar) 9 33.3% Compilation and development of freely available training materials (for teaching and self-studying) 4 30.8%

14.2 Within Nordics

Community engagement selections within Nordics
Total respondents: 60. Percentages are within each country.
Category Respondents (n) Percentage (%)
Estonia (n=8)
Compilation and development of freely available training materials (for teaching and self-studying) 6 75.0%
Organisation of conferences, workshops and similar events 5 62.5%
Organisation of online and/or in-person trainings 4 50.0%
Hosting an easily searchable database of trainings available through other institutions 2 25.0%
Fostering networking within the RSE community via a moderated chat (or similar) 1 12.5%
Running regular online talk-series 1 12.5%
Iceland (n=1)
Fostering networking within the RSE community via a moderated chat (or similar) 1 100.0%
Running regular online talk-series 1 100.0%
Denmark (n=4)
Fostering networking within the RSE community via a moderated chat (or similar) 4 100.0%
Organisation of conferences, workshops and similar events 3 75.0%
Compilation and development of freely available training materials (for teaching and self-studying) 2 50.0%
Hosting an easily searchable database of trainings available through other institutions 2 50.0%
Running regular online talk-series 2 50.0%
Organisation of online and/or in-person trainings 1 25.0%
Sweden (n=18)
Organisation of conferences, workshops and similar events 18 100.0%
Hosting an easily searchable database of trainings available through other institutions 8 44.4%
Organisation of online and/or in-person trainings 7 38.9%
Running regular online talk-series 7 38.9%
Compilation and development of freely available training materials (for teaching and self-studying) 5 27.8%
Fostering networking within the RSE community via a moderated chat (or similar) 5 27.8%
Norway (n=10)
Organisation of conferences, workshops and similar events 9 90.0%
Organisation of online and/or in-person trainings 6 60.0%
Compilation and development of freely available training materials (for teaching and self-studying) 5 50.0%
Fostering networking within the RSE community via a moderated chat (or similar) 5 50.0%
Hosting an easily searchable database of trainings available through other institutions 4 40.0%
Running regular online talk-series 2 20.0%
Finland (n=19)
Organisation of conferences, workshops and similar events 17 89.5%
Organisation of online and/or in-person trainings 12 63.2%
Compilation and development of freely available training materials (for teaching and self-studying) 11 57.9%
Fostering networking within the RSE community via a moderated chat (or similar) 9 47.4%
Running regular online talk-series 8 42.1%
Hosting an easily searchable database of trainings available through other institutions 7 36.8%

14.3 Between Countries