Research with Social Media Data: The Digital Services Act and its effects on Swiss researchers
The European Digital Services Act (DSA) has been in place since February 2024 und aims to make the digital environment more secure. Article 40 regulates access and usage of data from very large online platforms (VLOPs) for research.
In this workshop, we want to discuss the effect of the DSA on Swiss researchers with a focus on access options for social media data and the consequences for research data management and data sharing.
WHAT: Workshop at the University of Bern
WHEN: 24th of September 2026, 13:15-17:00 CET
WHERE: Main Building, Hochschulstrasse 4, Room 028
Language: English
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Agenda
13:15 – 13:20 Introduction and welcome
13:20 – 14:00 Presentation on the Digital Services Act and Article 40, followed by a Q&A
Speaker: Victor Alamercery, Case Handler Officer, Platforms policy and enforcement, DG CNECT, European Commission (online)
14:00 – 14:30 Presentation from the perspective of European Universities, followed by a Q&A
Speaker: Simone Mohrs, Senior Policy Officer, The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities
14:30 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:30 Presentation of four use cases by researchers from the University of Bern 16:30 – 16:50 Discussion
16:50 – 17:00 Closing remarks
This event is held in English and organized by the Open Science Team from University Library of Bern.
Registration: Link (Deadline: 14 September).
Registration is binding; if you are unable to attend, please contact us as soon as possible (researchdata@unibe.ch).