“My experiment, my data” — this long-standing view of research is increasingly being called into question. Instead, the focus is shifting toward shared, reusable data and their long-term availability. Why this change is necessary and what it means for scientific practice is explored in a recent interview with Frank Oliver Glöckner, spokesperson for NFDI4Biodiversity and Chair of GFBio e.V., and Astrid Nieße (NFDI4Energy), published on the blog of Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.The conversation highlights how scientific practice in handling data is currently evolving. At its core is the growing importance of research data and the question of how infrastructures and standards can support their sustainable use. As Glöckner puts it: “Creating knowledge without data is impossible.”

It also becomes clear that this shift is not only about technical solutions, but about a fundamental cultural change: moving away from the principle of “my experiment, my data, my paper” toward a more collaborative, data-driven approach to science. A key requirement is to make data available in ways that ensure long-term accessibility and reusability - supported by high-quality metadata.

You can find the full interview here.