GREAT D1.2 Research Data Management Plan
Creators: name: Kube, Dana
name: Yau, Jane
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: GREAT project
Games in society
Social engagement
Collaborative design
Citizen science
Climate emergency
Data analytics
Policy dialogue
Quantitative data
Qualitative data
Game adoption
Research data management
Open access
GDPR
Responsible research and innovation
Data privacy
Data security
Metadata
Game-based research

description: Research and innovation in the GREAT project will generate new knowledge of the actual and potential impact of games on European society and new understandings of the innovative uses of games to support the social engagement of citizens. Leveraging the central role of games in contemporary culture, it combines academic studies and practical experimentation with novel applications of games. Using collaborative design and citizen science methods, it brings together researchers with expertise in the areas of games, data analytics, and policy in an integrated investigation, articulated by case studies of the use of games in facilitating dialogue between citizens and policy stakeholders (policy makers, policy implementers, political parties, campaigning organisations and affected citizens). The context for the research is the climate emergency, and each case study is a research cycle addressing a policy issue and research questions, with multiple pilots and quantitative and qualitative research activities. An important aspect of the method is to place games in an authentic context, so that players are aware that their activities have real-world implications, and to close the loop by including interactions with policy stakeholders. Agile methods are applied to adapt games from existing platforms, for use as research tools: (a) short games deployed at scale in hit mobile games, generating quantitative data and reaching 3 million players, and (b) longer collaborative games based around social dilemmas with small groups, generating indepth qualitative data. This document provides a summary of the information concerning the research data that will be collected during the course of the project. It provides as much information as possible at this stage and the data management plan (DMP) is intended to be a living document in which information on data managed in the project can be made available on a finer level of granularity through updates as the implementation of the project progresses and when significant changes occur. This document will be updated by partner institutions at any time during the project. In particular, for the preparation of the mid-term review, the consortium will address the possible requirement for updating the document and the processes described. Overall, the leading framework for our data management is the GDPR in terms of personal data protection and the FAIR principles will be applied to our collected data for the handling of non-personal data and the data will be made open access following the European Union’s Open Science Guidelines. This document outlines the processes of making our project research data accessible and interoperable in order to increase data re-use. The document concludes with the processes of maintaining data security as well as the responsible research and innovation aspects. This document refers to Task 1.3 Open Data Management, Ethics and Responsible Research and Innovation of the Grant Agreement, which covers this plan to ensure openness of research data.