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Data and Modelling Infrastructure for Living Labs

Welcome to the website of the Data and Modelling Infrastructure for Living Labs (DML) Working Group. We are a service working group within the Innovation Center for Agricultural System Transformation (IAT) as part of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF). Our mission is to support researchers and partners within the IAT with all things related to data and modelling. We have represented our three-pillared approach to this in the graphic below:

Three pillars of our services

Support — Helping researchers manage their research data and software across every stage of a project: data management plans, version control, FAIR archiving, training and consulting.
Integration — Connecting research data and methods across working groups: shared infrastructure, interoperable methods and models, cross-group workflows, common standards.
Transfer — Closing the loop between science and practice: dashboards and web tools, stakeholder co-design, Living Lab feedback loops, open-science communication.

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Upcoming Quarto Workshop at iEMSs 2026

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iEMSs

upcoming

The DML group is organising a workshop at the iEMSs 2026 conference in Dublin

Jul 12, 2026

DML at Barcamp Open Science 2026

DML took part in the 12th Barcamp Open Science in Berlin and moderated a session on how institutions can effectively incentivise Open Science.

Jun 10, 2026

DML Presents at IAT Kickoff Meeting

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IAT

outreach

Members of the DML working group presented at the IAT kickoff meeting, introducing our service concept for supporting researchers with data and modelling needs.

Mar 18, 2026

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