Data for Psychological Research in the Educational Field: Spotlights, Data Infrastructures, and Findings from Research

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on the importance of open data and data sharing in scientific research (Nosek et al., 2015; van der Zee & Reich, 2018). However, in the educational field, access to FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) data remains a significant challenge (Wilkinson et al., 2016). This special collection addresses this challenge by highlighting psychological data in educational research and showcasing examples of data that have been shared and made available to the scientific community in accordance with FAIR principles. With this special collection, we aim to explicitly encourage the use of shared research data for individual research projects.