New professional roles? Competency and task profiles in IT-supported research reporting. Quantitative survey of the DZHW project BERTI. 

The BERTI project examined competency and task profiles in IT-supported research reporting. The diversity of reporting occasions, the increasing and more differentiated demand for data, and the closer integration of research information into strategic decision-making processes for internal organisational management are driving the adoption of more complex technical solutions and information systems in research documentation. Consequently, the activity profile of research reporting is acquiring new characteristics.
The guiding hypothesis of the project was that the utilisation of networked information systems for data collection, processing, and analysis—as well as the growing importance of (quantitative) performance evaluation in research for strategic organisational decisions—would give rise to a new type of personnel working within science management. In light of this, BERTI posed the overarching question: what professional roles are emerging as a result of the dissemination and utilisation of digital information systems for performance recording and research reporting within research organisations?
This data package comprises information from a quantitative online survey conducted among German research infrastructure project managers and those responsible for quality assurance and research planning. It covers practices related to data collection and processing, details of technical infrastructure, as well as job profiles, areas of responsibility, organisational placement, qualifications, and skills of the personnel involved.