Felix Rau

Felix Rau is a Researcher at the Data Center for the Humanities (DCH) at the University of Cologne, specializing in research data management, digital archiving, and language documentation. His work focuses on developing infrastructure, standards, and workflows for preserving and managing humanities research data, with particular expertise in audiovisual language resources.

His research interests span research data management in the humanities, digital archiving practices, metadata standards for linguistic resources, and Austroasiatic language documentation. Rau has contributed significantly to establishing best practices for file naming, folder structures, README documentation, and data storage in research environments. His work bridges technical infrastructure development with linguistic research needs, particularly in the domain of endangered language documentation.

Rau's publication trends reveal a strong focus on practical research data management solutions for humanities scholars. His recent work emphasizes dark and cold archiving services, metadata standards for audiovisual language data, and workflow development for research data preservation. He has been instrumental in developing the institutional research data infrastructure at the University of Cologne, with particular attention to the needs of language documentation researchers.

As an active member of several professional organizations including the Digital Endangered Languages and Musics Archives Network (DELAMAN), Working Group Open Language Archives (OLAC), Metadata Research Data Alliance (RDA), and CLARIN Component Metadata Infrastructure (CMDI) Task Force, Rau contributes to shaping international standards for research data management in the humanities.

He regularly teaches workshops on research data management for humanities scholars through the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School and offers Master's level instruction in research data management. His educational efforts focus on practical implementation of research data management principles, helping humanities researchers navigate the complexities of digital preservation and data sharing requirements.

Rau maintains an active presence in the research data management community through conference presentations and collaborative projects focused on developing sustainable infrastructure for humanities research data.