Julia Wagner

Julia is the Data Steward for the Faculty of Biology, a role she has held since 2026. She completed her degree in Biology and the university course in Data Science at the University of Innsbruck, and subsequently worked as a laboratory technician and data analyst.

Julia is looking forward to providing practical support to researchers with their research data management, for example with the implementation of metadata standards or the publication of research data.

Office: Technikerstraße 11c, 1st floor, Room 09
(Container behind Laboratory Building 1)  Directions

Email: datasteward-biologie@uibk.ac.at
Tel.:+43 512 507 51370

Office hours: Monday and Tuesday from 8 am to 3 pm; Wednesday from 8 am to 2 pm

Thomas Dauth

Thomas has been working as a data steward for the Faculty of Philology and History since 2026. In this role, he supports colleagues with queries relating to research data management and research data infrastructures, drawing on his own practical experience in archaeological research and working with digital research data.

Thomas studied Archaeological Studies at the University of Innsbruck, specialising in Classical Archaeology of the Mediterranean region. Since 2012, he has been part of the team at the  Monte Iato Research Projects. In addition to managing and documenting the archaeological finds, his work there focuses primarily on digital archaeology and data management, as well as on the further development of the project’s own research data infrastructure.

Office: Innrain 52d, 6th floor, Room 40645

Email: thomas.dauth@uibk.ac.at
Tel.: +43 512 50730123

Office hours: Monday to Friday, 8 am – 12 noon

Karoline Gerasch

Karoline has been a Data Steward at the Faculty of Psychology and Sport since 2026. In this role, Karoline particularly enjoys working alongside researchers to develop practical and sustainable solutions for data management, thereby supporting them in their day-to-day research work. She is also the point of contact within her faculty for data archiving and publication at AUSSDA.

Karoline studied to become a teacher of French and Psychology/Philosophy, whilst also completing a Bachelor’s degree in Romance Studies (French/Spanish). Ever since her PhD, Karoline has been described as a natural organiser. It was also during this time that she discovered her passion for everything to do with data.

Department of Psychology office: GrauerBär, Universitätsstraße 5–7, 3rd floor, room 3W10
Department of Sport Science Office:Fürstenweg 176, ground floor, Room EG45

Email: karoline.gerasch@uibk.ac.at
Tel.: +43 512 507 23389

Office hours: Monday and Wednesday from 9 am to 5 pm, Tuesday from 8.30 am to 12 noon

Julia Schwab

Julia has been a Data Steward at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences since early 2025, having previously studied Political Science (BA) and Sociology (MA) there. She is the point of contact for research data management at the Faculty and supports the Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA) with data acquisition, data intake and data curation. She is also responsible for the Faculty’s Open Science initiatives and is involved in science communication. Furthermore, Julia is the point of contact for the Faculty’s transcription tool foraudio files.

Dean’s Office, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences
Universitätsstraße 15, 1st floor, room o-1.02

Email: openscience-sopo@uibk.ac.at
Tel.: +43 512 507 30070

Office hours: Monday to Thursday, 9 am – 2 pm

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Maria Schreiner

Maria works at the Service Point for Research Data Management (Digital Research Services team) and coordinates the development of the Data Steward Network at the university. From 2022 to 2025, whilst working as a student assistant, Maria herself served as a Data Steward at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences .

Maria studied Political Science (MA) at the University of Innsbruck.

Email: maria.schreiner@uibk.ac.at
Tel.: +43 512 507-23388