If your research data does not contain personal data, it can be openly shared at a data repository (for example experimental data from cell lines).

In order for research data that has been made openly available to be reusable, the material needs to be assigned with a license. A license provides information about what is allowed to do with the dataset and what is not allowed. Creative Commons and Open Data Commons licenses are commonly used open licenses for research data. Read more about Licenses, embargoes and restrictions for research data at the Swedish National Data Service.

If there is personal data in your research, you can only share metadata about the study at a data repository.

The underlying data should be safely stored at KI and if a data access requests comes the data can be shared if permitted by your ethical approval, if your study participants have given consent for data sharing, if the requester has an ethical approval and if the KI lawyers approve sharing. A decision is made on a case-by-case basis and usually a contract is signed between you and the data requester.