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2nd OSCARS Open Call concludes with 12 projects selected
The second OSCARS Open Call for Open Science Projects and Services has concluded, with 12 projects selected for funding from 710 elig...Events
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Wed 19 Nov 2025
1st EDEN & FIDELIS Bootcamp
The EDEN-FIDELIS Bootcamps will be designed to align with the support and training mechanisms of...
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Mon 1 Dec 2025
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Fri 5 Dec 2025
European DDI User Conference
EDDI is the annual conference for users of DDI, a suite of metadata specifications for the social...
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Mon 8 Dec 2025
Help shape Legal Challenges SIG—join FIDELIS Workshop!
Across archives and repositories, the same legal questions keep slowing us down: Can we share thi...
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CESSDA and its national Service Providers are especially committed to supporting coronavirus-related research. For this purpose, we provide a number of resources such as our COVID-19 interview series, lists of relevant studies in the Data Catalogue, and Service Provider activities.
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CESSDA - the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives - provides large-scale, integrated and sustainable data services to the social sciences.
CESSDA in a nutshell
CESSDA's members seek to strengthen and promote European research in the social sciences, and to facilitate access to data regardless of borders.
Benefits of membershipAccessing and Using Data
CESSDA maintains a number of digital tools for researchers, students and archivists, such as:
Building Data Services
CESSDA provides strategy, expertise and support for promoting and maintaining standards and trust in social science research.
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CESSDA – through its European network of national Service Providers – operates a number of specialised repositories for depositing social science research data.
To find out more about depositing your data with a trusted CESSDA partner, simply get in touch with your national CESSDA Service Provider.
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