News
News from CESSDA
CESSDA heads a new project to transform the user experience of social science data in Europe
CESSDA has started a new project funded by the European Commission in the framework of its Horizon2020 programme and the kick-off took place on 21 October 2015 in Bergen, CESSDA SaW “Strengthening and widening the European infrastructure for social science data archives”.
Putting a face to CESSDA's role in SERISS
The SERISS team made some film interviews with each work package leader at the kick-off meeting of the project, which took place on 21-22 September 2015 in London, UK.
Introducing the Big Data Europe Societal Challenge: Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
CESSDA is the European network and multiplier organisation in the Big Data Europe (BDE) project for the social science domain and publishes a series of blog posts on the challenges and opportunities of big data for the social sciences.
SERISS, "a significant boost" for the social sciences in Europe
Monday 21 September 2015 was the official launch of a major new social science cluster project – Synergies for Europe’s Research Infrastructures in the Social Sciences’ (SERISS) – funded by the European Commission as part of its Horizon 2020 programme.
School elections set voting direction in Norway
Local elections took place on 14 September 2015 across the whole of Norway. Norwegian school elections are held as a major indicator of how voting will turn out in real elections.
The Slovenian Government adopts its national strategy of open access in research
On 3 September 2015, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted its “National strategy of open access to scientific publications and research data in Slovenia 2015-2020”.