CESSDA in HumMingBird - a throwback News

Tue 11 Feb 2025

The HumMingBird project, an ambitious European research initiative uniting 16 partners across 10 countries, recently concluded with significant contributions from CESSDA partners.

OAIS version 3 - What does it mean for repositories? Event

Mon 24 Mar 2025

This workshop is open to all, but intended for those working in data repositories and data service providers. Basic knowledge on OAIS is desired.

FIDELIS Project to establish a network of trustworthy digital repositories News

Fri 14 Mar 2025

Earlier this year, the new EU funded project FIDELIS kicked off in Helsinki, Finland. The project will harmonise the definition of what makes a digital repository trustworthy in the context of the EOSC. It will provide a framework for repositories to support each other, not only in becoming, but also in remaining trustworthy and FAIR-enabling (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) over time.

E-RIHS becomes an ERIC News

Tue 1 Apr 2025

On the 28th of March, the European Commission granted the legal status of European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) to the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS), making it the second research infrastructure in the social sciences to become and ERIC in 2025.

Introducing OSTrails: Your Companion to Streamline Planning, Tracking, and Assessing Research Practices Event

Tue 15 Apr 2025

This session is an introduction to the OSTrails project, aimed at informing the broader research community of its main objectives and preliminary results, and involving them in the co-creation of its foundational Plan-Track-Assess (PTA) Framework.

Consolidating da|ra – Shaping the future of DOI Registration  External Feed

Wed 14 May 2025

da|ra – Registration Agency for Social Science and Economic Data, a consortium at DataCite, is currently under consolidation. Since 2010, da|ra runs its own layer to register research objects...

Lithuania joins CESSDA ERIC as full member News

Tue 17 Jun 2025

On 17 June 2025, the Republic of Lithuania officially became a full member of the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA ERIC), joining 22 other countries committed to consolidating and strengthening high-quality research and open data practices in the social sciences.

A Year in Review: 2024 Annual Report News

Mon 23 Jun 2025

CESSDA has released its 2024 Annual Report, offering a comprehensive overview of its activities and achievements throughout the past year. The report highlights how CESSDA continues to reinforce its role as a key player in the European and global research infrastructure landscape, supporting social science research through robust data archiving, technological development, and policy engagement.

Discussion panel: Data are plural, so are data stewards! External Feed

Mon 11 Aug 2025

For longtime members of IASSIST, the annual conference has been a chance to overcome the isolation of doing data support in siloed institutions. Here, we look to the innovative European model of da...

CESSDA Annual Report 2024 External Feed

Mon 23 Jun 2025

The CESSDA Annual Report 2024 highlights the consortium's key achievements and activities. In 2024, CESSDA hosted its first conference to celebrate its 10th anniversary and saw Lithuania progress t...