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CESSDA ERIC
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Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives, European Research Infrastructure Consortium.

CESSDA offers extensive, integrated, and sustainable data services to the social sciences, uniting social science data archives across Europe.
www.cessda.eu
Big news from the ERIC Forum annual meeting!
CESSDA Director Bonnie Wolff-Boenisch has just been elected Chair of the Executive Committee of the ERIC Forum. Eija Juurola, Director General of ACTRIS ERIC, becomes the new Vice Chair.
read more: www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
#ERICForum #SSHOC
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New to DDI? This year at the EDDI conference, there will be a special part just for you! 🫵

This all-day meeting will provide overview for organisations who would like to provide or know more about how to provide access to data using the DDI standard.
Learn more at events.geant.org/event/1879/p...
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🔍 New version of the European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST) released!
Version 6 includes key updates to the demography hierarchy, ensuring that ELSST continues to reflect modern society and promote diversity and inclusivity.
read more: www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
November 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
CESSDA in Athens for the 25th Service Provider Forum!

CESSDA Director Bonnie Wolff-Boenisch, along with her Head of IT, Project manager, Senior Science Officer, and Communications Officer to meet up with our Service Providers to discuss recent and future activities.
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Over 70 people joined the CESSDA AI Task Force webinar last week! 🤖 Great to see so much curiosity about how AI can support repository operations: from metadata enrichment to governance and workflows. #CESSDA #AI #ResearchData #FAIRdata
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Last week, CESSDA’s attended the Consortium Board Meeting of the Generations & Gender Programme (GGP), and the 8th GGP User Conference, all held at Tallinn University, Estonia.
October 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Get to know @forsresearch.bsky.social!🇨🇭
Learn how CESSDA's Swiss Service Providerconnect researchers, data, and expertise across Switzerland and beyond!
www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...

#SocialScience #OpenScience #Switzerland #DataScience #DataResearch
October 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Highlights from PUBMET conference 2025: a leading forum on scholarly communication and open science!
This year, CESSDA experts shared insights on:
🔹 A culture of data citation
🔹 Developing guidelines for sharing research data on human participants
www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
September 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🚨 New CRONOS-3 Data Available!
#Infra4NextGen has released the third wave of the CROss-National Online Survey (CRONOS-3) via the ESS Data Portal.
www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
🔹11 countries
🔹90 questions per wave
🔹Five themes: Digital, Equal, Green, Healthy, Strong
#I4NG #ESS #SocialScience
August 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
From ambitious goals to impressive results: CESSDA in FAIR-IMPACT
The FAIR-IMPACT EU Project (2022–2025) has come to a close, helping make research more findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable.
Read more👉 www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
#FAIRdata #EOSC #OpenScience#SocialScience #OpenScience
August 18, 2025 at 6:50 AM
CESSDA's Irish Service Proivder @issda.bsky.social Launches Dataverse and New Website, making Irish Social Science Data easier to find and work with than ever before!🇮🇪
www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
August 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
From paper to podcasts with CESSDA's Greek Service Provider EKKE National Centre for Social research! 🎙️
Read about how Dr. Maria Topali and the rest of the communications group at EKKE has found a new way to disseminate the latest research:
www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
#OpenScience #DataScience
August 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🚨 New report drop! CESSDA’s 2024 Annual Report is here 🎉
From new EOSC projects to our first conference and growing membership, it’s been a big year for European social science data.

🧵 Dive in: www.cessda.eu/CESSDA-Docum...

#SocialScience #OpenScience #DataMangement #EOSC
June 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Lithuania joins CESSDA as a full member! 🇱🇹
Today, Lithuania officially joined CESSDA ERIC as a full member, becoming the 23rd member country. Through the Service Provider Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and Humanities (LiDA).
Read more: www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
June 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Live now in Bristol:
@ukdataservice.bsky.social's Allison Tyler chairs a session on partnerships and collaborations at the #IASSIST2025 conference. She's joined by CESSDA’s Service Providers, who are there to present the different ways CESSDA work for a more unified European research landscape.
June 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Back2School this summer? 🧑‍🎓
@gesis.org and @forsresearch.bsky.social are hosting summer schools in re hosting summer schools for Survey Methodology and Social Science methods, respectively.

GESIS: www.cessda.eu/Events/CESSD...
FORS: www.cessda.eu/Events/CESSD...
May 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Subscribe to our Newsletter!📮
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In a little over a week, we're publishing our first newsletter of the year.
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📆 Upcoming events, conferences, and webinars
🛠️ New tools, services, and publications
🤝 Key developments and new collaborations
👷 The latest project updates
May 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
New CESSDA Data Citation Guide published🚨
Citing research data ensures transparency, recognition for data authors, and supports open science. Read more about core citation components and tailored recommendations at: datacitation.cessda.eu
#OpenScience #DataCitation
April 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
CESSDA at the BRIDGE conference: a brief summary 🌉

Last month, CESSDA Director Bonnie Wolff-Boenisch attended the BRIDGE conference in Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴

The two-day event brought together thought leaders from diverse domains to exchange ideas and insights.

www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
April 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Need some light reading for the easter holidays?🐣
This spring, CESSDA released two briefs –
🗝️one on our key performance indicators
🏔️ one on trust within the social science landscape

You can access both via our website:
www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
April 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨New brief released!
“The battle for trust: Advancing the social science data ecosystem” explores how the #TRUST, #FAIR, and #CARE principles support long-term data preservation and responsible data sharing.
Read more 👉 www.cessda.eu/News/CESSDA-...
#OpenData #Trust #FAIR #ResearchInfrastructure
April 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Time running out for IASSIST 2025 early bird prices!🐣

@iassistdata.bsky.social would love for you to join us in Bristol, United Kingdom, for its anniversary conference from June 3 to June 6, 2025! 🇬🇧

Sign up now for early bird discount prices for the full 4-day event at 👉 lnkd.in/dA5YPpxC
April 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The Research Data Alliance (RDA) Plenary Meeting (VP24) is under way! 🚀
Over the next week, attendees will get to participate in breakout meetings, plenary sessions, and networking events, as they tackle exciting topics on data for emerging technologies 🤖

Read more: www.cessda.eu/Events/CESSD...
April 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
When was the last time YOU backed up your data? 🔐

Every single minute, precious data is lost, files become corrupted, and coffee cups are spilled over laptops ☕
Today we celebrate #WorldBackupDay by reminding you to make sure your #data is safe! Deposit your data at a trusted repository today!
March 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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March 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM