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Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations, NL | NWO Roadmap Recipient
Kiesraad published a pre-release of the 2025 election results, but the data isn't analysis-friendly.

Our @odissei-soda.bsky.social team turned it into an easy-to-use database for researchers. It’s open data and ready to explore. Download & code 👉 github.com/sodascience/...
November 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🎙️ New ODISSEI Podcast episode!

Flavio Hafner & @maltelueken.bsky.social from @esciencecenter.bsky.social discuss how Research Software Engineers support social science research, share examples from projects, and explore collaboration and future opportunities.

🎧 Listen: edu.nl/8bf7m
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We’re wrapping up the day with our final presentation, a keynote by @mercecrosas.bsky.social! 🤖✨

Merce dives into what it takes to build AI readiness in the computational social sciences and humanities.
#ODISSEI2025
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
And what about the Poster Awards?🏆

Congratulations to Wander Demuynck and his colleagues from @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social 🎉

Their poster explores the identification of interplaces across Belgium and the Netherlands.
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Time for the ODISSEI Open Science Awards 2025! 🏆
@angelicamaineri.bsky.social and former ODISSEI scientific director @pdykstra.bsky.social are taking the stage — congratulations to @kturek.bsky.social and the team for winning the competition with their Comparative Panel File project! 🎉
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Exciting day?

For sure but we’re not done yet! Our scientific director @daob.nl is kicking off the closing keynote and awards session 🪩

#ODISSEI2025
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Are you looking for a way to analyse textual data? @sof14g1l.bsky.social
describes how the researchers can interact with AmCat, Amsterdam Content Analysis Toolkit
#ODISSEI2025
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The third parallel session of the day is in full swing — but let’s take a quick peek into our ODISSEI Marketplace, where partners and infrastructure developers are showcasing their latest software and tools!

First time at our conference – ASReview💛

asreview.nl

#ODISSEI2025
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We continue with the 2nd parallel session of the day and @lboeschoten.bsky.social is talking about data donation
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social discusses how the primary school outcomes of Dutch pupils are shaped by neighbourhood and school contexts🧑‍🏫
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This year we’re introducing a new format to the conference – interactive workshops session.

@odissei-soda.bsky.social team leads the workshop on annotation using LLM🤓

There will be a follow up event in January, keep an eye on our website!
November 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We’re continuing with the first parallel session of the day!

Diving into the corporate and employment data with FIRMBACKBONE🖥️
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We welcome our first keynote of the day 👏🏻 @melindacmills.bsky.social is taking over the stage and talking about opportunities and challenges of new data frontiers
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
@drtomemery.bsky.social kicks off the day by sharing the news about the new funded project – the Macroscope!

#ODISSEI2025
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Today is the day!

Our annual ODISSEI Conference at Jaarbeurs, Utrecht!

We’re looking forward to the whole day of insightful and inspiring discussions✨🙌🏻

#ODISSEI2025
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The world’s first Macroscope is coming to the Netherlands 🇳🇱

NWO just awarded €16.8M to build this groundbreaking research infrastructure—co-led by @odissei-soda.bsky.social and CLARIAH, coordinated by @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social
#Research #Innovation

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November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Try it yourself at the ODISSEI Conference 2025!

🧠 LLMs for data annotation
🗝️ SANE for sensitive data
💻 Software showcase with metasyn & SURF Cloud.

Hands-on workshops to explore tools, ask questions & boost your research.

Claim your spot 👉 odissei-data.nl/event/odisse...
October 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚀 Ready to dive into the future of social science research?

Join us on November 4 at Royal Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, for cutting-edge insights on computational social sciences.

🎤 Keynotes: @mercecrosas.bsky.social & @melindacmills.bsky.social

Register and check the programme 👉 edu.nl/men7n
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🎉 This week, Marcel Das marks 25 years as the director of Centerdata!

To celebrate, we invited him to the ODISSEI Podcast to discuss the LISS Panel: how it operates, the studies it supports, and why it matters for research.

🎧 Listen here: odissei.transistor.fm/episodes/ope...
September 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Starting the academic year with FAIR data ✨

On 25–26 Sept in Utrecht, we are hosting a writing sprint & strategy meeting to co-create the SSH Action Plan for FAIR.

More information and registration: odissei-data.nl/event/fair-i...
September 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
New ODISSEI podcast! 🎙️

We talk with Bella Struminskaya about
@share-eric.bsky.social, why this European study on ageing matters, what challenges it faces, and how ODISSEI helps link SHARE to data like LISS & @cbsstatistiek.bsky.social 🎧

Listen here: odissei.transistor.fm/episodes/sha...
July 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🎓 What a ride!

SICSS-ODISSEI 2025 brought together 20+ students for Python bootcamp, ML, and talks on ethics, corp networks & CSR. Week 2 = projects with FIRMBACKBONE data & SANE.

Thanks to @esciencecenter.bsky.social, SoDa team, and all our brilliant speakers! 👏

#SICSS #SummerSchool
June 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🚨 Just 2 more days to apply for the ODISSEI Conference 2025!

Submit your abstract (max 300 words) on topics incl. computational social science, ethics & more.

⭐Keynotes: @melindacmills.bsky.social & @mercecrosas.bsky.social

🗓️ Deadline: 27 June, 18:00

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June 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📝 FAIR in SSH needs your input!
Join the Community Writing Sprint

📍 Utrecht or Online | 📅 Thu 25 Sept

Let’s untangle the real bottlenecks in FAIR implementation & co-write the Action Plan for the Dutch SSH. Open to RDM pros, researchers, policy makers & more!

🔗 Info & registration: edu.nl/vbwxh
June 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The new ODISSEI Podcast episode is out! 🎧

@drtomemery.bsky.social talks with @lisasivak.bsky.social
about the PreFer Data Challenge, benchmarking, and data challenges.

Listen here👉 odissei.transistor.fm/episodes/ben...
May 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM