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CESSDA - Official commitment to set up a European data infrastructure
Finland, Germany, Lituania, The Netherlands and Norway, signed on 29 June a memorandum of understanding to commit their financial and political support for the setting up of CESSDA as a social science data infrastructure. [MORE...]
CESSDA Expert Seminar 2010 focuses on cooperation between CESSDA archives and National Statistical Institutions
The 22nd CESSDA Expert seminar, hosted by SND, will take place on 16-17 September in Gothenburg. [more...]
ELSST multilingual thesaurus available
European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST) has been developed over the years by the members of CESSDA. It facilitates access to data resources across Europe, independent of language and vocabulary. ELSST languages: English (source), Danish, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. Browse ELSST >>
Hans Jørgen Marker named President of Cessda
Hans Jørgen Marker, the Director of the Swedish National Data Service, has been appointed President of CESSDA, effective March 3, 2010. He replaces Professor Kevin Schürer, who will be leaving the directorship of the UK Data Archive and ESDS in order to take up an appointment at the University of Leicester as Pro-Vice Chancellor of Research.
CESSDA Expert Seminar 2009 in Ljubljana (8-10 November)
The theme of this year's seminar is "Towards the cessda-ERIC metadata model and DDI3". [more...]
CESSDA-PPP Factsheet, May 2009
The second PPP Factsheet (PDF format) is now available. [more...]
IASSIST/IFDO 2009 CESSDA-PPP session now online!
Watch the IASSIST/IFDO 2009 CESSDA-PPP conference session here.
EU Committee of the Regions Thesis Competition 2009
The European Union Committee of the Regions has announced its annual doctoral thesis competition - "Local and regional authorities, within the European Union". Closing date for the competition is 25 May 2009 and entrants must have been awarded their doctorate during 2007 or 2008. [more...]
CESSDA, EUROSTAT and ONS Workshop materials available
In early December, CESSDA, EUROSTAT and ONS held a joint meeting on access to microdata. Details of the event, including workshop presentations, are now available from the EUROSTAT website. [more...]
Digital Preservation Workshop: 30 January 2009
CESSDA members contributed to this recent workshop "Towards Trusted Digital Archives for Social Science and Humanities Data" in The Hague, Netherlands. [more...]
Monitoring European Public Opinion in the Fourth Decade
The 35th Anniversary of Eurobarometer was officially celebrated during the international Eurobarometer Conference 2008. [more...]
Bremen Workshop: Qualitative Longitudinal Research and Qualitative Resources in Europe, 24 April 2009
This international workshop will bring together researchers and archivists. [more...]
Conference report on costs of preservation
The Report on the 2008 Annual Conference of the Alliance for Permanent Access explores the costs of keeping the records of science accessible. [more...]
Meeting "Microdata Access: New Developments and a Way Forward", December 3-4
The joint CESSDA, ONS and Eurostat Meeting, initiated by CESSDA PPP, takes place in Luxembourg. [more...]
Harmonisation Consultation Papers
Presentations from CESSDA PPP Expert Workshop on harmonisation issues in comparative social surveys are available. [more...]
CESSDA Expert Seminar Presentations
The 2008 CESSDA Expert Seminar took place in Odense in September. Presentations are now available. [more...]
CESSDA PPP at IASSIST Conference
Both CESSDA and the PPP project were highly visible at "Technology of Data: Collection, Communication, Access and Preservation" on 27-30 May 2008, Stanford, California, USA. [more...]