CESSDA consolidates
and strengthens European
social science research.

Find Research Data

The CESSDA Data Catalogue contains tens of thousands of European studies and data collections held by our Service Providers.

CESSDA Data Catalogue

Learn Data Management

The Data Management Expert Guide (DMEG) is a comprehensive guide to Research Data Management and FAIR data principles.

Data Management Expert Guide

News

Wed 30 Sep 2026 New release of ELSST Thesaurus

New release of ELSST Thesaurus

The September 2026 release of ELSST (Version 7) includes revisions to the Science and Technology hierarchy and related terms. The rev...
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Events

  • Mon 5 Oct 2026

    3rd EDEN & FIDELIS Bootcamp

    The 3rd EOSC EDEN/FIDELIS Bootcamp is an interactive event with hands-on practical demonstrations...

  • Tue 6 Oct 2026 - Thu 8 Oct 2026

    RDA 27th Plenary Meeting (P27)

    The Research Data Alliance 27th Plenary Meeting (P27) will take place in London, United Kingdom a...

  • Wed 14 Oct 2026 - Fri 16 Oct 2026

    EOSC Symposium 2026

    The EOSC Symposium 2026 will demonstrate the unique value that EOSC brings to the Union’s researc...

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COVID-19

CESSDA and its national Service Providers are especially committed to supporting coronavirus-related research. For this purpose, we provide a number of resources such as our COVID-19 interview series, lists of relevant studies in the Data Catalogue, and Service Provider activities.

Read more on our COVID-19 page

The Consortium

CESSDA - the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives - provides large-scale, integrated and sustainable data services to the social sciences.

CESSDA in a nutshell
CESSDA Consortium

CESSDA's members seek to strengthen and promote European research in the social sciences, and to facilitate access to data regardless of borders.

Benefits of membership

Accessing and Using Data

CESSDA maintains a number of digital tools for researchers, students and archivists, such as:

Building Data Services

CESSDA provides strategy, expertise and support for promoting and maintaining standards and trust in social science research.

Depositing Data

CESSDA – through its European network of national Service Providers – operates a number of specialised repositories for depositing social science research data. 

To find out more about depositing your data with a trusted CESSDA partner, simply get in touch with your national CESSDA Service Provider.

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