Latvia (partner)

Rīga Stradiņš University - RSU

Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) is one the leading universities in Latvia. RSU trains professionals and researchers in medicine, public health, and social sciences, and has extensive experience in implementing diverse research and infrastructure projects. Currently, RSU is actively establishing a Research Data Management (RDM) system aligned with FAIR principles, providing researchers with essential infrastructure, comprehensive guidance, and training. RSU is also a member of EOSC AISBL and OpenAire, as well as has many collaborations with several European research infrastructures.

In 2024 RSU established the Social Sciences Research Centre (SSRC), which brings together a broad range of academic and practical expertise across fields such as social anthropology, politics, media studies, law, and economics. The SSRC aims to drive the strategic development of high-quality research at the newly established Faculty of Social Sciences and within RSU as a whole. Its core activities focus on fostering interdisciplinary research and advancing theoretical frameworks in the social sciences.

The RSU Dataverse has been created to enable RSU researchers to deposit their data upon the completion of research projects or other scholarly activities, particularly when trusted, field-specific repositories are unavailable. Data sets stored in the RSU Dataverse may be openly accessible, have restricted access, or be entirely closed, with the possibility of contacting the authors for collaboration or data sharing. The platform supports key functionalities, including standardised metadata schemes tailored to research fields, persistent identifiers (DOIs), and metadata aggregation in EOSC Portal and OpenAIRE. Furthermore, the RSU Dataverse is envisioned as a foundation for developing a Social Sciences Research Data Archive.