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Lithuania joins CESSDA ERIC as full member
On 17 June 2025, the Republic of Lithuania officially became a full member of the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA ERIC), joining 22 other countries committed to consolidating and strengthening high-quality research and open data practices in the social sciences.
CESSDA's Recent Key Achievements
A new short brief highlights CESSDA’s achievements in supporting open science, advancing research transparency, and enabling impactful data reuse across Europe.
2nd OSCARS Open Call closes with 746 proposals submitted
The second OSCARS Open call closed on 14 May, with 746 proposals submitted for consideration, a 282% increase in proposals from the first Open Call.
ERA policy for 2025-2027 accepted
On Friday 23rd, the Council of the EU and the European Commission endorsed the next ERA Policy Agenda 2025-2027.
44 Years with Iris Alfredsson
It’s 1981. The first space shuttle, IBM computer, and MTV have just launched. Beyoncé was born, Roger Moore saved the world once again as James Bond, and Iris Alfredsson started working for the Swedish Social Science Data Service.
CESSDA and I4NG release free online training course
CESSDA has delivered the first of four online training courses to the Infra4NextGen project. The hour-long training course is primarily aimed at social scientists, but scholars and researchers from other fields may also find it useful, as the principles and workflows presented can be applied across various disciplines.