CESSDA Spotlight on the Social Sciences Data Archive of North Macedonia
The Social Science Data Archive of North Macedonia (MK DASS) is in the process of becoming a national infrastructure and North Macedonia is already a member of CESSDA. Hear from Professor Aneta Cekikj.
The CESSDA Country Spotlight series showcases national service providers. We interviewed representatives of the national service providers, dear members of the CESSDA community. We asked them about the value CESSDA provides their data archive and vice versa.
The Social Sciences Data Archive of North Macedonia
The Social Science Data Archive of North Macedonia (MK DASS) is in the process of becoming a national infrastructure and public service providing long-term preservation and distribution of research data in the social sciences in the Republic of North Macedonia. MK DASS is hosted by the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research (ISPJR) at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, one of the oldest public university research institutions in social sciences in the country.
The Ministry of Education and Science is a crucial institution for establishing MK DASS as part of the national scientific infrastructure.
The MK DASS collection encompasses quantitative and qualitative research data in various disciplines including anthropology, sociology, political science, communication science, psychology, law, education science, business and management, and related social science disciplines.
Professor Aneta Cekikj about CESSDA
“Our activities started in 2015, CESSDA has always been one of our main supporters. We received training on research data management and our staff learned a lot through participation in CESSDA related activities and projects. CESSDA is who we turn to to find these kinds of resources.
Our main users are social science researchers in our country. Our primary focus is the establishment of a data sharing culture in our country. We are educating our researchers about data archiving, sharing and preservation. We point them to resources CESSDA provides such as the DMEG, the DAG and the Data Catalogue. ” Aneta Cekikj, Professor, MK DASS.
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