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Positioning CESSDA for the AI era: Strategy Addendum published
Artificial intelligence, machine-actionable data, and an evolving European research landscape are reshaping how research data are created, discovered, shared, and reused. To ensure that CESSDA ERIC remains at the forefront of these developments, CESSDA has published a Strategy Addendum that updates its strategic priorities through 2029.
All photos from the CESSDA 50 conference are now available
During the 4-day conference in June, CESSDA Main Office team, with assistance from UK Data Service, photographed every session, workshop, keynote, and event that took place. All photos are now available for browsing and download via the links below.
Why Data Citation Matters: Practical Recommendations from CESSDA's Irena Brvar
At a recent OPERAS 2026 conference, Irena Vipavc Brvar, Research Data Management Specialist at the Slovenian Social Science Data Archives (ADP), highlighted the growing importance of data citation as a cornerstone of open science. Drawing on her experience within the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA), she demonstrated how proper data citation improves research transparency, reproducibility, and recognition of the substantial effort involved in collecting and managing research data.
From new members to new frontiers: 2025 Annual Report
CESSDA has released its 2025 Annual Report, offering an overview of the consortium’s activities, achievements, and continued development throughout the past year. The report highlights CESSDA’s growing role in the European and international research infrastructure landscape, supporting open science, trustworthy data repositories, metadata standards, data reuse, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Day 4 at CESSDA 50: Looking ahead to the future of research infrastructures
The final day of the CESSDA 50 conference focused on the future: the future of research infrastructures, the future of social science data, and the role CESSDA can play in a rapidly changing research landscape.
Day 3 at CESSDA 50: Reflecting on the past, present, and future of social science data
The third day of the CESSDA 50 conference marked the opening of the public part of the programme, bringing together representatives from research infrastructures, policy, data services, and the wider research community to reflect on CESSDA’s role in the European Research Area.