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FIDELIS Network Launched to Support Trustworthy Digital Repositories
The FIDELIS project has officially launched the FIDELIS Network, a new initiative aimed at supporting digital repositories across Europe in becoming and remaining trustworthy and FAIR-enabling over time. The network welcomes repositories that either practice or aspire to practice TRUST-worthy, FAIR-aligned data management approaches.
New CESSDA Data Citation Guide published
Research data are valuable scientific outputs that deserve proper recognition. Citing data as independent research products ensures transparency, fosters open science, and aligns with good scholarly practices. To support this, CESSDA has published a new guide for data citations.
I4NG releases new CRONOS-3 panel survey data
Data from the first two waves of the web-first panel survey (CRONOS-3) – implemented as part of the Infra4NextGen project – is now available, both for download and presented in interactive maps and graphs.
CESSDA at the BRIDGE Conference
In March this year, CESSDA Director Dr. Bonnie Wolff-Boenisch attended the BRIDGE conference in Bucharest, Romania, as a panellist and keynote speaker.
CESSDA Releases Brief on Advancing Trust in the Social Science Data Ecosystem
CESSDA has released a new brief, “The battle for trust: Advancing the social science data ecosystem”. The brief presents a comprehensive overview of the open data landscape from the perspective of European social science data archives. It emphasises the critical role of trust, transparency, and collaboration in ensuring timely and responsible data sharing.
E-RIHS becomes an ERIC
On the 28th of March, the European Commission granted the legal status of European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) to the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS), making it the second research infrastructure in the social sciences to become and ERIC in 2025.