Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA ERIC)
27 April 2021
Modified: 04 November 2025
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An organisation that collects, archives and distributes social sciences databases.
A virtual research infrastructure that provides an integrated search interface to social science databases.
| Short name | CESSDA ERIC |
| Name | Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives |
| Official website | https://www.cessda.eu/ |
| Year of foundation | 1976 |
| ESFRI project/landmark | landmark |
| Headquarters | Bergen, Norway |
| Number of member countries | 22 |
| Participating countries | Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Northern Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, UK |
| Hungary’s accession | 2017 |
| Partner institutions in Hungary |
TÁRKI Foundation BCE Institute of Sociology and Social Policy DE Institute for Political Science and Sociology ELTE Faculty of Social Sciences Centre for Social Sciences SZTE Institute of Sociology |
| Public administration representative |
Herczeg Regina National Research, Development and Innovation Office 1077 Budapest, Kéthly Anna tér 1. Email: regina.herczeg@nkfih.gov.hu |
| Professional representative |
Péter Hegedűs executive director TÁRKI Data Archive |
| Membership payments | 2017: EUR 2 454 (≈ HUF 0,8 million) 2018: EUR 4 908 (≈ HUF 1,6 millió) 2019: EUR 5 490 (≈ HUF 1,9 millió) 2020:EUR 5 700 (≈ HUF 2 millió) 2021: EUR 5 700 (≈ HUF 2 millió) 2022: EUR 15 000 (≈ HUF 6 millió) 2023: EUR 15 000 (≈ HUF 5,8 millió) |
Benefits of the membership for Hungary
- Linked and integrated sociology databases.
- Improved data quality through the development of metadata standards.
- Certificate for data archiving organisations.
- Professional training for archiving staff.
Updated: 04 November 2025