Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA ERIC)
27 April 2021
Modified: 27 April 2021
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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 |
Orsolya Rigó-Ditzendy National Research, Development and Innovation Office Vice President for Science and International Affairs 1077 Budapest, Kéthly Anna tér 1. Phone: +36 1 896 4004 Email: orsolya.rigo-ditzendy@nkfih.gov.hu |
| Professional representative |
Béla Árpád Janky associate professor, BME Department of Sociology and Communication |
| Membership payments | 2015: - 2016: - 2017: EUR 2,454 ( ≈ HUF 0.8 million) 2018: EUR 4,908 ( ≈ HUF 1.6 million) 2019: EUR 5,490 ( ≈ HUF 1.9 million) 2020: EUR 5,700 ( ≈ HUF 2 million) |
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: 27 April 2021