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We are happy to present a new release of the ODISSEI Portal. Find more than 8,500 datasets available across different Dutch data providers, including CBS, LISS, DANS and the institutes affiliated with DataverseNL. The new release includes the option to filter on licences, making it easier to search for open access datasets. The Portal now…

The Microdata Access Grant offers financing for research projects using CBS microdata. In the 2024 round of the Call for Proposals for the Microdata Access Grant, we received 19 applications. The reviewers in this round were: Govert Bijwaard (NIDI), Peter Lanjouw (VU), Deni Mazrekaj (UU), Kim Stienstra (EUI).

We are happy to present a new updated version of the ODISSEI Portal. The ODISSEI Portal combines metadata from a wide variety of research data repositories into a single interface, allowing for advanced queries to support findability and facilitate data access to social science datasets in the Netherlands. The Portal includes metadata from CBS, DANS,…

ODISSEI, in collaboration with SURF and CLARIAH, is pleased to announce the introduction of the new phase of SANE – Secure ANalysis Environment, a GDPR-compliant solution designed to provide a secure and controlled environment for researchers to analyse sensitive data. The secure environment is now available for use and awaits research projects requiring the usage…

The LISS panel Grant call offers financing for data collection via the LISS panel. In the 2023 round of the Call for Proposals we have received 34 applications. In total, 6 regular LISS panel Grants could be funded and two grants for a project that combined the LISS panel data collection with access to the…

At ODISSEI, we are committed to continually enhancing access to microdata from CBS, and we strive to optimize our initiatives for the benefit of the research community. Today, we share important updates regarding our Microdata Access Discount (MAD) program, one of our flagship initiatives. Over the years, the MAD program has successfully supported numerous compelling…

We are happy to present a new version of the ODISSEI Portal. This is the fourth release since our first prototype which was launched in September 2022. The ODISSEI Portal combines metadata from a wide variety of research data repositories into a single interface, allowing for advanced queries to support findability, and facilitate data access…

By Marjolijn Das, Jan van der Laan, Edwin de Jonge, Marieke de Vries, Vincent de Heij (CBS) CBS (Statistics Netherlands) developed the Person Network (PN), a file that describes networks of the entire population of the Netherlands in 2018. The potential networks of individuals are derived from administrative data (microdata) and contain five so-called network…

The Microdata Access Grant call of 2024 is now open. The MAG offers funding for six CBS microdata projects for researchers working at ODISSEI member organisations. Researchers who receive the grant will be able to execute a CBS microdata project of up to €7.500, which typically covers a six-month project for two researchers with access…

The ODISSEI Social Data Science (SoDa) team offers SoDa fellowships for early career social scientists (i.e., PhD candidates, early career postdocs, pre-PhD researchers who have finished their studies). Successful SoDa fellows will spend between 3-5 months full-time working on a social science research project they propose. During this time, they are members of the SoDa…