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  • Seven projects awarded Microdata Access Grant (MAG) 2024

    Seven projects awarded Microdata Access Grant (MAG) 2024

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    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).

  • New version of the ODISSEI Portal – Find datasets and their access conditions

    New version of the ODISSEI Portal – Find datasets and their access conditions

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    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,…

  • Unveiling SANE: Secure ANalysis Environment is now available for use

    Unveiling SANE: Secure ANalysis Environment is now available for use

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    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…

  • LISS panel Grants 2023 Announcement

    LISS panel Grants 2023 Announcement

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    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…

  • Discontinuation Of Microdata Access Discount from 2024

    Discontinuation Of Microdata Access Discount from 2024

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    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…

  • New version of the ODISSEI Portal contains enriched metadata

    New version of the ODISSEI Portal contains enriched metadata

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    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…

  • CBS’ Person Network (PN) file: improvements, extensions and applications

    CBS’ Person Network (PN) file: improvements, extensions and applications

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    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…

  • Microdata Access Grant (MAG) Call 2024 Now Open

    Microdata Access Grant (MAG) Call 2024 Now Open

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    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…

  • ODISSEI Social Data Science fellowship (SoDa fellowship)

    ODISSEI Social Data Science fellowship (SoDa fellowship)

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    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…

  • Six projects awarded Microdata Access Grant (MAG) 2023

    Six projects awarded Microdata Access Grant (MAG) 2023

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    The Microdata Access Grant offers financing of research projects using CBS microdata. In the 2023 round of the Call for Proposals for the Microdata Access Grant we have received 22 applications. The reviewers in this round were:Pieter Bakx (EUR), Maja Djundeva (SCP), Kim Fairley (RU), Eva Jaspers (UU), Joop Oude Groeninger (EUR).  The following projects…