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The ODISSEI – eScience Call 2021 supports social scientists who want to use digital techniques in their research and need help with this. Researchers can apply for support by Research Software Engineers (RSEs) of the Netherlands eScience Center. This round offers space for six projects of each three months of RSE-time.  Those who wish to…

By Trond Husby – Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) There is a heated discussion in Dutch media and policy about the need to construct new dwellings. A vital point of this discussion is where to locate this new residential construction. Some suggest looking to the past, to the last large-scale spatial planning programme in the…

In June, ODISSEI, CESSDA-ERIC and DANS organise a workshop on research data management for starting researchers in the social sciences. The workshop will take place on 14 and 17 June, from 10-12 hrs. The workshop will answer questions such as:  What are the benefits of documenting your research in a Data Management Plan? How do you…

The Platform Digital Infrastructure for Social Sciences & Humanities (PDI-SSH) launched its 2021 Call for Digital Infrastructure. The SSH Sector Plan of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) has made resources available to further improve the digital infrastructure facilities within the SSH domain.  Digital infrastructure facilities funded in this Call should serve…

On 20 May, from 13:00 to 15:00 CE(S)T, ODISSEI and CentERdata are organising an information event during which researchers can learn more about working with the LISS panel. During this afternoon, a variety of speakers will introduce the LISS panel and the research opportunities the panel offers. Two researchers will present their LISS research project,…

June 25th 2021 – 10:00 – 14:00 CEST – Online – Free Registration: We warmly welcome you to the digital user conference on the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). This conference aims to bring SHARE users from multiple disciplines together to discuss ongoing research projects. During the conference scientific presentations will…

On Tuesday, 18 May from 12:00-13:00, Chang Sun (Maastricht University) will present her project ‘Knowledge Graph for metadata of CBS Microdata’. We warmly invite you to attend this lecture, learn more about parsing CBS metadata, and participate in the Q&A and discussion after the lecture. Read more about the lecture below and register via the…

On Thursday, 29 April from 12:00-13:00 (CEST), prof. dr. Aat Liefbroer (NIDI) and Tim Hanson (City University London) will present the European Social Survey (ESS) and the methodological and technical challenges it currently faces, both internationally and in the Netherlands. We warmly invite you to attend this lecture, learn more about the European Social Survey,…

On April 22, ODISSEI hosts an online workshop on CBS microdata and geospatial analysis, organised in collaboration with dr. Marco Helbich and dr. Hannah Roberts (UU). During this afternoon, attendees will learn more about the possibilities of CBS microdata for geospatial analysis. The event will focus on what types of data are available, how to…

In the beginning of 2021, ODISSEI and ASReview have started a collaboration to support researchers who wish to use this new digital tool for conducting systematic literature reviews at a much faster pace. ODISSEI’s Social Data Science Team (SoDa) will be available to support new use cases and they will work together with the ASReview…