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Would you like more information on the possibilities of working with CBS microdata? On Tuesday, 23 March from 14:00 to 16:00, ODISSEI is organising a CBS Microdata Information Event that also serves as the Microdata Access Grant Kick-off. During this event, a variety of speakers will give an introduction to researchers who want to work…

The department of Methods and Statistics at the Faculty of Social Science at Utrecht University offers a variety of courses during the Utrecht Summer School 2021 that may be of interest to the ODISSEI community. Registration is now open for most courses. The Utrecht University Summer school offers fully accredited summer courses on bachelor, master,…

On Tuesday 9 February 2021 from 12-1 pm, the first ODISSEI Lunch Lecture will take place digitally. Dr. Hannah Roberts (UU) will discuss her recent research on associations between multiple environmental exposures and depressive symptoms in the Netherlands. For this research, Roberts has combined survey data with CBS microdata and GPS data. We warmly invite…

SURF is organising the national conference around research and ICT: the SURF research week. The 3-day online programme will take place on the afternoons of  13, 14 and 15 April. During sessions on data processing, research support, open science and much more, attendees will learn about the latest ICT services that can accelerate research. The…

On 1 February, the Netherlands eScience Center opens their 2021 Machine Learning call: Open Call for Small-Scale Initiatives in Machine Learning – OpenSSI 2021. This call is designed to support researchers who expect to benefit from machine learning or deep learning, but who need additional expertise in applying these methods. The awarded projects will receive in-kind support by Research Software Engineers employed…

Mara Yerkes (Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Utrecht University) received the ODISSEI LISS Corona grant in the spring of 2020 together with an interdisciplinary team of researchers from three Dutch universities. The grant gave Yerkes and her team free access to the LISS panel to examine gender inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their research focused on the…

The results of the LISS Grant 2020 are in. Proposals from nine researchers at ODISSEI member organisations were awarded the grant. Via the grant, the researchers will get access to free panel time. The LISS panel, managed by CentERdata, gives researchers access to survey data from about 7,000 respondents from approximately 4,500 households. The following…

The Microdata Access Grant provides free access to CBS Microdata for a selection of projects of researchers working at an ODISSEI member organisation. In the 2020 round of the MAG call, eight projects were awarded, three more than in previous years. Awarded projects Breaking the barrier? The effects of the National Program Rotterdam South on educational mobility –…

On 3 December at 14.00 CET CESSDA is organising a webinar on the CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide, where a researcher, a trainer and an expert will be on hand to discuss why and how to use the guide for Research Data Management in the social sciences and beyond. The webinar brings multiple perspectives on…

The new newsletter of ODISSEI has been published. Read about: The Community Conference of 24 November. The full programme including abstracts is now online The latest on the ODISSEI Secure Supercomputer (OSSC) ODISSEI Roadshow possibilities The KansenKaart.nl and Microdata Access Discount The new E-data Read the full newsletter here. Also interested in receiving the newsletter?…