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  • Extra Corona call for the LISS panel

    Extra Corona call for the LISS panel

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    ODISSEI is launching an extra call for free data collection in the LISS panel, specifically aimed at questions associated with the corona virus. The LISS panel, administered by CentERdata, consists of about 4,500 households, comprising of about 7,000 individuals. It is based on a true probability sample of households drawn from the population register by…

  • Cancelled: CBS microdata user meeting

    Cancelled: CBS microdata user meeting

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    This meeting has been cancelled. ==== On Thursday 14 May, Statistics Netherlands organises a meeting for researchers who (wish to) make use of CBS microdata. The overarching theme of the meeting is ‘Inequality’. Speakers from CBS and the research community will give presentations in the field of work and income, education and health. The meeting…

  • Call for proposals Platform Digital Infrastructure SSH

    Call for proposals Platform Digital Infrastructure SSH

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    The new Platform for Digital Infrastructure for SSH (PDI-SSH) invites submissions for the Call for Proposals Digital Infrastructure SSH. Initiatives for digital infrastructures that serve both the social sciences and the humanities are invited to submit their proposal. Resources can be requested for both strengthening or scaling up existing initiatives and launching new initiatives. The…

  • ODISSEI on the D4L to Health-RI conference

    ODISSEI on the D4L to Health-RI conference

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    Over the past 5 years the Data4lifesciences programme has evolved into a highly-appreciated knowledge sharing platform for the Dutch UMCs for their research data infrastructure. The Dutch UMCs and many partner institutes now venture into a new phase with Health-RI, the national data infrastructure for health research. An excellent occasion to look back to the successes…

  • Utrecht University Geo Faculty joins ODISSEI

    Utrecht University Geo Faculty joins ODISSEI

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    ODISSEI welcomes Utrecht University’s Faculty of Geosciences as its newest member organisation. Being a member organisation in ODISSEI offers several benefits. Employees of member organisations are entitled to several forms of compensation, like the discount and grants for Microdata and the LISS panel. Besides, they will be the first to be able to use the…

  • Subscribe to E-data & Research

    Subscribe to E-data & Research

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    E-data & Research is a newsletter covering issues related to data and research in the social science and humanities. It appears three times a year and is free of charge. Both hardcopy and digital editions of E-data & Research are available. Organisations participating in ODISSEI can order large quantities of the newsletter to distribute in their organisations. Subscribe…

  • Outcome LISS Call 2019

    Outcome LISS Call 2019

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    Ten researchers from the ODISSEI member organisations have been granted free data collection through the LISS panel. This panel, managed by CentERdata, consists of some 7,000 individuals from approximately 4,500 households. The panel is a representative sample of the Dutch population. In total, 39 proposals were submitted, a noteworthy increase in comparison to the 31…

  • New colleague: Kasia Karpinska

    New colleague: Kasia Karpinska

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    Dr. Kasia Karpinska has recently joined the ODISSEI Coordination Team at Erasmus University. She coordinates the grant funding of ODISSEI, including the Microdata Access Discount, the Microdata Access Grant, and the LISS Grant. Kasia obtained her PhD from Utrecht School of Economics in 2013. She previously worked as a researcher at Erasmus School of Social…

  • Interest list for the OSSC

    Interest list for the OSSC

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    The ODISSEI Secure Supercomputer (OSSC) allows to analyse highly sensitive data, such as CBS Microdata, on the Cartesius supercomputer. The OSSC demonstrated its extraordinary possibilities in three pilot projects. It is currently being scaled up to a production environment. It is expected that it will open to the wider research community before the summer of…

  • ODISSEI is looking for a Community Manager

    ODISSEI is looking for a Community Manager

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    ODISSEI is hiring a Community Manager who will maintain the relationship with (potential) users of the infrastructure. Community aanager will introduce ODISSEI’s services to researchers, graduate schools and data managers, and will organise community events. Setting up the educational program of ODISSEI will be another task of the Community Manager. The vacancy will be published…