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Thanks to a new call, researchers at one of the ODISSEI participants could apply for free data collection through the LISS panel. This panel, managed by CentERdata, consists of some 7,000 individuals from approximately 4,500 households. With 31 submissions the interest for the call was great. In the coming months the evaluation committee will decide…

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) published a blog on the ODISSEI Data Facility (ODF). In this blog the institute introduces ODISSEI and explains their role in the development of the data infrastructure for the social sciences. The blog can be found here (in Dutch only).

On the 6-7th November 2018 in Tokyo, Japan, the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) hosted its 3rd biennial conference on International Science Advice to Government. During this event, ODISSEI’s scientific director Pearl Dykstra gave a presentation on ODISSEI. Dykstra was appointed to the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors in 2015. This…

Earlier this month, the Erasmus University Rotterdam held an event on Open Access – The Business of Scholarship. That afternoon, Pearl Dykstra, scientific director of ODISSEI, gave a keynote. In her keynote, Dykstra emphasised the importance of free access to publications, including data. Her speech can be downloaded here.

ODISSEI has opened a Call for Proposals for ODISSEI participants to be able to collect data using the LISS panel. The LISS panel consists of about 4,500 households, comprising of about 7,000 individuals.  There is budget available for five projects with each a net response of 2,500 respondents and 15 minutes of panel time, which implies…

In the fourth quarter of 2017, as a pilot ODISSEI made a remuneration available to its participants that made use of CBS microdata during that quarter. ODISSEI participants received a discount of 50% on the costs for projects executed via CBS’s remote access facility. The Regulation is designed for research projects funded by first or…

Accelerating Scientific Discovery (Netherlands eScience Center) Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC) invites researchers working in the domains of Environment & Sustainability and Humanities & Social Sciences to apply for funding and support to address compute-intensive and/or data-driven problems within their research. More information on this call can be found here.