ODISSEI (Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovations) works to develop a sustainable research infrastructure for the social sciences in the Netherlands. Through ODISSEI, researchers within the social sciences have access to large-scale, longitudinal data collections connected to registrations from Statistics Netherlands (CBS). This virtual web enables researchers to answer new, cross-disciplinary research questions and to investigate existing questions in new ways.

ODISSEI Secure Supercomputer (OSSC)

In the OSSC researchers can analyse their data linked to CBS Microdata in SURFsara’s high-performance computing environment. These are three recent projects:

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A genome-wide association study of health care costs

This case study looks at the underlying causes of differences in the amount of care that people need. Are increased healthcare costs a consequence of certain physical and psychological characteristics or of personal and cognitive characteristics? Or is there another explanation found in previous research?

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Analysing social network of the Netherlands

CBS can only analyse on a small, regional scale using their own technological facilities. The ODISSEI Secure Supercomputer enables data analysis at the national level. This involves 16.9 million nodes, interconnected by 39 billion links.

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Effects of spatial contextual characteristics on personal income

What is the relationship between your neighbourhood and your individual income? This research question will be answered in this pilot project.

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12 December 2019

Interest list for the OSSC

The ODISSEI Secure Supercomputer (OSSC) allows to analyse highly sensitive data, such as CBS Microdata, on the Cartesius supercomputer. You can now put your project on the interest list.
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11 December 2019

ODISSEI is looking for a Community Manager

ODISSEI is currently hiring Community Manager who will maintain the relationship with (potential) users of the infrastructure. Community Manager 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 soon.
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7 November 2019

CBS Microdata Afternoon – Policy Evaluation

On November 21, CBS organises a Microdata afternoon on policy evaluation.
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6 November 2019

Presentations and photographs Community Conference 2019

The organisation looks back to a sucessful first edition of the ODISSEI Community Conference. View the presentations and photographs here.
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5 November 2019

ODISSEI becomes stakeholder eData & Research

As of 2020, ODISSEI will become stakeholder of eData & Research. This newsletter on data and research in the social sciences and humanities is delivered three times a year to all researchers in these fields for free.
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9 October 2019

ODISSEI session during eScience Symposium

ODISSEI will host a session during the 6th National eScience Symposium on 21 November in Amsterdam.
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3 September 2019

ODISSEI Community Conference

ODISSEI will be organising a conference for its community on Tuesday 22 October. Grasp this opportunity to learn about the possibilities of ODISSEI, broaden your network and learn from each other. Register now!
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21 June 2019

KNAW advocates national data officer

At the request of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the KNAW wrote the advisory report Hergebruik van publieke data. Meer wetenschap en beter overheidsbeleid (Reuse of public data. More science and better government policy). Yesterday, Pearl Dysktra, head of the committee and scientific director of ODISSEI, handed the report to the Ministry.
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18 June 2019

Roadmap proposal submitted

ODISSEI has submitted a proposal to the NWO Roadmap Large-scale scientific infrastructure.
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14 June 2019

New Call: Collect data in the LISS panel

After the success of the first call in 2018, this year ODISSEI repeats the call Collect data in the LISS panel. In this call researchers at one of the ODISSEI member organisations could apply for free data collection through the LISS panel.
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28 May 2019

ODISSEI in e-Data & Research

In the latest edition of e-Data & Research much attention is paid to ODISSEI.
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28 May 2019

New member organisations

ODISSEI welcomes CentERdata, Erasmus School of Health Policy Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam), International Institute for Social History (IISH) and School of Business and Economics (VU University Amsterdam) as its newest participants.
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17 April 2019

21 may: NPSO lecture day

The Dutch Platform for Survey Research (NPSO) is organizing their second annual lecture day on 21 May. This years theme is ‘mobile device surveys and sensordata’.
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17 April 2019

New call for proposals eScience Center

The Netherlands eScience Center invites ‘Big Science’ researchers and ICT researchers to apply for funding to address innovative compute-intensive and/or data-driven research problems. Theretofore, the eScience Center introduces the call Innovative eScience Technologies for ‘Big Science’ (eTEC-BIG).
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14 March 2019

15 July: Network meeting at IC2S2

The 5th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) will be held in Amsterdam from 17 to 20 July 2019. ODISSEI is a sponsor of IC2S2 and will be hosting a ‘scientific speed date’ during Warm-Up on 15 July.
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28 February 2019

Report Introductory meeting CBS Microdata

On Tuesday 19 February, an introductory meeting on the use of CBS Microdata was held at Statistics Netherlands (CBS) in The Hague. At the same meeting, the MAG call was launched to allow researchers free access to the CBS Microdata.
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20 February 2019

Role: National Coordinator European Social Survey

ODISSEI is looking for a national coordinator for the 10th measurement of the European Social Survey (ESS) in the Netherlands.
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6 February 2019

Call for SHARE User Workshop

On Thursday 16 May 2019, SHARE Netherlands, member of the ODISSEI network, organizes a user workshop together with SHARE Germany. This workshop will include scientific presentations and practical sessions on how to get more out of the SHARE data.
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23 January 2019

7 Mar: RUG presents ODISSEI

On Thursday 7 March 2019, ODISSEI participant University of Groningen organizes an introductory meeting to ODISSEI. During this afternoon four speakers will highlight different aspects of the network, its developments and the possibilities it offers for researcher.
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15 January 2019

19 Feb: Introduction meeting to CBS Microdata and launch of call

On Tuesday 19 February 2019, an introductory meeting on using CBS Microdata will be held, aimed at novice researchers. At the event, you will learn about available Microdata, the practical process of working with them and further requirements and costs.
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15 January 2019

New call for free access to CBS Microdata (MAG)

As from the pilot year 2019, the ODISSEI Microdata Access Grant (MAG) will annually provide five researchers working at an ODISSEI participant with free access to CBS Microdata. Novice researchers in particular are invited to submit their MAG proposals.
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12 December 2018

New participants: TU Delft en Nivel

ODISSEI gladly welcomes two new participants: Nivel (Netherlands institute for health services research) and the TU Delft faculty of Architecture, who will both join per 1 January 2019.
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11 December 2018

LISS-call closed

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.
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3 December 2018

Blog Statistic Netherlands on ODF

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.
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2 December 2018

Pearl Dykstra in Tokyo

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.
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23 October 2018

Speech Pearl Dykstra on Open Access

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.
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19 September 2018

Call Collect data in the LISS panel

ODISSEI has opened a Call for Proposals for ODISSEI participants to be able to collect data using the LISS panel.
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15 March 2018

Continuation Microdata Regulation 2018

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.
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15 March 2018

ASDI call open

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.
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26 October 2017

Presentations workshop Linkage of Data online

Thursday 26 October, the workshop Linkage of Data was held in Utrecht, organized by ODISSEI and Statistics Netherlands (CBS). During this workshop over sixty participants shared their experiences on the topic of data linkage.
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16 October 2017

Pearl Dykstra’s session on Synergy Conference

With pleasure the Board of the NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) invites researchers and others interested for its first Synergy Conference: ‘Creating common ground for the social sciences and humanities’ on 16 November 2017 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. One of the parallel sessions will be given by ODISSEI chairman Pearl Dysktra.
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11 September 2017

Start pilot Microdata regulation

As a pilot starting in the fourth quarter of 2017, ODISSEI is making a remuneration available to its particpants that make use of CBS microdata. This so-called Microdata Regulation is being provided as a contribution towards the costs for using CBS microdata.
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28 August 2017

Job ESS

A new Research Fellow post is available at the European Social Survey (ESS) HQ based at City, University of London funded jointly by ESS ERIC and the University.
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14 June 2017

Thousandth participant for YOUth

The YOUth study recently welcomed the thousandth participant in the KinderkennisCentrum of Utrecht University. YOUth explores how children grow up and how various factors influence the development of the young brain.
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27 October 2016

Festive launch ODISSEI, data platform for the social sciences

During a festive meeting at the Central Museum in Utrecht last Thursday, ODISSEI (Open Data Infrastructure for Social Science and Economic Innovation) was launched. Together with Pieter Hooimeijer (NWO-MaGW) and Huib van de Stadt (CBS), scientific leader Pearl Dykstra (EUR) performed the symbolic opening act by announcing the new name.
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