News Archive

2026-07-01_CESSDA new Brief TRUST Principles

1 July 2026

A spotlight on CESSDA’s commitment to the TRUST principles

Social Sciences and Humanities

FAIR and Open data

The Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) has published a new three-page brief explaining how it applies the TRUST principles across its organisation and network of Service Providers. The publication offers insight into the policies and practices that underpin trustworthy research data services.

Jetze Touber at the DatverseLV Conference 21 May 2026

27 May 2026

From data to value: lessons from Latvia on building sustainable research data infrastructure

Social Sciences and Humanities

FAIR and Open data

Over the past few years, Latvia has developed a national research data archiving service centred around Dataverse. Following an initial development phase, the Latvian team marked this milestone with an international conference held on 21 May in Riga. DANS was there to share their experience.

23 April 2026

Reuse in Practice: from discovery to application

Social Sciences and Humanities

FAIR and Open data Training & Outreach

The reuse of research data is a key principle of open science. It enables verification, supports new research, and contributes to the cumulative knowledge development.

A image with the text: Software update Data Stations and DataverseNL. With decorative illustrations and the letter D.

25 March 2026

Update to Data Stations and DataverseNL software

Social Sciences and Humanities Archaeology Life Sciences Physical and Technical Sciences DataverseNL

The DANS Data Stations and DataverseNL make use of the open-source Dataverse software. This software is actively developed, with new releases published several times a year.

10 March 2026

Working with hard-to-share data?

Social Sciences and Humanities

FAIR and Open data RDM

Researchers in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) often work with data that cannot easily be shared. New guidebooks developed through the Beyond Personal Data project offer practical guidance to help researchers navigate ethical, legal and practical challenges when sharing sensitive data.

19 February 2026

Updates to the CESSDA RDM training guides

Social Sciences and Humanities

RDM Collaborations Training & Outreach

Over the course of 2025, the CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide (DMEG) and Data Archiving Guide (DAG) received some updates. DANS is the Dutch Service Provider for CESSDA and is actively involved in their RDM training materials, specifically in revising parts of the DAG and giving feedback on the DMEG.

28 January 2026

Qualitative Data Guide: updated version

Social Sciences and Humanities

FAIR and Open data Training & Outreach Tools

Based on user feedback and the input from experts, DANS released an updated version of the Qualitative Data Guide to provide better guidance for making qualitative research data reusable.

15 January 2026

Highlights from last year’s collaborations with CESSDA

Social Sciences and Humanities

Collaborations

This year, CESSDA will celebrate its 50th anniversary. DANS has been a partner from the start. We reflect on how CESSDA and DANS enriched each other’s work in the past year.