promote your services

Promote your services to a global audience by sharing them via our international channels, and discover more from fellow members.

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Make your voice heard

By joining IFDO, you are included in our organization memberships for the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and the International Science Council.

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travel the world

IFDO is launching a new initiative aimed at providing travel scholarships for members to attend important conferences and meetings.

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Our mission

IFDO was established in the mid-1970s as a response to the research needs of the international social science community.

IFDO shall:

  1. Promote and work for open access to digital data.
  2. Advocate the preservation of valuable digital resources.
  3. Support the development of standards, procedures and tools enhancing data usage.
  4. Promote and support the establishment and development of data organizations to further these objectives.

next steps...

Are you passionate as passionate about digital preservation and open science as we are? Then we want you on our team!