Data access & conditions


European Cooperation in Social Science Data Dissemination

Ekkehard Mochmann
Central Archive for Empirical Social Research, University of Cologne, Bachemerstraße 40, 50931 Cologne, Germany
"To ‘build' Europe is an obvious need, but it does not mean building a new, abstract, unitary diagrammatic and technocratic entity. It means federating, developing institutions from the bottom up, following the rising order of federalism, in which unity is founded upon diversity" [1]. This observation reflects the dynamics and diversity of societies on their way to an united Europe. It also reminds to a large extent on what many of us have seen in the development of the European data movement over the past forty years. This is a long way from uncoordinated individual surveys to creating a social science infrastructure which supports the integration and development of the European data base for comparative research, responds to the needs for training in data analysis and provides technical support in electronic networks.
 

Content:
 
  1. CESSDA: The European Network of Social Science Data Archives
  2. From comparative studies to continuous international data programmes
  3. International training seminars and summer schools
  4. Facilitating access to available data resources
  5. Putting data into historical context
  6. Strengthening the infrastructure for social research
  7. Endnotes & references

 
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