About us

We believe that the character and structure of the social science research environment determines attitudes to re-use.

We also believe a healthy research environment gives researchers incentives to confidently create re-usable data, and for data archives and repositories to commit to supporting data discovery and re-use through data enhancement and long-term preservation.

The purpose of our center is to ensure excellence in the creation, management, and long-term preservation of research data. We promote the adoption of standards in research data management and archiving to support data availability, re-use, and the repurposing of archived data.

Our desire is to see the European research area producing quality data with wide and multipurpose re-use value. By supporting multipurpose re-use, we want to help researchers, archives and repositories realize the intellectual value of public investment in academic research.