SSHOC-CH News
Online event: Kickoff event of the Swiss EOSC Node Prototype project SENPro
A newly launched national collaborative effort to design and test a prototype framework unifying Swiss research data services in alignment with EOSC, SENPro is inviting the research community to an online event dedicated to the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and how Switzerland shapes and engages with the initiative on October 9, 2025, 9:30a.m. – 1p.m.
Save the date: SSHOC-CH General Assembly 2026
The SSHOC-CH Board is happy to announce that the second SSHOC-CH General Assembly will take place on April 24, 2026 in Bern. Members are kindly invited to save the date.
Launch of SSHOC-CH Working Groups
As part of the SSHOC-CH mission to ensure the exchange and cooperation of research infrastructures, to identify and create synergies, and, where possible, to develop joint platforms and services or make existing ones interoperable, the SSHOC-CH Board invites its members to identify key topics of cooperation and to propose SSHOC-CH WGs.
What future for Social Sciences and Humanities research infrastructures in Switzerland?
The question of the future of Social Sciences and Humanities research infrastructures in Switzerland has become more and more preoccupying for infrastructure professionals, for researchers and for policy makers. Three notable initiatives have analysed the landscape,...
Public EU Consultation on a European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures
The European Commission has initiated a public consultation on a new “European Strategy for Research and Technology Infrastructures”, according to an announcement from the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SBFI).
Report on SSHOC-CH GA and its satelitte event
The first SSHOC-CH GA and its satellite event successfully took place on April 11, 2025, in Bern.
The GA was chaired by Georg Lutz, director of FORS and president of SSHOC-CH. He noted the increasing visibility of SSHOC-CH in the research community and emphasized the progress made since its founding on April 24, 2024. Georg Lutz presented the 2024 Annual Report.