Switzerland now has a catalogue of its social sciences and humanities research infrastructures, online in English, German, French and Italian.
It gathers the national infrastructures and national nodes of international ones that give SSH researchers access to data, services and long-term support.
What a research infrastructure is
Research infrastructures are organisations or facilities that give research communities access to resources, data and services needed to sustain scientific work over time. Unlike individual research projects, they have a long-term operational mandate and work as a shared service for a broader scientific community.
What the catalogue covers
The catalogue lists infrastructures of national relevance in the social sciences and humanities, in several forms:
- Digital platforms and data services – platforms, repositories and data services
- Surveys and databases – long-term surveys, panels, observatories and databases
- Memory institutions (GLAM) – archives, libraries, museums and other GLAM
- Editions and corpora – scholarly editions, corpora and documentary projects
- Tools and research environments – digital tools and research environments
- International networks – national nodes of European and international networks
It includes infrastructures funded by the SNSF, under Art. 15 RIPA, through the SAGW/ASSH, and as national nodes of ERICs and other international programmes.
One place to find the data, services and expertise available to SSH researchers in Switzerland.
Who is listed
Only organisations that actively provide services or resources to external users are included. Pure research projects without a service mandate fall outside its scope. If you think your infrastructure should be listed, or removed, please contact us.