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Ensuring the exchange and cooperation of research infrastructures in the social sciences and humanities.
The mission
The mission of SSHOC-CH is to create a cluster of social science and humanities research infrastructures in Switzerland, encompassing both national infrastructures and the national nodes of international infrastructures.
The vision is to:
Enable synergies and foster collaborations
Through cooperation, complement and enhance existing infrastructures
Provide a framework for new research infrastructures
Establish the link to SSHOC at the European level and to other national clusters
Read the latest SSHOC-CH news:
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,...