SSHOC-CH is helping shape how research data in the social sciences and humanities is organised and supported in Switzerland.
It is contributing to the implementation of the swissuniversities mandate “Konzept für Forschungsdaten im Bereich der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften”, a national effort to define how SSH research data should be handled across the country.
What the mandate is about
The work produces a joint report on research data in the social sciences and humanities in Switzerland: the infrastructures that already exist, what researchers need across different types of data, where the gaps are, and a way forward for coordination and funding. A steering committee leads it, including SSHOC-CH president Georg Lutz, with partners from the University of Zurich, the University of Lausanne and the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW).
What SSHOC-CH contributes
Several SSHOC-CH working groups and members take part in the drafting, with work on:
- Survey data
- Register and administrative data
- Repositories for data and publications
A shared picture of what SSH researchers need, and a roadmap for the infrastructure to support it.
The report runs in phases through early 2027. More updates will follow as the work develops.