Our past R&D activities have been supported by a range of sponsors including the ESRC, the EC and the JISC. They cover data standards and tools development, resource discovery, preservation standards, European data networking and work on teaching and learning with data
CESSDA VOICEA service to manage the multilingual content of CESSDA ERIC.
CESSDA-ELSSTTo align two seminal thesauri for international humanities and social science communities.
APARSENA network of excellence for long-term accessibility and usability of data
DASISHto provide solutions to common issues relevant for the five ESFRI projects
SERSCIDAImprove the exchange of knowledge and data from social science research
Digital FuturesProviding 21st century access to ESRC-funded and high impact qualitative data, through a programme of digitisation and exploitation of XML web technologies.
ESDSproviding access to key economic and social data
SQBprovided access to key survey questionnaires
Census.ac.ukprovided an academic gateway to 1971- 2001 UK censuses
U.GeoEnhanced the geospatial potential of the Archive's national survey data
EnsembleExplored the role that Semantic Web technologies can play in supporting case-based learning.
RDI-RDMProvided training on managing and sharing social science research data
Identity managementUsed the JISC Identity Management Toolkit to examine current Archive processes.
DMP-ESRCDeveloping and implementing effective data management planning in the research lifecycle.
CESSDA PPPEnhanced the CESSDA Research Infrastructure for European data resources
STOREProvided use cases and tools for integrating data archives with research publications
DExTDeveloped data exchange models and tools for survey and qualitative data leading to the publication of the QuDEx schema
TNA Scoping StudyAssessed public records held at TNA for their social scientific research potential
OHPRDigitised historical census reports and other registration material for online access
SQUADExplored methodological and technical solutions for sharing qualitative data
SAFARI UKDATested an access management system for three data resources at Essex
MADIERAProvided unified access to European social science data archives
MetaDaterDeveloped standards for describing comparative surveys over space and time
OAIS/METSTested the infrastructure and metadata systems of the Archive and TNA
DARPInvestigated issues for setting up a regional digital repository
JISC X4LDeveloped resources for increasing the use of data sources in the classroom
Go-Geo!Worked on resource discovery tools for geographic data and resources
geoXwalkWorked on methods and tools for searching and indexing of geo-resources
AMRADSHelped facilitated technology and knowledge transfer from EPROS research projects
CHCCLooked at ways to increase the use of the CHCC in learning and teaching
COSMOSAn accompanying measure for projects of the EU Framework V Programme
MetaNetA network of excellence for harmonising statistical expertise and metadata
FASTERProvided tools for flexible access to published statistics and data resources
LIMBERDeveloped a multilingual interface to data from European archives
TRAMSSTeaching Resources and Materials for Social Scientists
NESSTARDeveloped a software system to publish, locate, and browse statistical data online