Current Projects
This page lists FSD's own projects as well as projects taken on in collaboration with other actors.
Ongoing projects
FSD receives project funding for the construction of research infrastructures primarily from the Research Council of Finland and the CESSDA ERIC, the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives. In addition, FSD can also implement projects funded by other parties, either alone or together with our project partners. With the help of project funding, new solutions and services are explored and tried out, and already proven services or functions are strengthened and developed.
Ongoing projects are presented on this page so that the most recently started project is shown first. Descriptions of completed projects are transferred to the project archive.
FIDELIS
The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) aims to develop a web of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data and services for science in Europe. To achieve a sustainable EOSC, Trustworthy Digital Repositories (TDRs) providing long-term preservation services are required. FIDELIS will set up, develop, and operate a European network of trustworthy repositories that will support the development and growth of TDRs within the EOSC ecosystem; foster harmonisation and interoperability across repositories to enable an EOSC federation of TDRs; and strengthen the upskilling of repositories and expansion of the network through an active training and support programme.
The project is funded by Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Grant agreement ID: 101188078), and coordinated by CSC.
Funding period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2027
ONTOLISST
ONTOLISST combines existing social science ontologies with new algorithms to optimise topic assignment in multilingual contexts. It explores how standard background variables, such as gender or age, can be included in non-thematic metadata. The goal is to create cost-effective discovery tools in multiple EU languages, improving access to and visibility of social science research for a diverse group of users, from expert audiences to policymakers. The project partners are HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences (coordinator), Research Documentation Centre, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Center for Socio-political Data, and FSD.
The project is funded from the OSCARS cascading grants program (Opens in a new tab) . OSCARS has received funding from the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101129751.
Funding period: 1 December 2024 – 30 November 2026
FAIRwDDI
The project will focus on empirical validation of aspects of the Reusable criteria of FAIR, build online tutorials on using the DDI metadata standards, explore using AI to upscale metadata, and build a prototype question bank. FSD will provide (meta)data for the project. The project is coordinated by the Research Documentation Centre, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Center for Socio-political Data.
The project is funded by thr Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR).
Funding period: 15 October 2024 – 30 September 2027
OSTrails
OSTrails aims to improve the way we plan, track, and assess scientific knowledge. The goal is to create a practical, open, and FAIR system for European scientific research. OSTrails involves major players in Data Management Plans, FAIR Assessment Tools, and Scientific Knowledge Graphs (SKG) to set standards and make data plans more efficient across Europe.
In collaboration with CESSDA ERIC, FSD is involved in activities related to the SKGs interoperability framework and the OSTrails Interoperability Reference Architecture, as well as the alignment of SKG platforms, the enhancement of FAIR assessment with guidance, and the development of Thematic Pilots.
The project is funded from the European Union’s Horizon Europe framework programme under grant agreement No. 101130187, and coordinated by OpenAIRE AMKE.
Funding period: 1 February 2024 – 31 January 2027
COORDINATE
The COORDINATE project will initiate a community of researchers and organisations that will drive forwards the coordinated development of comparative birth cohort research in Europe. The aim is to facilitate access to international birth cohort panel data on child and youth wellbeing. COORDINATE is a part of the Growing Up In Digital Europe (GUIDE) project, which develops Europe's first comparative birth cohort survey.
FSD participates in the project as a linked third party of CESSDA and contributes to a work package that enhances the findability of research data by gathering harmonized metadata of wellbeing data.
The COORDINATE project is funded by Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and coordinated by Manchester Metropolitan University.
Funding period: 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2025
FIRIPO
The Finnish Research Infrastructure for Public Opinion (FIRIPO) is a collaborative effort by Åbo Akademi, Tampere University and University of Turku to establish a national research infrastructure for public opinion research in Finland. The infrastructure will be multidisciplinary and serve several fields of study and researchers of public opinion around the world.
The goals of FIRIPO include systematizing and coordinating scientific research on public opinion and choice behavior in Finland as well as developing and sharing methods in public opinion research and advising on the use of public opinion in policy-making. FSD participates in the project to promote open science aims through open data.
The project is funded by FIRI 2019 call of the Research Council of Finland (New infrastructure initiatives and non-roadmap infrastructures) and FIRI 2021 (Roadmap infrastructures and international partnerships). FIRIPO is headed by Professor Kimmo Grönlund (Åbo Akademi). Professor Kaisa Herne is responsible for the project at Tampere University and Professor Heikki Kauppi at the University of Turku.
Funding period: 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2026
C-BoTS
The project will enhance the interoperability of the Finnish Social Science Data Archive’s services with other data-related services at the national and international levels. In addition, FSD will increase the visibility of data creators and their organisations as well as the transparency of FSD operations. The goals of the project include automatising reports on the use of FSD services and archived data, exploring available anonymisation tools and charting the possibilities for their use at FSD. The Archive will also upgrade its tools for the management of qualitative textual datasets. The project includes a work package that focuses on cross-national comparative research.
The project is funded by the Research Council of Finland's FIRI 2018 call for research infrastructures.
Funding period: 1 January 2019 – 31 December 2024 (one year extension)
FSD's administrative and recurring tasks with CESSDA
FSD has recurring contract-based memberships and administrative tasks within CESSDA and related to CESSDA's services and tools.
CESSDA Trust and Landscape Working Group
Working Group monitors the changing (research) data landscape that comprises matters such as FAIR & EOSC update. The WG also contributes to the promotion of the CoreTrustSeal as a quality stamp, supports the Service Providers in their path to certification, and works on the CESSDA Key Performance Indicators. FSD leads the Working Group.
CESSDA Data Catalogue Maintenance
In 2024, FSD operates as the Service Maintainer for CESSDA Data Catalogue (Opens in a new tab) alongside CESSDA Main Office's technical team. Service owner Sikt (Opens in a new tab) leads the work.
CESSDA Metadata Office
FSD in in charge of CESSDAn matadata profiles (Opens in a new tab) .
CESSDA Key Topic Working Group on Data Citation
The aim of Key Topic Working Groups is to foster collaboration and coordination among CESSDA Service Providers on key topics identified by them. These topics address specific or new problems or technological developments. FSD participates in the work of Data Citation WG, which focuses on drafting data citation recommendations for repositories and other relevant stakeholders.
Project Archive
Project descriptions on completed projects are available in the project archive.