Repository details
FORS Data Service
Name of repository
FORS Data Service
Additional name(s)
- FORS Data and Research Information Services for the Social Sciences
- formerly: FORS DARIS
Repository URL
Subject(s)
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Humanities
- Social and Cultural Anthropology, Non-European Cultures, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies
- Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology
- Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Economics
- Jurisprudence
- Life Sciences
- Medicine
- Medicine
- Public Heatlh, Healthcare Research, Social and Occupational Medicine
Description
FORS is the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences. FORS maintains a national digital archive for social science research data, implements large-scale national and international surveys, offers data and research information services to researchers and academic institutions, and conducts methodological and thematic research. FORS Data Service is FORS’ resource centre for research and teaching in the social sciences. It provides data management support and training, and it archives, disseminates and promotes quantitative and qualitative data. The Data Service maintains a comprehensive and up-to-date inventory of social science research projects in Switzerland, and makes available a wide range of datasets for secondary analysis. Databases at the FORS Data Service are: SWISSUbase and DeVisu (for variable level metadata for important surveys).
Contact(s)
- support: info@forscenter.ch
- administrative: https://forscenter.ch/staff/brian-kleiner/
- administrative: https://forscenter.ch/staff/francois-loretan/
- administrative: https://forscenter.ch/staff/alexandra-stam/
Certificate(s)
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
Research data repository language(s)
- English
- German
- French
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
- serviceProvider
Institutions (4)
Additional name(s)
- CESSDA ERIC
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- swiss foundation for research in social sciences
- Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
- technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- SAGW
- Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften
- Académie suisse des sciences humaines et sociales
- Accademia svizzera di scienze umane e sociali
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- Universität Lausanne
- UNIL
- University of Lausanne
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (3)
Policy Name
Policy Name
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Data access (2)
Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
- registration
Data licenses (1)
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
- registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
- DOI
Name of the repository software
- Fedora
Data citation guideline
Quality management
yes
Metadata standards (1)
Metadata standard
Remarks
Entry date
2013-03-13
Last update
2025-03-11
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