Repository details

Research Data Center Elections

Name of repository
Research Data Center Elections
Additional name(s)
  • FDZ Wahlen
  • Forschungsdatenzentrum Wahlen
  • RDC Elections
Repository URL
https://www.gesis.org/en/elections
Subject(s)
Description
The Research Data Center Elections is part of GESIS, provides access to a number of national survey datasets and offers researchers access to survey and election data. Furthermore, by processing and documenting the data, the RDC Elections grants long-term usability for research and teaching, scientific value-added services, knowledge transfer and research. The project is linked to GESIS' focus on survey and election research. Among other things, this includes federal and state elections, the Politbarometer and various individual studies.
Contact(s)
  • administrative: fdz_wahlen@gesis.org
Content type(s)
Certificate(s)
RatSWD
Start date
2009
Keyword(s)
Repository size
More than 650 studies on political participation, political attitudes and behavior in Germany
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.gesis.org/en/institute/about-us/research-data-centers/rdc-elections
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
  • German
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Institutions (1)

Institution
GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Additional name(s)
  • GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Institution
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Usage regulations
Policy Name
Kriterien des RatSWD

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database License
CC0

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
other
DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Data citation guideline
https://www.gesis.org/en/services/finding-and-accessing-data/data-archive-service/citation-of-research-data
Quality management
yes

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
DDI (Data Documentation Initiative)

Remarks

Remarks
FDZ Wahlen is a member of the RatSWD - research data - infrastructure
Entry date
2013-07-16
Last update
2025-09-26
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re3data.org: Research Data Center Elections; editing status 2025-09-26; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R3ZC89 last accessed: 2025-11-03