Data Archive for Social Sciences in Italy (DASSI) is an Italian archive that provides data, tools, and services for research in the field of social sciences.
DASSI offers a platform where research data can be deposited or used for new studies. The archive supports long-term preservation and sharing of research data, promoting accessibility and reuse (while respecting intellectual property and usage licences).
DASSI makes social science data: Findable (through an online catalogue), Accessible (by assigning a DOI and a licence for use), Interoperable (thanks to its metadata management) and Reusable (due to its high level of data curation and documentation).
Beyond data management and curation, DASSI offer support and professionalism to meet the needs of social science researchers to gain visibility, while also protecting their intellectual property.
DASSI encourages good practices related to the principles of Open Science, benefiting the scientific community and society at large.
DASSI (Data Archive for Social Science in Italy) is a data archive for social sciences and is the Italian national service provider of the European Research Infrastructure CESSDA ERIC.