AUSSDA - The Austrian Social Science Data Archive

We are a data infrastructure for the social science community in Austria and offer a variety of research support services, primarily data archiving and help with data re-use. We make social science data accessible, creating opportunities for research and data reuse. Our user guide helps you with finding and downloading the data.

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We archive a variety of social science data. The AUSSDA Dataverse is divided into several collections. Find all data sets archived with us easily online! Our user guide helps you with finding and downloading the data.
Training on the use of social survey data

As part of the EU project Infra4NextGen, AUSSDA is developing a wide range of training courses on the use of social science survey data such as ESS, EVS, GGP, ISSP and Eurobarometer, as well as training on data management and analysis in general.
AUSSDA is certified as "trustworthy data repository" by Core Trust Seal

Following initial certification in 2020, the Core Facility AUSSDA was again awarded the Core Trust Seal as a "trustworthy data repository" in November 2023. The certification is valid until 2026.

Videos: How researchers use AUSSDA

Manuela Grünangerl, a communications scholar at the University of Salzburg, explains why she values the data made available by AUSSDA as a sustainable and reusable resource. She also talks about how she uses this data in her teaching and how repositories such as AUSSDA promote transdisciplinary collaboration.
Thomas Leoni, an economist at Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences, describes how he uses the data and documentation provided by AUSSDA in his research and for teaching social science methodology.
The quality-assured quantitative and qualitative data available through AUSSDA - The Austrian Social Science Data Archive opens up new possibilities for historical media research, says historian and communication scientist Eva Tamara Asboth.