Contact Us
Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA),
UCD Library, Level 2 James Joyce Library,
University College Dublin,
Belfield,
Dublin 4,
Ireland.
Email:issda@ucd.ie
Primary contact person: Vanessa Buckley, Data Manager, ISSDA
About ISSDA
The Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) is Ireland’s centre for quantitative data acquisition, preservation, and dissemination. Based at UCD Library, its mission is to ensure wide access to quantitative datasets in the social sciences, and to advance the promotion of international comparative studies of the Irish economy and Irish society.
ISSDA holds a range of key Irish and international comparative datasets, and makes them available for secondary analysis by its Designated Community. ISSDA’s Designated Community consists of higher education institutions (HEIs) and research-performing organisations (RPOs) across multiple sectors and jurisdictions with broad relevance to the Social Sciences and Public Health.
ISSDA is committed to maintaining these data resources for the long term, ensuring that, as data formats evolve and advance, the archive’s holdings are always available in easily accessible forms.
In 2021 ISSDA joined CESSDA (Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives) as Ireland’s National Service Provider.
ISSDA's activities had been made possible by funding from UCD Library and the Irish Research Council.
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About CESSDA
ISSDA joined CESSDA as Ireland’s service provider in 2021. ISSDA’s membership is funded by the Irish Research Council.
CESSDA brings together social science data archives across Europe and provides large-scale, integrated and sustainable data services to the social sciences. CESSDA aims to promote social science research and support both national and international research and cooperation.
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