CESSDA 50th Anniversary Conference
In 2026, CESSDA, the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives, celebrates its 50th anniversary. This conference marks its five decades of collaboration, innovation, and service to the European social science research community.
The four-day conference programme is anchored in CESSDA’s strategic pillars (2023–2027) of Data, People, and Landscape. The conference is an opportunity for scientific and policy voices to ask bold questions, strengthen synergies, and set the course for a future-ready European Research Area.
The conference aims to foster meaningful dialogue about data across disciplines, institutions, and borders. It presents an opportunity to explore how data services, research infrastructures, and collaborations can evolve to meet the needs of data users in an era of artificial intelligence and digital transformation.
The conference is both a celebration and a call to action to build a more resilient, inclusive, and future-ready European research data ecosystem.