Who we are

As part of the NFDI, the RatSWD and KonsortSWD develop a research data infrastructure for the social, behavioural, educational, and economic sciences.

Structure and Network

Who does the RatSWD represent?

The RatSWD represents the interests of researchers in the fields of social, behavioural, educational, and economic sciences. It is committed to improving access to research data and the research data infrastructure.

Duties and activities

I have data, where can I go with it?

All data is special and valuable. The repositories of KonsortSWD’s partners and many research data centres accept and curate research data.

Data archiving

How does KonsortSWD make data available?

A decentralized network of 42 RatSWD accredited research data centers (RDCs) provides cost-effective and easy access to a variety of mainly sensitive research data.

All data centres