Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities
Preserve, manage, and share your humanities research data with Switzerland's trusted archiving infrastructure.
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Collaborating with leading Swiss institutions to advance humanities research.
OUR CORE SERVICES
Everything you need to
preserve and share your research data
DaSCH provides comprehensive support for humanities research data throughout its lifecycle.
From planning to preservation, we ensure your data is FAIR and accessible for generations.
- Data Deposit & Archiving
Active preservation for humanities research. The DaSCH Service Platform keeps your data alive, searchable, editable, and citable—with persistent identifiers for every object.
- Training & Workshops
Free workshops on data management planning, FAIR principles, and best practices for qualitative humanities data. Tailored training sessions for your institution.
- Expert Consulting
Professional consulting on data modeling, metadata standards, and project-specific workflows. First 8 hours free for research groups and scholars.
Discover research projects
Explore cutting-edge humanities research projects hosted on our platform. Each project represents a unique contribution to Swiss cultural heritage and academic knowledge.
Tall al-Hamidiya Online
The Swiss excavations at Tall al-Hamidiya (NE Syria) revealed a 245-ha Late Bronze Age city. Architecture and texts make it likely that the site was Taidu, the royal residence of the Mitanni empire.
Hieroglyphic Palaeography of the Ptolemaic Temple at Deir el-Medina
An online palaeography of hieroglyphs from the Ptolemaic temple of Deir el-Medina
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Beyond the Text. New Funerary Compositions from the Graeco-Roman Period: Textualities and Archaeology in Thebes
Philological and archaeological project exploring the emergence and evolution of the funerary literature of the Graeco-Roman Period
DARIAH ERIC
Full Member
DARIAH connects 22 countries across Europe in a research infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities. Switzerland joined as a full member in 2023. DaSCH coordinates DARIAH-CH activities in Switzerland, with Prof. Dr. Rita Gautschy as National Coordinator and Dr. Cristina Grisot as National Coordination Officer.
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FORS-DaSCH webinar series: Data Management for the Social Sciences and Humanities
FORS and DaSCH are happy to announce the launch of a new series of online data management webinars. The webinars are free of charge and are specifically designed for researchers in the humanities and...
Open Data in the Humanities: Balancing Legal Constraints, FAIR Principles and AI
How can publicly funded research projects secure their data in the long term while maintaining legal compliance, transparency and guaranteeing the FAIRness of their data? In our online presentation, w...
DaSCHCon 2025 – Cultural Institutions in the Digital Age: The Future of Infrastructures
When: October 15th, 2025 (10:00–16:30)
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