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.
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Where's the Data? Anywhere Standards Take You! - DaSCH at Love Data Week 2026
Join us for Love Data Week 2026! DaSCH is participating with a talk on the power of open standards and linked open data.
FORS-DaSCH webinar series: Data Management for the Social Sciences and Humanities
FORS and the Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities DaSCH have launched a new series of free online data management webinars for researchers in the humanities and social sciences.
Shape the future of data and code management in Swiss research – your input matters!
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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.
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Tonbandsammlung Folkfestival auf der Lenzburg
Folk music enthusiasts gathered between 1972 and 1980 at the picturesque Lenzburg Castle. Discover the audio heritage of the legendary Lenzburg Folk Festival
A Gender Perspective on Film Character and Stardom: Studying the Production of Film Representations in the Forties (Claude Autant-Lara Collection, Swiss Film Archive)
This project studies the mechanisms of the construction of genre representations in the French cinematographic production of the 1940s.
Lesen als soziale Negotiation - Rekonstruktion der Bibliothek von Sigmund Gossembrot (1417–1493)
Das Projekt erarbeitet und rekonstruiert den Bestand der Bibliothek von Sigmund Gossembrot (1417-1493)
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.
Visit DARIAH-CHWe focus on qualitative data
From universities and research organisations within Switzerland, we bridge the gap and consolidate all humanities data projects.
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