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.
Big Data in Agriculture: The Making of Smart Farms
This project contributes empirical evidence to the discussion of the opportunities and risks associated with smart farming.
Portraits of Unbelonging: Photography, the Ottoman State, and the making of Armenian emigrants 1896-1908
How do photography and statecraft intersect in the making and unmaking of citizens? How and why did photography become a new media for unmaking subjects in late 19th c Ottoman empire?
Rome in the Early Middle Ages: Arts and Culture
The project addresses the visual culture of the city of Rome (Vth-XIth ct.) by means of an interdisciplinary approach (art history, architecture, archaeology archaeometry, liturgy, epigraphy).
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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