Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities
Preserve, manage, and share your humanities research data with Switzerland's trusted archiving infrastructure.
Our Partners
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.
Bernoulli-Euler Online (BEOL)
The project Bernoulli-Euler Online (BEOL) focuses on the mathematics influenced by the Bernoulli dynasty and Leonhard Euler and presents these materials to the public and researchers.
Côté chaire, côté rue, La Réforme à Genève (1517-1617)
The database is the result of the transposition of a virtual exhibition realized in the context of the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation (1517).
Healing Arts. Representations and Practices of Medical Knowledge in Art and Literature (9th-12th centuries)
The project explores the entangled histories of botany, art and health. It considers plant images in early medieval herbals as modes of knowledge that articulate and negotiate medical practices.
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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SWISSUBase for Humanities - Call for Projects
DaSCH is partnering with SWISSUbase to offer humanities researchers a new complementary option for data archiving. The new service, SWISSUbase for Humanities, is designed for small datasets (up to 10...
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...
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From universities and research organisations within Switzerland, we bridge the gap and consolidate all humanities data projects.
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