Newsletter of the Research Data and Service Centre RDSC 04/2025

02.12.2025

Dear subscriber,

Welcome to the Newsletter of the Research Data and Service Centre!

Closing on Christmas and New Year

From 22 December up to and including 2 January, all locations of the Research Data and Service Centre (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hanover, Munich) will be closed for guest research stays.
The RDSC will reopen on 5 January 2026. Due to the public holiday in Bavaria, among other places, research stays at the location in Munich will not be possible again until 7 January 2026.
We wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Closing on Christmas and New Year
RatSWD Election: Request for Support!

The electoral register for the 2026 RatSWD election is open until 16 February 2026. Please share the information about the election within your networks.

RatSWD Election: Request for Support!
Data4Society: 10th Conference on Social and Economic Data

On 22 and 23 March 2026, the 10|KSWD will take place in Berlin. Contributions can be submitted until 15 January 2026.

Data4Society: 10th Conference on Social and Economic Data
Dataset updates

The following datasets have been updated by the RDSC and are now available for research projects:
GuV, ZISTA, BOP-F, BOP-HH, IFS-Base, MMSR, JANIS

Dataset updates
Statistical disclosure control

The ado file 'nobsdes5' for the statistical data disclosure control for descriptive statistics was updated. Concomitantly the example files have been updated.

Statistical disclosure control