Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Bergen

The Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) is an interdisciplinary organisation linked to the Research Council of Norway. Its main tasks are the dissemination of data and the development of data bases and relevant software to secure easy access to empirical data. NSD is actively involved in developing and producing teaching packages for different educational levels and has produced the data analysis tool NSDstat. NSD conducts surveys, documents research projects, serves as a national data archive and houses the Secretariat for Data Protection Affairs. NSD conducts the ISSP surveys annually and coordinates or runs national surveys biennially; these cover a wide range of subjects, each with a specific emphasis. NSD is the data archive of the European Social Survey (ESS) and Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC)

NSD is an non-profit institute funded by the Research Council of Norway, various governmental and public bodies, and institutions of higher education. Established in 1971, NSD has a staff of 60 and an annual budget of NOK 30,000,000.

NSD's headquarters are at the University of Bergen, with secretariats at the other Norwegian universities. NSD is a member of CESSDA, IFDO, the ICPSR, the DDI Alliance and the Central co-ordinating team of the European Social Survey.

Contact Persons:
Knut Kalgraff Skjåk
Bjørn Henrichsen
Kirstine Kolsrud

NSD (Norwegian Social Science Data Services)
Harald Hårfagresgt. 29
N - 5007 Bergen
NORWAY
Tel: +47 555 83246 - Fax: +47 555 89650