Measuring what matters: Progress across CESSDA 2020–2024

This report presents evidence of the performance and growth of the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) between 2020 and 2024. CESSDA, a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), offers extensive, integrated, and sustainable data services through a network of social science data archives across Europe. Following the framework of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), CESSDA collects annual quantitative indicators and qualitative narratives. The report highlights CESSDA’s achievements in providing data services, enhancing metadata interoperability, and increasing researcher engagement. It also provides an outlook on CESSDA’s ongoing efforts to ensure that data remain FAIR, trustworthy, and impactful for society.