Position paper: Social sciences and humanities research infrastructures in Switzerland

The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness and stimulate a discussion on the current situation of social sciences and humanities research infrastructures in Switzerland, the Swiss roadmap process, and possible improvements of the way in which projects for research infrastructures are funded. This paper was first written by an informal Social Sciences and Humanities Swiss and European infrastructures coordination group and then presented and discussed at a stakeholders’ conference on May 31, 2022, in Bern. The content of the paper is the result of collaborative work carried out within a larger group, consisting of the directors of national research infrastructures in the SSH, the national coordinators of international SSH RIs with Swiss participation (CESSDA, CLARIN, DARIAH, ESS, SHARE, GGP) and the representatives of the Swiss Academy for the SSH. Read more about the initiative here