International collaborative research using data deposited in SSJDA

The Social Science Japan Data Archive (SSJDA) collects and stores raw data from statistical and social surveys and provides access for its use in academic endeavors. It is a core component of the Center for Social Research and Data Archives (CSRDA) at the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo. To support empirical research in the social sciences in Japan, data collection and storage in SSJDA have been smoothly conducted since 1996. Nearly 200 institutions, organizations, and individual researchers have deposited data with SSJDA, and over 2100 data sets have been made available in the public domain thus far. The CSRDA is expanding its activities worldwide to promote secondary use of data deposited with the SSJDA through international joint research with various researchers in Japan and abroad. We hold the SSJDA Seminar Series, including researchers invited from East Asia, Europe, the United States, etc., to exchange research ideas on social science topics. The results and publications of these joint research activities will be published on online as a discussion paper series. The dissemination of international joint research using data from the CSRDA not only contributes to the development of social science research in Japan, but also promotes global usage of the SSJDA and other East Asian data archives