Deposit your research data
Sikt accepts and archives research data on people and society and makes the data accessible for reuse. We will assist you with documenting your research data and choosing the right access conditions.
We make sure that the data are safeguarded and accessible for at least 10 years, with a long-term preservation commitment of at least 50 years for high-value and highly curated data.
Sikt’s main focus is quantitative data matrices on individuals, organisations, administrative, political, and geographical actors.
How to deposit and share your research data
- Sikt’s archive is responsible at a national level for archiving and sharing data from the social sciences, humanities, and parts of medical and health research.
- We can archive all types of digital research data, including data that requires special handling or permissions, such as personal data.
- Data should be shared as openly as possible, and as closed as necessary. That means data can't have more restrictive usage and access conditions than necessary.
Guidance for depositing data
Types of data to archive with Sikt
Read more about the criteria for data that can be archived with Sikt.
How to prepare data for deposit
Prepare your data using our check list, to help the depositing process to run more smoothly.
After data is deposited
When we receive data, we go through the material and take the necessary measures with regard to long-term preservation.
Sikt's Data Catalogue
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Do you have questions about depositing data? Please read the guidance above or email us at kontakt@sikt.no
Certified archive
Our research data archive is certified with CoreTrustSeal, and we are a Norwegian service provider to the European research infrastructure CESSDA ERIC.
Since 2014, we have had an agreement to archive research data on behalf of the National Archives of Norway.