Social Science Open Access Repository

We are currently in the process of setting up the "Social Science Open Access Repository" (SSOAR). SSOAR is being built within the framework of a project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and will make full texts freely available for all to access online.

During the term of the project we will be implementing the thematic focus qualitative research as a prototype. Building on the lessons learned from this, SSOAR's scope will then be extended to include the social sciences as a whole as well as related fields of study.

SSOAR is operated jointly by the Freie Universität Berlin's Center for Digital Systems, by the Institute of Qualitative Research, which is part of the University's International Academy, and by GESIS-IZ Sozialwissenschaften, the Social Science Information Center in Bonn (collectively referred to here as the "project partners").