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Project partners

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").

In the long term, the entire content and the technologies developed within the framework of the project will be made available for re-use by third parties.

SSOAR is funded by the German Research Foundation, Scientific Library Services and Information Systems programme.

The project partners involved are responsible for SSOAR.

Disclaimer

The information provided on this website has been carefully compiled. However, the project partners make no claim and give no warranty regarding the currency, accuracy or completeness of the material. The German-language version of this website is authoritative.

The material on this website is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. All free services offered are non binding. The project partners reserve the right to change, supplement or delete any of the services or material offered or to discontinue publication at any time without prior notice.

The project partners accept no responsibility for the content of external websites connected by link to this website. The external links provided on this website are reviewed and compiled with great care. However, our editorial team has no influence on the current or future design and content of the linked sites. The project partners are not responsible for the contents of the linked sites, nor do they adopt them as their own. The providers of the linked websites shall bear sole liability for illegal, inaccurate or incomplete content and for any losses or damages arising out of the use or non-use of that information. No legal liability will be accepted by the party concerned for merely referring to a website via a link.

Licensing terms

The contents of this website are licensed under a Creative Commons Licence 2.0 and may, therefore, be downloaded and used on other websites provided they are attributed to "Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)". They may not, however, be used for commercial purposes and must be made available under the same licensing terms.