Dataverse at Sciences Po

Dataverse, an open-source software from Harvard's IQSS, enables research organizations to host, manage, share, and preserve datasets through collections containing metadata, files, DOIs, versioning, and access controls, with strong support for DDI metadata and discoverability features like persistent identifiers and harvesting. Sciences Po's implementation at data.sciencespo.fr, launched in January 2020, includes custom DDI controlled vocabularies, harmonized metadata migration from Nesstar, bilingual UI, and integration with portals like CESSDA and OpenAIRE. The workshop covers a demo of core concepts, CDSP's contributions to Dataverse development (e.g., multilingual harvesting support in v5.7), benefits like metadata standardization, and limitations such as IT dependency and lack of advanced DDI-Lifecycle features.