We provide expertise in data management and preservation
The Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities supports researchers of the Humanities in the use of state-of-the-art digital research methods.
Our Partners
Collaborating with leading Swiss institutions to advance humanities research.
WHAT WE PROVIDE
Everything you need to
deposit your project
DaSCH offers an archiving solution and various services to store and share your data.
We encourage interoperability and promote FAIR principles.
- Plan your project
Plan from the beginning. All members collaborate on the same project and edit data using a simple, intuitive interface.
- Collaborations
We collaborate with universities and research institutions across Switzerland to ensure valuable research data is properly archived.
- Community support
Connect with researchers and institutions to collaborate on humanities projects. You can browse and use existing ontologies in the community.
Discover research projects
Explore cutting-edge humanities research projects hosted on our platform. Each project represents a unique contribution to Swiss cultural heritage and academic knowledge.
Tall al-Hamidiya Online
The Swiss excavations at Tall al-Hamidiya (NE Syria) revealed a 245-ha Late Bronze Age city. Architecture and texts make it likely that the site was Taidu, the royal residence of the Mitanni empire.
Hieroglyphic Palaeography of the Ptolemaic Temple at Deir el-Medina
An online palaeography of hieroglyphs from the Ptolemaic temple of Deir el-Medina
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Beyond the Text. New Funerary Compositions from the Graeco-Roman Period: Textualities and Archaeology in Thebes
Philological and archaeological project exploring the emergence and evolution of the funerary literature of the Graeco-Roman Period
DARIAH ERIC
Observer Member
The Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH) network connects hundreds of scholars and dozens of research facilities in 17 European countries. DaSCH coordinates its activities in Switzerland as DARIAH-CH, with PD Dr. Rita Gautschy acting as National Coordinator for DARIAH, and Dr. Vera Chiquet coordinating DARIAH requests for Switzerland.
Visit the DARIAH websiteOur News
FORS-DaSCH webinar series: Data Management for the Social Sciences and Humanities
FORS and DaSCH are happy to announce the launch of a new series of online data management webinars. The webinars are free of charge and are specifically designed for researchers in the humanities and...
Open Data in the Humanities: Balancing Legal Constraints, FAIR Principles and AI
How can publicly funded research projects secure their data in the long term while maintaining legal compliance, transparency and guaranteeing the FAIRness of their data? In our online presentation, w...
DaSCHCon 2025 – Cultural Institutions in the Digital Age: The Future of Infrastructures
When: October 15th, 2025 (10:00–16:30)
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From universities and research organisations within Switzerland, we bridge the gap and consolidate all humanities data projects.
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