List of Sociological Open-Access Datasets
The following table is my colletion of open access related links for sociology related datasets.
| Title | Description | Link | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Dataset Search | Search for any dataset you can possibly imagine | Google Dataset Search | |
| GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences | Largest German infrastructure institute for social sciences, providing datasets, survey items, and papers. | GESIS | Requires a free account for data access. |
| European Social Survey | Panel survey with numerous variables across European countries. | ESS | Available via ESS-Page or GESIS Database. |
| ALLBUS | German panel survey. | ALLBUS | Look under “Die ALLBUS-Querschnitte” for panel waves. Also available via GESIS |
| V-Dem Dataset | Measures state of democracy across countries. | V-Dem | Focuses on democracy indicators. |
| GERDA - German Election Database | German Election Results Finegrained Longitudinal Spatial Data | GESIS | |
| Manifesto Project | Tracks party manifestos and political topics in Europe. | Manifesto Project | Analyzes political shifts over time. |
| OECD Data | Open datasets from OECD countries. | OECD | Various topics available. |
| Mobilithek | German Mobility Data from the German Ministry of Transport | Mobilithek.info | |
| Harvard Dataverse | Harvards Database where researchers can publish their researchdata. | Harvard Dataverse | |
| UN SDG Indicators | Data on over 210 SDG indicators. | UN SDG Portal | |
| Drugs in European Wastewater | Wastewater analysis and Data explorer | EUDA (European Union Drugs Agency) | |
| Correlates of War Project | Military Disputes, Alliances, Defense Agreements and much more | Correlates of War Datasets | |
| Country Statistical Databases | Open statistical data from countries. | Sweden, Sweden, Germany, GitHub Government Links | Data often aggregated/preprocessed. |
| Open Access Network | Tracks open access across disciplines. | Open Access Network | Useful for monitoring trends. |
| Statistical Office of the EU | Official EU statistics | EU stat | |
| Gothenburg Institute of Quality of Government | Data about corruption and such | University of Gothenburg |