Data Infrastructure
The Data Infrastructure Network is interested in broadly addressing issues and themes related to creating datasets for social science history, large and small, and the infrastructure required to support them. We intend to cast a wide net when discussing “data infrastructure,” and topics of interest may include: technology, data capture, sustainability, findability, interoperability, metadata, funding, methodology, collaboration, harmonization, data linkage, and builders of the data. The Data Infrastructure Network is happy to co-sponsor relevant data-intensive sessions with other SSHA Networks, including Economics, Family History and Demography, and Historical Geography and GIS networks, and others.
2025 Sessions
- Using Data and Language Models
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New Opportunities for British, Irish and Empire Social Historical Research
- AI Impact on Data Infrastructure
- IPUMS Full Count/MLP Workshop
- Digitizing Analog History
- Building Data Infrastructure
- Linking and Data Quality
Planning 2026 Sessions
Data Infrastructure Network 2025 meeting attendees began brainstorming topics/themes and potential contributors for SSHA 2026 sessions. The planning spreadsheet is available to view here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yAhI-Zrrw9LIMx8wfuRSRbS9Naqafvh6TwEfwRcfmTc/edit?gid=147931214#gid=147931214. The network reps invite your contributions and are available to assist with creating a session or submitting a paper.
2026 SSHA Call for Papers: https://ssha.org/conference/call-for-papers/
Please contact the Data Infrastructure Network co-chairs if you have questions, comments, or are interested in submitting a paper or panel for the conference or serving as a chair or discussant.