DIGSSCORE
The Digital Social Science Core Facility (DIGSSCORE) at the Department of Government is a hub for advanced survey research, digital data collection, and interdisciplinary social science research. The facility manages the national research infrastructure KODEM and coordinates Norway’s participation in the European research infrastructure the European Social Survey (ESS).
Tuesday Lunch Seminars
DIGSSCORE and the research group Citizens and Democracy at the Department of Government organize a weekly seminar series held in the Corner Room at Rosenberggaten 35 (Sofe Lindstrøms hus). The Tuesday Lunch Seminar takes place every Tuesday from 12:00 to 13:00 during the main periods of the academic semesters and is open to all interested participants. While the seminars are primarily held in person in the Corner Room, they can also be attended digitally. Contact us at digsscore@uib.no if you wish to subscribe to the email list.
Background
DIGSSCORE was established at the University of Bergen in 2016 as a major initiative in digital social science, with financing from the Trond Mohn Research Foundation (TMF). Since then, DIGSSCORE has developed digital infrastructures and panel surveys that enable fast, flexible, and data-driven social science research.
In 2019, the DIGSSCORE environment was awarded responsibility for the Norwegian part of the European Social Survey (ESS), an European Research Infrastructure, with Sveinung Arnesen as the national coordinator for ESS.
From 2025, the DIGSSCORE facility is in charge of the national research infrastrucutre KODEM - Coordinated Online Panels for Research on Democracy and Governance in Norway, with Elisabeth Ivarsflaten as scientific leader of the research infrastructure.
DIGSSCORE as a core facility has offices for several of the people working with KODEM or ESS at the University of Bergen, and is an active professional environment. DIGSSCORE hosts seminars, workshops, and research meetings, serving as an important arena for interdisciplinary collaboration and methodological development in the social sciences.
People
Centre manager
Elisabeth Ivarsflaten Professor
Scientific staff
Åsta Dyrnes Nordø Associate professor, vice head of DIGSSCORE
Sveinung Arnesen National coordinator of ESS, Professor II
Alexander Verdoes Researcher, ESS
Lise Lund Bjånesøy Postdoctoral fellow, INCLUDE
Marta Rekdal Eidheim Postdoctoral fellow, INCLUDE
Anna-Luise Schönheit PhD Candidate, DIGSSCORE
Soran Hajo Dahl PhD Candidate, INCLUDE
Ingrid Kvåle Faleide PhD Candidate, INCLUDE
Magne Oldeide Research assistant, KODEM
Anne Marthe Borgen Research assistant, KODEM
Pernille Lie Research assistant, ESS
Tina Sofie Olsen Research assistant, KODEM
Una Christine Skomedal Nilsen Research assistant, KODEM
Administrative staff
Erla Katrine Løvseth Research coordinator, KODEM
Emilie Kahrs Rosenlund Research data coordinator, KODEM
Gudrun Sylte Head of communication, KODEM
Contact
Visitor address: Sofie Lindstrøms Hus (2nd floor) Rosenbergsgaten 35, 5015 Bergen
- Emails
- digsscore@uib.no