Trond Pedersen

NSD - Norwegian Centre for Research Data

NSD is a national archive and center for research data. NSD is a tool for research and offers services which aim to free up resources and capacity for research, thus improving opportunities for empirical research. NSD's core value is that research data is a collective good that should be shared. The principle of open access, equal treatment and sharing of research data has guided our activities since our start in 1971. Our goal is to give researchers access to data without major legal, economic or practical obstacles. NSD has one of the largest professional communities in Europe with competency in the field of personal data protection in research. We assess whether research project which will process personal data meet the requirements of data protection legislation, and offer guidance and courses on personal data protection, for researchers and students. NSD is a Norwegian service provider in CESSDA ERIC. NSD's archive is a certified "Trusted Digital Repository". We follow the international FAIR principles for research data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable. NSD is a corporation owned by the Ministry of Education and Research.