DISSC is Yale’s central hub for advancing data-intensive social science. Whether you’re faculty, staff, or student, we provide you with expert support across the research lifecycle. We can help you acquire data, navigate Yale’s computing environments, manage complex or secure data, and ensure your research is ready for reproducibility.
“By giving me the tools I need, DISSC has allowed me to spend more time focusing on my research.”
Joshua Kalla, Associate Professor of Political Science
What We Offer
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Data Resources
Access high-value datasets—in many areas of social science—plus guidance on discovery, licensing, and acquisition.
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Workshops and Events
Engage in training and workshops focused on emerging methods, AI tools, and best practices in the social sciences.
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Research Support
One-on-one consultations, secure computing, software access, survey design, reproducibility services, and more.
Upcoming Events
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LLMs on Yale's clusters
This workshop will provide researchers interested in LLMs with the skills to launch and run inference-based workflows with open-source models on YCRC.
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Interacting with AI via Python
Would you like to work with an AI large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT or Claude, but not via web interface or desktop applications?
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Collections-Based Teaching: AI Resilient or AI Supported?
This workshop invites participants to think through the goals of an AI-resilient model of collections-based teaching.
Programs
We share data expertise to reduce barriers and improve quality through our programs.
Latest News
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DISSC Data Drive - September 2026
The Yale Data Green, which we introduced last Data Drive, is an expanding resource for data discovery at Yale!
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- In The News
AI Premium
Using 380 trillion tokens of realized AI consumption across more than four hundred LLMs from the licensed proprietary OpenRouter data.
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- Data Drive
DISSC Data Drive - June 2026
This summer, Yale Library is expanding data access for Yale researchers through the Yale Data Green.
Schedule Office Hours
Schedule yours today and we will be in touch quickly to assist you.