Repository CLARIN-D Centre CEDIFOR

CEDIFOR is a digital humanities center providing methodological expertise for research across humanities, social sciences, and education.

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About Repository CLARIN-D Centre CEDIFOR

CEDIFOR (Centrum für Digitale Forschung in den Geistes-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaften) is a digital humanities center founded in 2014. It provides methodological expertise to researchers in the humanities, social sciences and education who want to use computer-based methods, advising and accompanying them in planning and carrying out research tasks and in the sustainable long-term preservation of research data. Its substantive work is largely carried out through pilot projects and associated projects.

The center is supported by Goethe University Frankfurt, TU Darmstadt and the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, and was funded by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research from 1 February 2014 to 31 December 2019. It builds on the experience and infrastructure of the LOEWE Digital Humanities focus area on integrated processing and analysis of text-based corpora (2011–2014). The site is in German.

Key features

  • Methodological advice on computer-based methods for humanities, social science and education research
  • Support in planning and conducting research tasks using computational methods
  • Guidance on sustainable long-term preservation of research data
  • Work with multimodal data arising in humanities research
  • Activities delivered through pilot projects and associated projects
  • Builds on the LOEWE Digital Humanities corpus infrastructure (2011–2014)
Best for: Researchers in the humanities, social sciences and education who need methodological guidance on computer-based methods and on securing their research data.
Good for
  • Supported by Goethe University Frankfurt, TU Darmstadt and the DIPF Leibniz Institute
  • Builds on the experience and infrastructure of the LOEWE Digital Humanities focus area (2011–2014)
  • Lists research projects that have emerged from its work, including minority studies and Content Analytics for the Social Good
Watch out for
  • Site content is in German
  • Federal funding period ran from 2014 to 2019; current funding is not stated
  • No information on pricing, access conditions or geographic eligibility is given

Repository CLARIN-D Centre CEDIFOR at a glance

Website
cedifor.de
Type
Website
Pricing
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Platforms
Web
Open source
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Language
German
Last checked
Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
Listed
Oct 5, 2026

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Repository CLARIN-D Centre CEDIFOR FAQ

Who runs CEDIFOR?
It is supported by Goethe University Frankfurt, TU Darmstadt and the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education in Frankfurt.
When was CEDIFOR founded and how was it funded?
It was founded in 2014 and was funded by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research from 1 February 2014 to 31 December 2019.
How is CEDIFOR's substantive work organized?
Much of it is carried out through pilot projects and associated projects, described in a dedicated section of the site.
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