The method
What is data donation?
Data donation allows researchers to collect digital traces by asking participants to donate their own data. Interested?
Learn how it works →Open infrastructure for data donation research
Digital trace data, donated by the people it belongs to
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For researchers
Prepare a study
Guidance for preparing your study from design to ethics to FAIR practices.
How to run a study →
Open source
Free, open-source software
Free, open-source tools that collect donated data right in the participant's browser.
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Welcome our new research engineer, Erik van Haeringen
July 14, 2026
Erik van Haeringen joins D3I as a research engineer and postdoctoral researcher, focusing on platform development and supporting digital trace data research.
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Meet our new community manager, Dachi Shanidze
July 14, 2026
Dachi Shanidze joins D3I and TDCC RIGHTS as community manager, supporting project operations, administration, communication, and events.
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LISS Panel Grant 2026: One grant reserved for data donation research
July 14, 2026
The ODISSEI 2026 LISS Panel Grant call is open until 24 September 2026. Six grants are available, including one for data donation research using the representative LISS panel. Researchers from ODISSEI member organisations can apply for free panel time to collect data or run experiments in 2027.
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Build your data donation study with our new Script Builder
July 14, 2026
The new Port Script Builder helps researchers quickly create tailored Python scripts for local data processing. Select your platform and the data you want to collect, and generate a study-specific script through an easy-to-use interface.
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