Abstract: The vast availability of unstructured data presents a significant opportunity for social sciences, yet there is a pressing need for better tools and infrastructure to access and utilize this data effectively. This talk will highlight how the Business and Economic Research Data Infrastructure Program BERD@NFDI is addressing these needs, showcasing achievements and inviting further collaboration within the European social science community. Simultaneously, the fields of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs) require high-quality training data. Social scientists have been collecting valuable data for decades, which can serve as essential benchmarks for advancing NLP and LLM research. By embracing open science, we can bridge the gap between social science and computational research, making this data more accessible and fostering collaboration across disciplines.