Events

28th Summer School in Social Science Methods

09/08/2024 - 23/08/2024

The programme of the 28th Summer School in Social Science Methods in Lugano is out now and the registration is open.

Conference “Social Monitoring and Reporting in Europe”, Villa Vigoni, Italy

07/10/2024 - 09/10/2024

The theme of the 18th Conference “Social Monitoring and Reporting in Europe” (October 7-9, 2024) is “Fears, Worries and Anxieties in Contemporary Europe. Is there a societal climate change and what are the consequences for quality of life?”.

News

The results of the Selects study on the 2023 Swiss Federal elections have just been published

The Swiss Election Study Selects has been investigating turnout and electoral behaviour in federal elections since 1995.

Round 11 ESS data now available

The survey data collected in the latest round of the European Social Survey (ESS) is now available for 13 countries, including Switzerland.

FORS Data Re-use Award

Are you currently working with social science data you got from FORS? Or are you planning to do so in the next few months? Then consider submitting your paper to the FORS Data Re-use Award and get the chance to win up to 1’000 CHF.

Driving Open Science forward: Switzerland founds the SSHOC-CH open cluster

FORS is pleased to be part of the founding assembly and announces the appointment of Georg Lutz, Director of FORS, to the position of President within SSHOC-CH.