FORS is the Swiss centre of expertise in the social sciences.

We produce survey data for national and international surveys.

We provide tools for the information infrastructure in Switzerland and abroad.

We offer consulting services for social science researchers.

We do thematic and methodological research in empirical social sciences.

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Intensive course on RDM and Open Science in the social sciences

25/11/2024 - 29/11/2024

Elevate your research in today’s data-driven world by gaining critical skills in Research Data Management (RDM) and Open Science.

Join us for the next Methods and Research Meeting

26/11/2024

We welcome Joshua Yang from ETH Zurich.The title of his presentation is “LLM Voting: Human Choices and AI Collective Decision-Making”. The seminar will take place at Géopolis, room 5799, University of Lausanne from 12:15 to 13:30.

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Celebrating 25 Years of Longitudinal Surveys in Switzerland: Call for Papers To celebrate 25 years of longitudinal research in Switzerland, the SHP and TREE are hosting a conference at the University of Lausanne on June 4-5, 2025, and invite paper submissions. Read more	Pre-announcement: MOSAiCH Call 2026 – with a thematic focus on the Role of Government The upcoming MOSAiCH Call 2026 offers researchers a unique opportunity to collect representative data in Switzerland on relevant societal issues at no cost. Read more
The new SWISSUbase Info Website is live Do you use SWISSUbase to share or access data? If you are interested in learning more about the platform, its services, or the teams and institutions behind SWISSUbase, visit our newly launched Info Website. Read more	Final data release of the ISSP 2021 Health and Health Care Module The final version of the ISSP 2021 Health and Health Care II data file offers insights into health attitudes and behaviours from Switzerland and 29 other member countries. Read more