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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Save the date for the next FORS Lunch seminar

08/03/2022

Marieke Voorpostel from FORS will present findings from the Wellways-project: Evénements et transitions critiques dans le domaine de la famille et de l’emploi et le bienêtre dans ses multiples dimensions.

Submit your idea now for the 2nd Swiss Open Research Data Hackathon

03/05/2022 - 05/05/2022

Developers, students, academics and service providers from Switzerland and beyond are invited to connect on ideas, projects and tools in this three-day hackathon. Submit your ideas no later than April 14, 2022.

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Check out our latest FORS Guides on survey methods & data management The latest FORS Guides, written by experts, discuss the legal considerations for research in Switzerland, replication in the social sciences and representativeness of surveys and its analysis. Read more	Submit your ideas now for the 2nd Swiss Open Research Data Hackathon (03.-05.05.2022) Is there a problem you face with research data that you could solve with a tool? Then submit your idea now and hack it at the 2nd Swiss Open Research Data Hackathon. Read more
The MOSAiCH call relating to the ISSP module ‘National Identity and Citizenship’ is out now! We invite scholars to propose questions for the follow-up survey administered after the ISSP 2023 module on “National Identity and Citizenship”. Deadline 25.04.2022. Read more	Support us with the implementation of the Generation and Gender Program in Switzerland Help us by signing a support letter to show that this program is relevant to the whole Swiss research community. Read more