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Next presentation of the FORS-SSP Methods and Research Meetings with Dr. Sandra Penic

26/02/2019

Pluralistic memories as a resource for conflict transformation? A mixed-methods approach In societies affected by protracted conflicts, collective experiences of violence are typically complex and multi-layered. This complexity, however, can be hidden in […]

Honorary lesson by Professor Dominique Joye

14/03/2019

Professor Dominique Joye, first Associate Professor and then Ordinary Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lausanne and former member of the FORS Foundation and the […]

20 years of the Swiss Household Panel in 2019

05/06/2019 - 07/06/2019

10th International Conference of Panel Data Users in Switzerland: 20 years of the Swiss Household Panel The special anniversary edition of the International Conference of Panel Data Users will inclucde […]

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Honorary lesson by Professor Dominique Joye on “data and society” Professor Dominique Joye, first Associate Professor and then Ordinary Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lausanne and former member of the FORS Foundation and the […] Read more	The MOSAiCH-ISSP call 2020 relating to the ISSP module ‘Environment IV’ is out now! MOSAiCH 2020 – Call for question contributions We hereby invite scholars to propose questions for the follow-up survey administered after the ISSP 2020 module on “Environment”. Proposals will be selected […] Read more
Register now for the 2019 Swiss Summer School in Social Science Methods This is to announce that the programme of the 2019 Swiss Summer School in Social Science Methods has been published and on-line registration is now open. Go to https://forscenter.ch/summerschool for […] Read more	New cloud-based infrastructure A new cloud-based infrastructure to make data, tools and training available for scholars in the social sciences and humanities SSHOC pools together Research Infrastructural excellence from the Social Sciences & […] Read more