After many years of stimulating exchanges in the Methods and Research Meetings, we are excited to launch their successor: the DReMSS Sessions. This new series builds on the same spirit of methodological exchange and innovation, but with a refreshed format and broader scope.

The Developments in Research and Methods in the Social Sciences (DReMSS) Platform coordinates and showcases research collaborations between the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (SSP) at the University of Lausanne and FORS, the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences. A key empirical strand of this joint research programme is centred around survey methods and methodological innovations linked to quantitative social science data collection and analysis.

The DReMSS Sessions bring together researchers to share cutting-edge methodological developments, tackle survey and data analysis challenges, and learn from leading experts in the field.

Save the date! 

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming DReMSS Survey Surgery session, taking place onsite on Monday 26th of October 2026 from 1 to 2.30 pm, in room 5621 of the Géopolis building.

Theme of this session:
The design of the STRATUS Time Use Survey

Presenters: Caroline Roberts, Marieke Voorpostel & Marc Asensio

Planned discussion points:
-Design challenges related to implementing a time diary study in the Swiss Household Panel (MV)
-Participation and engagement challenges: lessons learned from the 2024 TUS pilot (CR)
-Optimal ways to motivate participation and engagement in diary studies (MA)
-Experiences of colleagues with time use surveys (if you have worked on similar studies, we’d love to hear from you)
-Brainstorming ideas for future session topics

The sessions take one of three formats: