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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01/07/2020 - 02/07/2020

The next Panel Survey Methods Workshop will be hosted by FORS at the University of Lausanne on Wednesday July 1st and Thursday July 2nd, 2020.

The MOSAiCH call 2021 relating to the ISSP module ‘Health II’ is out now ! We hereby invite scholars to propose questions for the follow-up survey administered after the ISSP 2021 module on “Health II”. Read more	Caroline Roberts elected as Chair of the ESS ERIC Methods Advisory Board We are delighted to announce that Caroline Roberts (University of Lausanne and FORS) has been elected as Chair of the ESS ERIC Methods Advisory Board. Read more
New FORS Working Paper available Effects of topic distribution and topic importance on interest and follow-up response Authors: Oliver Lipps and Alexandre Pollien (FORS) Read more	ESS Round 9 data now available Data included in this initial release was collected during late 2018 and early 2019 in 19 countries, including Switzerland. Survey data collected in this round includes two rotating modules: on the timing of life events and a new module on justice and fairness, in the context of respondents’ income. Read more