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

We support social science research by collecting and providing survey data for Swiss and international research projects, building on our expertise in designing and implementing surveys.

We ensure the long-term archiving and open dissemination of research data, and offer methodological, data management, and technical support.

We foster national and international collaborations and actively promote Open Research Data to encourage data sharing and reuse.

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Events

Data Live: Your monthly Q&A on data management and data sharing

13/11/2025

Do you have questions about managing and sharing your social science research data? We’ve got answers. Every second Thursday of the month from 13:00 to 14:00 online.

Fixed-Effects Panel Modelling in Practice

17/11/2025

Join us for this webinar within the new DReMSS series. Fixed-effects modeling is a powerful tool for estimating within-cluster associations in cross-sectional data and, in particular, within-participant associations in longitudinal data.

Fifth edition of the CNES Seminar Series: “Conducting Immigrant Election Studies: Insights from the Field”

25/11/2025

The CNES Seminar Series casts a spotlight on different National Election Studies that share their experiences in designing and conducting election studies. Register now for this event.

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News

FORS launches new visual Identity We are pleased to launch our modernised visual identity, which reflects our evolution and aligns with our activities and ongoing development. Read more	FORS Expertise in Data Collection and Methodology From questionnaire design to data analysis, FORS offers comprehensive methodological support for your surveys. Contact us to discuss your needs and request an offer. Read more
FORS joins SENPro SENPro (Swiss EOSC Node Prototype) aims to assess and prototype a national interdisciplinary node of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), enabling Switzerland to better connect its research data infrastructures to the European Open Science ecosystem. Read more	Publication of the Final Data Release of ISSP 2022 Family and Changing Gender Roles V Final 2022 Family and Changing Gender Roles V data released, and call for abstracts for the 4th ISSP User Conference (Nov 24, 2025). Submission deadline: October 20, 2025. Read more