Advanced skills for research data management and open science in the social sciences
Elevate your research in today’s data-driven world by gaining critical skills in Research Data Management (RDM) and Open Science. This program, led by experts from the Università della Svizzera italiana, the University of Lausanne and FORS, offers two options to fit your needs:
On-campus: Immerse yourself in a dynamic learning environment (25th-29th November 2024, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano).
Online: Participate from anywhere with flexibility (26th-30th August 2024 & 9th September 2024 [am only]).
Gain the knowledge and tools to:
- Manage your research data effectively throughout its lifecycle.
- Understand and apply FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) for data quality and sharing.
- Develop a robust Data Management Plan (DMP) tailored to your research project.
- Navigate data ethics and privacy considerations to ensure responsible research practices.
- Implement data security measures and explore long-term storage solutions.
- Leverage data sharing and open science practices to maximise research impact and collaboration.
- Foster reproducible research through best practices in data documentation and citation.
This immersive experience goes beyond theory, providing practical exercises and workshops to directly apply your learnings to your ongoing research. Bring your own data (or research ideas) and actively engage with instructors and peers (on-campus) or fellow online participants.
Gain a competitive edge by enhancing your research efficiency, publication potential, and collaboration skills.
Course Fee: CHF 500 (same for both formats)
Limited Spots Available!
More information and registration
Elevate your research in today’s data-driven world by gaining critical skills in Research Data Management (RDM) and Open Science.
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Am 4. & 5. September 2024 findet das 10. Schweizer Methodenfestival für qualitative Forschungsmethoden in St. Gallen statt. In insgesamt 15 Forschungsateliers können sich Interessierte über den aktuellen Stand verschiedener Methoden informieren und ihre Fragen sowie teilweise auch ihre eigenen Projekte mit ausgewiesenen Expertinnen und Experten diskutieren.
Am Methodenfestival sind qualitative Sozialforschende aus der Schweiz als auch aus dem Ausland willkommen.
Programm und weitere Informationen:
https://qualitative-research.ch/10-schweizer-methodenfestival/
Anmeldung: ab 13. April 2024 um 12.00 Uhr (first come first serve)
Anmeldungsschluss: 1. Mai 2024 (Mitternacht)
In 15 Ateliers können sich Interessierte über den aktuellen Stand verschiedener Methoden informieren und Fragen sowie ihre eigenen Projekte mit Expertinnen und Experten diskutieren.
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Save the dates for the next FORS Lunch Seminars: 24 September, 8 October, and 29 October 2024.
Join our AI Lunch Seminar Series, which Bojana Tasic, the Head of the Infrastructure and Development Unit at FORS, will give.
FORS is excited to announce a series of engaging and informative lunch seminars on Artificial Intelligence designed to help you navigate and understand the dynamic AI landscape. Mark your calendars for three insightful sessions, each offering valuable knowledge and practical information. These seminars will occur from 12:45 to 13:45 in Room 5621, Geopolis building. Please register if you want to follow this event:
https://newsletter.forscenter.ch/newsletter/index.php/lists/jn860qfjswd2a/subscribe
(If the room is too small for the number of registrations, we will provide you with a new room as soon as possible)
Workshop 1: AI Ecosystem
Date: 24 September (12:45 to 13:45, Room 5621, Geopolis building)
In our first seminar, we will dive into the AI ecosystem, exploring the rich history and development of AI. We will cover:
– The journey of AI: From its beginnings to its current trajectory
– Fundamentals of Machine Learning: Generating insights from data, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and reinforcement learning
– Deep Learning and Neural Networks: Understanding artificial neural networks, the workflow and layers of a neural network, and the applications of deep neural networks, including Generative AI like ChatGPT
Workshop 2: Working with AI and Practical Tools
Date: 8 October (12:45 to 13:45, Room 5621, Geopolis building)
The second seminar focuses on hands-on applications and practical tools for working with AI. We will explore:
– Effective prompt engineering
– Utilizing useful AI tools for various applications
– Enhancing productivity and innovation through AI-driven solutions
Workshop 3: Legal and Ethical Framework of AI
Date: 29 October (12:45 to 13:45, Room 5621, Geopolis building)
In our final seminar, we will address the critical legal and ethical considerations surrounding AI. Key topics include:
– The three major pitfalls of AI: Privacy, Explainability, and Bias
– Ethical dilemmas: The Trolley Problem and other ethical challenges
– Legal implications: Navigating the complex legal landscape of AI
– Ethical considerations in practice: Algorithmic bias, face recognition, and the ethical use of neural networks for creating deepfakes
These seminars are designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of AI and its implications in today’s world. Whether you’re seeking to enhance your professional knowledge or an enthusiast eager to explore the world of AI, our workshops offer valuable insights for everyone.
For more information, please visit our website FORS Lunch seminars | FORS (forscenter.ch)
Save the dates for the FORS Lunch Seminars on AI: 24 September, 8 October, and 29 October 2024 (12:45-13:45pm, Room 5612 Géopolis). Bojana Tasic, Head of the Infrastructure and Development Unit at FORS, will lead these sessions.
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The conference takes place on October 7 to 9, 2024 at Villa Vigoni, Italy.
The theme of this year’s conference is
Fears, Worries and Anxieties in Contemporary Europe. Is there a societal climate change and what are the consequences for quality of life?
The deadline for the call for papers has passed. Information on this year’s conference can be found here: https://forscenter.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/call-for-papers_villavigoni-conference_2024.pdf
Conference committee: Jeroen Boelhouwer (SCP, The Hague), Peter Farago (formerly FORS, Lausanne), Laura Kestilä, (National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsiniki), Tadas Leončikas (Eurofound, Dublin), Heinz-Herbert Noll (formerly GESIS, Mannheim), Christian Suter (University Neuchâtel), István György Tóth (TARKI, Budapest).
For information on previous conferences see: https://www.tarki.hu/villa-vigoni-conferences.
Supporting institutions:
The theme of the 18th Conference “Social Monitoring and Reporting in Europe” (October 7-9, 2024) is “Fears, Worries and Anxieties in Contemporary Europe. Is there a societal climate change and what are the consequences for quality of life?”.
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Past events
After a successful 2023 edition, we are happy to publish the 28th Summer School programme.
The Summer School in Social Science Methods has been conceived for those who feel the need to refresh, deepen and widen their methodological knowledge and skills, whatever their professional situation: student, researcher or practitioner.
We are looking forward to welcoming you for two weeks of learning in August at the beautiful campus of Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano!
FORS is happy to be present at the 28th Summer School in Social Science Methods in Lugano. Check out the programme.
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The next SHP workshop will take place in Lausanne between June 4th and June 7th, 2024.
On June 4th, 2024, the SHP-team will give an introduction to the Swiss Household Panel study and data management with SPSS. We will present the structure of the SHP and the organization of the SHP data files. In hands-on sessions, we will construct several data files that will help analyze SHP data.
Participation in this workshop is free of charge.
Between June 5th and 7th, 2024, Prof. Matthias Studer, Prof. Emer. Gilbert Ritschard and Dr. Kevin Emery from the University of Geneva will give a course on sequence data analysis. Participation in this workshop costs 250.- CHF.
You will find more information and the prerequisites here.
The registration is now closed.
The Swiss Household Panel (SHP) workshop will take place in Lausanne from the 4th to the 7th of June 2024.
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Dear all,
We are pleased to invite you to the next Methods and Research Meeting organized by FORS and SSP/UNIL. It will take place in room 5779 at Géopolis building, University of Lausanne on Tuesday 28th May 2024 from 12:15 to 13:30.
We welcome Thomas Louail, CNRS researcher in computational social science.
He will give a presentation on the following topic:
Unveiling social desirability scales by comparing individuals’ responses to an online survey with their streaming history data
Abstract
I will try to show how the combination of observational and declarative data, when collected for the same people, may be leveraged to unveil social desirability scales.
In the framework of RECORDS, a collaborative project involving the CNRS and Deezer — one of the major music streaming platform in France — we have collected and combined the detailed streaming history data of about 10k French individuals, with their responses to an online survey about their music preferences and listening practices. We use these mixed data to build exploratory indicators, that aim to measure the gap between the preferences people declared in the survey with the music they streamed during the reference period covered by the survey.
More specifically, we focus on two different levels of music description. First, we perform the analysis at the level of music genres, ill-defined categories that are nevertheless used in most of the quantitative studies in sociology of culture. We focus on genres traditionally considered as ‘highbrow’ (classical music and jazz) and ‘lowbrow’ (hip-hop and dance) due to the social attributes of people who prefer them. We test if this highbrow-lowbrow scale can be retrieved through the sole comparison of what people declare in the survey and what they stream, let aside their social attributes. We then reproduce the analysis at the level of artists (precisely-defined categories) for about a hundred artists considered typical of these genres. We show that while respondents tend, at an aggregated level, to stream what they declared, at the individual level there is a tendency to over-declare musical content that is (i) mostly consumed by higher-status individuals ; (ii) considered as quality-content by both professional and amateur critics.
Presenter
Thomas Louail is a CNRS researcher in computational social science. He currently leads the RECORDS project, which focuses on the listening practices and music preferences of streaming platform users.
We look forward to this presentation.
The organizing committee:
Jacques-Antoine Gauthier
Oliver Lipps
Davide Morselli
Stephanie Steinmetz
https://forscenter.ch/events-training/methods-and-research-meetings/
We welcome Thomas Louail, CNRS researcher in computational social science. The title of his presentation is “Unveiling social desirability scales by comparing individuals’ responses to an online survey with their streaming history data”. The seminar will take place at Géopolis, room 5799, University of Lausanne from 12:15 to 13:30.
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The next FORS Lunch Seminar will take place on Tuesday, May 14,2024 from 12:45 to 13:45 in Room 5621 (Géopolis).
Pedro Araujo PhD, Senior Researcher at FORS will present the following research:
From dynastic families to transnational top managers: Transformation of power structures within the Swiss business elite (1890-2020)
Over the course of the 20th century, the Swiss business elite underwent profound structural change. Once dominated by familial dynasties perpetuating control, the firms where these individuals operate have transitioned from locally anchored family businesses to global corporations managed by transnational managers with no ties to the founding families. Traditional national institutions of selection and recruitment, such as apprenticeships and military service, have eroded. Executives progressively distanced themselves from other realms of influence, particularly the political sphere, and became increasingly international.
The presentation delves into these transformative shifts by scrutinizing the careers of executives across key economic sectors in the three Swiss largest cities, namely Basel, Geneva, and Zurich, at seven benchmark years (1890, 1910, 1937, 1957, 1980, 2000, and 2020). It will address how the selection of individuals at positions of power has changed within the Swiss economic sphere during the analyzed historical period. The results presented are part of a larger 4-year research project (SNSF Sinergia), conducted between 2020 and 2024.
There will be coffee and tea as well as a little dessert. Please bring your cup and join us a few minutes before the start of the seminar to get your drink!
To stay up to date concerning the FORS Lunch Seminars, check our website: https://forscenter.ch/events-training/fors-lunch-seminars/
Join us at Géopolis for this lunch seminar with Pedro Araujo PhD, Senior Researcher at FORS
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Les Enquêtes fédérales auprès de la jeunesse ch-x sont une institution du Département fédéral de la défense, de la protection de la population et des sports (DDPS). Depuis 1971, elles renseignent sur la situation des jeunes adultes en Suisse dans les domaines suivants:
- Éducation, formation et entrée dans la vie professionnelle
- Valeurs, objectifs de vie, conditions de vie en général ainsi que positionnement et compétences politiques
- Santé et sport
Les ch-x réalisent chaque année des enquêtes représentatives auprès de jeunes adultes des deux genres dans toute la Suisse. Ces enquêtes sont généralement menées par des instituts universitaires. Elles s’étendent sur un cycle de deux ans et couvrent tous les jeunes conscrits du pays (majoritairement âgés de 19 ans) ainsi qu’un important échantillon de femmes (environ 12 000 par année) non soumises à l’obligation de servir et également âgées de 19 ans, ce qui représente jusqu’à 40 000 personnes par an.
Pour l’enquête 2026/2027, les ch-x sont à la recherche d’un chercheur/d’une chercheuse qui réalisera le projet sur la base d’un concept qu’il/elle aura développé dans le cadre des directives ch-x.
Délai: 15 avril 2024
Pour l’enquête 2026/2027, les ch-x sont à la recherche d’un chercheur/d’une chercheuse qui réalisera le projet sur la base d’un concept qu’il/elle aura développé dans le cadre des directives ch-x.
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We are delighted to inform you about a series of dedicated sessions scheduled for the Love Data Week Switzerland, taking place from the 12th to the 16th of February 2024.
In the Love Data Week Switzerland, we are eager to highlight specific workshops that offer valuable insights into data management practices. These sessions are meticulously curated to address the needs of researchers seeking to enhance their understanding of data publication and sharing.
All talks: https://www.zhbluzern.ch/love-data-week
Tuesday, 13 February
How to Publish Data on the Language Repository of Switzerland (LaRS)
09:30 – 10:00 CET
Zoom, Talk in English
This event introduces the Language Repository of Switzerland (LaRS), powered by SWISSUbase. It is aimed at researchers in the field of Linguistics who would like to learn in a short tutorial how to publish their data on the repository in a few simple steps.
-Stefanie Strebel, University of Zurich
Wednesday, 14 February
Publier ses données de recherche sur SWISSUbase en 15 minutes
12:30 – 12:45 CET
Teams, Workshop in French
Destiné aux chercheur.euse de l’Université de Lausanne et de l’Université de Neuchâtel, cet atelier propose une démonstration en ligne du processus de dépôt de données dans SWISSUbase. En fin de démonstration, un temps sera consacré aux questions/réponses.
-Carmen Jambé / Quentin Gallis, Université de Lausanne / Université de Neuchâtel
Sharing social science research data via SWISSUbase
14:00 – 14:30 CET
Zoom, Workshop in English
You love your social science data and plan to share them with researchers but don’t know exactly how that works? Do you want to learn more about sharing sensitive data? Do you have other questions about sharing your social science research data? If so, our mini-workshop is for you. In this mini-workshop, we will give an overview of the services FORS offers and then provide you with a short demonstration of how to deposit social science data via SWISSUbase. In the second part, you will get the chance to ask questions related to sharing your own data and get hands-on advice. If you want to get familiar with SWISSUbase for social science data before, we recommend you watch this video.
-Meret Hildebrandt / Marielle Kappeler / Marieke Heers (FORS
Thursday, 15 February
Discover DataGo: a tool for assessing the shareability of personal and sensitive data
9:30 – 9:45 CET
Zoom (Passcode: 67874682), Workshop in English
DataGo is a new tool for assessing the shareability of personal and sensitive data through an archive. The presentation is targeting social science researchers who have already collected their data as well as anyone involved in the provision of data management support (i.e. data stewards, data librarians, research consultants).
-Pablo Diaz / Alexandra Stam (University of Lausanne / FORS)
International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) and 3D
10:00 – 10:45 CET
Zoom, Talk in English
The use of open standards removes unnecessary barriers and allows for interoperability. IIIF is a set of open standards for delivering digital objects such as images, audios, videos, and 3D data. In this talk I will present the advantages of the IIIF standard and the attempts to define a IIIF standard for 3D objects.
-Rita Gautschy (DaSCH)
We are delighted to inform you about a series of dedicated sessions scheduled for the Love Data Week Switzerland. Join them online for free.
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The next SSP-FORS Methods and Research Seminar will take place on Tuesday 30th of January 2024 (room 5799 Geopolis 12:15 to 13:30).
Florian Keusch from the University of Mannheim,will give a presentation on the following topic:
Quality of Digital Behavioral Data
Digital behavioral data that stem from people’s interactions with online systems such as web sites, apps, and wearables are increasingly used in the social sciences to supplement or even substitute traditional survey data. While the hope is that these new type of data provides more detailed information that is less influendes by human social-psychological mechanisms involved in self-reporting, there is still little systematic researcher on their error properties. In this talk, I will present the results of a recent experimental study in Germany that explores the data quality of digital behavioral data from web trackers, apps, and data donation vis a vis survey self-reports.
Florian Keusch is Professor of Social Data Science and Methodology in the Sociology Department, School of Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim, and Adjunct Research Professor in the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland. He studies the quality of digital behavioral data from wearbales, apps, and sensors and how they can complement survey data to better measure attitudes, behaviors, and social interactions.
We look forward to your participation.
The organizing committee:
Jacques-Antoine Gauthier
Oliver Lipps
Davide Morselli
Stephanie Steinmetz
https://forscenter.ch/events-training/methods-and-research-meetings/
Professor Florian Keusch from the University of Mannheim will give a presentation on the Quality of Digital Behavioral Data.
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Are you involved in the provision of data management support to social science researchers in Swiss research institutions? Do researchers ask you for advice on how to comply with open data requirements? Are you dealing with questions such as:
- “Do my research materials include personal data?”
- “Can research materials including personal data be shared with other researchers or for teaching?”
- “What are the conditions for sharing research materials including personal data in a data repository?”
- “What are the different options for complying with open data requirements?”
Format: Presentations by FORS and Unil staff members + Q&A sessions
Audience: Support staff, data stewards, librarians, research consultants, anyone involved in the provision of data management support
During this half-day event, the FORS data management support team, in collaboration with the research office of the University of Lausanne, will provide you with practical guidance on how to assess the shareability of research data, including personal and sensitive data, both quantitative and qualitative. The focus of the workshop will be on data that have already been collected, and which are intended to be shared in a data repository, such as SWISSUbase.
Detailed information and registration: https://forscenter.ch/sharing-personal-data-through-a-data-repository/
Are you involved in the provision of data management support to social science researchers in Swiss research institutions? Then register for this free online workshop.
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The CNES Seminar Series casts a spotlight on different National Election Studies that share their experiences in designing and conducting election studies.
Participation is free and open to everyone interested in the practices and methodological aspects of electoral research.
First edition: Implementing mixed-mode surveys
14 November 2023
15:30-17:00 (Central European time, GMT +1)
PROGRAMME
Chair: Eva Heiða Önnudóttir, Icelandic National Election Study (ICENES)
15:30-15:40 | Welcome (Eva Heiða Önnudóttir) |
Åsa von Schoultz, Finnish National Election Study (FNES); Chair of CNES | |
Introduction to CNES | |
15:40-16:00 | Kasper Møller Hansen, Danish National Election Study (DNES) |
Fighting falling response rates. Mixed-mode, incentives, and response time | |
16:00-16:20 | Mikołaj Cześnik, Polish National Election Study (PNES) |
Field research in a rapidly changing social reality – experiences from Poland | |
16:20-17:00 | Discussion and Q&A |
Participation is free but registration is mandatory. The deadline for registration was October 31, 2023.
Howerer you can still register here.
Further information on CNES: https://www.cnes.community/
The CNES Seminar Series casts a spotlight on different National Election Studies that share their experiences in designing and conducting election studies. Free online event.
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: ISSP USER CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT
The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is delighted to announce its second ISSP User Conference, scheduled to be held online on December 4, 2023, and focusing on the topic of Environment. The Call for Abstracts is currently open, with a submission deadline set for October 20, 2023.
Access the call here: Call-for-Abstracts_ISSP-User-Conference.pdf.
For more information about the ISSP, please visit: www.issp.org
The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is delighted to announce its second ISSP User Conference, scheduled for December 4, 2023 around the topic of Environment. Submit your abstract till October 20, 2023.
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The 12th International Conference of Panel Data Users in Switzerland will take place on June 14-15, 2023 at the University of Lausanne.
This edition will include thematic sessions covering a wide variety of topics, such as health and well-being, education and labour market, families, gender, ethnic minorities and migration, politics and attitudes, survey methodology, and longitudinal methods. The program also includes a session on TREE data and one on health literacy using SHARE data.
Consult the scientific programme: https://forscenter.ch/12th-international-conference-of-panel-data-users-in-switzerland/
The registrations are now closed.
This edition includes sessions covering topics, such as health and well-being, education and labour market, families, gender, ethnic minorities and migration, politics and attitudes, survey methodology, and longitudinal methods.
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On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the law on advance directives (ADs) in the Swiss Civil Code (2013), the Advance Care Planning (ACP) Dialogue Workshop aims to examine the development, implementation, and use of ACP and ADs in Switzerland over the last ten years by adopting a public health approach. Academic experts from different fields (e.g., medicine, ethics, sociology, psychology, law, economics), professionals involved in ACP promotion and completion, and policy and public health stakeholders are invited to engage in a multidisciplinary exchange of views on the uptake of ACP and ADs in Switzerland, as well as their vision for the future. The workshop will result in a multidisciplinary, holistic, and multilevel picture of the past and current situation of ACP and ADs in Switzerland and the related challenges and recommendations for the future advancement of ACP practice and research. We organize the ACP Dialogue Workshop in collaboration with ACP-Swiss.
Workshop program
Concept
Register for the workshop
This is a public event but the number of places available is limited. Attendees are, therefore, asked to register for the event here:
10 years of advance directives in Switzerland: an interdisciplinary public health perspective on advance care planning
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Dear colleagues,
The next FORS Lunch Seminar will take place on Tuesday, March 14, from 12:45 to 13:45 in Room 5899.
During the seminar the winners of the FORS Data Re-use Award 2022 Rita Schmutz (first prize) and Mengling Cheng (second prize) will present their work and receive their awards.
Rita Schmutz (LIVES, University of Lausanne) will present the following project:
Inequality of Educational Opportunity in Switzerland: Exploring Regional Differences and Institutional Factors
Abstract
This study provides estimates of inequality of educational opportunity (IEOp) in compulsory education in Switzerland using the 2016 Swiss large-scale assessments of basic competencies (ÜGK – COFO – VeCoF) dataset. IEOp measures the share of inequality in the distribution of educational performance that can only be attributed to students’ characteristics beyond their control (circumstances), such as their family socioeconomic status (SES), parental education, gender, and immigrant status. By employing a parametric ex-ante estimation approach, I estimate that IEOp in Switzerland is 21%, with considerable heterogeneity across cantons and the German-speaking region showing higher levels of unfair educational inequalities. The IEOp estimates are decomposed to identify the contributions of different circumstances and to develop a better understanding of the observed inequality. Socioeconomic status, parental education, and occupation are the most relevant circumstances in most cantons. Inequality of educational opportunity is associated with the institutional structure of cantonal education systems. Educational inputs in primary school explained most of the cross-canton variation in IEOp, followed by the level of stratification in secondary school.
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Mengling Cheng (LIVES, University of Lausanne) will present the following project:
Evolution of the income-related gap in health with old age: Evidence from 20 countries in European and Chinese panel datasets
(joint work with Nicolas Sommet, Daniela Jopp and Dario Spini)
Abstract
Background: Some studies show that the protective effect of higher income on health weakens with old age (the age-as-leveler pattern), whereas others show that it strengthens with old age (the cumulative advantage/disadvantage pattern). Existing studies are limited in that they use single-country and/or single-timepoint designs. To overcome these limitations, we used cross-national and longitudinal data to clarify how the income-related gap in health evolves with old age.
Methods: We used the longest-running European and Chinese panel datasets, namely, SHARE (2004-2019, 73,407 European participants from 19 countries) and CHARLS (2011-2018, 10,067 Chinese participants). We operationalised health using multimorbidity and three alternative indicators (functional disability, mobility disability, and memory). We performed Poisson growth curve modeling to capture the between-participant effects of age and the within-participant effects of aging.
Results: We obtained three consistent findings for both Europe (the effect was observed in most countries) and China. First, the protective effect of higher income on multimorbidity, functional disability, and mobility disability was weaker for older than for younger adults (between-participant age-as-leveler effects). Second, only the protective effect of higher income on mobility disability weakened over the later life course (within-participant age-as-leveler effects). Third, the protective effect of higher income on memory was stronger for older than for younger adults and strengthened over the later life course of the individual (both between-participant and within-participant cumulative advantage/disadvantage effects).
Conclusion: Our results suggest that the income-related gap in physical health (i.e., multimorbidity, functional disability, and mobility disability)—but not in cognitive health (i.e., memory)—narrows in old age for both Europe and China.
There will be coffee and tea as well as a little dessert. Please bring your cup and join us a few minutes before the start of the seminar to get your drink!
Presentations of the projects of the winners, notably Rita Schmutz (LIVES, University of Lausanne) and Mengling Cheng (LIVES, University of Lausanne)
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Register for the free online webinar
Introduction to LaRS-SWISSUbase for the Linguistics Community”, that takes place on February 14, 2023 from 15:00-16:00 (CET).
In this webinar, you will learn about the SWISSUbase archiving platform for the linguistics community and the services provided to researchers including data curation, archiving and publishing of your linguistics data.
The session will include a demonstration of the platform and time for questions and answers.
https://newsletter.forscenter.ch/newsletter/index.php/lists/bl638lk4r7ce7/subscribe
Register now for this free online webinar that explains how you can deposit and share your research data in linguistics.
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The meeting will take place on Tuesday January, 31, 2023, Room 5799, Géopolis, UNIL, 12:15-13:30.
Who is minding the children? Gender equity in the first two years of the Pandemic
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CAS en Data Stewardship
FORS participe avec d’autres partenaires à la mise en place d’un nouveau CAS en Data Stewardship, dans le cadre du projet SwissDS-ENV mené par l’UNIL et financé par swissuniversities (2023-2024).
Ce CAS a pour objectif de contribuer à professionnaliser les Data Stewards, à former des expert.e.s en gestion des données de recherche, et à renforcer leurs compétences. FORS assumera notamment la conception du module Sciences Sociales.
Pour plus d’informations : https://unil.ch/swissds-env/
Methods and research meetings
The methods and research meetings offer researchers a plattform to present and discuss their substantive or methodological research raising interesting methodological questions or coming up with new methodological approaches.
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Check out the current programm and past meetings.
FORS Lunch seminar
The FORS lunch seminars are held to foster scholarly exchange between FORS researchers and related researchers to profit from their diverse scientific and cultural backgrounds. Occasionnally researchers from outside of FORS are invited to present their research findings. Currently, all meetings are held online.
Summer School in Social Science Methods
Established in 1997, the Swiss Summer School is open to all who need to use Social Science methods, both quantitative and qualitative, for their work. It has been conceived for those who feel the need to refresh, deepen and widen their methodological knowledge and skills, whatever their professional situation: student, researcher or practitioner.
- The 28th edition of the Summer School will take place in August (9-23, 2024): Programme
FORS Data management webinar series
Does your research involve data collection in a social science discipline or involve human participants? Do you want to learn more about key data management practices throughout the research process?
Check out the videos and presentation slides of the following domains:
- Data management planning
- Data protection
- Data security
- Archiving and data sharing
- Informed consent
- Data documentation
- Quantitative data anonymisation
- Qualitative data anonymisation