Projects

Following each federal vote, VOTO examines the reasons why Swiss voters participated in popular votes at the federal level and explains their voting decisions. Funded by the Swiss Federal [...]

The European Social Survey (ESS) is a cross-national survey that has been conducted every two years since 2002 in more than 30 European and several neighbouring countries. The ESS measures […]

MOSAiCH is a cross-sectional survey that focuses on the Swiss population’s values and attitudes toward a wide range of social issues. It was initiated in 2005 and is conducted every […]

The European Values Study is a large-scale, cross-national and longitudinal survey research programme on basic human values. It provides insights into the thinking, beliefs, preferences, [...]

SHARE is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database of microdata on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of more than 120,000 individuals aged 50 and over in [...]

FORS won the open tender by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports to conduct the 2016-17 Swiss Federal Surveys of Adolescents (ch-x), which focuses on the […]

As a member of CESSDA (Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives), which was granted the status of a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) in 2013, FORS is involved in […]

SERISS brings together three research infrastructures in the social sciences: the European Social Survey (ESS), the Survey for Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Consortium of [...]

Many research institutions in Switzerland are confronted with the challenges of managing research data and ensuring long-term preservation and accessibility, but do not have the tools nor the [...]

linkhub.ch supports data linkage in the fields of social sciences and medicine to deliver relevant knowledge for society. It aims to provide an environment that allows a better use of the […]