We are pleased to announce the release of our updated search tool, designed to provide a detailed overview of the available SHP questions and variables.
We are pleased to announce that the beta-version of wave 25 of the Swiss Household Panel has been published on SWISSUbase.
A new study found that older adults experienced increased stress and decreased life satisfaction and positive affect after the Covid-19 pandemic, indicating greater difficulties adapting to the uncertain post-pandemic world.
The Swiss Political Science Review (SPSR) invites papers on the 2023 Swiss National Elections. Focus: new theoretical, methodological, or empirical insights on campaigns and voting behavior. Deadline: 23.09.2024.
Depuis 1995, l’étude électorale suisse Selects analyse la participation et le comportement électoral lors des élections fédérales.
This package provides functions for extracting, assembling, and matching user-specified variable data into sequences with variables from unique files.
The survey data collected in the latest round of the European Social Survey (ESS) is now available for 13 countries, including Switzerland.
Are you currently working with social science data you got from FORS? Or are you planning to do so in the next few months? Then consider submitting your paper to the FORS Data Re-use Award and get the chance to win up to 1’000 CHF.
FORS is pleased to be part of the founding assembly and announces the appointment of Georg Lutz, Director of FORS, to the position of President within SSHOC-CH.
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The ESS is honored to receive this prize in recognition of their collective work to deliver high quality data infrastructure to European social scientists.
The SHP team has published a call for contributions for the Research Topic “Exploring Social Stratification Dynamics: Insights from Longitudinal Survey Data”. Submit your abstract until July 31, 2024.
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Ce rapport reflète nos diverses activités tout au long de l’année.
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The ISSP is pleased to announce the publication of the first partial data release of the ISSP 2021 Health and Health Care II.
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Les données MOSAiCH/ISSP 2023 sur l’identité nationale et la citoyenneté, collectées au printemps 2023, sont maintenant disponibles.
The registration and the programme are out now. In response to requests from past participants, 3 new courses are introduced this year.
Researchers are invited to submit applications for modules of questions to be fielded in each round of the European Social Survey. The deadling is April 26, 2023.
Les chercheuses et chercheurs sont invités à soumettre des questions pour la 2e partie de l’enquête MOSAiCH 2025. Délai: lundi 22 avril 2024.
De nombreux membres passés et présents de FORS nous ont rejoints le mois dernier, participant à des discussions mettant en lumière le parcours remarquable de FORS et son orientation future.
Brian Kleiner, Head of Data and Research Information Services for the Social Sciences: “Through CESSDA, we are able to build things together with other Data Archives and we benefit from what we build”.
A new study using data from the SHP and the SOEP states that the life satisfaction trajectories around retirement age have improved over the last 20 years.
Submit your abstract. From exploring crises, risks, and vulnerability using MOSAiCH-data to innovating gender analysis in quantitative surveys and (de)gendering vulnerabilities.
Depuis 1995, Selects étudie le comportement électoral des citoyen-ne-s suisses lors des élections nationales. Découvrez une sélection d’articles mettant en valeur Selects et ses membres d’équipe.
FORS/linkhub.ch et Interpharma formulent les exigences pour une «loi-cadre pour la réutilisation des données» du point de vue de la recherche en sciences sociales et pharmaceutique.
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 on November 28, 2023. 9:00 am -12:30 pm.