Celebrating 25 Years of Longitudinal Surveys in Switzerland: Call for Papers

October 3, 2024

To celebrate 25 years of longitudinal research in Switzerland, the SHP and TREE are hosting a conference at the University of Lausanne on June 4-5, 2025, and invite paper submissions.

Série de webinaires FORS-DaSCH : Gestion des données pour les sciences sociales et humaines

September 26, 2024

FORS et DaSCH lancent une série de webinaires gratuits sur la gestion des données en sciences humaines et sociales. Le premier webinaire est intitulé « Planning Data Management ».

FORS Data Re-use Award

September 23, 2024

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.

Pré-annonce : Appel à contributions MOSAiCH 2026 – avec un focus thématique sur le Rôle du Gouvernement

September 12, 2024

Cet appel offre aux chercheuses et chercheurs une opportunité de collecter gratuitement des données représentatives sur des enjeux sociétaux actuels.

Le nouveau site Info SWISSUbase est en ligne

September 10, 2024

Utilisez-vous SWISSUbase pour partager ou accéder à des données ? Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur la plateforme, ses services ou les équipes et institutions qui la soutiennent, visitez notre nouveau site d’information.

Final data release of the ISSP 2021 Health and Health Care Module

September 9, 2024

The final version of the ISSP 2021 Health and Health Care II data file offers insights into health attitudes and behaviours from Switzerland and 29 other member countries.

Introducing Our Updated Search Tool: A Comprehensive Variable Overview

August 29, 2024

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.

The beta-version of wave 25 is out!

July 15, 2024

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 on the well-being of older adults

July 15, 2024

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.

Call for Papers: Special Issue on the 2023 Swiss National Elections

July 15, 2024

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.

Parution des résultats de l’étude Selects sur les Élections fédérales 2023

June 20, 2024

Depuis 1995, l’étude électorale suisse Selects analyse la participation et le comportement électoral lors des élections fédérales.

“seqSHP”: a new R package that simplifies the creation of SHP files

June 20, 2024

This package provides functions for extracting, assembling, and matching user-specified variable data into sequences with variables from unique files.

Round 11 ESS data now available

June 19, 2024

The survey data collected in the latest round of the European Social Survey (ESS) is now available for 13 countries, including Switzerland.

Driving Open Science forward: Switzerland founds the SSHOC-CH open cluster

May 7, 2024

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.

The European Social Survey has been awarded the Infrastructure Prize for Sociology 2024

April 29, 2024

The ESS is honored to receive this prize in recognition of their collective work to deliver high quality data infrastructure to European social scientists.

Call for contributions on Longitudinal Survey Data

April 26, 2024

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.

Publication du Rapport Annuel 2023 de FORS : 15 ans de contributions à la recherche en sciences sociales

April 8, 2024

Ce rapport reflète nos diverses activités tout au long de l’année.

Publication des données de l’enquête MOSAiCH 2023 sur l’identité nationale et la citoyenneté

February 26, 2024

Les données MOSAiCH/ISSP 2023 sur l’identité nationale et la citoyenneté, collectées au printemps 2023, sont maintenant disponibles.

Register now for the Swiss Summer School in Social Science Methods in Lugano

February 21, 2024

The registration and the programme are out now. In response to requests from past participants, 3 new courses are introduced this year.

Call for Round 13 Rotating Modules – European Social Survey

January 9, 2024

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.

Appel à contributions MOSAiCH 2025 – avec un focus thématique sur « TRAVAIL »

December 21, 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.

Les 15 ans de FORS

December 18, 2023

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.

Interview with Brian Kleiner on the collaboration between CESSDA ERIC and FORS

December 7, 2023

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 on life satisfaction and retirement

November 30, 2023

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.

Call for papers for the Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association 2024

November 24, 2023

Submit your abstract. From exploring crises, risks, and vulnerability using MOSAiCH-data to innovating gender analysis in quantitative surveys and (de)gendering vulnerabilities.