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In two days! FORS Data Live – Your Social Science Data Q&A ➡️ Got questions about data management, sharing or reuse in the social sciences? 📷 Thursday 10th of July 2025, 12:30–13:00 CEST, Online via Zoom. No registration needed 📷 Details + zoom link: forscenter.ch/data-live/

We're delighted that Switzerland 🇨🇭 has become the 30th Member of our European Research Infrastructure Consortium. #Switzerland has taken part in all 11 rounds of our survey and has been an Observer since 2013, with support from @SBFI_CH & @FORSresearch. buff.ly/iIPc2Cd

🎥 Watch our teaser: youtu.be/zu0CKsOov8I Make your social sciences project visible with SWISSUbase — the Swiss platform to register and promote your research. FORS supports you every step of the way. 👉 info.swissubase.ch #SWISSUbase #OpenScience #FORS #SocialScience

FORS Data Live – Your Social Science Data Q&A ➡️ Got questions about data management, sharing or reuse in the social sciences? ➡️Join our next live session 🗓 Wednesday 12 June 2025, 12:30–13:00 CEST, Online via Zoom. No registration needed ➡️ Details: forscenter.ch/data-live/

Submit your abstract now ‼️To commemorate 25 years of longitudinal surveys in Switzerland, submit your paper NOW for a special issue titled "25 Years of Longitudinal Surveys in Switzerland: Analysing Social Dynamics in Switzerland and Beyond". forscenter.ch/wp-content/upl…

The new discussion paper by Georg Lutz (FORS) & Rita Gautschy (DaSCH) looks at the gaps in 🇨🇭research infrastructure policy. They propose a new framework in the RIPA law to support sustainable, well-governed infrastructures. 🔗 zenodo.org/records/153881…

👉Register now! FORS-DaSCH webinar on Authority data, standards, and metadata – essential tools to ensure consistency, discoverability, and interoperability in research data. 🕑 May 28, 2025 | 14:00–15:30 💻 Online forscenter.ch/fors-dasch-web…

New FORS Guide out now! Capturing the last phase of life in surveys by Clément Meier. ➡️Challenges like cognitive decline, health problems & mortality — and how to deal with them in survey research. Read: forscenter.ch/fors-guides/fg… Watch: rec.unil.ch/videos/fors-gu…

The cumulative Selects dataset (1971–2023) is now available! Explore over 50 years of Swiss election surveys in one place. Download: doi.org/10.48573/2w7s-…

Tackling data challenges isn’t a solo mission — we’re here for you for free. Every second Thursday of the month 🕐 13:00–14:00 CET 🚪 No registration, 📅 Next session: May 8, 2025 twitter.com/FORSresearch/s…

New article out in Survey Research Methods with Oliver Lipps and @AnkeTresch 🥳 "Asking for Panel Consent in Web Surveys: Choice, Opt-in, or Opt-out?" In short: If you have the choice, opt for opt-out 😉 Full article here: doi.org/10.18148/srm/2… @FORSresearch @sspunil

Our Annual Report 2024 is out! Interested in how social science is evolving in Switzerland? All about our activities — from our surveys to data management & archiving. We remain committed to quality, accessibility & supporting the research community. forscenter.ch/wp-content/upl…

Our new service for data users: Data Live, your monthly Q&A on data management & data sharing in Switzerland 🇨🇭. Experts FORS Data Management & Archiving Services answer your questions. Every second Thursday of the monsth, 1pm–2pm starting April 10, 2025 forscenter.ch/data-live/

Registration is now open! Join us for the conference “Celebrating 25 Years of Longitudinal Surveys in Switzerland” 🇨🇭 📅 June 4–5, 2025 📍 University of Lausanne 🔗 Register by 20 May: forscenter.ch/25-years-of-lo… Preliminary programme available here: conftool.net/longitudinal-s…

Just published ➡️ surveyinsights.org 📌 Do QR codes on mail contact materials help web surveys? 📌 Effects of mode & incentives on response rates & costs. 📌 QR codes vs. URLs in a national survey of older adults. 📌 Does interviewer-respondent gender matching reduce bias?

En 🇨🇭 les femmes subissent davantage les conséquences économiques d’un divorce. Leur revenu chute de 28% (sans enfants) et 38% (avec enfants). Celles issues de mariages traditionnels sont plus exposées à l’aide sociale. À lire dans notre dernier numéro socialchangeswitzerland.ch/?p=4400

🇨🇭 In der Schweiz sinkt das Einkommen nach einer Scheidung um 28 % (Frauen ohne Kinder) bzw. 38 % (mit Kindern). Frauen aus traditionellen Ehen sind häufiger auf Sozialhilfe angewiesen. Zu lesen in der neuesten Ausgabe unserer Reihe 🔗 socialchangeswitzerland.ch/?p=4408

Call for Papers ➡️Conference on Social Monitoring & Reporting in Europe: Demographic Challenges & Opportunities & their Impact on Well-being October 6–8, 2025 | Villa Vigoni, Italy 📌Submission deadline: April 30. forscenter.ch/wp-content/upl…

We are pleased to announce the release of the MOSAiCH/ISSP 2024 data on Digital Societies and related topics, collected in spring 2024. The dataset and documentation are available here: swissubase.ch/en/catalogue/s….

The data from the fourth wave of the Selects Panel 2023 is now available for download▶️swissubase.ch/en/catalogue/s… ▶️The Swiss Election Study Selects has been investigating turnout and electoral behaviour in federal elections since 1995. selects.ch