FORS is the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences providing data and methodological expertise to researchers in Switzerland and abroad.
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Joined January 2011
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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.
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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/2025.v1…
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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?
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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/?…
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🇨🇭 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/?…
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✨ New Brief: “Top 5 KPIs (2020-2022)” ✨
Collaboration is key to shaping the future of #OpenScience in the #SocialSciences! Read more to find out how CESSDA and its 22 Service Providers are enabling #FAIRData and #DataReuse.
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#LoveData25
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La baisse de l'impôt sur la fortune accentue les inégalités dans les cantons🇨🇭. La baisse de cet impôt au niveau cantonal entraîne une concentration accrue de la fortune chez les plus riches. A lire ici socialchangeswitzerland.ch/?… @IZMartinez86 @Florian_Scheuer & S. Marti
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Sinkende Vermögenssteuern erhöhen die Vermögenskonzentration in den Kantonen. Die neue Studie in unserer Reihe zeigt, wie Steueränderungen auf kantonaler Ebene die Vermögensverteilung beeinflussen.
Autoren➡️ @IZMartinez86 @Florian_Scheuer & S. #Marti
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The Eleventh Social Science Methodology Conference of RC33 will be held from 22-25 September in Naples, Italy🇮🇹 Abstracts can now be submitted for consideration here lnkd.in/dY-X8-py
More about the conference lnkd.in/dh9AVcGf
#openscience #opendata #Research #RC33
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Just one week left to register for the remaining handful of places on our #SummerSchool workshops incl. #webscraping #mixedmethods #machinelearning #socialnetworkanalysis #paneldataanalysis #bayesianmodelling #QCA tinyurl.com/ssmlugano2024 #phd #researchmethods #doctoraltraining
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Reviewing the notes from the spectacular course: "Data management for the social sciences & humanities webinar series: Planning data management" from @FORSresearch.
Looking forward to the next meeting!
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Jörg Stolz et al zeigen in der neuen Ausgabe, dass Gruppen umso eher verschwinden, je kleiner sie sind und je jünger ihre Mitglieder sind.“#srfnews srf.ch/news/schweiz/anhalten…
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Excited to share the publication of a chapter from my PhD
This project wasn’t part of the original plan, but it turned into an interesting dive into educational inequality across Swiss cantons and its relationship with educ policies
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We can’t wait for this year’s anniversary edition of the User Conference 🎂Check out the program details and register here: issp.org/about-issp/issp-use…
📢We are very excited to announce the 3rd ISSP User conference programme on 25th of November 12:30-16:30 CET.
👉To register and for the programme see the ISSP User Conference page issp.org/about-issp/issp-use…
We look forward to seeing you online in November!
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RESEARCH SEMINAR - "Working-class representation in Switzerland: Which political parties do citizens most associate with the working class?" -
Line Rennwald, @FORSresearch
31 Oct 2024 - 4.15-5.00 pm. Room 1628, Géopolis Building,
@unil
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LIVES is proud to share @LauraBernardi2 accomplishment and the recognition of her scientific contribution by the @SLLShome!
We look forward to your future studies in #lifecourse!
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📢Reminder 3rd User Conference Call extended deadline 23 Sept! 📷#ISSP and the International Journal of #Sociology invite you to the third ISSP #UserConference celebrating 40 years of the program. 📷Join us online on Nov 25! 📷
👉 Details here: issp.org/about-issp/issp-use…
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Die junge Generation ist an der Urne unterrepräsentiert, hat aber aufgeholt:
Analyse von @tdgch mithilfe der bei Swissvotes bereitgestellten #VOX- und #VOTO-Daten. Erhoben haben die Daten @gfsbern, @FORSresearch, @IPZ_ch, @UNIGEnews, @IPWunibern
#CHvote #Abstimmungsforschung
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Call for papers for the 2nd III/LIS Comparative Economic Inequality Conference organised by LIS and @LSEInequalities on 27-28 February 2025 at @uni_lu.
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🔔Deadline for submissions (working papers or extended abstracts) is September 15, 2024.
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Submit your paper by Sept 30, 2024, for a special issue on advancing comparative research! 📊📝 Focus: Tackling comparability errors & enhancing quality indicators in survey methods and beyond. surveyinsights.org
#ComparativeResearch #SurveyMethods
To all researchers in comparative social science: We invite you to contribute to our Special Issue, which will address comparability errors and quality indicators in cross-group and cross-time research. Your expertise would be greatly appreciated.
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