FORS

FORS is the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences providing data and methodological expertise to researchers in Switzerland and abroad.

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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: https://t.co/F1qVjnYTye

[European Social Survey @ESS_Survey]

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.

https://t.co/rLUMW2EHGO

[FORS @FORSresearch]

🎥 Watch our teaser: https://t.co/aHlSz705GE
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.
👉 https://t.co/m9wSq2oZlS
#SWISSUbase #OpenScience #FORS #SocialScience

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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: https://t.co/MPMgkQDAVt

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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".
https://t.co/DoV7uVoKi7

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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.

🔗 https://t.co/Q4CUD4TXQh

[FORS @FORSresearch]

👉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
https://t.co/S7e1SBleu8

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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: https://t.co/ggyl9LwoQF
Watch: https://t.co/OacHsfjEga

[FORS @FORSresearch]

The cumulative Selects dataset (1971–2023) is now available! Explore over 50 years of Swiss election surveys in one place.
Download: https://t.co/xktOEv59c4

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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
https://t.co/LPicOF0FFG

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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 https://t.co/F1qVjnYTye

[Lukas Lauener @l_lauener]

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: https://t.co/jtU3eVRByV
@FORSresearch @sspunil

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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. https://t.co/T6CTjJVZ2U

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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 https://t.co/F1qVjnYTye

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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: https://t.co/TfZqFi2O2j
Preliminary programme available here: https://t.co/YOBQOzIFdm

[Survey Methods: Insights from the Field @Surveymethods88]

Just published ➡️ https://t.co/6Dcyrm6WRh
📌 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?

[Social Change in CH @SocialChangeCH]

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 https://t.co/3iAhJDtVHW

[Social Change in CH @SocialChangeCH]

🇨🇭 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 🔗 https://t.co/BRdXKSCuMm

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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. https://t.co/ldwtBwhIpI

[FORS @FORSresearch]

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: https://t.co/yy6OtOqlK8.

[FORS @FORSresearch]

The data from the fourth wave of the Selects Panel 2023 is now available for download▶️https://t.co/Jt8KPAavfS
▶️The Swiss Election Study Selects has been investigating turnout and electoral behaviour in federal elections since 1995. https://t.co/jBWGQtHcJ1