GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

8 Jan 2025

#neuhier #introduction #newhere #newkidontheblock Hi everyone at Bluesky, we just started here and would like to introduce us briefly: As the largest European infrastructure institute for the social sciences GESIS offers advice, expertise and services at all stages of scientists' research projects.

#callforpapers #cfp The 4th DACH-CSS conference is coming to Cologne on April 22-23, 2027, at GESIS in Cologne! Join us for two days of exciting talks, poster presentations, and networking with fellow CSS researchers! Find out more: computational-social...

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👉 Shifting data access: Developments in - and alternatives to public APIs and web scraping for accessing online data. 👉 Enhancement of traditional methods: Survey participation and non-response, hard-to-reach populations, synthetic data, and data linking.

👉 New methodological approaches: Large language models, synthetic data, agentic data collection, data donations, and smartphone research apps. 👉 Regulatory developments: New opportunities for accessing platform data through frameworks such as the Digital Services Act.

We invite early-career researchers to submit an abstract (max. 300 words) by December 4th, 2026, to workshop(at)computational-social.... Accepted contributors will give a lightning talk and present their work during the poster session.

They will also be eligible for the €500 CSS Early Career Researcher Award sponsored by @lfmnrw.bsky.social! Acceptance notifications will be sent out in January 2027. Topic: Advances in Data Collection and Access for Computational Social Science

#GESISintheMedia GESIS colleague Dr. Danica Radovanović writes in the IEEE Magazine about the Social Media Bans. Countries are increasingly banning social media for kids under 15 or 16. But what really happens when young people lose access to Instagram, TikTok & Co.? spectrum.ieee.org/so...

#eurobarometer #eu 👉 Flash EB 581 "Citizens attitudes towards corruption in selected enlargement countries and citizens’ perception of the independence of national justice systems in the EU and selected enlargement countries" 🔗 t1p.de/Flash_581 @europarl.europa.eu europa.eu/eurobarome...

Am 16. November 2026 heißt es: dabei sein und mitdiskutieren. Beim Public Launch des EU-geförderten Forschungsprojekts #EDGE am GESIS Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften in Köln steht der offene Austausch mit führenden europäischen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern im Mittelpunkt.

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Moderation und Koordination übernehmen @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social und @dielea.bsky.social (beide GESIS Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften). Livemusik liefert Konstantinos Stavridis. 16. November 2026, 17:00 bis 19:00 Uhr, GESIS, Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, Köln.

t1p.deEDGE Public event registrationEvent Timing: November 16th, 2026 Event Address: GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Unter Sachsenhausen, 50667, Cologne

Eintritt frei. Veranstaltungssprache ist Englisch, Fragen auf Deutsch möglich. Deine Stimme ist gefragt – mitdiskutieren und gestalten die Demokratie von morgen mitgestalten. Jetzt anmelden unter:

Hier erfahrt ihr, wie wirtschaftliche, soziale und regionale Unterschiede das Vertrauen in die Demokratie beeinflussen – und was wir aktiv tun können, um Demokratie zu stärken und gerechter zu machen.

Mit dabei sind @kai-arzheimer.com (Universität Mainz), Prof. Marius Busemeyer (Universität Konstanz), Prof. Liza Mugge (Universität Amsterdam) und Prof. Sofia Vasilopoulou (King’s College London).

#GESISblog #blog Sociodemographic variables such as age, gender, education, or income are often collected using different survey questions, response options, or coding schemes. As a result, data from different survey studies cannot easily be combined or compared.

Sociodemographic standard variables, developed within the KonsortSWD project StanDem, address this challenge via output harmonisation. Read the new blog post by @silkelschneider.bsky.social, Dr. Luigi Droste, and Emma Jentsch.

t1p.deCreating comparable sociodemographics across German surveys without losing your mind – powered by KonsortSWDEvery survey of individual respondents collects sociodemographic information. Variables such as age, gender, education, income, immigrant background, or employment status are among the most frequently used in empirical research. Yet, these variables are often collected

They explain why harmonisation is becoming increasingly important, and how StanDem supports research data centres (RDCs), survey programmes and researchers in implementing these variables. Check out the full blog post:

#eurobarometer #eu Check out: 👉 Flash EB 579 "Impact of Excessive Screen Time and Social Media on Young People’s Mental Health" 🔗 t1p.de/Flash_579 The data set contains a parent survey and an independently sampled youth survey. @europarl.europa.eu europa.eu/eurobarome...

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⏳ Last Call if you want to increase the quality of your survey data! 👉 t1p.de/DataQualityA... Registration deadline: 06 November 2026! Registration after this date might be possible, but is subject to sufficient demand and availability of places. @gesis.org

GESIS Training@gesistraining.bsky.social

Do you want to increase the quality of your survey data? 📈 In this #GESISworkshop, Thomas Knopf (@kodaqs.bsky.social) & Julian Urban (@unipotsdam.bsky.social ) show you how to detect & handle data quality issues in R. Registration ➡️ t1p.de/DataQualityA... #DataQuality #Rstats @gesis.org

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Pursue your career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg WE ARE HIRING! 👉Postdoctoral Researcher (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100%, limited till 31.12.2028, subject to approval) 🔗gesis.jobs.personio....

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16 July

Join our #GESISworkshop with @matteoq21.bsky.social & Tra My Pham (@innovative-ctu.bsky.social) to learn how to create, analyze, and report simulations in R/Stata. Discover when methods shine or fail, uncover their hidden biases, and compare alternatives. Registration ➡️ t1p.de/simulation_s...

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🚀 Your survey data alone may not be enough. Learn how to integrate survey data with nonprobability samples, administrative records, and digital traces in our #GESISWorkshop – with plenty of hands-on #R. 📊💻 Info & registration ➡️ t1p.de/SurveyDataIn... @gesis.org @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

zukunftsforum-duesseldorf.euZukunftsforum Demokratie Düsseldorf 2026Zukunftsforum Demokratie 2026 in Düsseldorf – offene Diskussionsveranstaltung mit Workshops zu Demokratie, Identität, Gerechtigkeit und Europas Zukunft.

Zukunftsforum Demokratie zukunftsforum-duesse... Prof. Dr. Alexia Katsanidou (Abteilungsleiterin bei GESIS) zeigt, was Jahrzehnte an Umfragedaten über demokratische Resilienz verraten, und warum langfristige Datenreihen der Schlüssel sind, um gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen wirklich zu verstehen.

#eurobarometer #eu Check out the new EB datasets: 👉Special EB 105.1 (ZA9143, Feb-Mar 26), includes the modules "Attitudes of Europeans towards biodiversity", "The Digital Decade 2026", and "Citizens’ attitudes towards corruption in the EU in 2026" 🔗 https://t1p.de/EB_105_1 @europarl.europa.eu

👉 Flash EB 582 "Businesses’ attitudes towards corruption in selected enlargement countries and businesses’ perception of the independence of national justice systems in the EU and selected enlargement countries" 🔗 t1p.de/Flash_582 europa.eu/eurobarome...

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GESIS Panel

@gesis-panel.bsky.social

Researchers Katharina Gies & Emanuel Deutschmann (Europa-Universität Flensburg) used GESIS Panel.pop data for their new study on rising climate scepticism in Germany. Listen to Katharina Gies explain the data, results and research behind it on @hr2: www.hr2.de/programm/sen...

#GESISblog #blog Wie stehen die Menschen in Deutschland zum Thema "Leihmutterschaft"? Dr. Oshrat Hochmann und Kilian Thullen haben sich die Daten der ALLBUS-Studie aus dem Jahr 2023 genauer angeschaut. Jetzt den ganzen Beitrag lesen: https://t1p.de/blog_128

#newsletter Our “gesis report” has a new look and is now more modern, cleaner, and easier to navigate. Web version of the newsletter: t1p.de/news_9_26 Subscribe to the newsletter: www.gesis.org/instit...

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27 Aug

Conducting surveys across languages? 🌍 Translation quality can make or break cross-cultural comparability. Our #GESISworkshop covers best practices for questionnaire translation, as well as the opportunities and risks of integrating #LLMs into your workflow. ➡️ t1p.de/Questionnair... @gesis.org

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🧩 Every life course tells a story. Sequence analysis helps you identify and compare those stories using longitudinal data. Find out how with @emstruffolino.bsky.social & @raabm.bsky.social. 👉 t1p.de/SequenceAnal... @gesis.org

GESIS Training@gesistraining.bsky.social

Sequence analysis = powerful tool for studying life courses using longitudinal data. Join our #GESISworkshop with @emstruffolino.bsky.social & @raabm.bsky.social to describe, visualize & analyze sequences – hands-on in R with real-world examples. ➡️ t1p.de/SequenceAnal... @gesis.org

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GESIS Panel

@gesis-panel.bsky.social

Want to know how GESIS Panel data can help us understand how people feel about surveys? Join the first GESIS Panel Research Spotlight with Matthias Penker (IHS Vienna)! On Oct 7, 2026 at 3:00 pm Online via Zoom Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More Info: www.gesis.org/gesis-panel/...

18 Sept

#BaS #BookAScientist Wer nicht fragt, bleibt dumm – das wusste schon die Sesamstraße. Bei "Book a Scientist" haben Sie die Chance, sich einer Expertin oder einem Experten der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft auszutauschen und alle Fragen zu Ihrem Lieblingsthema loszuwerden. Von GESIS sind mit dabei:

18 Sept

👩‍🎓Klara Müller: "Was können wir von Wahlumfragen lernen, und was nicht?" 👩‍🎓Dr. Jessica Daikeler: "Gute Daten und ihre Bedeutung für Wahlen und Politiker*innen" 👩‍🎓Dr. Ann-Kathrin Reinl: "Die öffentliche Unterstützung europäischer Integration"

@alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social

18 Sept

Die individuellen, 25-minütigen Einzelgespräche finden am 29. September 2026 zwischen 10-11.30 Uhr sowie 16-17.30 Uhr online statt. Jetzt Zeitfenster buchen für ein kostenloses, virtuelles Gespräch mit unseren Expertinnen: 🔗www.leibniz-gemeinsc...

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Alexia Katsanidou

We have a cool new project on geocoded electoral data. Come work with us at @gesis.org

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften@gesis.org

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Pursue your career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg WE ARE HIRING! 👉Doctoral Researcher in election data (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 75 %, limited to 3 years) 🔗gesis.jobs.personio....

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Sebastian Ziaja

@sziaja.bsky.social

Geo-coded electoral data offers immense potential for understanding democratic processes. @dielea.bsky.social, Stefan Jünger, and I will build a research data infrastructure to support the global research community using such data with our DFG-funded project "Electoral Spaces". We are hiring!

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften@gesis.org

gesis.jobs.personio.dePostdoctoral Researcher in geocoded electoral data (SDC-34) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für SozialwissenschaftenGESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure that socially relevant questions can be answered based on reliable data, the latest scientific methods and research information. We help with study planning and data collection, provide high-quality research data, support with data preparation and analysis, and finally with data archiving.GESIS helps you gain further qualifications. We offer our employees a wide range of career opportunities in an appealing work environment with a high degree of personal responsibility and creative freedom. With us, you will work in an international environment in the heart of Mannheim and Cologne and benefit from a flexible work environment as well as internal and external networks.GESIS ensures compliance with the guidelines for the severely disabled and promotes professional equality between women and men. Full-time positions can also be filled on a part-time basis.As a family-friendly employer, we have been certified by the “berufundfamilie” audit since 2010.Further information on working at GESIS can be found here.

👉Postdoctoral Researcher in geocoded electoral data (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100 %, limited to 3 years) 🔗gesis.jobs.personio.... 👉Doctoral Researcher in spatial data management (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 75 %, limited to 3 years) 🔗

14 Sept

Many people misjudge how many migrants actually live in their community and how well they are integrated. Berbée, Brinkmann, Gallegos Torres, Lange, Naumann, Sommerfeld, Perceptions of migration and integration in Germany: The role of regional context and migrants’ origin, doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

11 Sept

#eurobarometer #eu #attitudes Check out the new EB datasets: 👉Special EB 104.2 (ZA9131, November 2025), includes "European Parliament Autumn Survey 2025", "Attractiveness of vocational education and training", "Perceptions of Antisemitism" 🔗 https://t1p.de/EB_104_2 @europarl.europa.eu

11 Sept

👉 Flash EB 572 "Bulgaria before the euro changeover" 🔗 t1p.de/Flash_572 👉 Flash EB 573 "Dual circulation period in Bulgaria" 🔗 t1p.de/Flash_573 👉Flash EB 575 "Bulgaria after the euro changeover" 🔗 t1p.de/Flash_575 europa.eu/eurobarome...

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GESIS Panel

@gesis-panel.bsky.social

A recently published study by researchers Katharina Gies & Emanuel Deutschmann (Europa-Universität Flensburg), using GESIS Panel.pop data, found that nearly 60% of over 3,000 respondents grew more climate-sceptical between 2022 and 2023. Now featured on NDR — more details: www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

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5 Aug

If field experiments are on your research agenda, now is the time to secure your spot in our #GESISworkshop. Registration Deadline: 5 October. 👉 t1p.de/field_experi...

GESIS Training@gesistraining.bsky.social

🔍 Interested in combining the potential of experiments for causal inference with the external validity of real-world contexts? 📊 Our #GESISworkshop on Field Experiments covers all stages from design and randomization to data analysis. Info & registration ➡️ t1p.de/field_experi... @gesis.org

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21 July

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear propensity scores. 🦸 Learn how PSM can strengthen your causal analyses. Still time to register👉 t1p.de/propensity_s...

GESIS Training@gesistraining.bsky.social

When experimental control isn’t possible and groups aren’t comparable, Propensity Score Matching comes to the rescue! Join our #GESISworkshop to master PSM methods, balance testing, and reporting standards – making your causal claims stronger than ever. Secure your spot ➡️ t1p.de/propensity_s...

#FReDA The Restricted Use File (RUF) of FReDA – The German Family Demography Panel Study is now available in version 3.0.0. access.gesis.org/dbk... FReDA is a large-scale, representative, bi-annual panel study launched in 2021.

It collects longitudinal data on family forms and dynamics, fertility, parenting, and partnership transitions in Germany. The study integrates the Generations and Gender Survey (GGS) and, from wave W2 onwards, the German Family Panel (pairfam).

Analyses with FReDA RUF data are possible only with a remote access through the GESIS Secure Data Center (SecDC). Eligibility requires affiliation with a recognized research institution, at least PhD-student status, and a clearly specified research project.

8 Sept

#GESISindenMedien GESIS-Kollegin Dr. Anne-Kathrin Stroppe gibt in der Apotheken Umschau Einblick in ihre Forschungsarbeit. Sie hat untersucht, wie Wohnort und Versorgungslage die Wahlentscheidung bei der Bundestagswahl 2021 beeinflusst haben. Zum Artikel: 🔗www.apotheken-umscha...

infra4nextgen.comEvaluation of test equating and linking methods for data harmonisation | Infra4NextGenThis specialised technical session is to support the interactive training course: Creating and working with ex-post harmonised survey data.

8 Sept

Dafür hat sie u.a. gemessen, wie weit es zur nächsten Hausarztpraxis, zur Apotheke, zur Bushaltestelle, zur Grundschule und zum Supermarkt ist. Entscheidend ist oft nicht, wie gut die Versorgung tatsächlich ist – sondern wie sie wahrgenommen wird. Zur wiss. Publikation: 🔗t1p.de/neighbourhood...

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27 Aug

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If you want to learn more about data harmonisation methods or discuss your challenges with experts from @gesis.org, sign up for the live session on Sept, 29th, here: infra4nextgen.com/events/evalu...