GESIS

GESIS is a research-based infrastructure institution for the social sciences and conducts its own continuous and interdisciplinary research in four major research areas. The results of our research serve both to gain scientific knowledge and to sustainably improve our offerings for the social sciences. With more than 300 employees at two locations - Mannheim and Cologne - GESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences.

2025-05-30

#MeetTheExperts #mte #SurveyQuestionDesign
New #video on #YouTube: Meet our expert Dr. Lydia Repke who provides an overview of key decisions involved in #survey question design, and offers some practical guidance on using #SQP to predict the quality of a survey question:

youtu.be/PA1Q3smuQgA

2025-05-28

This guide introduces two different tools that will help researchers to navigate the nascent literature on data quality frameworks. Various types of DBD are covered: web and social media data (including textual data), visual data, survey data, sensor data (including web tracking data), and register data.

2025-05-28

#GESISGuides #DBD #DigitalBehavioralData
Fröhling, L., Birkenmaier, L., Lux, V., & Daikeler, J. (2025). How to Find and Explore Data Quality Frameworks for Digital Behavioral Data (GESIS Guides to Digital Behavioral Data, 26).

doi.org/10.60762/ggdbd25026.1.

2025-05-27

#HSR #europe #Labour #Mobility
Out now: HSR Special Issue: 50.1 - The Making of European Labour Mobility

The special issue offers a comprehensive exploration of the socio-historical development and current challenges surrounding labour mobility in Europe.
gesis.org/en/hsr

2025-05-26

#GESISGuides #DBD #DigitalBehavioralData
Bleier, A. (2025). What is Computational Reproducibility? (GESIS Guides to Digital Behavioral Data, 2).

doi.org/10.60762/ggdbd25002.1.

This guide is intended to serve as a starting point for CSS researchers who want to increase the reproducibility of their work and, by doing so, contribute to a culture of openness, accountability, and cumulative scientific progress.

2025-05-23

GESIS contributes methodological expertise on data collection and analysis of survey data, web-tracking data, and large text data.

GESIS also bears the responsibility for data management. By co-creating knowledge and exploring visions of more inclusive masculinities, MEN4DEM aims to counter anti-democratic trends and support democratic resilience. Learn more at www.men4dem.eu

Learn more: www.men4dem.eu

2025-05-23

#masculinity #impact #democracy
GESIS is a partner in the MEN4DEM research project

GESIS is a partner in the Horizon Europe-funded research project MEN4DEM - Masculinities for the Future of European Democracy

Under the leadership of Alexia Katsanidou, GESIS contributes to this collaborative project, which brings together researchers, gender justice organizations, and performance artists to examine how ideas and practices of masculinity impact democracy in Europe.

2025-05-22

#GESISblog #blog #doi #digitalobjectidentifier
New blog post: Dr. Sebastian Netscher, Farah Karim & Jana Meichsner write about da|ra, the transfer of DOI registration from the da|ra layer to DataCite Fabrica, and the future of DOI Registration in general.

doi.org/10.34879/gesisblog.202

2025-05-22

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
Our Team Digital Society Observatory in #Cologne is looking for a #SeniorResearcher & #TeamLeader in Computational Social Science #CSS (Salary group 15 TV-L, working time 100%, initially for four years with possible tenure):

gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/210

GESIS boosted:
2025-05-22

@GESIS
Thanks for sharing the talk!
Here is the Question-Link R-Package and an in depth tutorial on using it:
matroth.github.io/questionlink

And please note that we also offer consultations regarding harmonization techniques (and other survey method topics).
gesis.org/en/consulting/survey

#surveymethods #harmonization #rstats

GESIS boosted:
2025-05-22

‼️2nd update of MZ-SUF-Panel 2016-19 linking tool‼️Thanks to a user feedback we found an error in the tool and now have uploaded a corrected version of the linking tool. You can find the documenting GESIS paper and the do-file on our MISSY page gesis.org/en/missy/materials/M #mikrozensus #panel @gesis_gml @GESIS

GESIS boosted:
FReDA Panel StudyFReDA@sciences.social
2025-05-22

The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the third international #FReDA User Conference has been extended to 10 June 2025. The #FReDAUserConference will be held in person. There will be no conference fee, and catering will be provided. Researchers working with data from #FReDA, #pairfam, #UKR_Befragung or the #GGS are warmly invited to contribute. We look forward to seeing you there!

More info: freda-panel.de/FReDA/EN/News-E

@bib_bund @GESIS

2025-05-21

#GESISGuides #DBD #DataQuality
Three new GESIS Guides to Digital Behavioral Data out now - get helpful information on data quality now:

* Bleier, A.: What is Computational Reproducibility?

* Fröhling, L., Birkenmaier, L., Lux, V., & Daikeler, J.: How to Find and Explore Data Quality Frameworks for Digital Behavioral Data

*Lux, V., & Wieland, M.: How to Set up and Monitor App-based Data Collections

Check out the whole collection of our Guides to DBD:
gesis.org/en/gesis-guides/gesi

2025-05-21

Modul 1: Quantitative Daten
17. Juni - 13 - 16 Uhr
18. Juni - 09 - 12 Uhr
uni-bremen.zoom.us/meeting/reg

Modul 2: Qualitative Daten
3. Juli - 09 - 12 Uhr
4. Juli - 09 - 12 Uhr
uni-bremen.zoom.us/meeting/reg

2025-05-21

17./18. Juni und 3./4. Juli: #Workshopreihe
Data matters! #Forschungsdaten managen in der #Politikwissenschaft

Die kostenfreie Workshopreihe via Zoom bietet einen Einstieg ins #Forschungsdatenmanagement (#FDM), zugeschnitten auf die spezifischen politikwissenschaftlichen Anforderungen.

Die Veranstaltung wird von Pollux – FID Politikwissenschaft, GESIS , Qualiservice sowie KonsortSWD – NFDI4Society organisiert.

2025-05-20

Einzusenden sind: ein elektronisches Exemplar der Arbeit, die Gutachten, ein tabellarischer Lebenslauf der nominierten Person, eine kurze Begründung der Nominierung sowie das Nominierungsformular.

Über die Preisvergabe entscheidet eine Jury. Der Preis ist mit 500,-- € dotiert. Die Preisvergabe erfolgt im Rahmen der Mitgliederversammlung der Sektion auf dem DGS-Kongress im September 2025 in Duisburg.
Deadline für Nominierungen: 31.05.2025
Zur Ausschreibung: sociohub-fid.de/s/frauen-und-g

2025-05-20

#award #preisvergabe
Die Sektion Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung würdigt 2025 zum sechsten Mal wissenschaftliche Studienabschlussarbeiten im Bereich der #Geschlechterforschung, die ab Juni 2023 und bis Ende Mai 2025 an einer deutschen Hochschule abgeschlossen wurden. Herausragende #Masterarbeiten aller Hochschulformen, die ein #Geschlechterthema aus einer soziologisch relevanten Perspektive bearbeiten, können nominiert werden.

2025-05-16

Just watch some quite interesting shorties or tune in a whole honest talk between Alexia Katsanidou (GESIS, University of Cologne) and Isabel Engeli (University of Exeter) who unpack the crucial intersection between gender equality, economic hardship, and democratic participation.
youtube.com/@PushBackLash/shor

2025-05-16

#genderequality #pushbacklash
Today we recommend the #YouTube channel of Push*Back*Lash. PUSH*BACK*LASH is a Horizon Europe EU-funded research project on actors, attitudes, agendas, and strategies that push back against gender equality and democracy and evidence-based strategies to counteract this pushback.

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