Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences

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  • conducting national and international surveys on social and political topics;
  • documenting and providing datasets of all kinds for secondary analyses;
  • enhancing methods and procedures for survey research;
  • advising researchers.

The FORS integrates infrastructures and research projects like the Swiss Household Panel (SHP),[1] the Swiss Electoral Studies (Selects),[2] the Social Report,[3] and the current Data and Research Information Services (DARIS).[4]

In addition, the FORS organises teaching and learning events, including the annual Swiss Summer School on Methods in the Social Sciences,[5] monthly seminars on research methodology (in collaboration with social science faculty partners (MISC[6] and IMA[7]), workshops at Swiss universities and universities of applied sciences, as well as international conferences. FORS also offers a data portal to public statistics—COMPASS.[8]

FORS and its staff collaborate widely with different players in the social sciences, in Switzerland and abroad.

Partner Institutions, Organisations, and Infrastructures

  • Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)[9]
  • Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF)[10]
  • European Social Survey (ESS)[11]
  • European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)[12]
  • European Survey Research Association (ESRA)[13]
  • International Social Survey Program (ISSP)[14]
  • Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS)[15]
  • Réseau Quételet - French Data Archives for Social Sciences[16]
  • State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) [17]
  • Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)[18]
  • Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (ASSH)[19]
  • Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO)[20]
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)[21]

References

  1. ↑ Swiss Household Swiss Household Panel (SHP)
  2. ↑ Swiss Electoral Studies (Selects)
  3. ↑ Social report
  4. ↑ Data and Research Information Services (DARIS)
  5. ↑ Swiss Summer School on Methods in the Social Sciences
  6. ↑ (fr) Centre de recherche méthodologie, inégalités et changement social (MISC)
  7. ↑ (fr) Institut de mathématiques appliquées (IMA)
  8. ↑ COMPASS
  9. ↑ Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)
  10. ↑ Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF)
  11. ↑ European Social Survey (ESS)
  12. ↑ European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)
  13. ↑ The European Survey Research Association (ESRA)
  14. ↑ International Social Survey Program (ISSP)
  15. ↑ Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS)
  16. ↑ Réseau Quetelet
  17. ↑ State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER)
  18. ↑ Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
  19. ↑ Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (ASSH)
  20. ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO))
  21. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SNSF

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