Sign in

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

@gesis.org
1.9K followers 242 following 798 posts

With more than 300 employees at two locations - Mannheim and Cologne - GESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences. www.gesis.org

PostsRepliesMedia
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 5h
#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...
000
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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
GESIS Workshop
Questionnaire Translation: Best Practices and LLM-Based Approaches
08 December | Online 
Brita Dorer, Ulrike Efu Nkong, Dorothée Behr (all GESIS)
002
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🧩 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
013
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS Panel @gesis-panel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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/...
022
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 18/09/2026
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...
010
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 18/09/2026
👩‍🎓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"
100
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 18/09/2026
#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:
161
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We have a cool new project on geocoded electoral data. Come work with us at @gesis.org
032
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Sebastian Ziaja @sziaja.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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!
31813
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 17/09/2026
👉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) 🔗
gesis.jobs.personio.de
Postdoctoral Researcher in geocoded electoral data (SDC-34) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS 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. 
000
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 17/09/2026
#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....
137
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 14/09/2026
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...
045
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 11/09/2026
👉 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...
000
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 11/09/2026
#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" 🔗 t1p.de/EB_104_2 @europarl.europa.eu
132
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS Panel @gesis-panel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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/...
112
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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...
021
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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...
011
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 09/09/2026
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.
000
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 09/09/2026
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).
100
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 09/09/2026
#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.
111
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 08/09/2026
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...
000
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 08/09/2026
#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...
152
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
AUSSDA @aussda.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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...
infra4nextgen.com
Evaluation of test equating and linking methods for data harmonisation | Infra4NextGen
This specialised technical session is to support the interactive training course: Creating and working with ex-post harmonised survey data.
011
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 08/09/2026
#DGPsKongress2026 Come and visit us at the 54th DGPs Congress in Luxembourg! www.dgps.de/schwerpu...
085
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/09/2026
📄Felderer, B., Repke, L., Weber, W., Schweisthal, J., & Bothmann, L. (2026). Predicting the validity and reliability of survey questions. 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴, 20(2), 133-145. 👉doi.org/10.18148/srm...
020
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/09/2026
🔹 LASSO 🔹 Elastic Net 🔹 Boosting 🔹 Random Forest And the winner? Random Forest. It is now the prediction algorithm implemented in SQP 3.0.
110
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/09/2026
With the release of SQP 3.0, the database had grown substantially. That meant it was time to rethink the statistical model behind the predictions. Barbara Felderer, Lydia Repke, Wiebke Weber, Jonas Schweisthal, and Ludwig Bothmann, compared four machine-learning approaches:
120
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/09/2026
The idea behind SQP is to use the formal and linguistic characteristics of a survey question—such as its response scale, wording, or the number of response categories—to predict its reliability and validity.
110
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/09/2026
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗤𝗣 𝟯.𝟬 sqp.gesis.org 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮?
252
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 04/09/2026
Call for Papers: JSSAM Special Issue on Adaptive Survey Design – Emerging Innovations and Practical Applications. Submit by 28 Feb 2027. Details: academic.oup.com/jssam #SurveyMethodology #AdaptiveSurveyDesign #SurveyStats
013
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 04/09/2026
In addition, visiting researchers can also be integrated into our services to build up specific expertise and get to know GESIS services and our data. GESIS is pleased to receive applications for research visits at both of its locations, #Mannheim and #Cologne. Interested?
t1p.de
Junior Researcher Call | Visiting Stay at GESIS
Apply now: GESIS offers research stays for PhD students & postdocs in the social sciences. Advance your work & connect with experts.
000
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 04/09/2026
#cometoGESIS #workwithus #Gastforschungsaufenthalt #researchvisit We invite Ph.D. students and early career postdocs to come to GESIS. Visiting researchers of the Junior Research Program are involved in our research to publish with GESIS staff, and to develop research ideas and joint projects.
112
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Methodisch sicher durch Expert*inneninterviews – Anmeldung noch bis 21. September möglich. 👉 t1p.de/expert-inter... @gesis.org
001
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 03/09/2026
👉 Flash EB 583 "Introduction of the Euro in the Member States That Have Not Yet Adopted the Common Currency" 🔗 t1p.de/Flash_583 europa.eu/eurobarome...
000
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 03/09/2026
👉 Flash EB 554 "Perceived Independence of the National Justice Systems in the EU and Selected Enlargement Countries among the General Public". 🔗 t1p.de/Flash_554 @ec.europa.eu
100
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 03/09/2026
#eurobarometer #eu #attitudes Check out the new EB datasets: 👉 Standard EB 105.2 (ZA9144, April-May 2026) includes "Europeans’ opinion about European Union’s priorities", "European citizenship", "The EU’s response to the war in Ukraine" & more... 🔗 t1p.de/EB_105_2 @europarl.europa.eu
131
Reposted by GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Wenn Daten hierarchisch strukturiert und Variablen latent sind, ist die Mehrebenen-Strukturgleichungsmodellierung (MSM) die ideale methodische Wahl. In unserem #GESISworkshop lernst du, MSM-Modelle zu spezifizieren, zu schätzen und zu interpretieren – praxisnah in R. ➡️ t1p.de/einf_mod_26 @gesis.org
GESIS Workshop
Einführung in die Mehrebenen-Strukturgleichungsmodellierung
21. – 22. September 2026 | Online
Theresa Rohm (LIfBi)
021
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
#summertime #vacation #recovery #CUsoon The GESIS social media team is taking a break until the beginning of September! We wish everybody a wonderful August - we are outta here... ...🎤... ...mic drop!
031
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
At the opposite end of the spectrum, voting patterns were least stable among BSW and FDP supporters, with around half of those who intended to vote for either party ending up voting for another one. 👉 Browse the documentation: shiny.gesis.org/gpdbd 👉 Link to the dataset: t1p.de/Panel_dbd_5669
000
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
87% of those who intended to vote for The Left stayed with their decision, as did 82% of those who intended to vote for the AfD.
100
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
The chart displays pre-election voting intentions versus reported voting behavior of GESIS Panel.dbd respondents regarding the 2025 German federal election. Voting patterns are most stable at the political extremes:
100
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
With its rich demographic information, this dataset enables in-depth analyses of political attitudes and behavior. For example, comparing pre-election voting intentions versus reported voting behavior.
100
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
Among other topics, respondents were asked about their • voting intentions and behavior, • chancellor candidate preferences, • party preferences, • trust in political institutions, • populist attitudes, • and affective polarization towards supporters of different parties in Germany.
110
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
A new GESIS Panel.dbd dataset is now available, containing three survey waves collected around the time of the 2025 German federal election — two waves before and one wave after, with 5,599 respondents participating in each of the three waves. @gesis-panel.bsky.social
194
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
👉 Flash EB 574 "The European Union in defence and space". Example item: Agreement to "My personal safety is at risk" 🔗 t1p.de/EB_574 europa.eu/eurobarome...
000
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
👉 Flash EB 571 "Barriers for European SMEs in Recruiting Workers from Outside the EU". Example item: "Which channels have you used for the recruitment of workers from outside the EU?" 🔗 t1p.de/EB_571 @ec.europa.eu
100
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 07/08/2026
#eurobarometer #eu #attitudes Check out the new EB datasets: 👉 Special EB 103.4 (ZA9129, May 2025), includes the modules "European Parliament Spring Survey 2025", "Social economy in the life of Europeans", and "Protecting and promoting democracy". 🔗 t1p.de/EB_103_4 @europarl.europa.eu
142
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 05/08/2026
Standard #Eurobarometer 104.1. Includes standard trend questions, "Europeans’ opinion about European Union’s priorities", "European citizenship", "The EU’s response to the war in Ukraine", "Media use in the European Union" and "Europeans and the #EU budget" dx.doi.org/10.4232/1... @ec.europa.eu
011
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 04/08/2026
👉Postdoctoral Researcher in geospatial political data (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100 %, initially limited to 4 years): 🔗
gesis.jobs.personio.de
Postdoctoral Researcher in geospatial political data (SDC-32) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS 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. 
012
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 04/08/2026
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Pursue your career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg WE ARE HIRING! 👉Researcher for AI-based Research Workflows (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 50%, limited until 31.12.2028): 🔗gesis.jobs.personio....
135