Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences

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

External links

Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (Original source)
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[PANEL-1] Swiss Household Swiss Household Panel (SHP)

[SELECTS-2] Swiss Electoral Studies (Selects)

[SOCIALREPORT-3] Social report

[DARIS-4] Data and Research Information Services (DARIS)

[SUMMERSCHOO-5] Swiss Summer School on Methods in the Social Sciences

[MISC-6] (fr) Centre de recherche méthodologie, inégalités et changement social (MISC)

[IMA-7] (fr) Institut de mathématiques appliquées (IMA)

[COMPASS-8] COMPASS

[CESSDA-9] Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)

[CNEF-10] Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF)

[ESS-11] European Social Survey (ESS)

[ESFRI-12] European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)

[ESRA-13] The European Survey Research Association (ESRA)

[ISSP-14] International Social Survey Program (ISSP)

[GESIS-15] Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS)

[CQ-16] Réseau Quetelet

[SER-17] State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER)

[SHARE-18] Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

[ASSH-19] Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (ASSH)

[SFSO-20] Swiss Federal Statistical Office (SFSO))

[SNSF-21] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SNSF

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