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

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`

## External links

* Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (Original source)
* Official website

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