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GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 2026 – Places Available!
by Remizova, Alisa 22 May '26

22 May '26

***Apologies for cross-posting*** Dear colleagues, As registration for the GESIS Summer School 2026 is currently open, we would like to take this opportunity to once again share the program and kindly ask you to circulate it within your networks, to colleagues, students, and researchers who may be interested in participating. The program takes place from 22 July to 14 August 2026 – most courses will be held onsite at GESIS Cologne, and some online via Zoom, or in a hybrid format, where onsite or online participation is possible. Join lecturers and participants from diverse fields and all over the world at one of Europe's leading summer schools in survey methodology, research design, and data collection and analysis. Go to www.gesis.org/summerschool<http://www.gesis.org/summerschool> or read on below for an overview of this year's courses as well as information on ECTS credits. _Program Week 1 (22–24 July) – Short Courses Introduction to R for Data Analysis<https://t1p.de/GSS26-SCA> [22–23 July] Jan Schwalbach (GESIS), Dennis Abel (GESIS) Introduction to Stata for Data Management and Analysis<https://t1p.de/GSS26-SCB> [22–23 July] Lynn-Malou Lutz (GESIS), Sophia Hamdorf (GESIS) Pretesting Survey Questions<https://t1p.de/GSS26-SCC> [22–24 July] Timo Lenzner (GESIS), Patricia Hadler (SHARE) Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Evidence Synthesis Using Model Selection<https://t1p.de/GSS26-SCD> [22–24 July] Rebecca Kuiper (Utrecht University), Jessica Daikeler (GESIS) Week 2 (27–31 July) Factorial Survey Design<https://t1p.de/GSS26-C1> Katrin Auspurg (LMU Munich), Alisia Bauer (LMU Munich), Carsten Sauer (University of Bielefeld) Advanced Questionnaire Design<https://t1p.de/GSS26-C2> Marek Fuchs (Darmstadt University of Technology) AI-Assisted Surveys: Using AI Tools at Each Step of the Survey Research Process<https://t1p.de/GSS26-C3> Mario Callegaro (Callegaro Research Limited) Week 3 (03–07 August) Data Science Techniques for Survey Researchers<https://t1p.de/GSS26-C4> Fiona Draxler (University of Mannheim), Anna Steinberg Schulten (LMU Munich) Latent Variable Modeling in Survey Research: Classical and New Approaches<https://t1p.de/GSS26-C5> David Goretzko (Goethe University Frankfurt), Melanie Viola Partsch (Utrecht University) Advanced Survey Design<https://t1p.de/GSS26-C6> Bella Struminskaya (Utrecht University), Camilla Salvatore (Utrecht University) Week 4 (10–14 August) Causal Inference Using Survey Data<https://t1p.de/GSS26-C7> Heinz Leitgöb (University of Leipzig), Tobias Wolbring (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen–Nuremberg) Applied Introduction to Bots in Web-based Studies<https://t1p.de/GSS26-C8> Jan Karem Höhne (DZHW, Leibniz University Hannover), Joshua Claassen (DZHW, Leibniz University Hannover) Sampling and Weighting in Survey Statistics<https://t1p.de/GSS26-C9> Anne Konrad (Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) Applied Causal Inference Using Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)<https://t1p.de/GSS26-SCE> [12–14 August] Beyers Louw (Erasmus University Rotterdam) _ ECTS Credits, Scholarships & More Thanks to our cooperation with the Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences<https://www.uni-mannheim.de/gess/programs/cdss/> at the University of Mannheim, participants can obtain a certificate acknowledging a workload worth 4 ECTS credit points per one-week course. More information is available here<https://www.gesis.org/en/gesis-training/what-we-offer/summer-school-in-surv…>. 4 Scholarships were granted to Summer School participants for one-week courses. Grants are disbursed by the European Survey Research Association<https://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/> (ESRA). There is no registration deadline, but places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. You will find the full program, detailed course descriptions, and more information here<t1p.de/GSS26-Program>. Never miss a GESIS Training course by subscribing to our newsletter<https://www.gesis.org/en/gesis-training/about-us/newsletter>. Check out these additional workshops on survey methods and data analysis: 18–20/11/26 Survey Data Integration<https://training.gesis.org/?site=pDetails&child=full&pID=0xF44BD8F19ECA447A…> 24–25/11/26 Data Quality Assessment for Survey Responses: Be Careful of the Careless<https://t1p.de/DataQualityAssessment> Best wishes, Your GESIS Summer School team -- GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology Email: summerschool(a)gesis.org<mailto:summerschool@gesis.org> Web: www.gesis.org/summerschool<http://www.gesis.org/summerschool> Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gesistraining.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GESISTraining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gesistraining

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Stellenausschreibung: WiMi-Stelle an Professur für Soziologie mit Schwerpunkt Netzwerkforschung und in ERC-Projekt Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (E13, 75%)
by Lars Leszczensky 20 May '26

20 May '26

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, für Mitarbeit an der Professur für Soziologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Netzwerkforschung sowie im ERC-geförderten Projekt „The Interplay of Children’s and Parents’ Networks in Shaping Each Other’s Social Worlds” sowie suche ich eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeitenden (75% für bis Ende 2028). Die Ausschreibung und weitere Informationen finden sich hier: https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB03___Gesellschaftswissenschaften Für eine Weiterleitung an potenzielle Interessierte danke ich sehr. Mit besten Grüßen Lars Leszczensky -- Prof. Dr. Lars Leszczensky Professor of Sociology with a focus on network research Goethe University Frankfurt Institute for Empirical-Analytical Research (InFER<https://www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/67725421/InFER___Institute_for_Empirical_…>) School of Social Sciences (FB03) E-Mail: Leszczensky(a)em.uni-frankfurt.de https://www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/145447189/Prof__Dr__Lars_Leszczensky

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Stelle im Bereich Quer- und Längsschnittgewichtung des German Social Cohesion Panel
by Jean-Yves Gerlitz 18 May '26

18 May '26

FYI -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AS] Stelle im Bereich Quer- und Längsschnittgewichtung des German Social Cohesion Panel Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 09:59:23 +0200 From: Kroh, Martin <martin.kroh(a)uni-bielefeld.de> Reply-To: Kroh, Martin <martin.kroh(a)uni-bielefeld.de> To: as(a)listserv.dfn.de Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, wir suchen für das Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt (FGZ) am Standort Bielefeld eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Bereich Quer- und Längsschnittgewichtung des German Social Cohesion Panel (SCP). Die Stelle ist befristet für 3 Jahre (Entgeltgruppe E13 TV-L, 100%) zu vergeben. Bewerbungsfrist ist der 04.06.2026. Die Ausschreibung mit der Kennziffer Wiss26150 finden Sie hier: https://jobs.uni-bielefeld.de/job/view/4949/wissenschafliche-r-mitarbeiter-… Ich danke Ihnen für die Weiterleitung an interessierte Personen. Herzliche Grüße Martin Kroh -- Prof. Dr. Martin Kroh Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung mit dem Schwerpunkt quantitative Methoden Fakultät für Soziologie, Universität Bielefeld D-33501 Bielefeld, Büro: X D2-200 Tel.: +49 (0)521 106 12980 (Sekr. Sylke Voss -3847) https://uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/soziologie/fakultaet/personen/kroh/ -- Dr. Jean-Yves Gerlitz Koordinator des Forschungsdatenzentrums Logo FGZ Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt *Forschungsdatenzentrum des FGZ* SOCIUM, University of Bremen P.O. Box 330 440 28334 Bremen Germany Coordinator of the Research Data Centre, Research Institute Social Cohesion, Research Data Centre of the RISC Telefon: +49 (0) 421 218 570 88 <tel:+49 (0) 421 218 570 88> E-mail: jean-yves.gerlitz(a)fgz-risc.de <mailto:jean-yves.gerlitz@fgz-risc.de> www.fgz-risc.de <https://fgz-risc.de>| https://fgz-risc-data.de/ Bluesky <https://bsky.app/profile/fgz-risc.bsky.social> Mastodon <https://wisskomm.social/@fgz_risc> YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/@fgz_risc> Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/fgz_risc/> LinkedIn <https://de.linkedin.com/company/fgz-risc> Newsletter <https://fgz-risc.de/newsletter>

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Reminder: CS3 Meeting for Computational Survey and Social Science
by Claaßen, Joshua 18 May '26

18 May '26

***Apologies for cross-posting Dear colleagues, This is a gentle reminder for the next CS3 meeting with Johanna Hölzl (University of Mannheim) talking about Still Problematic? Generalizability, Validity, and Reliability of API-Based Research<https://jkhoehne.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Abstract_JohannaHolzl.pdf> on May 19, 2026, from 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CEST). Please sign up for the meeting by the end of today: https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeting_registration/ See you at the CS3 Meeting! Best regards Joshua German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) Lange Laube 12 | 30159 Hannover | www.dzhw.eu<https://www.dzhw.eu/> | Germany Joshua Claaßen (M.A.) Research Associate and PhD Candidate Member of CS3 Lab for Computational Survey and Social Science Research Area Research Infrastructure and Methods Tel. +49 511 450670-407 | E-Mail: claassen(a)dzhw.eu<mailto:claassen@dzhw.eu> | Bluesky: @jclaass.bsky.social Most recent publications: - Claassen, J., Höhne, J.K., Bach, R., & Haensch, A.-C. (2026). Identifying bots through LLM-generated text in open narrative responses: A proof-of-concept study. Social Science Computer Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393251408022 - Claassen, J., Höhne, J.K., & Kuhlmann, J. (2025). Asking for feedback: Innovating final comment questions in self-administered web surveys. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smaf018 - Claassen, J., Lenzner, T., Höhne, J.K., & Ziller, C. (2025). A survey mode of the future? Investigating respondents' willingness to participate in self-administered video-based web surveys. Methods Data Analyses. https://doi.org/10.12758/mda.2025.10 - Höhne, J.K., Claassen, J., Kühne, S., & Zindel, Z. (2025). Social media ads for survey recruitment: Performance, costs, user engagement. International Journal of Market Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/14707853251367805 - Höhne, J.K., Claassen, J., & Wolf, B.L. (2025). LLM-driven bot infiltration: Protecting web surveys through prompt injections. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2598606 Visit us also on Mastodon [cid:image001.jpg@01DCE6A4.04359E00] <https://eduresearch.social/@DZHW> & Linkedin [cid:image002.jpg@01DCE6A4.04359E00] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/dzhw-gmbh> Registr<https://www.linkedin.com/company/dzhw-gmbh>ation court: Amtsgericht Hannover | HRB 210251 Chairman of the supervisory board: Ministerialdirigent Peter Greisler Scientific Director: Dr. Marcus Beiner Administrative Director: Regina Oelfke VAT No. DE291239300 | TAX ID No. 25/206/21502 Registergericht: Amtsgericht Hannover | HRB 210251

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CS3 Meeting for Computational Survey and Social Science
by Claaßen, Joshua 12 May '26

12 May '26

***Apologies for cross-posting Dear colleagues, I would like to invite you to join the upcoming CS3 Meeting for Computational Survey and Social Science broadcasted by the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW). The CS3 Meeting concerns research topics on innovative data collection and analysis strategies in the behavioral and social sciences. It takes place online during the summer (April-July) and winter terms (October-January) including a talk of about 30 minutes and a Q&A of about 15 minutes. Johanna Hölzl (University of Mannheim) talks about Still Problematic? Generalizability, Validity, and Reliability of API-Based Research<https://jkhoehne.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Abstract_JohannaHolzl.pdf> on May 19, 2026, from 3:15 to 4:00 PM (CEST). Please sign up for the meeting by May 18, 2026: https://ww3.unipark.de/uc/cs3_meeting_registration/ See you at the CS3 Meeting! Best regards Joshua German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) Lange Laube 12 | 30159 Hannover | www.dzhw.eu<https://www.dzhw.eu/> | Germany Joshua Claaßen (M.A.) Research Associate and PhD Candidate Member of CS3 Lab for Computational Survey and Social Science Research Area Research Infrastructure and Methods Tel. +49 511 450670-407 | E-Mail: claassen(a)dzhw.eu<mailto:claassen@dzhw.eu> | Bluesky: @jclaass.bsky.social Most recent publications: - Claassen, J., Höhne, J.K., Bach, R., & Haensch, A.-C. (2026). Identifying bots through LLM-generated text in open narrative responses: A proof-of-concept study. Social Science Computer Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393251408022 - Claassen, J., Höhne, J.K., & Kuhlmann, J. (2025). Asking for feedback: Innovating final comment questions in self-administered web surveys. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smaf018 - Claassen, J., Lenzner, T., Höhne, J.K., & Ziller, C. (2025). A survey mode of the future? Investigating respondents' willingness to participate in self-administered video-based web surveys. Methods Data Analyses. https://doi.org/10.12758/mda.2025.10 - Höhne, J.K., Claassen, J., Kühne, S., & Zindel, Z. (2025). Social media ads for survey recruitment: Performance, costs, user engagement. International Journal of Market Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/14707853251367805 - Höhne, J.K., Claassen, J., & Wolf, B.L. (2025). LLM-driven bot infiltration: Protecting web surveys through prompt injections. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2598606 Visit us also on Mastodon [cid:image001.jpg@01DCE1F7.B5F4E710] <https://eduresearch.social/@DZHW> & Linkedin [cid:image002.jpg@01DCE1F7.B5F4E710] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/dzhw-gmbh> Registr<https://www.linkedin.com/company/dzhw-gmbh>ation court: Amtsgericht Hannover | HRB 210251 Chairman of the supervisory board: Ministerialdirigent Peter Greisler Scientific Director: Dr. Marcus Beiner Administrative Director: Regina Oelfke VAT No. DE291239300 | TAX ID No. 25/206/21502 Registergericht: Amtsgericht Hannover | HRB 210251

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DATA RELEASE: RISC REGIONAL PANEL 2021-2023 - WAVE 1-2
by Jean-Yves Gerlitz 08 May '26

08 May '26

Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce the *release* of a new *Scientific Use File* (SUF) of the *RISC Regional Panel*: The *RISC **R**egional **P**anel 2021-2023 – Wave 1-2 *(RISC RegPan W1-2 2021-23). For more details and information how the data can be obtained, please see below or visit https://fgz-risc-data.de/datenportal/datenangebot/risc_regional_panel/wave1…. *The* *RISC Regional Panel: *Coordinated by the RISC section Halle (Saale), sections Bielefeld, Göttingen, and Hannover jointly conducted this panel study on social cohesion in communities. The RISC Regional Panel covers 12 communes in 4 German federal states (Bavaria, Lower-Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt): One large city (min 200,000 inhabitants), one medium-sized city (max 50,000 inhabitants), and one small commune/village each. The samples are randomly drawn from official registry and the data are representative for each commune. *The **RISC **R**egional **P**anel 2021-2023 – Wave 1-2: *The new release encompases individual-level data of the first and second wave of the study. It covers a wide range of topics such as social cohesion, neighbourhood, media consumption, local infrastructures, andpolarisation. *Data Access:* The RISC RegPan W1-2 2021-23 can be ordered by all *p**ost-doctoral researchers affiliated with a scientific institution*. For that purpose, please set up a *data user account* at https://fgz-risc-data.de/en/registration if not yet done. You can use this account in the future to order all Scientific Use Files available at the Research Data Centre of the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RDC-RISC). Account holders (primary users) may share the data with researchers under their supervision (secondary users). Secondary users must be listed in the primary user's data user account and must sign a privacy policy, which must be archived by the primary user. We would like to point out that we provide data for scientific use only. If you have any questions, please contact us at fgzdz(a)uni-bremen.de. Best regards, The teams of the RISC RegPan and the RDC-RISC -- Dr. Jean-Yves Gerlitz Koordinator des Forschungsdatenzentrums Logo FGZ Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt *Forschungsdatenzentrum des FGZ* SOCIUM, University of Bremen P.O. Box 330 440 28334 Bremen Germany Coordinator of the Research Data Centre, Research Institute Social Cohesion, Research Data Centre of the RISC Telefon: +49 (0) 421 218 570 88 <tel:+49 (0) 421 218 570 88> E-mail: jean-yves.gerlitz(a)fgz-risc.de <mailto:jean-yves.gerlitz@fgz-risc.de> www.fgz-risc.de <https://fgz-risc.de>| https://fgz-risc-data.de/ Bluesky <https://bsky.app/profile/fgz-risc.bsky.social> Mastodon <https://wisskomm.social/@fgz_risc> YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/@fgz_risc> Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/fgz_risc/> LinkedIn <https://de.linkedin.com/company/fgz-risc> Newsletter <https://fgz-risc.de/newsletter>

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Call for Sessions | RC33 @ ISA World Congress of Sociology 2027
by Shamon, Hawal 06 May '26

06 May '26

Dear colleagues, I am thrilled to announce that RC33 - Logic and Methodology in Sociology invites you to propose sessions for the upcoming ISA World Congress of Sociology to be held in Gwangju, Korea, from 4 to 10 July 2027. Please find the Call for Sessions with links to conference website in the attachment. I very much hope that many of you will actively participate in designing RC33’s conference program with session proposals and thus contribute to making the ISA World Congress 2027 varied, interesting and stimulating. Looking forward to your session proposal(s) that can be submitted by June 25th, 2026 (23:59 UTC/GMT) at the latest. Kind regards on behalf of the RC33 board, Hawal Shamon __________________________________________________ Dr. rer. pol. Hawal Shamon Team lead <https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ice/ice-2/research-1/socioeconomics/energy-soc…> Energy Social Science Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH | 52425 Jülich Institute of Climate and Energy Systems Jülich Systems Analysis Mobile: +49 160 92172835 Email: <mailto:h.shamon@fz-juelich.de> h.shamon(a)fz-juelich.de Internet: <https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ice/ice-2> https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/ice/ice-2 <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hawal-Shamon> ResearchGate | <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LaXSLzsAAAAJ&hl=de> Google Scholar | <https://www.linkedin.com/in/hawal-shamon-098578151/> LinkedIn | <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6304-9301> ORCID 🔗 Mehr erfahren: <https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/ice/ice-2/ice2-forschung/soziooekonomie/sozial…> https://www.fz-juelich.de/bwz

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