Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce the *release* of the***Scientific Use File* *"**German Social Cohesion Panel 2021-2022 - Wave 1-2"* (SCP 2021-22 W1-2; see https://fgz-risc-data.de/datenportal/datenangebot/german_social_cohesion_pan...). *HIGHLIGHTS* - Data of *WAVE 2* focusing on "*Environment & Infrastructure*" and "*Inequality & Evaluation of Own Situation*" - *The RISC Milieus* (see Groh-Samberg et al. 2023) as newly generated variables - *Updated weights* for ALL WAVES, which now include education as a raking variable * **The German Social Cohesion Panel: * The SCP is a newly established longitudinal study that captures multiple aspects of social cohesion in Germany. It is based on a representative population *sample drawn from the German population registers* and was carried out for the first time in 2021. The *annual survey* is directed not only at the selected individuals (N=13,053) but also at all other adult household members (N=3,974). The SCP is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), led in cooperation by the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), and implemented by the survey institute infas. *Data Access:* The SCP 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@uni-bremen.de. Best regards, The team of 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@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>