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FORS: Advancing Social Science Research in Switzerland and Beyond

FORS is a key player in Swiss social science research, focusing on data production, archiving, access, consulting, and research activities. Integrating international surveys, developing scientific synergies, and ensuring high professional standards.

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FORS: Advancing Social Science Research in Switzerland and Beyond

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  1. Our Mission • At the service of the social science research community in Switzerland and abroad • National centre of competence aspiring to the highest professional standards • Well integrated in relevant national and international networks • Key activities: data production, data archiving, data access, methodological consulting and research

  2. Re-combination and further development of three existing institutions: SIDOS (data archive), Swiss Household Panel, SELECTS (electoral studies) • Integration of international surveys, the Social Report, and new tasks (access to national statistical data) • Development of scientific and organisational synergies Short History

  3. Monitoring social change– Swiss Household Panel – International surveys on attitudes, opinions and values: ISSP, ESS, EVS, SHARE – Election study SELECTS – Social Report – Luxembourg Income Study LIS • Services and consultation–Data archives – Inventory of research projects – Access to national statistical microdata • Research on methodological and substantive topics • Research and teaching cooperation with universities–Swiss Summer School, Lugano Activities

  4. The Scientific Advisory Board... • is composed of eminent Swiss and international scholars • controls the scientific quality of the performance of FORS • strengthens networking with the Swiss and the international scientific communities Guaranteeing Scientific Quality

  5. Foundation Board: • University of Lausanne • Three other universities • Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences • Swiss Federal Statistical Office InstitutionalSetting

  6. The annual budget of FORS amounts to about 7-8 million Swiss francs • FORS is financed by: – the Federal Government (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation) – contributions by the Swiss National Science Foundation – support in kind and in cash from the University of Lausanne – third party funded projects Financial Resources

  7. Perspectives • Scientific cooperation with Swiss universities in FORS’s key areas of expertise: e.g., life cycle, elections, poverty and precariousness, political bahaviour, methodology • Promotion of secondary analysis of social scientific data • Active collaboration in the development and implementation of national and international data policies • International collaboration to develop the network of social science data archives

  8. Learn more about FORS: www.forscenter.ch

  9. Thank you for your attention !

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