Research documents from social science institutions of the GDR and the New Federal States

As a further source of information on social science studies from the GDR and the New Federal States, the related research documents have been preserved and taken into the archive as context information. These documents can be viewed by those interested through Brigitte Hausstein at the GESIS Service Agency Eastern Europe,  Zentralarchiv Division, in Berlin.

• Questionnaires and questionnaire drafts from institutes of the GDR
• Unpublished research reports from institutes in the GDR
• Published articles from social research in the GDR
• Texts on contents and organisation of social science research in the GDR
• Documents on organisation and research progress in the Institute for Sociology and Social Policy
• Texts on the work of the Scientific Council for Social Policy and Demography of the GDR
• Research documents from establishments of East Germany

Questionnaires and questionnaire drafts from establishments of the GDR

This archive contains questionnaires and questionnaire drafts from empirical research institutes of the GDR.  This relates particularly to:

• Institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (Institute for Sociology and Social Policy, Central Institute for Philosophy)
• Universities (Humboldt University Berlin, Martin Luther University Halle/Wittenberg, Karl Marx University Leipzig and others)
• Academy for the Social Sciences at ZK of the SED
• Central Institute for Youth Research, Leipzig
• Academy of Educational Science
• Single questionnaires from the USSR, Czechoslovakia, Hungary

Unpublished research reports from GDR institutions

This archive contains unpublished research reports, drafts, interim reports and working material (in unbound form) of social science institutes of the GDR.

Published articles from social research in the GDR

This archive contains a collection of published articles based on social research in the GDR, especially from the following journal series:

• "Soziologie und Sozialpolitik" (Sociology and Social Policy) of the ISS
• Information and reports from scientific councils: "Die Frau in der sozialistischen Gesellschaft" (Women in Socialist Society)
• Reports and information from the Scientific Council for Social Policy and Demography
• Information from the Centre for Social Scientific Information (ZGI)

Articles on the contents and organisation of social science research in the GDR

In this archive are various general articles on the contents and organisation of social science research at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR including:

• Central research plans of the science of society,
• annual research reports and
• internal organisational guidelines, instructions, commission reports and more.

Documents on organisation and research progress in the Institute for Sociology and Social Policy

This archive contains documents on organization structure and internal research progress in the Institute for Sociology and Social Policy at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR:

• Conceptions
• Annual research plans
• Discussion records
• Evaluation documents and others

Articles on the work of the Scientific Council for Social Policy and Demography in the GDR

In this archive you can find position papers, theses, workshop and meeting records of the Scientific Council for "Social Policy and Demography".

Research documents from institutes of the New Federal States

This archive contains research reports, press releases and working papers of social science institutes in the New Federal  States (in some cases also successor institutes and institutions of former GDR institutes).