Consultations at the data section

Consultations for researchers regarding the entire range of the GESIS data products are key services in the data section. Our experts will advise you in the following areas and subjects:

Further consultations are provided at the services on Methods and Specialized information for the social science. The page on retrieval & data access provides a summary of all data retrieval systems and the facilities on data access, order and downoad.

Consultations - Data Archive for the Social Sciences

The service ranges from finding adequate data sets and doing literature searches to solving methodological and technical problems relatet to data analyses. However, the data archive provides no general analysis service. The archived data are documented at the Data catalogue and provided according to the terms of charges and usage regulations. We contribute our expertise in data management, archiving, and long-term preservation of social science data by consultations on data archiving to researchers and researcher groups.

General data serviceFor inquiries please contact:
  • Help desk & data dissemination
  • Data Service DAS, Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94-97, E-Mail
  • Oliver Watteler, M.A., Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94-76, E-Mail
  • Heidi Dorn, Dipl.-Bibl., Tel.: +49 (0)221 - 476 94-13, E-Mail
Study pools 
  • Data documentation and data access
    • Michael Terwey, Dr. , Tel.: 0221 / 47694-22, E-Mail
  • ALLBUS survey conception and implementation
    • PD Dr. Michael Braun, Tel.: 0621 / 1246 - 176, E-Mail
    • Martina Wasmer,  Tel.: 0621 / 1246 – 273, E-Mail
    • Michael Blohm,  Tel.: 0621 / 1246 – 276, E-Mail
  • Data archive, data access and statistical analysis of the ISSP
    • Markus Quandt, Dr., Tel.: 0221-47694-25, E-Mail
    • Irene Müller, Tel.: 0221-47694-27, E-Mail
    • Insa Bechert, M.A., Tel.: 0221-47694-26, E-Mail
  • Data collection and survey methodology
    • Prof. Dr. Janet A. Harkness, E-Mail
    • Dr. Evi Scholz, Tel.: 0621 / 1246-283, E-Mail
  • Meinhard Moschner, Dr. Phil. , Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94-21, E-Mail
  • Evelyn Brislinger, Dipl.Soz., Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94-67, E-Mail
  • Studies from Eastern Europe - Data access
  • Brigitte Hausstein, Dipl.Soz., Servicestelle Osteuropa, Berlin, Tel.  +49 (0)30-233 611 -314, E-Mail
  • Politbarometer - Data access
  • Monika Langhans, Dipl. Sportwiss., Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94-26, E-Mail
  • Bundestagswahlen - Data access
  • Oliver Watteler, M.A., Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94-76, E-Mail
  • Landtagswahlen - Data access
  • Evelyn Brislinger, Dipl.Soz., Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94-67, E-Mail
  • The single collections informs on your contacts  & data access
  • Eberhard Riedel, Dipl. Math. ,Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94-64, E-Mail
  • Brigitte Hausstein, Dipl.Soz., Servicestelle Osteuropa, Berlin, Tel.  +49 (0)30-233 611 -314, E-Mail
  • Subject based study pools
  • The single collections informs on your contacts  & data access
  • Evelyn Brislinger, Dipl.Soz., Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94-67, E-Mail
  • Rainer Hinterberg, Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94 - 54,  E-Mail
  • Gabriele Franzmann, M.A., Tel.: +49 (0)221-476 94 -34, E-Mail
  • Computer based data analysis, ICPSR contact
  • Maria Rohlinger, Tel.: +49 (0)221- 47694-45, E-Mail
  • Consultation for historians on statistical data analysis
  • Jürgen Sensch, Dipl.Soz., Tel.: +49 (0)221- 47694-38, E-Mail
  • Analysis of time series from historical statistics
  • Rainer Metz, Prof. Dr., Tel.:+49 (0)221 -  476 94 - 36, E-Mail

Consultations - German Microdata Lab

Our German Microdata Lab provides support and advice in the analysis of anonymized microdata collected by the German Federal Statistical Office and in the interpretation of consumer data from both official statistics and market research.

  • Scientific Director of Social Monitoring, Director German Microdata Lab
  • Prof. Dr. Christof Wolf, Tel.: 0621 / 1246 - 153, E-Mail
  • microcensus basic files, microcensus panel files
  • Dr. Bernhard Schimpl-Neimanns, Tel.: 0621 / 1246 - 263, E-Mail
  • microcensus regional files, factual anonymization
  • Dr. Heike Wirth, Tel:  0621 / 1246 - 269, E-Mail
  • preparation of old microcensus files for scientific use
  • Dr. Paul Lüttinger, Tel.:  0621 / 1246 - 268, E-Mail 
  • MISSY, labor participation of couples with children
  • Jeanette Bohr, Tel:  0621/  1246 - 261, E-Mail
  • MISSY
  • Mara Böhle, Tel:  0621 / 1246 - 186, E-Mail
  • Andrea Lengerer, Tel:  0621 / 1246 - 267, E-Mail 
  • Julia H. Schroedter, Tel:  0621 / 1246 - 264, E-Mail
  • Director of household budget data, family income and expenditure survey
  • Dr. Georgios Papastefanou, Tel:  0621 / 1246 - 278, E-Mail 

Consultations - Social Indicators

Our Social Indicator Research Center provides support and advice regarding issues of social monitoring, social reporting, and social indicator research