GESIS Panel

Welcome to the GESIS Panel

The GESIS Panel is a unique and innovative social science data infrastructure serving both primary and secondary researchers. Researchers interested in primary research can collect their own data. Rich and unique GESIS Panel data is available for secondary research. 

Depending on your research question, you can choose between the following samples:

1. The GESIS Panel.pop Population Sample (the previous "GESIS Panel") is a mixed-mode panel based on a random survey sample of the adult German-speaking population of Germany and thus allows drawing conclusions about the general population. Respondents can answer by web or by paper questionnaire.  

2. The new GESIS Panel.dbd Digital Behavioral Data Sample combines an online survey with collecting (and linking) digital behavioral data such as web tracking data.

Collecting data with the GESIS Panel

Here you will find information and submission options for collecting your own data with the GESIS Panel.

To the data collection

Analyzing GESIS panel data

All cross-sectional and longitudinal survey data is available for secondary analyses without restriction.

Data access

Documentation

Here you will find study descriptions, questionnaires and codebooks of the GESIS Panel.

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In dialog with us

Do you have any questions or want to stay informed? You can get in touch with us here, via our contact form, social media and our newsletter.

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To the current call GESIS Panel.pop

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the GESIS Panel.pop, we offer one survey slot of 10 minutes survey time.

To the Call

Directly to the GESIS Panel data

All GESIS Panel data and documentation are freely accessible via the data catalogue and are available free of charge.

Directly to the data

GESIS Panel Bibliography

Here you will find publications that use GESIS panel data. Send us your publication to bibliography@gesis-panel.org

To the bibliography

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