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Our research is at the service of data quality - so that you can achieve optimum results with your project

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The new post on the GESIS blog highlights the use of and attitudes toward AI in Germany

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KODAQS Data Quality Academy Certificate Program 2026 open for applications

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First wave of data from GESIS Panel.dbd now available!

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Out now: MISS Article Collection about Measuring Attitudes and Tendencies of Degradation

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Current issue of newsletter "gesis report" is available

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Erasmus Plus certificate award ceremony for internships abroad

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The new post on the GESIS blog shows how the KODAQS Toolbox helps to improve the quality of survey data.

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Two new preprints shed light on publication bias in science

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We are GESIS

Our services for your research projects

Research projects generally go through a process of multiple phases – the research data cycle. Each individual phase of this cycle requires specific know-how to obtain significant results. GESIS has the know-how and optimizes utilization of this by offering a unique package of services to accompany the entire research data cycle. 

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Research: the basis of our expertise

GESIS is a research-based infrastructure institution for the social sciences and conducts its own continuous and interdisciplinary research. The results of our research serve both to gain scientific knowledge and to sustainably improve our offerings for the social sciences .

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With more than 370 employees at two locations - Mannheim and Cologne - GESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences.

As the largest European infrastructure institute for the social sciences GESIS offers advice, expertise and services at all stages of scientists' research projects. With this support socially relevant questions can be answered based on the latest scientific methods, and with high quality research data.

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