Staff

The many faces of GESIS

Vita

Senior researcher at the GESIS department Survey Data Curation
2018 Degree: Doctorate on the comparability of international survey data at the University of Mannheim
2007 Degree: M.A. in Sociology at the University of Cologne;
2003-2004 Oxford Brookes University, degree: Diploma in Advanced Studies;
2000-2007 Sociology, English and Anglo-American History at the University of Cologne

Service

Scientific coordinator for ISSP data harmonization and integration at the GESIS department Survey Data Curation
ISSP user / principal investigator support
Publisher: ISSP Data Report

Research

Comparability of measurement instruments in international comparative research
Data harmonization
International comparative studies of religion
Social Inequality
Principal Investigator: Project ONBound (Old and new boundaries: National Identities and Religion)
Work Package Lead: Project COORDINATE (Cohort Community Research and Development Infrastructure Network for Access Throughout Europe)
Work Package Lead: Project Projekt Infra4NextGen

Publications

Journal article

Bechert, Insa, and Lars Osberg. 2023. "A few people make all the difference: – an international comparison of “fair” pay differentials." International Journal of Sociology 53 (6): 421-447. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207659.2023.2274713.

Bechert, Insa, Pablo Christmann, Andreas Franken, Fabio Franzese, Maarten Koomen, Kristina Krell, Tanja Kunz, Melissa Pflüger, Percy Scheller, Maximilian Trommer, and Christina von Rotz. 2023. "Plausibilisierung: eine Handreichung zum Umgang mit inkonsistenten Daten in den Sozialwissenschaften." Bausteine Forschungsdatenmanagement (1): 1-84. doi: https://doi.org/10.17192/bfdm.2023.1.8413.

Bechert, Insa. 2021. "Of pride and prejudice: A cross-national exploration of atheists’ national pride." Religions 12 (8): 648. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12080648.

Bechert, Insa. 2018. "Comparing religiosity cross-nationally : About invariance and the role of denomination." Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik https://rdcu.be/KFDC . doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41682-018-0016-z.

Bechert, Insa, and Jonas Edlund. 2015. "Observing unexpected patterns in cross-national research: blame data, theory, or both? : Attitudes towards redistributive taxation in thirty-three countries." International Journal of Sociology 45 (4): 327-347. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207659.2015.1098272.

Chapter in an edited book

Bechert, Insa. 2013. "Are religious people happier than non-religious people?" In ISSP data report - religious attitudes and religious change, edited by Insa Bechert, and Markus Quandt, GESIS Schriftenreihe 13, 59-71. Köln: GESIS.

Quandt, Markus, and Insa Bechert. 2013. "Assessing trends in religiosity with ISSP data: an addendum." In ISSP data report: religious attitudes and religious change, edited by Insa Bechert, and Markus Quandt, GESIS-Schriftenreihe 13, 89-96. Köln: GESIS.

Editorship

Edlund, Jonas, Insa Bechert, and Markus Quandt, ed. 2017. Social Inequality in the Eyes of the Public: A Collection of Analyses Based on ISSP Data 1987-2009. GESIS Schriftenreihe 17. Cologne: GESIS .

Bechert, Insa, and Markus Quandt, ed. 2013. ISSP data report: religious attitudes and religious change. GESIS Schriftenreihe 13. Köln: GESIS. http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/37204.

Monograph

Bechert, Insa. 2018. Blame the data or blame the theory? : On (In-) comparability in international survey research. https://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/44559/.

Bechert, Insa, and Markus Quandt. 2010. ISSP Data Report: Attitudes towards the Role of Government. GESIS Schriftenreihe Bd. 6. Bonn: GESIS. http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/20006.

Working and discussion paper

Eder, Christina, Sophia Kratz, Carolin Ehlers, Insa Bechert, and Horst Baumann. 2024. Between field work and analyses - How to curate your data. GESIS Papers 2024/07. Köln: GESIS. doi: https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.97056.

Bechert, Insa, and Scott Milligan. 2024. Harmonising Variables on Child Wellbeing. GESIS Papers 2024/09. doi: https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.97392.

May, Antonia, Katharina Werhan, Insa Bechert, and Markus Quandt. 2021. ONBound-Harmonization User Guide (Stata/SPSS), Version1.1. GESIS Papers 2021/04. Cologne: GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences. doi: https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.72442.

Bechert, Insa, and Markus Quandt. 2009. ISSP Data Report: Attitudes towards the Role of Government. GESIS-Arbeitsbericht 7. Bonn: GESIS. http://www.gesis.org/fileadmin/upload/forschung/publikationen/gesis_reihen/gesis_arbeitsberichte/GESIS_AB_7.pdf.

Variable Report

Frank, Marvin, and Insa Bechert, ed. 2024. International Social Survey Programme – Social Inequality I-V Cumulation, Variable Report: Documentation release 2024/01/ related to the international dataset GESIS Study-No. Z8790 Version 1.0.0 Variable Reports 2024|01. . Cologne:GESIS.

Data/Software

Bechert, Insa, and Scott Milligan. 2024. COORDINATE Data Harmonisation Workshop 2. doi: https://doi.org/10.7802/2717.

Bechert, Insa, Antonia May, Markus Quandt, and Katharina Werhan. 2020. ONBound - Old and new boundaries: National Identities and Religion: Customized dataset. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. http://onbound.gesis.org/wizard.

Presentation at a conference

Bechert, Insa, Kerstin Beck, and Ivet Solanes Ros. 2023. "Caring for data's soul: An exploration of the effects of data curation activities on data quality." ESRA 2023: 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Milan (Italy), 2023-07-21.

Bechert, Insa, and Lars Osberg. 2022. "A Few People Make all the Difference: An International Comparison of ”Fair” Pay Differentials." 1st ISSP User Conference, Online, 2022-12-12.

Bechert, Insa. 2021. "Of Pride and Prejudice - A Cross-National Exploration of Atheists' National Pride." ECPR General Conference 2021, Online, 2021-08-31.

Bechert, Insa, Markus Quandt, and Antonia May. 2021. "ONBound – a database for answering research questions concerning national identities and religion." ISA RC-22 Mid Term Conference, Online, 2021-11-13.

Bechert, Insa. 2019. "Can Atheists be Good Citizens?" ESA Conference 2019 - Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging Manchester, United Kingdom, 20 – 23 August 2019, 2019-08-21.

Bechert, Insa, and Bernhard Miller. 2018. "Navigating to Church: Exploration der Open Street Map als Datenbasis für religiöse Opportunitätsstrukturen." Arbeitskreis quantitative Religionsforschung Big Data in der Religionsforschung: Theoretische und methodische Herausforderungen der "digitalen Wende" , 2018-11-09.

Bechert, Insa. 2017. "Social values for equality and preferences for state intervention: Is the USA “Exceptional”? The research value of ISSP do-earn/should earn variables." ISSP Annual Meeting 2017, 2017-04-30.

Bechert, Insa. 2016. "Religiosität messen und international vergleichen – eine Evaluation des Messinstruments „Religiöse Selbsteinschätzung”." Arbeitskreis für quantitative Religionsforschung.

Bechert, Insa. 2015. "Measuring Religiosity Cross-Nationally." ESRA 2015: 6th Conference of the European Survey Research Association.

Quandt, Markus, and Insa Bechert. 2013. "Building society level time series with ISSP survey data: investigating practical and conceptual challenges on the cxample of church attendance." ISSP Research Session 2013.

Bechert, Insa. 2013. "Civil partnership as a category of marital status in international comparative surveys." 5th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA).

Bechert, Insa, and Jonas Edlund. 2011. "How to deal with aberrant response patterns in cross-national data: attitudes towards progressive taxation in ISSP countries." Fourth Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA).

Bechert, Insa. 2009. "ISSP - The International Social Survey Programme." Eurobarometer Conference "Understanding European Public Opinion".

Presentation not at a conference

Bechert, Insa. 2022. "Meet the ISSP." Online presentation in the GESIS series "Meet the experts", 2022-03-24.

Bechert, Insa. 2019. "Of Pride and Prejudice - An exploration of atheists' attitudes towards their countries, and other people's attitudes towards atheists." ONBound Workshop 2019, Milan, 2019-11-27.

Bechert, Insa. 2018. "Interkulturess vergleichende Umfragen, Herausforderungen bei Erhebung, Analyse und Interpretation: Vortrag an der Universität Köln im Rahmen der Lehrveranstaltung: Angewandte Umfragenmethodik." 2018-11-29.

Werhan, Katharina, and Insa Bechert. 2018. "ONBound Data Harmonization : Challenges, Decisions and Consequences." ONBound Project Workshop I, Universität Düsseldorf, 2018-12-06.

Bechert, Insa. 2015. "Vergleichbarkeit von Umfrageinstrumenten in international-vergleichenden Surveys." Universität zu Köln.

Bechert, Insa. 2014. "Internationale Umfrageprogramme und Vergleichbarkeit von internationalen Umfragedaten." International Graduate School - OAS.

Bechert, Insa. 2013. "Internationale Umfrageprogramme und Vergleichbarkeit von internationalen Umfragedaten."

Quandt, Markus, and Insa Bechert. 2013. "Internationale Umfrageprogramme und Vergleichbarkeit von internationalen Umfragedaten." Forschungsprojekt an der Universität Köln: Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).