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RDC International Survey Programs

The Research Data Center (RDC) International Survey Programs provides researchers with data, services, and consultation on a number of important international study series which are under intensive curation by GESIS.

Through international programs, a wide range of issues is covered that  relate to attitude and behavior research for international comparison and analyses over time. The data can have a high level of complexity due to the particular challenge of comparability across countries, cultures, and points in time. The RDC International Survey Programs not only provides researchers with easy and, as far as possible, standardized access to data but also offers consultancy and knowledge transfer, to facilitate research of the highest possible quality.

The Research Data Center (RDC) International Survey Programs provides researchers with data access and consultation services on important international study series which are under intensive curation by GESIS.

Prominent survey series are the annually collected International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), the European Values Study (EVS) with a nine-year schedule, the primary data of the European Commission’s Eurobarometer program with currently up to eight large surveys per year, the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) and the European Election Studies (EES / PIREDEU).  

For more information on the international study series supervised by the RDC International Survey Programmes, please see our study overview:

The RDC International Survey Programs Team

Name Department Team Email Telephone
Baumann, Horst (M.A.)
(SDC/ ISSP)
Survey Data Curation
International Studies
National Studies
+49 (0221) 47694-443
Bechert, Dr. Insa
(SDC/ ISSP)
Survey Data Curation
International Studies
+49 (0221) 47694-461
Beck, Kerstin (M.A.)
(SDC/ Team International Surveys)
Survey Data Curation
International Studies
+49 (0221) 47694-441
Blinzler, Katharina (M.A.)
(SDC/ CSES)
Survey Data Curation
International Studies
+49 (0221) 47694-470
Brien, Petra (Dipl.-Ök.)
(SDC/ ISSP)
Survey Data Curation
International Studies
+49 (0221) 47694-427
Dentler, Klara
(DRS/ CSES)
Data and Research on Society
Social Surveys
+49 (0621) 1246-420
Firat, Dipl.-Geogr. Serap
(SDC/ Eurobarometer)
Survey Data Curation
International Studies
+49 (0221) 47694-465
Heizmann, Dr. Boris
(SDC/ Eurobarometer)
Survey Data Curation
International Studies
+49 (0221) 47694-486
Hochman, Oshrat (Ph.D.)
(DRS/ Team Lead Social Surveys)
Data and Research on Society
Social Surveys
+49 (0621) 1246-428
Naber, Dörte
(DRS/ ISSP)
Data and Research on Society
Social Surveys
+49 (0621) 1246-294
Quandt, Dr. Markus
(SDC/ Head of FDZ International Survey Programs, Team Lead International Studies)
Survey Data Curation
International Studies
+49 (0221) 47694-400
Quinlan, Dr. Stephen
(DRS/ CSES)
Data and Research on Society
Social Surveys
+49 (0621) 1246-430
Scholz, Dr. Evi
(DRS/ ISSP)
Data and Research on Society
Social Surveys
+49 (0621) 1246-440
Solanes Ros, Ivet (Dipl.-Soz.)
(SDC/ EVS)
Survey Data Curation
International Studies
Survey Data Augmentation
+49 (0221) 47694-466