Dr. Insa Bechert
Survey Data CurationInternational Studies
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Senior researcher at the GESIS department Survey Data Curation2018 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
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Service
ISSP user / principal investigator support
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Research
Publications
Publication
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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, Evelyn Brislinger, Kathrin B. Busch, Boris Heizmann, Dafina Kurti, Meinhard Moschner, Markus Quandt, Evi Scholz, and Ivet Solanes Ros. 2017. Forschungsdatenzentrum Internationale Umfrageprogramme. Jahresbericht 2015. Berichtszeitraum 01.01.2015 – 31.12.2015. GESIS Papers 2017/05.
Bechert, Insa, Evelyn Brislinger, Meinhard Moschner, Markus Quandt, Evi Scholz, and Ivet Solanes Ros. 2014. Forschungsdatenzentrum Internationale Umfrageprogramme. Jahresbericht 2013. Berichtszeitraum 01.01.2013 – 31.12.2013. GESIS-Technical Reports 2014/21.
Quandt, Markus, Meinhard Moschner, Evi Scholz, and Insa Bechert. 2013. Forschungsdatenzentrum Internationale Umfrageprogramme: Jahresbericht 2012 Berichtszeitraum 01.01.2012 – 31.12.2012. http://www.gesis.org/fileadmin/upload/forschung/publikationen/gesis_reihen/gesis_methodenberichte/2013/TechnicalReport_2013-16.pdf.
Quandt, Markus, Meinhard Moschner, Evi Scholz, Evelyn Brislinger, and Insa Bechert. 2013. Forschungsdatenzentrum Internationale Umfrageprogramme: Jahresbericht 2011. Berichtszeitraum 01.01.2011 – 31.12.2011. GESIS - Technical Reports 2013/15.
Quandt, Markus, Meinhard Moschner, Evi Scholz, Evelyn Brislinger, and Insa Bechert. 2011. Forschungsdatenzentrum Internationale Umfrageprogramme Jahresbericht 2010: Berichtszeitraum 01.01.2010 - 31.12.2010. GESIS Technical Reports 2011/02.
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.
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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.
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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.
Lecture
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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".
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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).