For this Special Issue for Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (SMIF), we invite studies that discuss key performance indicators of field monitoring, fieldwork monitoring strategies, measures and interventions during data collection etc. Get more information

Does your research focus lie at the intersection of genetics and social sciences? The workshop week on "Behavioral Genetics in Social Science Research" takes place from October 8 to 12, 2018. During the three workshops, social scientists will learn how to integrate genetic data into their analysis. Registration and application for a poster presentation have just started.

The focus of the ESS Conference 2019 lies on “Turbulent Times in Europe: Instability, Insecurity and Inequality”. The conference will take place from 15^th to 17^th of April 2019. It is conducted by GESIS and the University of Mannheim.  

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This is the second in a series of three symposia - all of them discuss societal challenges in computational social sciences. This year’s focus will be on “Bias and Discrimination” and will take place in Dec 5-7, 2018, in Cologne. Calls are out now. Submissions due: Aug 1, 2018. The Symposium series is funded by the Volkswagen Stiftung. 

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This special issue aims at bringing together original studies from scholars of a diverse research community to address questions that include, but are not limited to, the secondary analysis of GESIS Panel data.

The submission deadline for manuscripts to be included in the special issue is November 30, 2018.
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Am 27. - 28. November 2018 findet die 9. Nutzerkonferenz „Forschen mit dem Mikrozensus“ statt. Sie widmet sich der Untersuchung der Sozialstruktur und des sozialen Wandels in Deutschland. Es werden auf Basis des Mikrozensus gewonnene neuere Forschungsergebnisse vorgestellt und diskutiert. Weitere Informationen finden sich im Call-for-Papers (119 KB). Vortragsangebote können bis spätestens 15. Juli 2018 über dieses Anmeldeformular eingereicht werden.

https://www.gesis.org/angebot/veranstaltungen/gesis-tagungen/mz-nutzerkonferenz/