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GESIS – Data Infrastructure for the Social Sciences

GESIS – Data Infrastructure for the Social Sciences. Dr . Simone R. Haasler Head of the Department Knowledge Transfer Cologne , 26 May 2019. GESIS. Infrastructure & research institute Mission: s upport social science research

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GESIS – Data Infrastructure for the Social Sciences

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  1. GESIS – Data Infrastructure forthe Social Sciences Dr. Simone R. Haasler Head ofthe Department Knowledge Transfer Cologne, 26 May 2019

  2. GESIS • Infrastructure & researchinstitute • Mission: supportsocialscienceresearch • Broad spectrum of research-based services for empirical social research • Oriented to the life-cycle of empirical research • Data collecting and data providing institution • Founded in 1986 andmergedas GESIS in 2007 • Leibniz Institute – non-university researchassociationpubliclyfunded (since 2008) • 350 staff (Cologne & Mannheim)

  3. Networks (Examples)

  4. Services weprovide • Basic infrastructure • Search engingesandplatforms, socialsciencerepository, (open source) software – linkingdata & research • Data • Data collection (national and international surveys - attitudes) • Data archiveand (raw) dataforsecondaryanalises • Adviceandguidance • Collection and compilation of national and international survey data for the monitoring and analysis of society • Training • Basic and advancedtrainingon socialsciencemethdology(about 1000 participants per year) – methodexperts

  5. Whatwe do Basic Research

  6. Areas of Expertise • ComputationalSocial Science • Cooperationbetween Computer Science andSocialSciences • Developmethodstoapplyfor digital tracedata • Data Archive • Research datamanagement: Metadatastandards (e.g. DDI), datausage, datasharing, digital preservation, datalinking, dataquality • Long-term preservationofresearchdata • Dissemination ofdataforreplicationandsecondaryanalyses • Monitoring Social Change • Collection and compilation of national and international survey data for the monitoring and analysis of society

  7. Areas ofExpertise • Survey Design andMethodology • Guidanceandservicesaroundsurvey design andimplementation (questionnaire testing, and drawing random telephone samples) • Computer Technologies fortheSocialSciences • Innovative digital servicesforthesocialsciences such as portals and platforms for information search

  8. Wearecommittedto Open Science Knowledge Transfer

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