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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

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With more than 300 employees at two locations - Mannheim and Cologne - GESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences. https://www.gesis.org

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · Jan 8

#neuhier #introduction #newhere #newkidontheblock
Hi everyone at Bluesky, we just started here and would like to introduce us briefly: As the largest European infrastructure institute for the social sciences GESIS offers advice, expertise and services at all stages of scientists' research projects.

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 2d

A key theme: how digital change is reshaping these skills.

Special thanks to Andreas Schleicher for highlighting the link between skills, qualifications, and societal outcomes.

Check out the visual recap of both days!

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 2d

#AdultSkills
The International #PIAAC #Research #Conference 2025 in Mannheim was a great success!
130 researchers from 30+ countries discussed adult skills – literacy, numeracy & adaptive problem-solving – and their impact on well-being, economies, and participation in society.

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Olivier Y. Rouquette @olivier-rqt.bsky.social · 3d

What are the risks of releasing and publishing data in social science?
A timely and engaging research idea from Oliver Watteler at @gesis.org GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences #ResearchDay

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 3d

#ResearchDay #GESISforscht #ResearchatGESIS
Today, GESIS is all about research. Numerous colleagues have made their way to the Cologne site to present their research projects.

Reposted by Katrin Weller, Sebastian Stier

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 3d

#ASConference25
Societal Challenges and the important infrastructures for the Social Sciences on the way to get answers. Sebastian Stier shows how to unlock digital behavioral data.

as25.sociology.uni-m...

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Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 3d

Today is fully dedicated to all the exciting research happening at @gesis.org. Beatrice Rammstedt opened the GESIS research day this morning and now we have various sessions on computational and survey methods and current social science research.

A presentation slide with a network graph depicting collaborations of GESIS researchers across topics.

Beatice Rammstedt standing at a speake's desk in front of a presentation slide, opening the GESIS research day

Topics of GESIS research papers depicted as networks

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 3d

A special day for @gesis.org today. We gather to exchange ideas, present our own research, and discuss next steps. GESIS research day, here we come!

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 3d

The panel, moderated by Ahrabhi K. from CAIS, will also be streamed live on the CAIS YouTube channel on October 10 at 9:30 CEST.

Interdisciplinary Conference: Creating Spaces for Digital Futures, Oct 9-10, 2025 in Bochum - CAIS

The international and interdisciplinary conference "Creating Spaces for Digital Futures" will take place on Oct 9-10, 2025, in Bochum.

www.cais-research.de

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 3d

A special highlight will be the panel discussion "Academic Freedom: Foundations for the Future" with Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Manfred Bayer, Rektor at TU Dortmund and Katrin Weller from Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf and GESIS.

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 3d

#CAISdigitalfutures2025 #CAIS
Starting today: The international and interdisciplinary conference "Creating Spaces for Digital Futures".
Researchers from around the world are welcomed to explore how digital spaces – from public to learning to data spaces – are shaping and transforming our societies.

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 3d

#allbus #ggss
The data are available here: doi.org/10.4232/1.14572

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 3d

#survey #germany
The English version of the #ALLBUS 2023 is now published. New in '23: attitudes towards #climate change
Younger respondents are more likely to attribute climate change to human causes, whereas older ones tend to assume that natural processes and human causes have an equal influence.

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 4d

#as-kongress25 #unimainz #SocietalChallenges
We have the data for you, we give support planning &collecting data. Questions? We are happy to answer at our booth.

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Marlene Hilgenstock @marlenehilgenstock.bsky.social · 4d

Find us at the academy of sociology conference @unimainz.bsky.social @gesis.org @dprex.bsky.social!

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 10d

#gesisreport #news
The current gesis #newsletter is out now: Just read it online...

www.gesis.org/instit...

...or subscribe and get a monthly email newsletter:

lists.gesis.org/mail...

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 10d

#GESISblog #blog #Hochschulen #Machtasymmetrien #Rassismus #Sexismus
Neuer Beitrag im GESIS Blog, der die Diskrepanz zwischen dem Selbstbild europäischer Hochschulen als diskriminierungsfreie Orte und den Erfahrungen rassifizierter Wissenschaftlerinnen beleuchtet.

Zwischen Anspruch und Realität: Diskriminierung rassifizierter Wissenschaftlerinnen in europäischen Hochschulen

Der Beitrag beleuchtet die Diskrepanz zwischen dem Selbstbild europäischer Hochschulen als diskriminierungsfreie Orte und den Erfahrungen rassifizierter Wissenschaftlerinnen. Anke Lipinsky, Bruna Cristina Jaquetto Pereira, und Vilana Pilinkaitė Sotirovič weisen in ihrer gerade erschienenen Publikation „Embracing

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 11d

@justlena.bsky.social, Teamleiterin des #CEWS bei GESIS, nimmt bis 📅 31.5.26 die Nominierungen entgegen.

Alle Infos hier:
👉 sociohub-fid.de/s/fr...

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 11d

#preis #award #dissertation
📣Ausschreibung des Dissertationspreises 🏆

Die @gender4dgs.bsky.social (Sektion Frauen- und #Geschlechterforschung) in der @dgsoziologie.bsky.social vergibt Preise für herausragende Dissertationen 2026 auf dem 43. Soziologie-Kongress in Mainz.

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Stefan Dietze @dietzestefan.bsky.social · 11d

Submission deadline (31 Oct) for Social Media Access Days coming closer. Looking forward to your abstracts: www.dnb.de/DE/Professio.... w/ @dnb-aktuelles.bsky.social #NFDI4DataScience @berd-nfdi.bsky.social @gesis.org @trovdimi.bsky.social @kwelle.bsky.social @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 11d

#PIAAC #PIAAC2025 #livestream #day2

Join us at the International PIAAC Research Conference 2025 - Tune in today and watch the livestream of conference day 2 starting at 9 a.m.

👉Check out the program:
📌www.gesis.org/en/dat...

👉Watch the livestream:
📌www.gesis.org/piaac-...

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 12d

#PIAAC #PIAAC2025 #livestream

Join us at the International PIAAC Research Conference 2025 - Starting Tuesday, Sept 30, 9 a.m.

👉Check out the program:
📌www.gesis.org/en/dat...

👉Watch the livestream:
📌www.gesis.org/piaac-...

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 13d

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
Work at GESIS and benefit from many advantages.
youtu.be/YnPMagm0GWE

Apply now for a job as #DoctoralStudent in Research #SoftwareEngineering for Digital Behavioral Data (13 TV-L, working time 75%, limited for four years):

www.gesis.org/en/ins...

Working at GESIS

Benefit from many advantages! We provide attractive workplaces in Cologne or Mannheim and offer you generous home office arrangements. We attach great importance to work-life balance and our employees benefit from our company health management program. Get more information: https://www.gesis.org/

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 16d

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
Pursue your scientific career at GESIS!
youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg

Apply now for a job as #ResearchAssociate in election and political attitude research (Doctoral Candidate) in #Mannheim (13 TV-L, working time 75 %, ltd. to 4 yrs):
www.gesis.org/en/ins...

Scientific career at GESIS

At GESIS, researchers work in various phases of their scientific careers: as student assistants, doctoral candidates, postdocs, senior researchers, team leaders, and department heads. The institute's goal is to provide its scientific staff with the best possible support in their various career phase

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 16d

#journal #hsr #historicalsocialresearch #ConventionTheory
Out now: HSR 50.3 - Convention Theory & #Education

This HSR Special Issue explores convention theory’s potential for educational research across schools, vocational training, and higher education.

www.gesis.org/hsr/ab...

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 16d

#GESISblog
New #blog post: #8 of the Data Spotlight series highlights the GESIS data collection on replication material (by Dr. A. Jedinger & D. Jekobsone) which is linked to published articles, providing the opportunity to replicate studies on a variety of topics.

Data Spotlight #8

As dedicated data curators, we're excited to showcase curated data collections that will hopefully ignite your research interests. Today we present you: Thematic Data Collection on Replication Material The credibility of scientific findings depends on

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 18d

🏠 Housing assets stand out as a key driver. These wealth-related differences in educational chances are especially large in Southern & Eastern Europe, and smaller in Continental Europe.

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 18d

The educational #wealth divide in #Europe
New study by Andrea Pietrolucci, Jascha Dräger, Nora Müller, and Marco Albertini,: Beyond income, parental wealth shapes young people’s chances of entering higher education.
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The educational wealth divide in Europe: Post-secondary enrollment gaps across parental wealth components and countries

Parental wealth is a crucial dimension of socioeconomic status (SES) and plays a significant role in the intergenerational transmission of educational…

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 18d

🏠 Besonders #Wohneigentum wirkt als Türöffner. Diese vermögensbedingten Unterschiede in den Bildungschancen sind in Süd- & Osteuropa besonders groß, in Kontinentaleuropa geringer.

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 18d

Die Bildungs-Kluft nach Vermögen in Europa

Neue Studie von Andrea Pietrolucci, Jascha Dräger, Nora Müller und Marco Albertini,: Nicht nur #Einkommen, auch das #Vermögen der Eltern beeinflusst die Chancen junger Menschen auf #Hochschulbildung.
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The educational wealth divide in Europe: Post-secondary enrollment gaps across parental wealth components and countries

Parental wealth is a crucial dimension of socioeconomic status (SES) and plays a significant role in the intergenerational transmission of educational…

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 19d

#DGS2025 #CometoGESIS

Suchen Sie uns, wie haben was für Sie! Wir sind zwar versteckt in der UB in LE, aber nicht allein!

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