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Report
The call for papers for the 16th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference is online. SOEP 2026 will take place from July 8-9, 2026, in Berlin, and researchers from all disciplines are invited to submit an abstract. We particularly welcome contributions addressing meta-science, robustness, replicability, reproducibility, and open science. This includes, but is not limited to, studies ...
11.11.2025| Janina Britzke, Levent Neyse
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Nachrichten [Graduate Center]
Are you interested in our PhD program? Join our Open Info Hour to connect with us directly. Get insights into the program, ask your questions, and learn everything you want to know.
Monday, December 15, 10 a.m.-11 a.m.
Tuesday, December 16, 14 p.m.-15 p.m.
We look forward to meeting you!
11.11.2025
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In the blog
On October 10, 2023, the research project MINDSET_Clean_H2 organised a workshop about the hydrogen economy in Germany and France at TU Munich. Researchers as well as stakeholders from industry participated. Franziska Holz and Lukas Barner represented the project team from DIW Berlin and presented recent research results on the availability of water for electrolysis in Germany. The research project ...
23.10.2025| Franziska Holz
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Report
In Nov/Dec 2025 our online over lunch seminar series returns with one last workshop this year. The workshop provides a comprehensive, practical introduction to the data of the Socio-economic Panel (SOEP) on three Wednesdays during lunchtime. Participants will learn about the study's content, data structure, sample selection, and weighting strategy, along with an overview of the study documentation.
To ...
17.10.2025| Janina Britzke, Cristóbal Moya
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Nachrichten [Abteilung SOEP]
On November 17 and 18, 2025 we are organizing a two-day in-person workshop on the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at DIW Berlin. In addition to presentations on the study itself, its data structure, sampling design, and weighting strategy, hands-on sessions will offer a practical approach to the data and its potential. The workshop is aimed at researchers of all qualification levels who want to work ...
14.10.2025| Janina Britzke, Cristóbal Moya
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Personnel news
On October 1, 2025, Robin Sogalla successfully completed his dissertation entitled „International Trade and Climate Policy: The Role of Firm Heterogeneity“ with summa cum laude at the Technische Universität Berlin.
The dissertation was submitted and successfully defended by Robin as part of the doctoral programme in economics. The committee consisted of Prof. Tomaso Duso (DIW Berlin and TU Berlin), ...
02.10.2025
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Nachrichten [Abteilung SOEP]
SOEP/DIW Berlin (together with ZBW, WZB, and RWI) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the "2nd Leibniz Open Science Day 2025: Better Science for Better Policies", taking place on 27 October 2025 at the Leibniz-Association, Berlin. This year’s keynote will be delivered by Prof. Johanna Rickne (Stockholm University). The program is now available and highlights the growing role of ...
29.09.2025| Levent Neyse
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Press Release
The German economy is emerging from the trough and is likely to regain some momentum over the next two years. Following stagnation in the first half of the year, the Joint Economic Forecast project group predicts gross domestic product growth of 0.2 percent for the current year in its fall report. In the next two years, an expansionary fiscal policy is likely to accelerate economic growth noticeably ...
25.09.2025
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Personnel news
On September 9, Barbara Stacherl successfully completed her dissertation entitled “Spatial Healthcare Access: Measurement, Health-Related Outcomes, and Healthcare Utilization” with summa cum laude at Bielefeld University.
Barbara submitted and defended her dissertation as part of the Public Health doctoral program.
The committee consisted of Prof. Odile Sauzet (primary supervisor, Bielefeld University), ...
16.09.2025
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Report
The German economy is slowly emerging from its trough. After a bumpy start to the year, which was marked by tariff-related special effects, growth in 2025 remains subdued at 0.2 percent. However, the economy is gradually picking up speed from the current third quarter onwards. Over the next two years, this will translate into noticeable economic growth of 1.7 and 1.8 percent annually, respectively. ...
05.09.2025| Geraldine Dany-Knedlik
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Personnel news
Felix Schmidt, Research Associate in the Energy, Transportation, Environment Department, successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Modeling variable renewable energy systems. The role of weather uncertainty, heating and long-duration storage” with summa cum laude on July 18, 2025. He was supervised by Christian von Hirschhausen. Congratulations!
21.07.2025
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Personnel news
Izabela Wnuk-Soares, Research Associate in the Public Economics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Essays on Immigration, Population Aging, and Labor Markets” with summa cum laude on July 15, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Peter Haan and Jan Stuhler. Congratulations!
17.07.2025
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Publication
The SOEPnewsletter June 2025 is now availabe in English and German. If you would like to receive the new issues automatically by e-mail, please subscribe to the mailing list.
Enjoy reading.
03.07.2025
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Publication
The SOEPnewsletter June 2025 is now availabe in English and German. If you would like to receive the new issues automatically by e-mail, please subscribe to the mailing list.
Enjoy reading.
03.07.2025
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Personnel news
Laura Pagenhardt, Research Associate in the Macroeconomics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Policy in Practice: Communication, Rules, and Income Inequality - Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics” on June 26, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Alexander Kriwoluzky and Marcel Fratzscher. Congratulations!
30.06.2025
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Personnel news
Hannah Seidl, Research Associate in the Macroeconomics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Essays in Macroeconomics” with summa cum laude on June 26, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Lutz Weinke and Marcel Fratzscher. Congratulations!
30.06.2025
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Nachrichten [FDZ SOEP]
All registered data users can now order the latest data v40 (DOI: 10.5684/soep.core.v40eu) via our online order form.
In German: http://www.diw.de/SOEPbestellungIn English: http://www.diw.de/SOEPorder
Important news for v40:
New samples: With the migration sample M8c and the refugee sample M9, two new samples were added to the SOEP data in cooperation with IAB and BAMF.
Several data set errors ...
27.06.2025| SOEP Community Management
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Publication
All registered data users can now order the latest data v40 (DOI: 10.5684/soep.core.v40eu) via our online order form.
In German: http://www.diw.de/SOEPbestellungIn English: http://www.diw.de/SOEPorder
Important news for v40:
New samples: With the migration sample M8c and the refugee sample M9, two new samples were added to the SOEP data in cooperation with IAB and BAMF.
Several data set errors ...
27.06.2025| SOEP Community Management
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Publication
In 2024, SOEP celebrated its 40th birthday with numerous high-profile guests, colleagues, and supporters. But that's not all: with 49 ongoing third-party funded projects, SOEP received a total of 11 million euros in outside funding. The important research focus “Social inequalities and distribution” was further strengthened: the new research group “Life Course and Inequality”, headed by Philipp Lersch, ...
11.06.2025| Janina Britzke, Markus M. Grabka, Verena Neumann
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Personnel news
Martin Kittel, Research Associate in the Energy, Transportation, Environment Department, successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Five Essays in Energy System Analysis - Exploring the Dunkelflaute and Unintended Storage Cycling” on January 27, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Tom Brown, Claudia Kemfert, and Wolf-Peter Schill. Congratulations!
22.04.2025