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The Geolinking Service SoRa enables spatial analysis of social science survey data and supports socio-spatial research. Pre-defined geospatial datasets and linking methods will be offered, e.g. spatial indicators from the IOER-Monitor to analyses the living environment (including aspects of accessibility, or density). Furthermore, geocoding (based on BKG Geocoder) is offered to transfer address lists ...
14.05.2026| Alexander Jung
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Personnel news
Clara Schäper, Research Associate in the Public Economics Department and Gender Economics research group and Ph.D. student at the University of Potsdam, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “The Personal is Political: Five Essays in Labor and Family Economics” on May 12, 2026. She was supervised by Katharina Wrohlich and C. Katharina Spieß. Congratulations!
13.05.2026
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We are proud to share that our PhD student Gökhan Ider (Freie Universität Berlin) and Hedda Thorell from Stockholm University were awarded the Lamfalussy Research Fellowship 2026 by the European Central Bank. They are among five fellows and will work on their paper "News-driven fluctuations and monetary policy transmission" during their fellowship.
The Lamfalussy Fellowship program was launched in ...
13.05.2026
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We welcome Clara Schäper as a postdoctoral researcher in the Crime, Labor, and Inequality Division. Clara earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Potsdam, the Berlin School of Economics, and the DIW Graduate Center. Her research focuses on the economics of crime, the labor market, gender, and the family. Her current research focuses on gender differences and inequalities in the labor market ...
12.05.2026
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The SOEP Survey Council welcomes Katrin Rehdanz (Kiel University) as a new member. In addition, Caezilia Loibl (The Ohio State University), Oliver Lipps (FORS), and Tobias Schmidt (Deutsche Bundesbank) have been reappointed for another term. After serving two terms, Philippe Van Kerm (University of Luxembourg) has stepped down from the Council.
01.05.2026| Simon Kleineweber
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Updated versions of the SOEP-RV VSKT2022 and SOEP-RV RTBN2023 datasets have been available since April 2026. The new releases expand the existing data with additional information for current research projects.
SOEP-RV links SOEP survey data with anonymized pension insurance records, providing unique opportunities to study life-course dynamics, social inequality, and the effects of policy reforms.
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30.04.2026| Jan Goebel, Markus M. Grabka, Carsten Schröder
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Since April 2026, revised versions of the SOEP-RV VSKT2022 and SOEP-RV RTBN2023 datasets are available. These updated releases expand and refresh the existing datasets by adding new information that supports current research projects.
SOEP-RV is a joint project of the Research Data Centre of the German Pension Insurance (FDZ-RV) and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). The project ...
30.04.2026| Jan Goebel, Markus M. Grabka, Carsten Schröder
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October 8, 1936 – † April 4, 2026
Professor Dr. Richard Hauser passed away in early April at the age of 89. With his death, the SOEP longitudinal study loses one of its founding fathers, long-time promoters, and consistently reliable supporters. Richard Hauser, together with his colleagues from the fields of economics and sociology, launched the SOEP in the early 1980s and significantly shaped its ...
15.04.2026
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SOEP researcher Cristóbal Moya participated in a large international study on the replicability of social and behavioral science research, which was published in the prestigious journal Nature. As part of the SCORE project, 274 findings from 164 scholarly articles were independently evaluated.
Approximately half of the findings could be replicated, although the measured effects were often smaller ...
03.04.2026| Cristóbal Moya
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The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) organizes the fourth Scientific Workshop on Productivity jointly with the German Council of Economic Experts (SVR Wirtschaft) in its role as the German National Productivity Board and the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne (EWI). The event, which will take place on 24 and 25 August 2026 at DIW Berlin, serves as a platform ...
01.04.2026| Thilo Kroeger, Alexander Schiersch
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Press Release
Although the leading economic research institutes consider the German economy to be in a recovery phase following a downturn lasting several years, they nevertheless expect only a moderate increase in gross domestic product of 0.6 percent for 2026 and 0.9 percent for 2027. “The energy price shock triggered by the Iran war is hitting the recovery hard, but at the same time expansionary fiscal policy ...
01.04.2026
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The independent, private “Kohli Foundation” has awarded this year’s Infrastructure Prize to the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Its selection committee emphasizes the SOEP’s role as a model and driving force in the field of data infrastructure—even beyond Germany. It also makes a significant contribution to advancing sociological research. The award is endowed with 10,000 euros and recognizes outstanding ...
01.04.2026| Sabine Zinn
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The article “Public Communication and Collusion: New Screening Tools for Competition Authorities” by Tomaso Duso, Carl Kreuzberg, Joseph Harrington und Geza Sapi has won the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Award 2026 in the category “Academic Articles – Coordinated Practices.” The “Best Academic Articles Awards” recognize excellence in the fields of antitrust law and economics.
In the award-winning ...
26.03.2026| Tomaso Duso, Carl Kreuzberg
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Personnel news
Prof. Dr. Franziska Holz, Deputy Head of the Department of Energy, Transport, Environment, and Dr. Wolf-Peter Schill, Head of the Research Department "Transformation of the Energy Industry" in the Department of Energy, Transport, Environment were appointed members of "Energy System of the Future" (ESYS) in December 2025 for the next three years. ESYS is an initiative of the German Academy of Science ...
24.03.2026
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The SOEPnewsletter March 2026 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.
13.03.2026| Elisa Grabas
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The SOEPnewsletter March 2026 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.
13.03.2026| Elisa Grabas
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Personnel news
Former SOEP doctoral researcher Valeriia Heidemann successfully defended her dissertation, “The Long Shadow of Forced Migration: Parental Associations with Birth Outcomes and Early Childhood Development,” at Humboldt University (HU Berlin) on 10 March. Her supervisors were Sabine Zinn (HU Berlin, SOEP) and Anna Oksuzyan (Bielefeld University).
We congratulate Valeriia on this outstanding achievem ...
11.03.2026
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In March/April 2026 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 ...
17.02.2026| Janina Britzke, Cristóbal Moya
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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 ...
17.02.2026| Janina Britzke, Levent Neyse
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Personnel news
Adeline Guéret, Research Associate at DIW Berlin (Energy, Transportation, Environment Department) and Ph.D. student at Technische Universität Berlin, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Future energy systems with battery electric vehicles: assessing impacts, evaluating models” with summa cum laude on January 28, 2026. Congratulations!
09.02.2026