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Nachrichten [Abteilung SOEP]
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.
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17.02.2026| Janina Britzke, Cristóbal Moya
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Nachrichten [Abteilung SOEP]
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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More cohesion on climate issues?
The vast majority (71 percent) of Germans would like to see their politicians do much more to combat climate change, with 83 percent reporting they are concerned about climate change. At the same time, many people are worried about the economic consequences of climate policy. Only eight percent are clearly opposed to ecological transformation – a small but potentially ...
20.11.2025| Julian B. Axenfeld
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The SOEPnewsletter November 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.
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14.11.2025| Elisa Grabas
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Nachrichten [FDZ SOEP]
SOEP-IS: Call for Submissions
The SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS) is designed to enable innovative data collection for the research community. It is particularly well suited to establishing new and target-group-specific measurement instruments in long-term surveys, to conducting short- and long-term experiments, and to collecting non-survey data (such as biomarkers).
Researchers who are interested ...
14.11.2025
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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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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.
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03.07.2025
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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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Nachrichten [Abteilung SOEP]
In June 2025 our online over lunch seminar series returns with new workshop management. 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 join, ...
15.04.2025| Janina Britzke, Cristóbal Moya
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Publication
The SCP is a longitudinal study that captures multiple aspects of social cohesion in Germany. It is based on a representative population sample drawn from the German population registers and was carried out for the first time in 2021. The annual survey is directed not only at the selected individuals but also at all other adult household members. The SCP is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education ...
10.12.2024| Julian B. Axenfeld
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Nachrichten [FDZ SOEP]
All registered data users can order the latest data immediately via our online order form.In German: http://www.diw.de/SOEPbestellungIn English: http://www.diw.de/SOEPorder
Important news for v39:
New samples: With the refreshment sample R and the migration sample M8b, two new samples were added to the SOEP data.
Currently, there is only a preliminary weighting, as the marginal distributions for ...
22.10.2024| SOEP Community Management
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Nachrichten [FDZ SOEP]
The SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS) is designed to enable innovative data collection for the research community. It is particularly well suited to establishing new and target-group-specific measurement instruments in long-term surveys, to conducting short- and long-term experiments, and to collecting non-survey data (such as biomarkers).
Researchers who are interested in submitting a proposal for ...
26.09.2024| Mariel McKone Leonard
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Nachrichten [Abteilung SOEP]
In October 2024, the online workshop series "SOEPcampus: Learn to Use the SOEP Over Lunch" returns. This workshop provides a comprehensive, practical introduction to the data of the Socio-economic Panel (SOEP) study 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 ...
09.08.2024| Sandra Bohmann, Janina Britzke
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Personnel news
*April 15, 1933 – †July 29, 2024
The founder of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) passed away on July 29, 2024, at the age of 91. Following his studies in industrial engineering, Hans-Jürgen Krupp was appointed Professor of Economic and Social Policy at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main in 1969 and headed the university from 1975 to 1979. From 1972, he headed the ...
06.08.2024
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The SOEPnewsletter July 2024 in it's html version is now availabe in English. If you would like to receive the new issues automatically by e-mail, please subscribe to the mailing list.
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30.07.2024
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Nachrichten [FDZ SOEP]
The IAB-BiB/FReDA-BAMF-SOEP Survey "Refugees from Ukraine in Germany" examines diverse aspects of Ukrainian refugees’ lives—the circumstances surrounding their departure from Ukraine, comprehensive socio-demographic characteristics, and information on housing, school, vocational and university degrees, employment, German language skills, life satisfaction and worries, family constellations before and ...
17.07.2024| SOEP Community Management
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Personnel news
* The 5th of January 1953 in Kelsterbach – † The 28th of January 2024 in Berlin
Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner, the long-time director of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), passed away unexpectedly on January 28, 2024. Alongside the founding father of the SOEP, Hans-Jürgen Krupp, Gert G. Wagner was the face and intellectual stimulus for the development of the SOEP for decades, which is celebrating ...
02.02.2024
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Report
Last year, the SOEP innovation sample (SOEP-IS) received numerous proposals for new and innovative modules. After selecting the best modules, we are pleased to report that we were able to significantly expand the potential of the data. The SOEP-IS team is currently conducting an exceptionally high number of inspiring projects, collaborations, and longitudinal innovation modules. Due to the many new ...
16.01.2024| Carina Cornesse
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The SOEPnewsletter December 2023 in it's html version is now availabe in English. If you would like to receive the new issues automatically by e-mail, please subscribe to the mailing list.
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14.12.2023