The 16th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference (SOEP2026) will be held in Berlin from July 8 to 9, 2026 at the Quadriga Campus.
The conference provides researchers who use the SOEP with the opportunity to present and discuss their work with their peers. This includes users of the SOEP part of the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF), LIS/LWS data, and SOEP-IS, as well as users of the migration samples (IAB-SOEP, IAB-BAMF-SOEP).
We particularly welcome contributions addressing meta-science, robustness, replicability, reproducibility, and open science. This includes, but is not limited to, studies that compare and/or combine different populations or samples, analyses, designs, methods, and time periods. In addition, we encourage submissions beyond this thematic focus, especially those making use of the longitudinal features of SOEP, as well as submissions on survey methodology and cross-national comparative analysis.
We are pleased to announce as keynote speakers:
Prof. Dr. Wiebke Bleidorn
University of Zurich - UZH (Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Dohmen
University of Bonn and Maastricht University (Germany/Netherlands)
Key dates to keep in mind:
The 16th SOEP user conference will take place at the Quadriga Campus in the centre of Berlin, not far from DIW Berlin.
Address
Quadriga Campus
Werderscher Markt 13 & 15
10117 Berlin
Directions
The Quadriga Campus is easy to reach by public transport:
Subway: U2 to Hausvogteiplatz or U5 to Museumsinsel
Tram: 12 and M1 to Am Kupfergraben
Are you traveling by car? No problem: you will find a public parking garage in the Friedrichstadt-Passagen (Taubenstraße) or in the parking garage at Operncarée (Französische Straße). Both parking garages are just a few minutes' walk from the Quadriga Campus.
The regular conference fee is 210 EUR. A reduced fee of 150 EUR applies to graduate students (including PhD).
We ask scholars to pay their own travel costs. If this is not possible, partial reimbursementof expenses may be provided to presenters (one grant per paper) upon request. Information on how to apply for travel support will be provided after notification of acceptance.
| Prof. Natalia Danzer, Ph.D. | Freie Universität Berlin | Empirical Labour and Demographic Economics, Gender Economics |
| Dr. Markus M. Grabka | SOEP/DIW Berlin | Income and Wealth Distributions |
| Jian Lee, Ph.D. | Dongbei University of Finance and Economics | Household Finance, Capital Flows + Ageing, Financial Stability, and Innovation Economics |
| Dr. Marianna Magagnoli | SOEP/DIW Berlin |
Urban Economics, Transport Economics, Environmental Economics |
| Prof. Dr. Jan Marcus | Freie Universität Berlin | Statistics and Econometrics |
| Dr. Zahra Murad | Portsmouth University | Behavioral Economics |
| Dr. Levent Neyse | SOEP/DIW Berlin & WZB | Behavioral Economics, Replicability, Meta-Science, and Labor Economics |
| Isabella Retter | SOEP/DIW Berlin | |
| Prof. Dr. Carsten Schröder | SOEP/DIW Berlin & Freie Universität Berlin | Public Economics and Social Policy, Well-being and Risk Taking |
Markus M. Grabka, Marianna Magagnoli, Levent Neyse, Isabella Retter, and Carsten Schröder (program)
Patricia Axt, Janina Britzke, Maximilian Müller (conference management/knowledge transfer)
Verena Neumann (SOEP communications manager)
If you have any further questions please contact the local organizers at: soep2026@diw.de
The best papers presented at the conference will be honored with the Joachim R. Frick Memorial Prize. The SOEP2026 scientific program committee will act as a jury and will present the award at the end of the conference.
For more information on Joachim R. Frick and former prize winners, please check our website.
