News of SOEP

SOEPcampus@DIW Berlin: Two Days of Intensive Exchange on SOEP Data

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:24:00 +0200

This week, the SOEP welcomed 30 participants from Germany and abroad to the annual in-person SOEPcampus workshop. The SOEP’s training program is designed for researchers who wish to conduct research using the survey data and offers tailored formats for knowledge transfer—online, in person, and via ...

Register now for the 3rd Leibniz Open Science Day 2026: Scientific Rigor and Collaborative Research in the Age of AI

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:37:00 +0200

DIW Berlin (together with ZBW, WZB, RWI and Lab²) is pleased to announce that registration for the “3rd Leibniz Open Science Day 2026: Scientific Rigor and Collaborative Research in the Age of AI” is now open. The event will take place on 17 November 2026 at the premises of the Leibniz Association ...

SOEP-Core-Daten 1984–2025 (v42) ab jetzt erhältlich

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:05:00 +0200

All registered data users can now order the latest data v42 (DOI: 10.5684/soep.core.v42eu) via our online order form. In German: http://www.diw.de/SOEPbestellungIn English: http://www.diw.de/SOEPorder Important news for v42: Important Note on the Weighting of the Migration and Refugee Samples ...

SOEP-Core Data 1984–2025 (v42) available now

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:05:00 +0200

Register now for the online workshop series SOEPcampus: Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:08:00 +0200

In November 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 ...

Thomas Meissner's Visiting Research Stay at SOEP in June and July 2026

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:31:00 +0200

Dr. Thomas Meissner, Associate Professor in the Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics at Maastricht University's School of Business and Economics, was a Visiting Researcher at SOEP at DIW Berlin from June 11 to July 19, 2026. During his stay, the behavioral economist participated ...

SOEP (DIW Berlin) and the University of Potsdam: Call for Applications for the W3 Professorship in Applied Social Research and Survey Methodology

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:24:00 +0200

We are pleased to announce that the job advertisement for the Full Professorship (W3) for Applied Social Research and Survey Methodology is online as of today. The professorship is linked to the leadership of the Survey Methodology and Management Division at the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at ...

SOEPcampus@DIW Berlin: workshop on October 6-7, 2026

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:38:00 +0200

On October 6 and 7, 2026 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 ...

Sabine Zinn Appointed to Monitoring Panel for the National Action Plan for Child Opportunities (NAP Kinderchancen)

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:25:00 +0200

Prof. Dr. Sabine Zinn, Director of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at DIW Berlin, has been appointed by the German Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth as an expert advisor and member of the monitoring panel for the National Action Plan (NAP) for Child ...

Historical Changes in Control Beliefs

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:52:00 +0200

A recent SOEP study of more than 42,000 respondents by a research team led by Theresa M. Entringer shows that younger birth cohorts in Germany are more likely to believe that they can influence their lives and maintain this sense of control into older age. While differences between genders and ...

COVID-19 Has Little Influence on Risk Preferences

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:52:00 +0200

A new analysis by Daniel Graeber, Ulrich Schmidt, Carsten Schröder, and Johannes Seebauer, based on SOEP data and regional variation in infection rates, shows that individual risk preferences remain largely stable despite rising financial worries and anxiety. The findings suggest that a pandemic ...

Workshop Call: Firms, Workers, and Households in Times of Crisis and Digital Transformation

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:02:00 +0200

As part of the SOEP-LEE2 project, AKempor (Working Group on Empirical Personnel and Organizational Research) will host a workshop at DIW Berlin on 26–27 November focusing on research related to resilience, crisis response, digital transformation, and cybersecurity.

The workshop emphasizes empirical research using survey and linked data on firms, employees, and households. New data resources from the SOEP research infrastructure will also be presented.

Submissions from economics, sociology, business administration, political science, and related disciplines are welcome until 1 September 2026.

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Workshop Call: Firms, Workers, and Households in Times of Crisis and Digital Transformation

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:02:00 +0200

Share Your Ideas: SOEP Feature Requests – New Thread on Forum4Mica

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:20:00 +0200

Forum4Mica is a platform where data users can ask questions about SOEP data and its generation and receive timely answers from relevant experts. Do you have ideas on how the SOEP can be improved? Forum4MICA is now also available for your feedback, suggestions, or ideas for improvement. The ...

Share Your Ideas: SOEP Feature Requests – New Thread on Forum4Mica

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:20:00 +0200

Migration History Variable (mighist) Now Available

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:43:00 +0200

SOEP data users can now request the mighist (“migration history”) variable and its accompanying information variable mighist_info for SOEP-Core v41 by contacting soepmail@diw.de. Both variables will be included in the upcoming SOEP-Core v42 release. By introducing mighist, SOEP adopts the ...

Migration History Variable (mighist) Now Available

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:32:00 +0200

SOEP data users can now request access to the variable mighist (“migration history”) and its accompanying information variable mighist_info, based on SOEP-Core v41 data. To obtain the variables, please contact soepmail@diw.de.

The variables will be included as a standard component of the upcoming SOEP-Core v42 release and will no longer need to be ordered separately.

With mighist, SOEP adopts the migration history concept used in Germany’s Microcensus, facilitating international comparability. Under this definition, a person is considered to have a migration history if either the person themselves or both parents immigrated to present-day Germany since 1950.

16th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference in Berlin

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:57:00 +0200

On July 8 and 9, 2026, the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) welcomed approximately 90 researchers from Germany and abroad to its user conference in Berlin. Every two years, SOEP data users from various disciplines—including the social and economic sciences—meet to present their current research and ...

Lorenz Meister successfully defended his dissertation

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:51:00 +0200

Lorenz Meister successfully defended his dissertation, “Essays on Economic Beliefs, Risk Preferences, and Political Attitudes in Contemporary Democracies,” at Freie Universität Berlin on 18 June. His supervisors were Carsten Schröder (FU Berlin, SOEP) and Panu Poutvaara (LMU Munich). We ...

SOEP-IS Study Confirms the Knobe Effect

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:03:00 +0200

A study conducted within the SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS) by Christoph Schmidt-Petri, Daniel Labarca Pinto, and Carsten Schröder with 2,295 respondents confirms that people are much more likely to attribute intentionality to harmful side effects than to beneficial ones. The findings replicate a ...