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FORS, Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences^[1], was created in 2008, and is hosted by the University of Lausanne. Its purpose is to provide services to the social science research community, to conduct research, and to publish and disseminate research findings.

FORS activities specifically comprise the following:

conducting national and international surveys on social and political topics;
documenting and providing datasets of all kinds for secondary analyses;
enhancing methods and procedures for survey research;
advising researchers.

FORS integrates infrastructures and research projects like the Swiss Household Panel (SHP)^[2], the Swiss Electoral Studies (Selects)^[3], the Social Report^[4], and the current Data and Research Information Services (DARIS)^[5].

In addition, FORS organises teaching and learning events, including the annual Swiss Summer School on Methods in the Social Sciences^[6], monthly seminars on research methodology (in collaboration with social science faculty partners (MISC and IMA)), workshops at Swiss universities and universities of applied sciences, as well as international conferences. FORS also offers a data portal to public statistics -- COMPASS^[7].

FORS and its staff collaborate widely with different players in the social sciences, in Switzerland and abroad.

Partner Institutions, Organisations, and Infrastructures[modifier | modifier le code]

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)^[8]
State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) ^[9]
Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences^[10]
Gesellschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Infrastruktureinrichtungen (GESIS)^[11]
Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)^[12]
Réseau Quételet - French Data Archives for Social Sciences^[13]
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)^[14]
European Social Survey (ESS)^[15]
International Social Survey Program (ISSP)^[16]
Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF)^[17]
The European Survey Research Association (ESRA)^[18]
European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)^[19]
Swiss Federal Office of Statistics (SFOS)^[20]

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[FORS-1] FORS

[PANEL-2] Swiss Household Panel

[SELECTS-3] Selects

[SOCIALREPORT-4] Social report

[DARIS-5] Daris

[SUMMERSCHOO-6] Swiss Summer School on Methods in the Social Sciences

[COMPASS-7] COMPASS

[SNSF-8] Swiss National Science Foundation

[SER-9] State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER)

[SWISSACA-10] Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences

[GESIS-11] Gesellschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Infrastruktureinrichtungen (GESIS)

[CESSDA-12] Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)

[CQ-13] Réseau Quetelet

[SHARE-14] Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

[ESS-15] European Social Survey (ESS)

[ISSP-16] International Social Survey Program (ISSP)

[CNEF-17] Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF)

[ESRA-18] The European Survey Research Association (ESRA)

[ESFRI-19] European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)

[SFOS-20] Swiss Federal Office of Statistics (SFOS)

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