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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 video tutorials.
The in-person workshop was led by SOEP researcher Cristóbal Moya and provided a comprehensive ...
08.10.2026| Janina Britzke, Cristóbal Moya
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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 in Berlin.
This year's Open Science Day focuses on how scientific rigor, transparency, and collaborative ...
02.10.2026| Levent Neyse
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Nachrichten [Kriminalität, Arbeit und Ungleichheit]
We welcome Alessia to our team. She has been a doctoral student at the Berlin School of Economics and at the DIW Graduate Center since 2025 and now also works as a research associate in our Crime, Labor, and Inequality Department. She completed her MSc in Economic and Social Sciences at Bocconi University in Milan. Her research interests lie in applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on the ...
01.10.2026| Alessia Pulvirenti
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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 (IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees and IAB-SOEP Migration Sample)
New Variables: PGEN pgimpuebstd ...
01.10.2026| SOEP Community Management
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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 (IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees and IAB-SOEP Migration Sample)
New Variables: PGEN pgimpuebstd ...
01.10.2026| SOEP Community Management
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Nachrichten [Abteilung SOEP]
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 structure, sample selection, and weighting strategy, along with an overview of the study documentation.
To ...
23.09.2026| Janina Britzke, Cristóbal Moya
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A team from the Energy, Transportation, and Environment department presented its latest research at International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) held in Munich from September 6 to 9, 2026.
Lukas Barner, a doctoral candidate at the DIW Graduate Center since 2024, won the Best Poster Award for his poster titled “Carbon Capture, Transportation, and Storage: Modeling Potential Infrastructure ...
11.09.2026| Lukas Barner, Franziska Holz
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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 in SOEP seminars and the SOEP Conference and engaged in discussions with researchers from across SOEP. ...
02.09.2026| Levent Neyse
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Personnel news
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 the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and is a joint appointment between the University ...
31.08.2026
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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 and its potential. The workshop is aimed at researchers of all qualification levels who want to work with ...
21.08.2026| Janina Britzke, Cristóbal Moya
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Personnel news
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 Opportunities (Nationaler Aktionsplan "Neue Chancen für Kinder in Deutschland").
The action plan implements ...
20.08.2026
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Marten Ritterrath, who is an associate Ph.D. student in the Crime, Labor, and Inequality Department has successfully defended his dissertation at the Universität zu Köln on July 20th. The dissertation, entitled "How Personal Experiences and Social Concerns Shape Green Innovation and Climate Policy" was supervised by Prof. Anna Bindler, Ph.D and Prof. Dr. Felix Bierbrauer (Universität zu Köln). Congratulations ...
27.07.2026
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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 income groups have narrowed, disparities between people in East and West Germany have widened. Major life ...
15.07.2026| Theresa M. Entringer
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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 primarily changes the immediate decision-making environment rather than individuals’ underlying preferences.
Graeber, ...
15.07.2026| Daniel Graeber, Carsten Schröder, Johannes Seebauer
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Als Teil des SOEP-LEE2-Projekts veranstaltet AKempor (Arbeitskreis Empirische Personal- und Organisationsforschung) am 26. und 27. November einen Workshop im DIW Berlin, der Forschungsarbeiten zu den Themen Resilienz, Krisenreaktionen, digitaler Wandel und Cybersicherheit verbinden soll. Der Fokus wird auf empirischen Arbeiten mit Survey- und Linked-Data zu Unternehmen, Beschäftigten und Haushalten ...
14.07.2026| Carsten Schröder
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Nachrichten [Abteilung SOEP]
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 ...
14.07.2026| Carsten Schröder
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Nachrichten [FDZ SOEP]
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 platform provides a dynamic space for exchange where users can propose ideas for future data collection – such ...
14.07.2026
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Nachrichten [Abteilung SOEP]
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 platform provides a dynamic space for exchange where users can propose ideas for future data collection – such ...
14.07.2026
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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 concept used in Germany’s Microcensus, improving comparability with official statistics and ...
14.07.2026| SOEP Community Management
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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 ...
14.07.2026| SOEP Community Management