Die letzten beiden Jahrzehnte waren von verschiedensten Krisen wie der Finanzkrise, der Corona-Pandemie oder dem Klimawandel geprägt. Diese einschneidenden Ereignisse und die daraus resultierenden öffentlichen Debatten werfen immer wieder die Frage auf, ob und wie sich die politischen Einstellungen der Bevölkerung über die Zeit verändern. Anknüpfend an die Krisen der …
As dedicated data curators, we’re excited to showcase curated data collections that will hopefully ignite your research interests. Today we present you: Special data collection on Ukraine curated by GESIS Since February 2022, Russia has been engaged in an aggressive war against Ukraine. The social sciences have extensively studied the …
With the rise in narratives of open data, access to sensitive, legally controlled data via Trusted Research Environments (TREs) is sometimes criticized as contrary to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reuseable) principles of openness. But TREs that follow international best practice can, in fact, increase, not diminish, FAIRness of data. …
The rise of right-wing populist parties in Europe led some mainstream political parties to attempt to regain the support of voters by adopting far-right pro-nationalist and anti-immigrant stances. However, new research out of Germany and Israel suggests this strategy primarily benefits far-right parties and not the political mainstream parties, as …
This blog series provides a step-by-step overview of the Wi4impact research project, which examines the knowledge transfer impact of science blogs and podcasts at German higher education and non-university research institutions. The first blog post presents a brief theoretical introduction to our research topic. The term knowledge transfer is by …
The use of web tracking panel data provides new insights into Germans’ online pornography use. According to new research published in Archives of Sexual Behavior, German Catholics, Protestants, and the religiously unaffiliated are as likely to use online pornography as each other. By comparison, members of minority religions in Germany, …