🔄 Updated data: GLES Tracking March 2025, Repeated Respondents T60W, version 2.0.0 (ZA10132) ➕ Open-ended responses on the most important political problem ➕Paradata from the survey's linked data donation component 📄 See documentation for a complete overview of the updates. 📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...

MEDem has officially been included on the ESFRI Roadmap 2026, one of six research infrastructures added in this update and the only new one in Social Sciences & Humanities. As a member of the consortium, FORS looks forward to continuing to advance democracy research together with our MEDem partners.

MEDem@medem.bsky.social · last mo.

A major milestone for #DemocracyResearch. 🏛️ MEDem has been included in the ESFRI Roadmap, recognizing its role in advancing the empirical study of Democracy in Europe. 🇪🇺 Thank you to everyone who helped bring us to this point! 🙏 #ResearchInfrastructure⚙️

Congratulations to MEDem for achieving this very important milestone! 🎉 CNES is proud to participate in the #MEDem #ResearchInfrastructure as a #MEDemNetwork for this new exciting chapter that opens for European #DemocracyResearch 🚀

MEDem@medem.bsky.social · last mo.

A major milestone for #DemocracyResearch. 🏛️ MEDem has been included in the ESFRI Roadmap, recognizing its role in advancing the empirical study of Democracy in Europe. 🇪🇺 Thank you to everyone who helped bring us to this point! 🙏 #ResearchInfrastructure⚙️

Thank you to all participants in our latest seminar on #Fundraising 🫶 Did you miss out? 😥 You can re-watch the presentations on the #CNES website: 🎥 ➡️ www.cnes.community/index.php/ev... The next event is planned for autumn 2026. Stay tuned! @nesconsortium.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social

📢 Join us TOMORROW 19 May for the #CNES Online Seminar on #Fundraising ‼️ This is the perfect opportunity to ask questions and exchange ideas on different strategies to take for securing #electionstudy #funding. More details on our website: www.cnes.community/index.php/ev... 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ 🏃‍♀️‍➡️

Consortium of National Election Studies@nesconsortium.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Looking for ideas on how to secure funding for your next election survey?💡 📢 Attend the next #CNES Online Seminar on: “Fundraising Strategies: Experiences, Ideas and Practical Insights in a Challenging Era for Electoral Research” 📅 May 19th 15:00-16:00 Central European Time (UTC/GMT+2).

📢 Join us TOMORROW 19 May for the #CNES Online Seminar on #Fundraising ‼️ This is the perfect opportunity to ask questions and exchange ideas on different strategies to take for securing #electionstudy #funding. More details on our website: www.cnes.community/index.php/ev... 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ 🏃‍♀️‍➡️

Consortium of National Election Studies@nesconsortium.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Looking for ideas on how to secure funding for your next election survey?💡 📢 Attend the next #CNES Online Seminar on: “Fundraising Strategies: Experiences, Ideas and Practical Insights in a Challenging Era for Electoral Research” 📅 May 19th 15:00-16:00 Central European Time (UTC/GMT+2).

Sign up here to attend: ➡️ lnkd.in/eKKERBUd Event webpage: lnkd.in/g6ZczeWQ

Looking for ideas on how to secure funding for your next election survey?💡 📢 Attend the next #CNES Online Seminar on: “Fundraising Strategies: Experiences, Ideas and Practical Insights in a Challenging Era for Electoral Research” 📅 May 19th 15:00-16:00 Central European Time (UTC/GMT+2).

Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and share from experiences on #fundraising for #election #surveys ‼️ Join us online on May 19th 🗓️ Register your attendance today ➡️ newsletter.forscenter.ch/newsletter/i... #CNES #Seminar

Consortium of National Election Studies@nesconsortium.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Looking for ideas on how to secure funding for your next election survey?💡 📢 Attend the next #CNES Online Seminar on: “Fundraising Strategies: Experiences, Ideas and Practical Insights in a Challenging Era for Electoral Research” 📅 May 19th 15:00-16:00 Central European Time (UTC/GMT+2).

📣 New Data Release! CNEP Merge 76 now available 🇳🇱 Netherlands 2025 — a recent and valuable addition to the CNEP archive! With this release, CNEP expands to 76 cases covering 75 elections in 31 countries! 📊 www.upf.edu/web/cnep #CNEP #ElectionStudies #ComparativePolitics

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Pre-announcement: Call for questions, Selects 2027 Contribute your questions to the Swiss electoral study during the 2027 federal elections. 📅 Call: end of April 2026 🗓 Deadline: end of June 2026 Selects 2023, including datasets, questionnaires & documentation www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue...

There's still time to submit your ideas for the ANES 2026 Pilot Study. Suggestions of any level of detail are welcome. Ideas should be submitted to ANES as a Word document by 5pm EST on Friday, April 17. Read more about the request: electionstudies.org/anes-announc...

Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and share from experiences on #fundraising for #election #surveys ‼️ Join us online on May 19th 🗓️ Register your attendance today ➡️ newsletter.forscenter.ch/newsletter/i... #CNES #Seminar

Consortium of National Election Studies@nesconsortium.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Looking for ideas on how to secure funding for your next election survey?💡 📢 Attend the next #CNES Online Seminar on: “Fundraising Strategies: Experiences, Ideas and Practical Insights in a Challenging Era for Electoral Research” 📅 May 19th 15:00-16:00 Central European Time (UTC/GMT+2).

Looking for ideas on how to secure funding for your next election survey?💡 📢 Attend the next #CNES Online Seminar on: “Fundraising Strategies: Experiences, Ideas and Practical Insights in a Challenging Era for Electoral Research” 📅 May 19th 15:00-16:00 Central European Time (UTC/GMT+2).

New dataset from FORS: ➝ Direct Democracy in Switzerland in the 21st Century (DDS21)Cross-Sectional Survey – Wave 4 | Popular Vote of 22 September 2024 ➡️ Dataset available on SWISSUbase: www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue... 📌Relevant for researchers studying voting behaviour and public opinion.

We are happy and proud to participate in @medem.bsky.social , the #researchinfrastructure that will elevate European #democracy research 🚀 Thank you #MEDem for castingen the spotlight on us with this piece 👇

MEDem@medem.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How do we connect election studies across countries? The Consortium of National Election Studies links national election study teams and supports comparative research on elections and voting behaviour. On our blog, Olga Gyafarsova explains how the network started and what it offers. Read more 👇

📈 Merge 72 data is now available! Includes new election studies from: 🇮🇩 Indonesia 2024 🇺🇸 United States 2024 🇩🇪 Germany 2025 🇵🇹 Portugal 2025 Additional countries will be integrated according to CNEP’s biennial release schedule. Check our data archive for more information:

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Several corrections were made to the Cumulative Data File and new data is available for download from the study page. electionstudies.org/data-center/...

🌐 CNEP’s new website is now live! The updated platform provides enhanced access to resources, datasets and documentation spanning three decades of comparative research across 71 election surveys. Visit us at: www.upf.edu/web/cnep/dat...

📢 Big news: After decades at the Ohio State University, CNEP is now based @upf.edu with big changes: 👥New Principal Investigators @marianotorcal.bsky.social (UPF) and Robert Mattes (Strathclyde University) 🎯 Renewed Research Focus 🌐 New Website 📊 Methodological Innovations www.upf.edu/web/cnep

📢 New Data: GLES Tracking October 2025, T62 (ZA10107) 🖥️ 📲 CAWI cross-section 👥 1,114 interviews 📅 10/22–10/29/2025 ❓ Questions on digitalization, extremism, gender-sensitive language, local politics, and geographical ties from the CfQ were included 👉 dx.doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...

What a great way to kick off 2026 for our Consortium 🛫 Yesterday's Scientific Advisory Board meeting gave us exciting new ideas on how to develop our community 💡Thanks to the Board: Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson @sarahobolt.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social Eva Anduiza Dave Howell and Orit Kedar 👏

The #CNES community keeps on growing and includes now 36 member national election studies! 🚀 Do you conduct scientific election studies after national elections in your country, and are not yet a member? Get in touch with us ➡️ www.cnes.community

Did you miss the last #CNES Seminar on #migrant #electionstudies? 😧 don't panic: you can now (re-)watch the recordings on our website: www.cnes.community/index.php/ev... 😌 💡

Consortium of National Election Studies@nesconsortium.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The next #CNES Seminar on November 25th will delve into #migrant #electionstudies and feature presentations by Johannes Bergh (Norwegian National Election Studies) and Achim Goerres (Immigrant German Election Study). Register now to attend this free online event! 🤩 Register here: lnkd.in/gQe9_f6g

There is still time to register! newsletter.forscenter.ch/newsletter/i... 💡Don't miss the #CNES online seminar tomorrow 25 November on #migrant #electionstudies ⬇️

Consortium of National Election Studies@nesconsortium.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The next #CNES Seminar on November 25th will delve into #migrant #electionstudies and feature presentations by Johannes Bergh (Norwegian National Election Studies) and Achim Goerres (Immigrant German Election Study). Register now to attend this free online event! 🤩 Register here: lnkd.in/gQe9_f6g

ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/... The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.

Don't miss this online event on Nov 25! #CNES #migrant #election #survey ⬇️ Full program: www.cnes.community/index.php/ev...

Consortium of National Election Studies@nesconsortium.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The next #CNES Seminar on November 25th will delve into #migrant #electionstudies and feature presentations by Johannes Bergh (Norwegian National Election Studies) and Achim Goerres (Immigrant German Election Study). Register now to attend this free online event! 🤩 Register here: lnkd.in/gQe9_f6g

Information on #Survey design is now available for all 35 #CNES member #election studies 💡😃 Check out the #CNES Knowledge Bank and spread the word ➡️ www.cnes.community/index.php/re...

Consortium of National Election Studies@nesconsortium.bsky.social · last yr.

The CNES Knowledge Bank now includes information on survey design for 22 national election studies (and more will come)! 🎉 👇https://cnes.community/index.php/resources/cnes-knowledge-bank/ Check out this public resource and discover the different #CNES members and their data! 💡🗒️

The next #CNES Seminar on November 25th will delve into #migrant #electionstudies and feature presentations by Johannes Bergh (Norwegian National Election Studies) and Achim Goerres (Immigrant German Election Study). Register now to attend this free online event! 🤩 Register here: lnkd.in/gQe9_f6g

This is a nice opportunity also to contribute to the activites on #CNES. 🤩 To apply, see link below ⬇️

MEDem@medem.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🎓 Interested in #PoliticalBehavior, #SurveyData & #ComparativeResearch? @forsresearch.bsky.social & the University of Lausanne 🇨🇭 are hiring a PhD researcher in comparative political behavior — join a great team and contribute to #MEDem’s Service Center for Survey Data! 🗓️ Apply by 9 Nov! 👉