🚨A new dataset version of the GLES Cross-Section 2025 (ZA10100, Version 2.0.0) is available! Corrections of design weights w_ow, q37 (voting decision) ➕ Including English versions of the dataset, adjustment weights 📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...

🆕 Fully revised GLES Panel questionnaire cumulation covering all waves! This systematic overview of the question program helps researchers to plan and preregister their analyses. 📄 access.gesis.org/dbk/79344 The document's creation from the wave questionnaires is fully reproducible. 🧪 osf.io/hsgpv/

🚨A new dataset version of the GLES Rolling Cross-Section 2025 (ZA10101, Version 2.0.0) is available! ➕ Including English versions of the dataset and study documentation, adjustment weights, speeder flag, open answers to media questions 📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...

The GLES team at @gesis.org is searching for a doctoral candidate to work with us and do research on elections and political attitudes. If this sounds interesting to you, check out the full job announcement here 👇 www.gesis.org/en/institute...

🚨 New data release: GLES Panel 2024, Profile Wave A5 (ZA7961) 💻📱 CAWI 👥 9,934 new panelists 📅 23/10–19/11/2025 🗳️ Covers sociodemographics, values, personality, political and social attitudes, voting behavior, political knowledge, and media use 📥 dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.14...

🚨 New data release: GLES Tracking May 2025, T61 (ZA10106) 💻📱 CAWI cross-section 👥 1,106 interviews 📅 14/05–23/05/2025 🗳️ Questions on satisfaction with one's own voting decision and the results of the 2025 federal election 📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...

🚨 Next GLES data release for #BTW25: GLES Cross-Section 2025 (ZA10100) 💻📝 CAWI/PAPI 👥Sample = 7,337 📅 Fieldwork: 24/02/25 - 23/04/25 🌍CSES Module 6 included 📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA10100.1.0.0

🚨 New GLES release for #BTW25: GLES Rolling Cross-Section 2025 (ZA10101) 💻📱 CAWI | 👥 daily samples, total n = 8,562 📅 Fieldwork: 06/01/25 – 31/03/25 🔄 Pre- and post-election waves in RCS design plus supplementary wave 📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...

#Pride #InclusiveScience GESIS supports diversity, democracy, and an open society. Together with proud@GESIS, our LGBTQIA+ employee network, we promote inclusion, visibility, and a discrimination-free workplace. Stand up for equality and celebrate your diverse identities! www.gesis.org/pride-...

📢 Call for Questions for the #GLES The DGfW and @gesis.org are conducting a Call for Questions for ‪#GLES Tracking T62 in October 2025 🗓️ Deadline for submissions: 23.07.2025 🕒 Interview time available: ~5 minutes 🚀 Fieldstart: 22.10.2025 ℹ️ More information: www.gesis.org/en/gles/data...

📢 GLES Tracking T61 data collection has started today! T61 includes questions about the satisfaction with the electoral decision & electoral outcome of the 2025 German federal election. Download questionnaire (DE): 👉 www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025-federal-election #BTW2025 #GLES

📢 The post-election wave (Wave 32) of the GLES Panel is in the field! From May 7–20, we’re collecting up to 14,000 interviews on the 2025 German federal election 🗳️📊 – including questions on coalition negotiations. Download questionnaire (DE): 👉 www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... #BTW2025 #GLES

🚨 New GLES data release for #BTW25: GLES Tracking March 2025 – repeatedly questioned respondents T60W (ZA10132) 💻📱 CAWI survey 👥 n = 977 interviews 📅 Fieldwork: 05–21 March 2025 🗳️ Post-election follow-up survey of a subset of the T60 (ZA10105) respondents. 📥 Access the data: doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...

New research using GLES data by @felixgruenewald.bsky.social 👇

📢 Fieldwork for the GLES Candidate Study 2025 has started! 👥 All candidates of the parties represented in the Bundestag before #BTW2025 are invited 📅 24/03–09/06/2025 💻📝 Mixed mode: CAWI & PAPI 🌍 Collection of CCS Module IV 👉 More information & questionnaire (DE): www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025...

🚨 First GLES data released after #BTW25: GLES Tracking February 2025, T60 (ZA10105) 💻📱 CAWI cross-section 👥 2,227 interviews 📅 11/02–20/02/2025 🗳️ Special focus on the 2025 federal election, candidates & coalitions – plus a new item on the war in Ukraine ➡️ dx.doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...

📢 Fieldwork for Wave 31 of the GLES Panel Survey has started! From Feb 26 to Mar 11, we’ll collect up to 14,000 interviews on the German #Election2025. 🗳️📊 Download the questionnaire (DE/EN) here: 👉 www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... #BTW2025 #Wahl2025

📢 The GLES Cross-Section has started on Tuesday! Register sample which was completed with additional addresses from PostDirekt 💻📝Mixed mode (CAWI & PAPI) 👥 Aims for at least 7,000 respondents 🌍CSES Module 6 included 👉English Q: www.gesis.org/fileadmin/ad... 👉German Q: www.gesis.org/fileadmin/ad...

🚨 Wave 30 of the #GLES Panel Survey is live! 🚨 From Feb. 12–22, up to 14,000 interviews will examine public opinion ahead of the German #Election2025. The questionnaire, published to promote pre-registration of research, is available in DE and EN: www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... #BTW2025 #Wahl2025

How well do you know the German federal election? 🗳️ Test your knowledge with this quiz, prepared by our GLES member Sina Chen. Challenge yourself and see how many questions you can answer correctly! 🔗 www.t-online.de/nachrichten/... (German only) We’d love to hear your results!

GLES Tracking T60 data collection started today!🎉 T60 includes questions about the upcoming federal election, e.g. perceptions of chancellor candidates & coalitions and additionally a positional issue on arms deliveries to Ukraine. You can find the questionnaire here: www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025...

New research by @nicolaiberk.bsky.social using GLES data 👇

🚨 New data: GLES Panel 2021, Control Group I (to Panel Wave 17, Sample A) (ZA7718) 💻📱 CAWI cross-section 👥 1,232 interviews 📅 07/07–20/07/2021 🔍 Compare with wave 17 of the GLES Panel or analyze voter behavior during the 2021 federal election 👉 doi.org/10.4232/1.14...

📢A new version of the pre-released questionnaires of the GLES Rolling Cross-Section 2025 (ZA101001) is available! The pre-release now covers all surveys of this study and the document is available in German and English: German: www.gesis.org/fileadmin/ad... English: www.gesis.org/fileadmin/ad...

The GLES Candidate Study is the sixth in our series of GLES surveys for #BTW2025📣 All candidates of the parties represented in the Bundestag before #BTW2025, questionnaire including CCS Module IV 🎊 More information: www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... 🔎 @gesis.org

📢 New article in the #GESISBlog (German only) about the challenges of @gles.bsky.social to realize all #GLES studies for #BTW2025 within a few weeks instead of almost a year as planned⌛🎊 blog.gesis.org/wahl-2025-wi...

The GLES Cross-Section is the fifth in our series of GLES surveys for #BTW2025📣 Mixed mode survey (CAWI & PAPI) of ca. 7,000 respondents interviewed within six weeks following #BTW2025. Comprehensive questionnaire including CSES Module 6🎊 More information: www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... 🔎 @gesis.org

🚨 Wave 29 of the #GLES Panel Survey is live! 🚨 From Jan. 16–30, up to 13,000 interviews will examine public opinion ahead of the German #Election2025. The questionnaire, published to promote pre-registration of research, is available in DE & EN: www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... #BTW2025 #Wahl2025

The GLES Tracking is the fourth in our series of GLES surveys for #BTW2025📣 Online cross-sectional surveys of around 1,500 respondents with questions on voting intentions, political attitudes, and political issues 🎊 More information: www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... 🔎 @gesis.org

📢 The pre-election questionnaires of the GLES Rolling Cross-Section 2025 have been published (in German) and can be used for pre-registration of research projects and analyses. Post-election questionnaire and English versions of the questionnaires will be added shortly: www.gesis.org/fileadmin/up...

The GLES Nomination Study is the third in our series of GLES surveys for #BTW2025📣 Data collection on internal party nomination procedures of constituency candidates of the parties represented in the Bundestag prior to #BTW2025🎊 More information www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... 🔎 @gesisorg.bsky.social

The GLES Rolling Cross-Section (RCS) is the second in our series of GLES surveys for #BTW2025📣 About 160 interviews per day over 48 days before #BTW2025 in an RCS design and re-interviews of respondents after #BTW2025 in an RCS design🎊 More information: www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025...

🚨New data: GLES Tracking October, T59 (ZA10002) 💻📱CAWI cross-section, 👥1,131 interviews, 🚀plus 791 interviews of people in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg 📅09/10–17/10/2024 🗳️Special focus on the 2024 state elections & community CfQ questions! ➡️ doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...

The GLES Panel is the first in a series on the GLES surveys for #BTW2025📣 The first Panel wave on #BTW2025 is already in the field, with two more pre-election waves, a post-election wave, and a government formation wave to follow🎊 More information: www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... 🔎

🚨 Wave 28 of the GLES Panel is live! 🚨 🗓️ Dec. 11 – 22 📊 More than 13,000 interviews with active and newly recruited panel members of samples A1-A4 + A5 📝 Explore the questionnaire (DE, EN): www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... @gles.bsky.social #Wahl2025 #SurveyResearch #PolSci

🚨 New data release! 🚨 GLES Candidate Study European Election 2024 (ZA7960)!🎉 Questions include background & nomination, election campaign, attitudes, democracy & representation. Special focus on use of social media in election campaigns. ➡️ dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.14...

The GLES is gearing up for the 2025 early federal election! 🎉 The design includes pre- & post-election surveys, cross-sections & panels, and more to provide in-depth insights into voter and candidate behavior & attitudes. Stay tuned, more to come!📣 ➡️ gesis.org/gles

🚨 Data of GLES Panel Wave 27 have been pre-released! 🚨 ➡️ dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.14... 👥 8.263 interviews 📅 24/09–08/10/2024 Topics included, among others, the state elections in Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.

🚨Data expansion: GLES Cross-Section 2009-2021, Cumulation 👥21,040 interviews 📅2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 🚀Several new topics in the cumulated dataset! doi.org/10.4232/1.14...

📊 New Publication: GLES Candidate Study 2021 Methods Report! 🎉 @joschbrl.bsky.social l, @joshuaesr.bsky.social, and @axburg.bsky.social dive into the processes behind candidate data collection, data curation, and data quality for the 2021 German federal election.🔍📋 ➡️ doi.org/10.21241/sso...

GLES Tracking T59 data collection started yesterday!🎉 T59 includes new questions from the Call for Questions and questions about the elections in Saxony, Thuringia & Brandenburg (750 add. respondents from these states will be surveyed) www.gesis.org/en/gles/over...

📢 Start of data collection for the fall 2024 survey wave of the GLES Panel! 🗓️ September 24 – October 8 📨 Sample A = 16.821 Panelists 📄 Pre-release questionnaire (DE, EN) can be found here: www.gesis.org/en/gles/over...

🗞️ In a new contribution to the GESIS blog [in German], @axburg.bsky.social , @joschbrl.bsky.social , and @marcdebus.bsky.social describe how the GLES Nomination Study can be used to investigate the links between sociodemographics and intra-party candidate selection: blog.gesis.org/ist-der-weg-...

Data collection of GLES Candidate Study European Election 2024 has started!🎉 Questions on candidates' backgrounds, recruitment & selection, attitudes, policy positions, campaigns & special focus on social media campaigning Pre-release questionnaire: www.gesis.org/en/gles/over...

🚨 New data release! 🚨 GLES Candidate Study European Elections 2024, Social Media Accounts (ZA7959)! 🎉 The data covers accounts from Facebook, Instagram, X, and personal websites of German candidates for the upcoming European Elections. ➡️ doi.org/10.4232/1.14...

🚨 New data: GLES Tracking March 2024, T57 💻📱 CAWI cross-section, 👥 1,145 interviews, 📅 06/03–15/03/2024 Party “Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht” newly including in questions on voting intention, perceived left-right ranking and position issues ➡️ dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.14...

Do you do research on political candidates? The Comparative Candidate Survey (CCS) launched a Call for Questions/Modules to be included in their Round IV questionnaire. This questionnaire will automatically also be part of the GLES Candidate Studies fielded between 2025 and 2030! 👇

🚨New data: GLES Pretest 2021 💻📱 CAWI 👥 2,185 interviews The pretest for the 2021 federal election was used to test wording effects (e.g., gendered vs. not gendered) and new items (e.g., on feeling left behind, urban-rural differences, and sources of identity). search.gesis.org/research_dat...

The last two decades were characterized by multiple crises. How did political attitudes change over time? In a new blog post, Walke et al. analyze the development of political attitudes between 2009 and 2023 using data of the GLES Tracking Cumulation: blog.gesis.org/im-wandel-de...

Data collection of GLES Tracking T57 has started yesterday!🎉 The newly founded party “Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht” was added to the questions on voting intention and party perception. Further information and the pre-release questionnaire are available here: www.gesis.org/en/gles/stud...