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A central task of DeZIM is to objectify public debates with scientific studies. The Data-Method-Monitoring Cluster and the Research Data Center are essential for this. The cluster develops and tests innovative survey procedures and methods and makes its expertise available to the entire institute. DeZIM.fdz archives and documents the institute's data, provides access to it and thus supports monitoring and knowledge transfer.
The Cluster is concerned with the basic elements of research: we develop innovative approaches and methods, refine existing processes and make data accessible – not just for the researchers at DeZIM, but for anyone interested.Dr. Jannes Jacobsen, Head of the Data-Methods-Monitoring Cluster
Central infrastructure:
- DeZIM.fdz serves as the central infrastructure at DeZIM for providing research data to external parties.
- DeZIM.panel is established as the institute's central survey infrastructure and is open for the research community.
- The browser-based online platform MIND.set offers a research resource for the creation and implementation of cognitive tests (such as the Implicit Assosications Test, IAT) and enables easy integration into online surveys.
- Since 2023, the cluster has been organizing the DeZIM Summer School for Research Methods.
The Cluster & FDZ comprises three areas of work:
The Archive archives data produced as part of research projects conducted at DeZIM, at institutes of the DeZIM Research Community, or beyond, and makes these data available for reuse in scientific research.
DeZIM.survey administers the DeZIM.panel and provides technical support to other areas in conducting surveys.
DeZIM.methods focuses on research data quality and methods of data analysis. Its work includes testing and developing indicators, adapting and developing survey methods, developing survey designs, and providing guidance on the analysis of research data.
Together, these three areas cover all stages of an empirical research project, from the conception and implementation of a study design to the analysis of the data collected. This provides the DeZIM Institute with a comprehensive and integrated methodological consulting service.
- The programming of the FDZ IT infrastructure and the associated provision of research data for external parties.
- The DeZIM.panel has established itself as the Institute's central survey infrastructure and has been opened up to the research community.
- With MIND.set , a research resource for creating and conducting experiments and cognitive tests in online surveys was set up and prepared for use by other researchers.
- In 2023, the first DeZIM Summer School in Research Methods was held, which will be a central component of the infrastructure at DeZIM in the future. There is already a continuation of the DeZIM Summer School in 2024.
Number of projects: 23
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Social and Ethnic Inequalities in Educational Achievement and the Institutional Structure of the German Education System
A National Perspective in International Context
Institutions: Data-Method-Monitoring Cluster Running time: January 2026 until December 2026 -
Enhancing Survey Participation within Diverse Respondent Groups
Tailoring a Recruitment Strategy for Turkish Citizens in Germany
Institutions: Data-Method-Monitoring Cluster Running time: May 2025 until December 2027 -
Developing a Language Model for Analyzing German-Language Tweets with a Focus on Gender-Inclusive Language
Institutions: Data-Method-Monitoring Cluster Running time: January 2025 until December 2026 -
From Narrative Interviews to Quantitative Data
A Computational Approach to Analyzing Qualitative Interviews
Institutions: Data-Method-Monitoring Cluster Running time: January 2025 until December 2025 -
Unmaking the past making the future
An intergenerational analysis of ancestral citizenship and visions of Europe
Institutions: Migration Department Running time: June 2024 until May 2027
