Call for Papers: International SOEP User Conference, July 8-9, 2026 in Berlin (Germany)

The 16th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference (SOEP2026) will be held in Berlin from July 8 to 9, 2026. 

The 16th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference provides researchers who use the SOEP with the opportunity to present and discuss their work with their peers. This includes users of the SOEP part of the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF), LIS/LWS data, and SOEP-IS, as well as users of the migration samples (IAB-SOEP, IAB-BAMF-SOEP).

Researchers from all disciplines (e.g., economics, demography, geography, political science, public health, psychology, and sociology) and career levels are invited to submit an abstract. We welcome submissions from diverse fields, particularly those related to meta-science, robustness, replicability, reproducibility, and open science. This includes, but is not limited to, studies that compare and/or combine different populations or samples, analyses, designs, methods, and time periods. In addition, we encourage submissions beyond this thematic focus, especially those making use of the longitudinal features of SOEP, as well as submissions on survey methodology and cross-national comparative analysis.

Keynote Speakers are:
Wiebke Bleidorn | University of Zurich UZH / Switzerland
Thomas Dohmen | University of Bonn and Maastricht University / Germany + Netherlands

Please submit electronic versions of abstracts (up to 300 words) no later than February 28, 2026 to: soep2026@diw.de 
Acceptance notifications will be sent out by March 31, 2026. The conference location in Berlin-Mitte will be announced in due time.

For more information on the conference and the call for papers please refer to our website mentioned below.
 

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