The Social Study

Survey research, data management, panel management, are also women's stories 🙌

On the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, we'd like to shine the spotlight on the women behind the scenes 👀

👉 Laura Uyttendaele (Data Mngmt)
👉 Alexandrina Buruian (Survey Mngmt)
👉 Raïssa Grieten (Panel Mngmt)
👉 Audrey Vandeleene (Strategic Mngmt)
👉 Amelie Van Pottelberge (Panel Mngmt)

What can you do with TSS panel data ?

🗳️ Analyse vote transfers 🗳️

New research by Marc Swyngedouw, Daan Delespaul, Bart Meuleman, Koen Abts, Cecil Meeusen (ReSPOND - KU Leuven) with TSS #openaccess data !

🆓 Download TSS rich data on Belgian residents: www.sodha.be/dataverse/tss

❗ New Open Access Dataset Available❗

TSS is delighted to announce the release of a dataset collected from 5,000+ respondents through the only Belgian probability-based panel.

Our very first *Core Study Questionnaire* compiles more than 1h of survey time.

Download : www.sodha.be/dataset.xhtm...

✨ Highlights from our Kick-off Conference ✨

On December 9, over 100 participants gathered at Hoek 38 for an inspiring day of presentations, discussions, and networking. Thanks to all!

📸 Slides and pictures from the day are now available on our website!

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@fwovlaanderen.bsky.social

TSS is financially supported by @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social, F.R.S. - FNRS and Statistiek Vlaanderen 🙏

🤔 Your main subject of interest is not in this dataset? Ask us to ask our panelists your questions, and easily link their answers to the Core Study Questionnaire data. To submit your proposal : thesocialstudy.be/collect-data...

To support researchers and students, the TSS team has foreseen:
✅ An extensive user manual
✅ A detailed codebook with descriptive statistics

🔎 Start exploring today!

#openaccess #datarelease #probabilitypanel

It covers a wide range of topics:

👥 Sociodemos
🌍 Origin
🏠 Household
🏡 Dwelling
💶 Income
💼 Work
🎭 Cultural capital
🧠 Psychological traits
💬 Values & social attitudes
🙏 Religion
❤️ Partnership
🤝 Social life
🗳️ Political attitudes & behavior
📈 Evaluation of the economy
⚕️ Health
😇 Well-being
📺 Media use

❗ New Open Access Dataset Available❗

TSS is delighted to announce the release of a dataset collected from 5,000+ respondents through the only Belgian probability-based panel.

Our very first *Core Study Questionnaire* compiles more than 1h of survey time.

Download : www.sodha.be/dataset.xhtm...

Want to know more about our probability panel and its possibilities for academics and researchers from public authorities ? ➡️ thesocialstudy.be/website-for-...

📜 Raïssa Grieten keeps everything running smoothly with your legal & financial departments

💡 Audrey Vandeleene (@audreyvdleene.bsky.social) leads strategic direction and manages communication w/ stakeholders

👑 Jean-Benoit Pilet (@jbpilet.bsky.social) & Bart Meuleman guide the entire infrastructure

🚶‍➡️ Amelie Van Pottelberge and Raïssa Grieten ensure our 5000+ panelists are well cared for

❓ Alexandrina Buruian and Kenneth Hemmerechts help you craft solid questionnaires

💻 Gert Thielemans, Daniël Spruit and Laura Uyttendaele transform our panelists' answers into clean and ready-to-use datasets

#MeetTheTeam

👀 Curious about who's behind the screens?

Let us introduce the dedicated minds driving The Social Study forward!

Behind every questionnaire, dataset, and contractual paperwork is a team of researchers who bring this interuniversity and multidisciplinary project to life.

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🔍 The Scientific Committee is now carefully reviewing all proposals...

🏆 The two winners will be announced in early October.

📢 Stay tuned!

#EarlyCareerResearch #PhDOpportunity #ProbabilityPanel #SurveyResearch #Belgium #AcademicResearch #StayTuned

Applications came from almost all Belgian universities, representing a rich diversity of disciplines:

🧠 Psychology

📊 Economics

🗳️ Political Science

🌍 Geography

🧬 Public Health

📣 Communication Science

👥 Sociology

We want to warmly thank all applicants. We wish you the best of luck! 🙌

🎉 Call for Early-Stage Researcher Awards – Update! 🎉

The Social Study is pleased to have received 16 applications for its Early-Stage Researcher Awards, offering one PhD researcher & one PhD graduate the chance to run their own survey -free of charge- using our panel of 5,000+ Belgian residents. 🧵

#ESRA2025 folks: Looking for data from a #probabilitypanel ? Consider The Social Study ☺️

Gert Thielemans (University of Antwerp):"The impact of SMS as a postnotification tool on response rates-Evidence from a natural experiment"
📲No large effects of SMS-reminders on response rate
📲Possibly help increase response of vulnerable groups
📲Possibly help slow down decreasing response over time

Amelie Van Pottelberge (Ghent University): "Testing the impact of a financial incentive for early bird registration for a probability panel"
🐣EB incentives increase recruitment rate in push-to-web, not in face-to-face
🐣Do not help recruit hard-ro-reach groups
🐣Boost participation in future surveys

It's conference time! The Social Study is at the 11th Conference of the @esrasurvey.bsky.social #ESRA2025 in Utrecht this week 🤩

Amelie and Gert from the TSS team presented one paper each:
🐣 Early bird incentives
📲 SMS-reminders

Curious? More details in the thread ⤵️

☀️Are you enjoying the summer months by dreaming up future survey data collection plans? Interested in a representative sample of the Belgian population?

🏆Apply for our early-stage researchers award and win free survey time 👇

#PhDOpportunity #PhDGraduates #PhDResearch #Postdoc
#EarlyCareerResearch

@cdsp-sciencespo.bsky.social @gesis-panel.bsky.social ‪@usociety.bsky.social‬

📘 Curious to learn more?
Download the full paper here 👉 reusilience.eu/wp-content/u...

🔬 Interested in using The Social Study for your own research?
Submit your proposal here 👉 thesocialstudy.be/collect-data...

#surveyresearch #probabilitypanel #panelresearch

Did you know that 22.8% of Belgians care for/provide support to family members who need help due to age, illness or disability?

A striking stat from a recent @reusilience.bsky.social paper by @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social powered by TSS data and proposed as ESS Rotating Module.

New working paper: "Adult Care, Work and Well-being in Europe. Ad hoc module for submission to ESS call for rotating modules" — rEUsilience We are pleased to share our new working paper which proposes a Rotating Module to be included in the European Social Survey (ESS) concerning questions on adult care responsibilities within and beyond ...

📣 New Working Paper by @bartovalzbeta.bsky.social and @wvlancker.bsky.social, proposing a Rotating Module on adult care responsibilities to be included in the European Social Survey (ESS).

💻 You can read the full working paper on the #rEUsilience website 👇
reusilience.eu/project-upda...

🔹 Find out how TSS ensures the panel truly reflects Belgium’s diverse population through representativity analyses leading to post-stratification weights

🔹 Dive into the variety of questions fielded, spanning disciplines from sociology to economics, psychology, and beyond with #openaccess data

Discover how The Social Study built Belgium’s only probability panel:
🔹 Learn how a nationally representative sample was drawn from the National Register
🔹 See how online and face-to-face recruitment strategies were combined to reach 6938 interviews, 5844 recruited respondents and 5274 panelists
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🏗️ Ever wondered how the Belgian probability panel was built?

✨ The Method Report of The Social Study has been released ✨

Have a read 👉 thesocialstudy.be/2025/06/27/t...

The report is joint work by Amelie Van Pottelberge @audreyvdleene.bsky.social Gert Thielemans Celine Wuyts Raïssa Grieten 🙌

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The Social Study: de steekproef die steek houdt Er zijn voor politieke wetenschappers en nieuwsmedia geen excuses meer om te werken met slechte steekproeven. De nieuwe steekproef, The Social Study, toont hoe het wél kan.

"There are no more excuses for political scientists and news media to work with poor samples. The new sample of The Social Study shows how it can be done."

Opinion piece by TSS initiator @swyngedouwm.bsky.social

👉 www.sampol.be/2025/05/the-...