The KODAQS team wishes you a great Easter break! 🐰

GESIS Summer School Collecting and Aggregrating Evidence Across Multiple Studies 22 – 24 July 2026 | Online Rebecca Kuiper (Utrecht University) and Jessica Daikeler (GESIS)

Dozens of studies test the same idea – how do you see the big picture? In our #GESISsummerschool course, learn with @jessdaik.bsky.social & Rebecca how to use systematic review, meta-analysis, and evidence synthesis with GORIC(A) to turn scattered findings into a coherent story.

➡️ t1p.de/GSS26-SCD

Last Friday we officially welcomed the third cohort of our Data Quality Certificate Program with a kick-off event at the LMU in Munich! 🎉

This innovative six-month program aims to broaden data science skills with a special focus on data quality.

#KODAQSAcademy #DataQuality #SocialScience

Introducing the German General Social Survey Personas (GGSSP) – a #persona collection derived from the German General Social Survey (#GGSS #ALLBUS).

This data release provides plug-and-play persona descriptions to steer the generations of LLMs towards individual members of the German population.

Call for #Applications for #KODAQS #Expert #Workshop: Measurement Error in Surveys and the Integration of New Data Forms: Tools, Indicators, and Workflows.

🗓️ April 23–24, 2026
📌 GESIS Mannheim
➡️ Deadline: March 15th, 2026.
🔗 www.gesis.org/en/research/...

#MeettheExperts #DataQuality #TESD

Join us for the final session of our KODAQS Toolbox talks!

Leon Fröhling will present #TESD, a tool for documenting and critically reflecting on online platform datasets.

🗓️ Thursday, 5 March, 2026, 1-2 pm.
📌 Online, register here: www.gesis.org/angebot/wiss...

We are happy to have been part of the inspiring #GOR2026, where the KODAQS team presented research on data donations, satisficing, recruitment mechanisms, and awareness of data quality.

We are especially proud of Leah von der Heyde, who received the best dissertation award👏

📢 Study out in Research & Politics!

We (@lukasbirkenmai1.bsky.social @wurthmann.bsky.social @msaeltzer.bsky.social) find that directly elected MPs talk more about local & deprived places than list MPs on social media.

🔍 doi.org/10.1177/2053...

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🎉 The KODAQS Data Quality Academy Individual Training is open for registration!

➡️Free and flexible online learning resource
➡️ Content selection based on interests and knowledge level
➡️ Learning paths for survey, digital behavioral, and linked data

👉 Regiser: www.gesis.org/en/gesis-tra...

#MeetTheExperts #mte
New #video on #YouTube: Meet our expert Anne Stroppe who shows AreaMatch, an open-source, R-based tool that links survey data with location information to contextual indicators tied to different spatial units.

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We are delighted to welcome Leah von der Heyde! Leah joined KODAQS as a postdoc in the SDM department at GESIS, focusing on data quality aspects of survey data using AI methods. Leah's research explores AI usability for measuring and representing public opinion.

#KodaqsAcademy #AIinSurveys

🎉 We are thrilled to welcome Sina Chen as part of the KODAQS team!

Sina joined KODAQS as a postdoc and is part of the CSS and DSS departments at @gesis.org. Her work focuses on data quality in digital behavioral data and on pre-election poll accuracy.

#Team #DVD #KodaqsAcademy #KodaqsToolbox

Join us for the #KODAQS #Toolbox #Talk tomorrow!

Yannik Peters will present #TextPrep, a tool to assess how preprocessing methods can improve the quality of social media data.

🗓️ Thursday, 5 Feburary, 2026, 1-2 pm.
📌 Online, register here: www.gesis.org/angebot/wiss...

Info Certificate Program 2026

📢KODAQS Data Quality Academy Certificate Program 2026 open for applications - take the currently last opportunity to register for our six-month program and become a verified data quality steward 📢

Call for Applications: www.gesis.org/en/gesis-tra...

📆Application Deadline: February 8, 2026.

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📢 Neue Übersichtsseite: Datenkompetenzzentren in Deutschland.

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Vielen Dank an alle beteiligten Datenkompetenzzentren für die tolle Zusammenarbeit an dieser Seite. 🎉

#Forschungsdaten #Forschungsdatenmanagement #OpenScience #FDM #RDM

📢 We are super excited to announce our KODAQS Academy Certificate Program is now open for registrations!

🗓️ Six months from October 2025 to March 2026, online blended learning

📩 Application deadline: 09/05/2025

For more info: www.gesis.org/en/gesis-tra...

@gesistraining.bsky.social @gesis.org

💼 Are you an academic instructor who wants to strengthen your teaching on data quality? Looking for ready-to-use didactical resources?

📥 Register now for our KODAQS Academy Train-the-Trainer Program!

🔗 Check out the program's website for more info:
www.gesis.org/en/gesis-tra...

@gesis.org

📢 Call for Submissions – KODAQS Workshop | KODAQS 📢 Call for Submissions – KODAQS Workshop Join us in Cologne on 13–14 November 2025 for the workshop: “Linking Data through Location: Tools, Workflows, and Quality Assurance of Geospatial Data Integra...

Join us on 13–14 November 2025 for the workshop: “Linking Data through Location: Tools, Workflows, and Quality Assurance of Geospatial Data Integration”.

🗓️ Deadline for abstract submissions: 6 July 2025
📍 GESIS, Cologne
🔗 For full details head over to LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📈Reflecting on an amazing experience at #GOR2025!

A huge thank you to the organizers and everyone involved. KODAQS was represented by @jessdaik.bsky.social and Çağla Ezgi Yıldız.

@floriankeusch.bsky.social
@gesis.org
@gesistraining.bsky.social
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

Last weekend, our #KODAQS DataFest Hackathon took place!🎉 We had an amazing time with our fantastic colleagues from SoDa and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social. A big thank you for hosting!

We are super proud one of our teams won the Best Data Quality Award ! 👏

@gesis.org @gesistraining.bsky.social

DataFest 🇩🇪 2025 DataFest Germany 2025 organizers

🚀 We're super excited for tomorrow! 🚀

The #DataFest at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich is just around the corner.🎉 We’re thrilled to be there with our KODAQS Academy participants!

@lmumuenchen.bsky.social

Find out more about the event here ⬇️
www.datafest.de/home

#DataQuality #KODAQS

4 months ago, we kicked off our Data Quality Academy. Thanks to everyone involved in this journey!🚀

Head over to LinkedIn to see the original post:
www.linkedin.com/posts/luisev...

#dataquality #KODAQS #gesis

@gesis.org

KODAQS Academy was excited to visit the Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) in Nuremberg!

Follow the link for more:

www.linkedin.com/posts/luisev...

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Last week, we hosted our annual KODAQS meeting and Research Retreat in Mannheim. Had a great time celebrating KODAQS milestones. Huge thanks to the whole team!

📢 Stay tuned – we’ll soon be announcing two new open positions!

#KODAQS #DataQuality #GESIS #GESISTraining #Research

We had a great time at the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Deutschland Tagung 2025 at GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung Potsdam! 🎉

A big thank you to everyone involved—we look forward to continuing our collaboration! 👏

📢 Join the KODAQS Team as a Student Research Assistant!

We’re hiring a Student Research Assistant (20–40 hrs./month) for the KODAQS project at GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften in Mannheim.

📅 Apply by 09.02.2025

Find out more: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...

KODAQS Guest Researchers WANTED! 📊✨

Are you a social scientist eager to focus on data quality in your research?

🗓 Apply by March 31, 2024

Find out more: www.gesis.org/en/research/...

DataFest 🇩🇪 2025 Call for applications 2025! 📢 We are glad to announce our call for applications to join the 8th edition of DataFest Germany, which will take place at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich (Marc...

We’re excited to announce KODAQS will participate in DataFest Germany 2025! 🎉

Our team of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers will work alongside the main DataFest contest, contributing innovative methodologies and tools for measuring data quality.

Find out more: www.datafest.de/home

Stay in the loop with KODAQS! 💡

Join our mailing list for updates, insights, and more: lists.gesis.org/mailman/list...

#KODAQS #DataQuality

🎉 Exciting news: The KODAQS Data Quality Academy is officially live! 🚀

Our hybrid program kicks off today, empowering social scientists with advanced skills in data quality, analysis, and cutting-edge methodologies.🌐

#KODAQSAcademy #DataQuality