ESRA2025

Meet us at the LIfBi booth

The conference will be held in the Marinus Ruppert Building of Utrecht University, located at Utrecht Science Park. LIfBi will be represented with a conference booth – we are looking forward to meeting you!

Our Contributions to ESRA

Overview to our presentations and to the program at the LIfBi conference booth – click on each day to find out more!

Tuesday, July 15

Wednesday, July 16

Thursday, July 17

Friday, July 18

Data, Services & Publications

Data Portfolio

FDZ-LIfBi provides NEPS Scientific Use Files, special NEPS data products, and research data from other longitudinal studies free of charge

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Services

Information on FDZ-LIfBi events, training courses, tutorials, and help for handling the data incl. online forum

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Publications

All publications incl. the LIfBi series "NEPS Survey Paper", "LIfBi Working Paper" and Transfer Reports

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Data and services offered by the FDZ-LIfBi

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Reading recommendations on National Educational Panel Study - the largest long-term educational study in Germany

Insights into longitudinal analysis using NEPS data

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Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories

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Methodological Issues of Longitudinal Surveys - The Example of the National Educational Panel Study

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Learn more about our large scale projects

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At the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, education is researched in an interdisciplinary manner and in many different facets. This includes both large-scale projects to collect data for educational research and studies to investigate specific issues, for which, among other things, the rich, longitudinal data of the NEPS provide an ideal data basis. Third-party funded projects at LIfBi often address socially relevant issues and contribute their results to political and public discourse. Various funding sources and cooperation partners, including the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the German Research Foundation (DFG), support LIfBi in this endeavor.

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DFG Infrastructure Priority Programme

The priority programme "New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences" (SPP 2431) aims to open up new data spaces for the social sciences. It is designed for the long term and, in view of current social transformations, aims at the consistent modernization of social science methods.

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09:00 - 10:30	Interviews across the Survey Life Cycle Paper: Evaluating Interviewer Performance. The Benefits of Prospensity-adjusted Performance Scores in Complex Studies for Quality Monitoring Laura Löwe (LIfBi) - Presenting Author Children and Youth cohort studies: developments and innovations Paper: The Challenges and Opportunities of Leveraging an Existing Cross-Sectional Survey Infrastructure to Develop a New Child Cohort Study in the United States Dr Jessica Jones (CDC/ National Center for Health Statistic) - Presenting Author Dr Anika Schenck-Fontaine (LIfBi) Dr Olivia Sappenfield (Health Resources and Services Administration) Dr Scott Albrecht (U.S. Census Bureau) Dr Reem Ghandour (Health Resources and Services Administration) Assessing the Quality of Survey Data Paper: Agree or Disagree? The Effect of Different Scaling Options on Life Satisfaction Dr Martina Kroher (Leibniz University Hannover) - Presenting Author Dr Sebastian Lang (LIfBi)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break: André Müller-Kuller & Daniel Fuß at LIfBi booth
11:00 - 12:30	Unexpected Research Findings - Reasons and Consequences Session Organisers: Dr Uta Landrock (LIfBi) Dr Detlev Lück (Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB)) Assessing the Quality of Survey Data 2 Paper: Attention Checks in Online Acess Panels: The Role of Feedback Sebastian Vogler (LIfBi) - Presenting Author Anika Bela (LIfBi) Dr Jacqueline Kroh (LIfBi) Elisabeth Nowak (LIfBi)
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break: Christian Haag & Laura Löwe at LIfBi booth
13:30 - 15:00 Uhr	Exploring Organizational Structures in Survey Infrastructures Session Organisers: Dr Olga Grunwald (NIDI) Dr Roman Auriga (LIfBi) Niccolo Ghirelli (ESS HQ (City St George's, University of London)) Victoria Salinero-Bevins (ESS HQ (City St George's, University of London)) Advances in Life History Data Collection Session Organiser: Dr Sebastian Lang (LIfBi) Paper: Connecting the dots: A Novel Tool to Enhance Life Course Data Collection in Self-Administered Online Surveys Dr Johann Carstensen (DZHW) - Presenting Author Dr Sebastian Lang (LIfBi) Christian Friedrich (Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety) Christian Meisner (German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies) Andrea Schulze (District administration of the Wetterau district) Paper: Dynamic Surveys for Dynamic Life Courses: Development of a Web-App for Self-Administered Life History Data Collection Dr Sebastian Lang (LIfBi) Dr Heike Spangenberg (German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies) Dr David Ohlendorf (German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies) Heiko Quast (German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies) Leena Maaß (German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies) - Presenting Author Get in touch–stay in touch: Efficient and suitable recruitment and survey strategies Session Organisers: Dr Roman Auriga (LIfBi) André Müller-Kuller (LIfBi) Anna Passmann (LIfBi) Paper: Possibilities and potential for increasing the cost efficiency of surveys André Müller-Kuller (LIfBi) - Presenting Author Viktoria Zorn (LIfBi)
15:00 - 15:30 Uhr	Coffee break: Lydia Kleine & Uta Landrock at LIfBi booth
15:30 - 17:00 Uhr	Poverty – A Maze of Measurement Session Organisers: Dr Claudia Karwath (LIfBi) Dr Christoph Homuth (LIfBi) Dr Monja Schmitt (LIfBi) Paper: Children’s Vulnerability to Pandemic-Related Economic Shocks in the United States: A Multidimensional Poverty Perspective Dr Anika Schenck-Fontaine (LIfBi) - Presenting Author Dr Jessica Jones (National Center for Health Statistics) Advances in the integration of geospatial data for social research 2 Paper: Labeled Unemployed: How Neighborhood Unemployment Affects the Individual’s Stigma-consciousness Kerstin Ostermann (Institute for Employment Research) - Presenting Author Dr Sebastian Lang (LIfBi)
17:15 - 18:30	General Assembly and Ceremony Awards
18:30 - 19:00 Uhr	SRM associates meeting

9:00 - 10:30	Exploring Organizational Structures in Survey Infrastructures 2 Session Organisers: Dr Olga Grunwald (NIDI) Dr Roman Auriga (LIfBi) Niccolo Ghirelli (ESS HQ (City St George's, University of London)) Victoria Salinero-Bevins (ESS HQ (City St George's, University of London)) Paper: Survey management between project management and survey content management Dr Roman Auriga (LIfBi) - Presenting Author Interviews across the Survey Life Cycle 3 Paper: What can Performance Indicators tell us About Face-to-Face Interviewers and how can we use Them to Evaluate Quality? Dr Christian Haag (LIfBi) - Presenting Author Dr Jutta von Maurice (LIfBi)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break: Sebastian Lang at LIfBi booth
11:00 - 12:30	New developments in research data infrastructures Session Organiser: Dr Daniel Fuß (LIfBi) Paper: Research Data Centers in Germany – A Unique Infrastructure Network Dr Daniel Fuß (LIfBi) The Use of Machine Learning Techniques When Dealing with Missing Data Paper: Selection of models and variables – an automated Bayesian and machine learning view for handling missing values Michael Bergrab (LIfBi)
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch break: Corinna Kleinert & Anika Schenck-Fontaine at LIfBi booth
13:30 - 15:00	Get in touch–stay in touch: Efficient and suitable recruitment and survey strategies 2 Session Organisers: Dr Roman Auriga (LIfBi) André Müller-Kuller (LIfBi) Anna Passmann (LIfBi) Paper: Individualized Results for Schools as Effective Incentive? – Findings from an Evaluation in NEPS-Schools Loreen Beier (LIfBi) - Presenting Author Anna Passmann (LIfBi) Item Nonresponse and Unit Nonresponse in Panel Studies Session Organisers: Dr Uta Landrock (LIfBi) Dr Ariane Würbach (LIfBi) Michael Bergrab (LIfBi) Paper: Handling constraints in automated statistical data editing via full conditional distributions Professor Christian Aßmann (LIfBi) Dr Ariane Würbach (LIfBi) - Presenting Author Katja-Verena Bürk (German Federal Statistical Office) Florian Dumpert (German Federal Statistical Office) New developments in research data infrastructures 2 Session Organiser: Dr Daniel Fuß (LIfBi) Paper: Forum4MICA - Online Discussion Forum on Research Data in the Social, Behavioral, Educational and Economic Sciences Dr Martina Baumann (LIfBi) - Presenting Author Dr Daniel Fuß (LIfBi)
15:00 -16:00	Poster Conference and Coffee Break: Daniel Bela & Loreen Beier at LIfBi booth
16:00 -17:30	Get in touch–stay in touch: Efficient and suitable recruitment and survey strategies 3 Session Organisers: Dr Roman Auriga (LIfBi) André Müller-Kuller (LIfBi) Anna Passmann (LIfBi) Item Nonresponse and Unit Nonresponse in Panel Studies 2 Session Organisers: Dr Uta Landrock (LIfBi) Dr Ariane Würbach (LIfBi) Michael Bergrab (LIfBi) Enhancing survey participation rates of migrants and ethnic minority groups through tailored recruitment strategies Paper: Lessons Learned from Using an App in Panel studies with Refugees Florian Heinritz (LIfBi) - Presenting Author
18:00 -19:00	ESRA 23-25 Board Meeting

9:00–10:30	New Developments in Using, Sharing, and Re-using Metadata Session Organisers: Knut Wenzig (DIW Berlin/SOEP) Daniel Bela (LIfBi) Dr Arne Bethmann (SHARE Germany and SHARE Berlin Institute) Paper: Recent Developments in and Upcoming Endeavors to the NEPS Survey Life Cycle Daniel Bela (LIfBi / NEPS) - Presenting Author Simon Dickopf (LIfBi / NEPS)
10:30–11:00	Coffee break: Christoph Homuth at LIfBi booth
11:00–12:30	Panel Discussion
12:15–14:00	Lunch: Martina Baumann & Uta Landrock at LIfBi booth
13:30–15:00	New Developments in Using, Sharing, and Re-using Metadata 2 Session Organisers: Knut Wenzig (DIW Berlin/SOEP) Daniel Bela (LIfBi) Dr Arne Bethmann (SHARE Germany and SHARE Berlin Institute) Dr Yuri Pettinicchi (SHARE)
15:00–15:30	Coffee break: Roman Auriga & Daniel Fuß at LIfBi booth
15:30–17:00	Optimizing Grid Questions in Mixed-Mode Surveys Across Devices: Challenges and Solutions Session Organisers: Dr Ellen Ebralidze (LIfBi) Annette Trahms (Institute for Employment Research (IAB)) The use of differential incentives in surveys 2 Paper: The Effects of Increasing the Incentives During Fieldwork Dr Uta Landrock (LIfBi) - Presenting Author
19:00–23:30	Conference Dinner

9:00 - 10:30	New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences - An Interdisciplinary Program for Survey Innovation in Germany Session Organisers: Professor Cordula Artelt (LIfBi) Dr Anika Schenck-Fontaine (LIfBi) Professor Corinna Kleinert (LIfBi) Paper: Exploring the Impact of Virtual Avatars in Survey Interviews Patrick Schrottenbacher (Goethe University Frankfurt) - Presenting Author Dr Lydia Kleine (LIfBi) Professor Alexander Mehler (Goethe University Frankfurt) Professor Corinna Kleinert (LIfBi) Professor Christian Aßmann (LIfBi)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break: Florian Heinritz & Michael Bergrab at LIfBi booth
11:00 - 12:30	New Data Spaces for the Social Sciences - An Interdisciplinary Program for Survey Innovation in Germany 2 Session Organisers: Professor Cordula Artelt (LIfBi) Dr Anika Schenck-Fontaine (LIfBi) Professor Corinna Kleinert (LIfBi)

LIfBi at ESRA 2025

Meet us at the LIfBi booth

Our Contributions to ESRA

Tuesday, July 15

Wednesday, July 16

Thursday, July 17

Friday, July 18

Data, Services & Publications

Reading recommendations on National Educational Panel Study - the largest long-term educational study in Germany

Insights into longitudinal analysis using NEPS data

Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories

Methodological Issues of Longitudinal Surveys - The Example of the National Educational Panel Study

Learn more about our large scale projects

More projects

DFG Infrastructure Priority Programme