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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · 21d

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

Website for researchers - The Social Study

The Social Study For Researchers The Social Study panel is a scientific mixed-mode (online and on paper) probability panel of 5.000+ Belgian residents aged 16 years and older, randomly selected from t...

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · 21d

📜 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

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · 21d

🚶‍➡️ 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

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · 21d

#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 Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Sep 8

🔍 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

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Sep 8

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! 🙌

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎉 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. 🧵

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jul 17

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 ⤵️

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jul 17

☀️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

The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · May 9

📢 Happy to launch the TSS early-stage researcher awards !

🏆Two awards available for one PhD researcher and one PhD graduate to field their own survey free of charge using The Social Study’s panel of over 5,000 Belgian residents

#surveyresearch #panelresearch #earlycareerresearchers #academicsky

The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jun 30

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

The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jun 30

📘 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

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jun 30

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.

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rEUsilience @reusilience.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣 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...

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 ...

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jun 30

🔹 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

The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jun 30

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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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · Jun 30

🏗️ 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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TSS Method Report has been released - The Social Study

Ever wondered how the Belgian probability panel was built? This reports outlines the methodological foundations of the probability-based panel in Belgium, known as The Social Study. The report provide...

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · May 26

"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-...

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.

www.sampol.be

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · May 26

Thanks for the piece, Marc !

👉 Follow us here @thesocialstudy.bsky.social

The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · May 19

🔍 Learn more about how to apply: thesocialstudy.be/collect-data...

🗓️ Upcoming deadlines: June 2, 2025 and September 15, 2025

#ResearchOpportunity #SurveyResearch #DataCollection #Belgium #AcademicResearch

🙏 A project supported by F.R.S. - FNRS, FWO & Statistiek Vlaanderen

Submission procedure - The Social Study

How to apply for survey time? The Social Study provides an opportunity for researchers to easily collect representative data of the Belgian population. The procedure to apply for survey time with the ...

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · May 19

📢 Call for survey proposals

Looking to collect quality survey data in Belgium?

👉The Social Study, a probability panel of 5,000 respondents, is accepting survey proposals. Run your own survey from just €15/respondent for a 5-minute questionnaire - full panel or random subsample options available.
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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · May 9

📅 Deadline

Submit proposals by 27 August 2025 (12:00)

📄 More Info

Detailed submission procedure & evaluation criteria: thesocialstudy.be/tss-early-st...

TSS early-stage researcher awards - The Social Study

TSS early-stage researcher awards The Social Study is pleased to announce two awards for early-stage researchers. These awards offer a unique opportunity for one PhD researcher and one PhD graduate to...

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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · May 9

👩‍🔬 Who can apply?

👉PhD students or researchers with up to 7 years post-doc experience
👉Affiliated with one of the TSS consortium institutions (UCLouvain, ULB, ULiège, UMons, UNamur, KU Leuven, UGent, VUB, UAntwerpen, UHasselt)

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