Internal Information Event - 29 June 2017
Topics
1. Supporting exchange and creating synergies
– A new FORS exchange programme
– Three «Groupes transversaux», mainly in Survey unit
2. Adapting our communication and publication strategy
– Visibilty of FORS publications: New entry page on website
– Division of tasks; Communication team
– Redesign FORS website
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Supporting exchange and creating synergies
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FONDS Peter Farago
pour séjour de courte durée des collaborateurs-trices
de FORS à l’étranger
• L’idée est de stimuler l’échange entre FORS et des
chercheurs/chercheuses et institutions.
• Dans un institut de recherche ou une université à l’étranger en rapport
avec le travail effectué chez FORS.
• Séjour de courte durée : en principe 14 jours – 2 mois
• Ouvert à tous collaborateurs et toutes collaboratrices de FORS avec un
contrat de durée illimitée
• FORS finance le temps de travail plus une partie des dépenses
supplémentaires
• Demande écrite à soumettre (voir détails dans le guide)
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«Groupes transversaux»
• The idea:
– Increasing interaction, resource and knowledge sharing within FORS and between
FORS and the SSP faculty
– Increasing capacity and knowledge to run surveys within FORS
• Three groups in place:
– «Recherche méthodologique»
– «Enquêtes internes et mandats externes»
– Collaboration FORS-UNIL
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«Groupe transversal recherche méthodologique»
Chair: Oliver Lipps (new: Oliver Lipps will transfer to the Survey unit)
Members:
At FORS: Nicolas Pekari, Michèle Ernst Staehli, Michael Ochsner, Marieke
Voorpostel, Erika Antal, Brian Kleiner
SSP: Caroline Roberts and New Post-Doc
Tasks
• Definition of priorities for methodological research
• Definition of teams for each of the priorities
• Definition and planning of activities and products/output
• Follow-up and reporting of the activities
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«Groupe transversal enquêtes internes
et mandats externes»
Chair: Nicolas Pekari
Members: Patricia Milbert, Laura Scaperrotta, Eliane Ferrez, Florence Lebert,
Boris Wernli
Tasks
• Development and update of know-how and expertise for survey data collection
web/paper within FORS
• Support in establishing budgets for internal data collections
• Support in planning, starting and follow-up of fieldwork for internal data collections
• Reporting and documentation of know-how and actives
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«Groupe transversal collaboration FORS-SSP»
Chair: Robin Tillmann (with Marieke Voorpostel)
Members: Michèle Ernst Staehli, Anke Tresch, Boris Wernli, Oliver Lipps,
Brian Kleiner
Tasks
• Definition of priorities for the collaboration FORS-SSP
• Definition of teams for each of the priorities
• Definition and planning of activities and products/output
• Follow-up and reporting of the activities
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Adapting our communication and publication strategy
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FORS publications
• Visibility of FORS publications:
– New thematic entry page with abstracts, summaries on our website and
publications themselves
– Scientific publications of FORS staff: Journal articles, book chapters, books,
working papers, etc.
– Publications from FORS (see below)
• Streamlining our publication activities:
– FORS Working Papers (responsibility Marieke Voorpostel)
– FORS Techncial Papers (responsibility «Groupe transversal recherche
methodologique»: Oliver Lipps, Boris Wernli in collaboration with Franziska
Ehrler)
– Social Change in Switzerland and DeFacto (and newspaper articles etc.) for
a broader audience
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Division of tasks in our Communication team
• Monika Vettovaglia, Communications officer: Responsible for the internal
and external communication at FORS
– Communication strategy and communication support
– Media relations
– FORS Website/Webmaster
– Internal and external communication, social media
– Event management
– Online journal SMIF (Survey Insights, Methods from the Field)
• Franziska Ehrler, Scientific Editor: Responsible for FORS Pubications and
thematic presentation of FORS and dissemination of research results.
– Thematic presentation of FORS (webpage)
– «FORS Working paper» series and «FORS Technical paper series»
– Social Change in Switzerland and DeFacto
– Own publication activities for a broader audience (social indicators)
– Data visualisation
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Redesign FORS website
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Context
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Reasons for redesigning our website
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What does a redesign mean?
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Time schedule
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Continue exploring, understanding … and sharing!
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