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As a long-term survey infrastructure at the University of Mannheim, the German Internet Panel (GIP) offers researchers the opportunity to collect high-quality survey data. For 2026, there is still capacity available to integrate your own questions.

The German Internet Panel (GIP) has successfully completed its 80th wave. As a long-term research infrastructure at the University of Mannheim, the GIP has been providing researchers with high-quality survey data for research questions for 80 waves now.

The Scientific Use Files of Waves 69–71 (Januar 2024 to May 2024) of the GIP study are now published and available via the GESIS data archive.

Just published: The study “Education Bias in Probability-Based Surveys in Germany: Evidence and Possible Solutions” by Stein, Gummer, Naumann, et al. — co-authored, among others, by our Head of Operations Tobias Rettig.

The latest wave of the German Internet Panel (GIP) reveals a significant shift in participants’ response behavior: for the first time, more respondents completed the questionnaire on a smartphone than on a computer.

From March 31 to April 2, this year’s GOR conference took place at the Free University of Berlin. The GIP was represented with two contributions.

From 3rd to 5th February 2025, this year's Survey Lifecycle Operators Workshop (SLOW) 2025 took place at the University of Mannheim.

GIP Policy Brief 2/24 by Prof. Marc Helbling & Prof. Richard Traunmüller: Pro-Palestine protests, anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism in Germany.

GIP Policy Brief 1/24 by Prof. Oliver Spalt & Prof. Richard Traunmüller: Social dignity and the “dignity gap” in society, the workplace and politics.

The Scientific Use Files of Waves 59–67 (May 2022 to September 2023) of the GIP study are now published and available via the GESIS data archive.