References

Most recent surveys (up to 2026)

Combined telephone and online survey of citizens on current social topics in Thuringia

Project Thuringia Monitor 2026
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Department for Political Science / Political System of Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser

Institute of Sociology / Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Leuze

Survey period May–June 2026 (in progress)
Number (in progress)
Duration of the interview (in progress)
Homepage https://www.powi.uni-jena.de and https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

https://thueringen.de/regierung/th-monitorExternal link

Funding Thuringian State Chancellery


Survey of couples as part of the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio SFB TRR 294 ‘Structural Change in Property Ownership’ Sub-project B06

Project Property Inequality in the Private Sphere: Couple-Internal and External Drivers of Change in Property Arrangements in Couple Relationships
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena / Institute of Sociology

Prof. Dr. Kathrin Leuze und Prof. Dr. Sylka Scholz                                                         

Survey period September to December 2025
Number 90 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 21 minutes
Homepage https://sfb294-eigentum.deExternal link

Combined telephone and online survey of citizens on current social topics in Thuringia

Project Thuringia Monitor 2025
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Department for Political Science / Political System of Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser

Institute of Sociology / Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Leuze

Survey period May–June 2025
Number 3.838 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.powi.uni-jena.de and https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

https://thueringen.de/regierung/th-monitorExternal link

Funding Thuringian State Chancellery

Telephone survey of companies in the photonics industry in Thuringia 2025

Project The photonics industry in Thuringia – future prospects and employment trends
Project management      
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena / Institute of Sociology
Christoph Thieme (M.A.)
Survey period January – March 2025
Number 125 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 38 minutes
Homepage https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie and https://optonet-jena.de/External link

Combined telephone and online survey of citizens on current social topics in Thuringia

Project Thuringia Monitor 2024
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Department for Political Science / Political System of Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser

Institute of Sociology / Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Leuze

Survey period September to October 2024
Number 1.824 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.powi.uni-jena.de and https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

https://thueringen.de/regierung/th-monitorExternal link

Funding Thuringian State Chancellery

Telephone survey of companies in the photonics and microelectronics industry in Berlin and Brandenburg in 2024

Project The photonics industry in Berlin and Brandenburg – future prospects and employment trends
Project management       
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena / Institute of Sociology
Christoph Thieme (M.A.)
Survey period January – March 2024
Number 114 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 38 minutes
Homepage https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

Telephone survey of citizens on current social topics in Thuringia

Project Thuringia Monitor 2023
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Department for Political Science / Political System of Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser

Survey period September to November 2023
Number 1.063 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.powi.uni-jena.de and https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

https://thueringen.de/regierung/th-monitorExternal link

Funding Thuringian State Chancellery

Telephone survey of companies in the photonics industry in Thuringia in 2023

Project The photonics industry in Thuringia – future prospects and employment trends
Project management      
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena / Institute of Sociology
Christoph Thieme (M.A.)
Survey period January – March 2023
Number 120 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 38 minutes
Homepage  https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie and https://optonet-jena.de/External link

Telephone survey of citizens on current social topics in Thuringia

Project Thuringia Monitor 2022
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Department for Political Science / Political System of Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser

Survey period September to November 2022
Number 1.900 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.powi.uni-jena.de and https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

https://thueringen.de/regierung/th-monitorExternal link

Funding Thuringian State Chancellery


Survey of current members of the Bundestag and state parliaments as part of the Collaborative Research Centre/
Transregio SFB TRR 294 ‘Structural Change in Ownership’ Sub-project B04

Project Jenaer Parlamentarierbefragungen - JenParl 2022External link
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Department for Political Science / Political System of Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser and Dr. Lars Vogel                                                             

Survey period April - November 2022
Number 400 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 40 minutes
Homepage https://sfb294-eigentum.deExternal link

Nationwide telephone household survey within the framework of the BMBF project - WIR! - H2Well - TP 3 

Project WIR! - Wandel durch Innovation in der Region
Project management

Institute of Sociology / Sociology of Labour and Economic Sociology

Prof. Dr. Klaus Dörre

Survey period March – April 2022
Number 1.118 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 20 minutes
Homepage  https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie and https://www.h2well.deExternal link

Telephone survey of companies in the photonics and microelectronics industry in Berlin and Brandenburg in 2022

Project The photonics industry in Berlin and Brandenburg – future prospects and employment trends
Project management Friedrich Schiller University of Jena / Institute of Sociology and OptoNet e.V.
Christoph Thieme (M.A.) and Nora Kirsten (M.A.)
Survey period         
January to February 2022
Number 116 Interviews
Duration of the interview         
ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie and https://optonet-jena.de/External link

Telephone survey of citizens on current social topics in Thuringia

Project Thuringia Monitor 2021
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Department for Political Science / Political System of Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser

Survey period May–June 2021
Number 1.100 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.powi.uni-jena.de and https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

https://thueringen.de/regierung/th-monitorExternal link

Funding Thuringian State Chancellery

Telephone survey of companies in the photonics industry in Thuringia 2019

Project The photonics industry in Thuringia – future prospects and employment trends
Project management Friedrich Schiller University of Jena / Institute of Sociology
Christoph Thieme (M.A.)
Survey period February – March 2021
Number 120 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 38 minutes
Homepage

 https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie and https://optonet-jena.de/External link

Telephone survey of citizens on current social topics in Thuringia

Project Thuringia Monitor 2020
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Department for Political Science / Political System of Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser

Survey period September to October 2020
Number 1.100 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.powi.uni-jena.de and https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

https://thueringen.de/regierung/th-monitorExternal link

Funding Thuringian State Chancellery

Telephone survey of citizens regarding the acceptance of the compensation

Project Report on the Social Situation of Victims of the SED Dictatorship in Thuringia
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Institute of Sociology / Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis

Prof. Dr. Kathrin Leuze
Thomas Ritter (M.A.)
Survey period March to May 2020
Number 1.041 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

Telephone survey of citizens on current social topics in Thuringia

Project Thuringia Monitor 2019
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Department for Political Science / Political System of Germany
Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser

Survey period June to July 2019
Number 1.090 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.powi.uni-jena.de and https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

https://thueringen.de/regierung/th-monitorExternal link

Funding Thuringian State Chancellery

Telephone survey commissioned by the Thuringian University founders network and the founders' divisions of the university alliance Halle – Jena – Leipzig

Project Experience in the market entry and internationalization process
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena; Service Center Research and Transfer
Valerie Daldrup

Survey period April – May 2019
Number 50 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 20 minutes
Homepage https://www.sft.uni-jena.de de

Telephone survey of companies in the photonics industry in Thuringia 2019

Project The photonics industry in Thuringia – future prospects and employment trends
Project management Friedrich Schiller University of Jena / Institute of Sociology
Christoph Thieme (M.A.)
Survey period January – March 2019
Number 118 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 38 minutes
Homepage https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie and https://optonet-jena.de/External link

Telephone survey of citizens on current social topics in Thuringia

Project Thuringia Monitor 2018
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Institute of Sociology / Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis


Prof. Dr. Heinrich Best
Survey period June to July 2018
Number 1.057 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie de

https://thueringen.de/regierung/th-monitorExternal link

Funding Thuringian State Chancellery

Telephone outreach for an online survey on current social topics in the new federal states commissioned by Bocconi University Milan

Project  "INTERACT: INTerEthnic Relationships in contemporary CommuniTies: How does ethnoracial diversity aect in- and out-group trust, solidarity, and cooperation."
Project management Bocconi University Mailand
Prof. Dr. Delia Baldassarri
Survey period March to June 2018
Number 3.400 Akquisitionen
Duration of the interview ca. 20 minutes
 Homepage  http://www.unibocconi.eu/External link

Telephone survey of citizens on current social topics in Thuringia

Project Thuringia Monitor 2017
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Institute of Sociology / Methods of Empirical Social Research and Social Structure Analysis


Prof. Dr. Heinrich Best
Survey period May–June 2017
Number 1.032 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 30 minutes
Homepage https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie

https://thueringen.de/regierung/th-monitorExternal link

Funding Thuringian State Chancellery

Telephone survey of companies in the photonics industry in Thuringia 2017

Project The photonics industry in Thuringia – future prospects and employment trends
Project management

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Institute of Sociology / Sociology of Labour and Economic Sociology

Prof. Dr. Klaus Dörre; Christoph Thieme (M.A.)
Survey period January – March 2017
Number 114 Interviews
Duration of the interview ø 38 minutes
Homepage https://www.fsv.uni-jena.de/soziologie and https://optonet-jena.de/External link