Dear colleagues and members of the DGS Methoden Mailinglist,

We invite you to participate in the GLES Open Science Challenge 2021, coordinated by The German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES), in collaboration with the journal German Political Science Quarterly (PVS) and the German Society for Electoral Studies (DGfW). The Special issue will be published in English.

We invite open topic studies  in the form of Registered Reports that employ 2021 GLES survey data to examine relevant questions in times of political change and crises surrounding the German federal election: After 16 years of Angela Merkel as chancellor, these elections mark a watershed in German politics. The race for her successor is wide open. Simultaneously, it is unclear how long the Covid-19 pandemic and its corresponding restrictions will dominate the political agenda in Germany.

Deadline for abstract submission (500 words): July 12, 2021

• Study materials, questionnaires and guidelines are now available online.

This call will be of particular interest to scholars who value rigorous and transparent research and early career researchers interested in a fast publication pathway where success depends on the novelty, theoretical relevance, and rigorous execution of a research idea rather than the eventual empirical results.

More details can be found in the Call for Papers and on our website.

If you have any questions or informal inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact me or the Editorial Team.

Best Regards on behalf of the Editorial Team,

Hannah Bucher

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Hannah Bucher

German Longitudinal Election Study(GLES)

GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

P.O.Box 12 21 55 | D-68072 Mannheim

Phone: +49(621)-1246-432

Mail:  Hannah.Bucher@gesis.org