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Our online survey has been successfully completed. We would like to thank everyone who forwarded the link and all those who took part for their support. We will now carry out initial evaluations and publish the results, including the measures we have taken as a result, in Open Access.

Thank you very much!

Your feedback is important" We are developing Pollux according to your needs.

You can still take part in our survey until April 30:

https://www.pollux-fid.de/surveys/pollux-general-survey-2024

The survey takes about 10 minutes. No personal data will be collected.

Thank you very much for your support!

Our online survey will run until 23.04.2024 to determine the needs of the political science community and satisfaction with Pollux's services. 

Your feedback is important!

Please take a moment to share your experiences and perspectives in the areas of literature research, research methods, open science and science communication with us. Your opinion is essential for the further development of Pollux and thus also of the research support services for you - the political science researchers.

The survey takes about 10-15 minutes. No personal data will be collected. We look forward to your support!

Click here for the survey: https://www.pollux-fid.de/surveys/pollux-general-survey-2024

We are looking for two student assistants (SHK) as soon as possible. You can expect a wide range of tasks in our friendly team with flexible organizational options. The contract term is initially planned until September 30, 2025.

The first vacancy is aimed at students of political science. Another vacancy is aimed at students of computer science.

from Paula Lein

Qualitative political science research data is generally sensitive and is often based on a close relationship of trust between researchers and research participants. For example, participation in research projects in authoritarian regimes and the resulting personal research data are associated with particular risks for the research subjects. At the same time, however, this research data is rich, unique and often generated in research fields that are difficult to access. For this reason, long-term archiving that also enables subsequent scientific use should be considered on a regular basis - even if a large proportion of the material cannot be made fully accessible to the public for legal and/or ethical reasons. In order to protect research participants, high standards for archiving this research data and special protective procedures are therefore necessary. If researchers want to make their sensitive data available for scientific re-use, they need an appropriate archiving environment, which Qualiservice provides as part of the Specialized Information Service (FID) Political Science - Pollux.

You can find the whole article in the DVPW-Blog (German only)