The DZHW Scientist Survey is a nationwide representative trend study. The first two DZHW surveys took place in 2009 and 2016. In 2017, it was decided to shorten the interval of the DZHW researcher surveys to three years, so that the next survey will be carried out this year (2019).
The DZHW Scientist Survey represents a continuous long-term barometer of the academic world and aims to become the key German survey program in the field of science research. It is a fundamental tool for monitoring and studying working and research conditions at German universities and is intended to provide a comprehensive picture of opinion on the situation and development of the German science system. Changes in attitudes and opinions on science policy issues over time are examined in trend analyses.
The data also form a basis for professional publications and thus also serve as an empirical basis for public discussions and political decision-making processes. The aim is to regularly provide high-quality and well-documented data via the DZHW Research Data Centre (FDZ), which can be accessed by those interested in research and science policy.
The DZHW Scientists Survey aims to become the key German survey program in the field of science research. It is conceptualized as a multi-topic survey with the goal of making high-quality, well documented data readily available on a regular and permanent basis. In addition, the prepared and anonymised data is made available permanently and well documented via the DZHW Research Data Centre (FDZ), thus making it accessible to other interested parties in research and science policy.
The survey
The DZHW Science Survey addresses scientists at German universities. For this purpose, publicly available address data of professors* and research assistants* are collected on the websites of the universities.
The DZHW Science Survey is designed as a multi-topic survey: Each survey contains a core instrument (a constant survey programme across the waves) with central questions on working and research conditions and modules with focus topics on current research policy issues and research priorities. In the preparation of the priority topics we cooperate with research groups within and outside the DZHW. The 2016 survey had 4844 participants*. The next survey will take place in autumn 2019 and is aimed at 6,000 participants.
Presentations
Ambrasat, J. (2019, Juli). Planned Missing Data Design in a General Population Rating Study. 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), 15.-19.07.2019, Zagreb, Croatia.
Lietz, A., Ambrasat, J., & Russ, U. (2019, Juli). Effects of announced survey length and incentive in a highly qualified population - A survey experiment. Vortrag auf der 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) in Zagreb, Kroatien.
Ruß, U., Ambrasat, J., & Lietz, A. (2019, Juli). What drives a positive survey evaluation? The moderating effect of survey attitudes and incentives for the evaluation of the survey. Vortrag auf der 8th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) in Zagreb, Kroatien.
Ambrasat, J., Johann, D., Neufeld, J. (Januar 2019). Wahrgenommener Publikationsdruck und fachspezifische Publikationsstrategien. Ergebnisse aus der Wissenschaftlerbefragung 2016. Posterpräsentation auf der 5-Jahrfeier des DZHW, Hannover.
Ambrasat, J. (2018, Dezember). Verbleib in der Wissenschaft? Zur Opportunitätsstruktur des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses. Vortrag auf der Jubiläumstagung der BGHS, Bielefeld, 1. Dezember 2018.
Jerke, J., Johann, D., Rauhut, H., & Thomas, K. (2017). The Applicability of RRT & the ICT in the Field of Higher Education Research & Science Studies. 7th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), Lissabon, Portugal.
Johann, D., & Mayer, S.J. (2017). The perception of scientific authorship across disciplines. Eu-SPRI VIENNA 2017, Wien, Österreich.
Neufeld, J. (2017). Wer kommt auf die Liste? – Welche Kriterien halten Wissenschaftler*innen bei der Bewerberauswahl in Berufungsverfahren für entscheidend? Ergebnisse aus der DZHW Wissenschaftler-befragung 2016. DZHW Workshop „Rekrutierung von Professor*innen“, Berlin.
Johann, D., & Neufeld, J. (2016). Performance-based allocation of funds, pressure to publish and publication strategies. Paper presentation at the 4S/EASST CONFERENCE BARCELONA - 2016: Science and Technology by Other Means, Barcelona, Spain.
Neufeld, J., & Johann, D. (2016). Performance Based Funding and Researchers' Grant Application Strategies. Posterpräsentation auf der 21st International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators: Peripheries, Frontiers and Beyond, Valencia, Spain.
Neufeld, J. (2016). Begutachtungswesen - Ergebnisse der DZHW Wissenschaftlerbefragung 2016. Vortrag vor dem Forschungsausschuss des Wissenschaftsrates, Köln.