Since 1986, the ISSP has provided high-quality data on attitudes and behaviors on important societal issues such as family, health, work, religion, the role of government, social inequality, the environment, national identity and citizenship, social networks, or leisure and sports.
The newly launched ISSP User Conference Series is designed to provide a platform for the various global research activities based on cross-national ISSP data. It aims to stimulate exchanges between individual researchers, to expand the ISSP research community, to increase the ISSP’s visibility and to inform the global policy discussions on important societal issues.
The ISSP User Conference will be held once a year and will focus on a different main theme each year, starting with Social Inequality in 2022.
5th ISSP User Conference on Family and Changing Gender Roles
Online Event | November 30, 2026 | 12:30-16:30 (CET)
The ISSP and the International Journal of Sociology are excited to announce the upcoming 5th edition of the ISSP User Conference, which will be held online on November 30, 2026.
This edition will be devoted to the topic of Family and Changing Gender Roles. The conference will provide an international forum for presenting and discussing new research on family life, gender norms, household labour, work–family balance, and related social transformations across countries and over time. It offers an opportunity to engage with ISSP researchers and users from a wide range of disciplines and methodological traditions.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS:
The Call for Abstracts is now open. Deadline for submissions is October 18, 2026.
Find out more here: Call for Abstracts
PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION:
More information about the conference program and registration for participation will follow shortly.
ORGANIZERS:
The ISSP Secretariat and the International Journal of Sociology (IJS).
CONTACT:
For any questions related to this online conference, you can contact the ISSP Secretariat.
Past Events
4th ISSP User Conference on Health and Health Care
Date: November 24, 2025
A warm thank you to all who joined us for the 4th ISSP User Conference, centered around the theme of “Health and Health Care”. The conference featured engaging presentations and dynamic discussions. If you couldn’t attend or would like to revisit the event, you can access the full program here: Program 4th User Conference
ISSP Methods Webinar “Cross-country and cross-time comparisons using multilevel models“
Speaker: Bart Meuleman, KU Leuven (Belgium)
Date: April 10, 2025
We were delighted to welcome many participants to the ISSP Methods Webinar, “Cross-country and cross-time comparisons using multilevel models“, presented by Bart Meuleman (KU Leuven, Belgium) on April 10, 2025. The session offered interesting insights into using multilevel models to analyze international survey data across countries and over time. For those who couldn’t attend—or would like to revisit the webinar—the presentation slides are available here.
3rd ISSP User Conference: “Celebrating 40 Years of the International Social Survey Programme”
Date: November 25, 2024
If you couldn’t attend or would like to revisit the event, you can access the full program here: PDF
2nd ISSP User Conference: “Environment”
Date: December 4, 2023
If you couldn’t attend or would like to revisit the event, you can access the full program here.
1st ISSP User Conference: ‘Social Inequality‘
Date: December 12, 2022
If you couldn’t attend or would like to revisit the event, you can access the full program here.