Integration of Open Modules in the Second Wave

In the spring of 2021, we published a call for open modules and gave researchers the opportunity to have their own questions included in the context of the FReDA survey. The submission deadline was 30 June 2021 and the response to the call was very positive: In total, 27 proposals were submitted. However, there were only three minutes of survey time available for the proposals in Wave W2b. Therefore, a selection had to be made among the very interesting submissions. We would like to sincerely thank all of the researchers that submitted either full modules or individual questions.

The following modules will be integrated and asked in the fall module of the second FReDA wave (W2b) in 2022:

• Transnational families in Germany
  Prof. Dr Magdalena Nowicka and Dr David Schiefer (both from the Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM-Institut))
  
• Capturing affective touching behaviours among couples
  Prof. Dr Ilona Croy (Friedrich Schiller University Jena), Dr hab. Prof. UWr Agnieszka Sorokowska (University of Wroclaw, Poland) and Prof. Shu-Chen Li, Ph.D. (Technische Universität Dresden)
  
• Survey of sexual orientation
  Two teams with a very similar approach to this topic have been selected:
  a) Lisa de Vries (University of Bielefeld) and Dr Mirjam Fischer (University of Cologne)
  b) Dr Melanie Fischer (Heidelberg University Medical Centre), Magdalena Siegel (University of Vienna, Austria), Prof. Dr Beate Ditzen (Heidelberg University Medical Centre), Prof. Dr Martina Zemp (University of Vienna, Austria) and Dr phil. Nathalie Meuwly (University of Freiburg/Fribourg, Switzerland)

The newly added questions can then be linked and analysed together with all other information from the existing question catalogue.

FReDA will continue to regularly offer researchers the opportunity to integrate their own questions into the FReDA panel. As soon as new calls for open modules are announced, you can find timely information on our website www.freda-panel.de.