AGATE provides access to research information on projects of the German Academies' Programme and the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences. The metadata recorded for the projects can be accessed via a full-text search and faceted according to aspects such as the responsible academy, the project status and content-related aspects such as the geographical or temporal classification of the project. The full-text search allows truncation by setting an asterisk '*' in combination with at least three characters.
The list has 32 entrie(s). Displaying entries 26 to 30.
Research Project, since 2004
The Swiss Text Corpus project is part of an international research project which aims to provide a balanced collection of the standard German language of the 20th century and to make it accessible online by digitising German-language texts of all kinds (newspaper articles, advertising, forms, instructions, guides, popular scientific literature, youth and trivial literature, fiction, etc.). The…
Research Project, since 1862
The Swiss Idioticon is an institute for the research and documentation of the German language and its dialects in Switzerland. Its main task is the development of the dictionary of the Swiss-German language (Swiss Idiotikon) in printed and digital form. This work describes Alemannic vocabulary in Switzerland from the late Middle Ages to the 21st century. It is the largest regional dictionary in…
Research Project, since 2000
The Job Market Monitor Switzerland (SMM) aims to systematically expand scientific knowledge about the job market and to contribute to improved labor market transparency by informing a broad public about current developments in the job market. The focus is on continuous observation and information as well as scientific research on the job market.
With regard to job market monitoring, the aim is to…
Research Project, since 2000
TREE (Transitions from education to employment) is a nationwide, longitudinal survey on the transition of young people from school to adult life (transition). The study focuses on the educational and employment pathways after leaving compulsory school. The first sample (TREE1) comprises more than 6,000 young people who participated in the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)…
Research Project, 2007–2015
The database documents the Hôtel de Musique's lively theatrical activity from 1766 to 1905, with a repertoire that includes theatre, opera, ballet, concerts and extraordinary events. The inventory provides a lively and colourful picture of Bernese theatre culture in the 19th century.
The project was developed in 2008 as part of a lecture on Bernese theatre history in the Seminar of Swiss Opera…