The market and social research institution infas exists since 1959 and contributed within the past decades to advancing socio-scientific research and setting standards in selected domains. infas is committed to provide top-quality, innovative, and precise research.
infas conducts surveys with regard to various topics, which generally base on data collections. The surveys' objectives often require complex and extensive survey designs; therefore, it is mandatory to thoroughly apply different survey methods. Thus, infas uses all methods of empirical social research.
In addition to consulting and conducting empirically complex surveys evaluations play a major role. Does a political measure serve its purpose? Does a programme result in the desired effects? Does an educational initiative really help youths to enter professional life? Those are typical questions of evaluation research. Here the know how from all infas research areas merges. Evaluation surveys of infas stand out due to:
infas is involved in important evaluation projects, especially in the domains labour market and occupational research within the scope of the Hartz legislation as well as in health research.