Welcome to GeoLAB

GeoLAB helps social scientists link, access and benchmark geospatial data, with two metadata search tools for German regional statistics and SOEP survey variables. A project of the Leibniz ScienceCampus SOEP RegioHub at Bielefeld University.

Bielefeld University · Faculty of Sociology

Welcome to GeoLAB

Linking, Accessing and Benchmarking geospatial data: an open platform for the social sciences.

Find data Why Geodata?

GeoLAB is an open platform for social scientists working with geospatial data. It brings together curated geodata resources, tools for linking and analysing spatial and survey data, and case studies that support transparent, reproducible and context-sensitive research.

Our aim is to lower the barriers to working with geospatial information in the social sciences while fostering methodological rigour and interdisciplinary exchange. GeoLAB helps researchers explore spatial contexts, combine data across scales and understand how place shapes social outcomes.