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A EUROPEAN SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

A EUROPEAN SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. In clusive G rowth R esearch I nfrastructure D iffusion. Funded under 7 th Framework Programme - Capacities (EU) 17 academic and European partners February 2013 – January 2017

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A EUROPEAN SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

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  1. A EUROPEAN SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

  2. InclusiveGrowthResearchInfrastructureDiffusion • Funded under 7th Framework Programme - Capacities (EU) • 17 academic and European partners • February 2013 – January 2017 • Project to integrate and improve an existing research infrastructure • Networking activities • Transnational access • Joint research activities for improvement • ‘Whereabouts’ of the research infrastructure • Projects goals and activities

  3. THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE • What is a Research Infrastructure (RI)? • What is the specific InGRID infrastructure?

  4. What is a European Research infrastructure? HELPING HANDS Research infrastructure = • facility or platform • provides resources and services • to the scientific community • Aim: enable to conduct top-level research FACILITATING RESEARCH Supports scientists in research • to access, order, analyse, store and reuse • data and knowledge • in ways otherwise impossible

  5. Facilitatingwhat kind of research?Facilitating top-level research … … Evidence-basedpolicies

  6. Knowledge infrastructureaccumulatedby European science EU-FP projects: RECWOWE, EQUALSOC, WORKS, GINI, ImPRovE, NEUJOBS, WALQING, MEADOW, EurOccupations, Woliweb, SPReW, WorkCare, RISQ, SAMPLE, Ameli Innovative data collections Harmonisedclassifications Users expertise official data/surveys Cross-country policy indicators Statistical simulation environments Standards of statisticaland survey quality

  7. The InGRID Research Infrastructure • International data archives/collections: integration of national data: f.e. LIS Data centre (income data) & CED institute (European census micro-data) • EU-wide databases & indicator collections f.e. SOFI (Sweden) & AIAS (Amsterdam) • New data efforts or projects on working conditions and job quality: f.e. WageIndicator project, Meadow approach • Innovative ways to order and analyse data from official data providers f.e. EU-SILC, Eurofound surveys, national socio-economic panels and working conditions surveys • Standards for harmonisation of questionnaires, classifications & policy indicators • Simulation facilities f.e. EUROMOD

  8. GRID INTEGRATING RESOURCES FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS TO REACH A COMMON GOAL

  9. The policy challenge in the current crisis

  10. THE InGRID PROJECT • Keyobjectivesandactivities • Transnational access: howitworks? • Description of work in the 4 pillars/clusters • Project activitiestostructure the sustainability of the infrastructure

  11. InclusiveGrowth Research InfrastructureDiffusion Objectives • Integrateandinnovateexisting European socialsciences Research Infrastructures on • Povertyand living conditions • Workingconditionsandvulnerability • byimproving: • Transnational data access • Organisingmutualknowledge exchange activities • Improvingmethodsand tools forcomparative research • In order tocreate new andbetteropportunitiesfordevelopment of evidence-based European policies on InclusiveGrowth

  12. About the project 17 partners in a consortium 3 types of activities: 18 Summer schools & 12 expert workshops 250 Visiting grants to data infrastructures Joint research Clustered in 4 themes: Poverty and living conditions Working conditions and vulnerability Social policy analysis Statistical quality management

  13. Pillar: Transnational access Acces to 13 European Research Infrastructures • Access toinfrastructure • Guidanceand training of experts Data infrastructures – Data expert centers

  14. VISITING GRANTS How itworks? Workingtogetherwith experts on data Whocanapply? Early-stage or expert researchers Employed in EU Member States &associatedcountries What is offered? Worktogetherwith data betweenone week andonemonth Free-of-charge access to data sets & expertise Reimbursementtravelcosts & subsistenceallowance Individual or in group (linkedtopreviousattending of a summer school or expert workshop) How toapply? Call every 4 months (on website) Why-what (project, PhD, paper, article …) + short CV Selection panel Fine-tuningwith ‘host’ institution

  15. Showcase: First call visitinggrants 26 applications – 8 countries • 5 refused • 3 postponed • 18 accepted Examples • Mapping zones of job insecurity in Europe • A minimum income in Italy • Small area estimates in time-varying frames • A model topredictpoverty

  16. Partners providingtransnational access

  17. Pillar: Workingconditions & vulnerability research • Context • EU2020 stategy: newskillsfornew jobs initiative & ESCO • Harmonisation – Disorganisedstatistical system • Mainchallenges: • Comparison & harmonisation of job quality indicators, occupationalhealth and savety indicators and Laeken indicators • Measurement of workingconditions of vulnerablegroups • Addresslack of tools to identifynew jobs and newskills

  18. Pillaractivities ‘Workingconditions & vulnerability’ Joint research activities Create tools forharmonising the measurement of occupations EU-wide Tools todetectandclassify new jobs and new skills in WC & OHS surveys Inventoriesand reviews considering WC & OHS (web-based platform) Identifyingdeterminants of vulnerabilityconnectedwitheconomic changes andemployers’ behaviourandmappingvulnerablegroups in work

  19. Pillaractivities ‘Workingconditions & vulnerability’ Networking activities • 4 training events on advanced labour studies • Expert workshops • Tools forharmonising the measurement of occupations • Tools todetectandclassify new jobs and new skills in surveys • Use of linkedemployer-employee data • Job quality indicators

  20. Partners ‘Workingconditionsandvulnerability’ pillar Pillar leader: Partners:

  21. Investigating/improving the sustainability of the research infrastructure

  22. Innovative data collections Harmonisedclassifications Users expertise official data/surveys Cross-country policy indicators Statistical simulation environments Standards of statisticaland survey quality

  23. Upcoming InGRID events 26-28 February 2014: Winter school:Using EUROMOD in cross country microsimulation Upcomingcalls and events February: Call forsummer school Poverty pillar (Bremen) March Call forsummer school Policy pillar (Brussels) April 7-8/4 Expert workshop EUROMOD (Antwerp) 28-30/4: expert workshop Poverty Pillar (Bremen) Fourth call for visiting grants July: 7-17: Summer School Working conditions pillar: ‘the gender wage gap revisited (Amsterdam) Title/date

  24. Hope to seeyousoon at one of our events!www.inclusivegrowth.be

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