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Horizon co-financing plan for research infrastructures is welcome, but challenges remain The European Commission says Horizon Europe should cover “up to 20%” of the cost of constructing critical new European research infrastructures and upgrading existing facilities.

Our Director, Professor Rory Fitzgerald, was quoted in a @sciencebusiness.net article about the future of @ec.europa.eu 🇪🇺 funding.

The article focused on @horizoneu.bsky.social covering up to 20% of costs for constructing #research infrastructures and upgrading existing facilities.

Data summary on Make it Healthy now available | Infra4NextGen A new report – The Health and Wellbeing of People in Europe – has been released by the Infra4nextGen project.

As part of the Infra4NextGen project, a new report on the Make it Healthy theme was published last week.

The #data summary detailed concerns around some determinants of #health amongst young people, including financial and job insecurity, housing problems, and unmet medical needs.

Urban residents’ views on climate change and climate city policies | City St George's, University of London In this survey methods webinar, Diana Zavala-Rojas and Agustin Blanco Bosco will present findings from implementing the European Social Survey (ESS) ICOS Cities Panel.

Find out more about a climate change panel survey at our methods webinar from 12-1pm (BST) on Wednesday 17 September.

Diana Zavala-Rojas and Agustin Blanco Bosco (@upf.edu 🇪🇸) will present findings from implementing a three-wave longitudinal panel survey in Munich 🇩🇪 and Paris 🇫🇷.

Inequalities in Europe revealed in new report | Infra4NextGen The third of five data summaries on each of the NextGenerationEU themes has been published by the Infra4NextGen project today.

Analysing data from several cross-national #surveys, a new report on inequality has been published by the Infra4NextGen project today.

The #data summary provides a descriptive overview of how younger Europeans perceive multiple forms of #inequality compared to older respondents.

🆕This in-depth analysis on perceived forms of #inequality (material security, access to rights and legal protections) draws on repeated cross-sectional surveys conducted in #Europe – profound insights for policy makers and civil society👇 #MakeItEqual #Infra4NextGen
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Webinar: Bridging the gap: How to connect social research with the public and policymakers | Infra4NextGen This webinar will explore how insights from social research can better reach and benefit both the public and policymakers.

A #webinar on connecting social research to the public and policymakers will be held from 11am-12.30pm (CET) on Tuesday 18 November.

The event will focus on why making #research accessible matters, the risks of not doing so, and practical ways to communicate findings clearly.

Diana Zavala-Rojas and Agustin Blanco Bosco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) delivered a survey method webinar on 17 September 2025. The event was part of our survey methods series, organised alongside… Insights from the ESS ICOS Cities Panel

A recording of last week’s #webinar on implementing a panel survey on climate change in Munich 🇩🇪 and Paris 🇫🇷 is now available.

Diana Zavala-Rojas and Agustin Blanco Bosco (@upf.edu 🇪🇸) presented on a longitudinal #survey on policies to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Traditional gender norms remain strong but younger and more educated groups show signs of change | National Centre for Social Research The latest report in the British Social Attitudes series is published today by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen).

Last week, @natcen.bsky.social 🇬🇧 published analysis of #data on gender identity from Round 11 (2023/24) of our #survey.

The analysis was conducted for a chapter published for the latest British Social Attitudes series, now in its 42nd year.

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The SoGreen project website is now online:
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We invite you to explore, share, and follow along as we build knowledge to support just and evidence-based policies in the green transition in Europe.

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Webinar: Exploring secondary and archival data in social science research: An introduction | Infra4NextGen Reusing secondary data offers significant advantages, such as saving time, expanding research scope, and allowing researchers to analyse large, existing datasets for trends across different time points or geographical contexts.

A recording of a #webinar on exploring secondary and archival data in the social sciences is now available.

Cara Booker (@iseressex.bsky.social 🇬🇧) covered where to find different types of #data, and how sampling might impact analyses and the interpretation of results.

Opinions about: "Do you think that climate change is caused by natural processes, human activity, or both?". The latest CRONOS 3 Wave 1 data are available for 11 European countries.
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European attitudes to climate change and the environment | Infra4NextGen A data summary on the Make it Green theme published today (Thursday 2 October) explores climate change beliefs, levels of concern, willingness to act, and support for climate policies.

A new #data summary explores climate change beliefs, levels of concern, willingness to act, and support for #climate policies.

The latest report published by the Infra4NextGen project, funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social 🇪🇺, includes analysis of data from major cross-national surveys.

As part of our Infra4NextGen project, @ess-survey.bsky.social has just released a new data summary that brings together insights from the European Social Survey, European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Programme...

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Diana Zavala-Rojas and Agustin Blanco Bosco (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) delivered a survey method webinar on 17 September 2025. Insights from the ESS ICOS Cities Panel

Find out more about the implementation of a climate change panel #survey fielded in Munich 🇩🇪 and Paris 🇫🇷 in 2023-24.

Diana Zavala-Rojas and Agustin Blanco Bosco (@upf.edu 🇪🇸) presented findings from a three-wave longitudinal survey that explored views on #climate change policies.

Shadows of War: Military Action’s Impact on Terror Anxiety in Europe This article examines the impact of military activities on public perceptions of terrorism within Europe.

Research published by Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy (@degruyterbrill.bsky.social) included analysis of our data.

The authors found a clear correlation between military spending and participation in conflicts with citizens being more fearful of terrorist attacks.

European attitudes to climate change and the environment | Infra4NextGen A data summary on the Make it Green theme published today (Thursday 2 October) explores climate change beliefs, levels of concern, willingness to act, and support for climate policies.

A new #data summary that explores attitudes towards climate change and support for climate policies was published last week.

The analysis found that a willingness to pay higher prices and/or taxes to help mitigate the effects of #climate change has declined over time.

🎥Watch the latest #Infra4NextGen webinar and learn how to benefit from (re)using secondary #data in your #socialscience #research!

💡And, by the way, explore the big variety of reusable data in AUSSDA's #dataverse! data.aussda.at

Lamy sounds alarm as ocean research community moves to fill knowledge gaps Significant gaps are appearing in international efforts to address the state of the oceans, according to Pascal Lamy. “At a time when, unfortunately, we see the US distancing themselves from ocean…

As the US turns away from #OceanScience, Europe must dive deeper. Pascal Lamy calls on the EU’s #Research community to lead a global effort to map, monitor and protect the world’s seas, before the knowledge gaps become unbridgeable.

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So Lib Dems and Greens between them higher in opinion polls than Reform, many more MPs and councillors, more votes in last elections. Yet between them get much lighter coverage. Wonder why?

Appalling - EU citizens living in UK shouldn’t be allowed welfare benefits, says Tory rising star

Imagine the UK media outrage if these rights under the Withdrawal Agreement were being threatened for Brits in Europe

Katie Lam calls for Brexit withdrawal agreement to be reopened

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Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

‘The​ current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’

In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Food is wrecking the planet. And Europe has lost its appetite for change. A landmark study says food systems are breaching Earth’s limits. Europe once promised to lead the way, but the revolution fizzled.

Even if the world stopped burning coal, oil and gas tomorrow, what we eat would still be enough to heat the climate beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius, warns the EAT-Lancet Commission.

Data summary on Make it Healthy now available | Infra4NextGen A new report – The Health and Wellbeing of People in Europe – has been released by the Infra4nextGen project today (Thursday 11 September).

A new report – The Health and Wellbeing of People in Europe – has been released by the @horizoneu.bsky.social 🇪🇺 Infra4nextGen project today.

The data summary includes analysis from cross-national surveys, with a specific focus on similarities and differences between age groups.

Please take a moment to complete our consultation on a future cross national panel that spans countries in different parts of the world

Latest CRONOS-3 data published | Infra4NextGen Data collected earlier this year in the third wave of the CROss-National Online Survey (CRONOS-3) self-completion panel has been released.

Data collected in Wave 3 of our online-first panel in 11 countries (CRONOS-3) is now available.

Questions were fielded in January and February 2025 on each of the five themes of the NextGenerationEU recovery plan: Make it… Digital, Equal, Green, Healthy and Strong.

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Workshop: Exploring social trust: Analysing cross-country and generational trends | Infra4NextGen The workshop will explore various dimensions of trust, including personal and institutional trust, through a combination of theoretical insights and hands-on SPSS data analysis using European Social Survey data.

A workshop on analysing social #trust data will take place from 9am-12pm (CET) on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 October.

Samo Uhan and Živa Broder (University of Ljubljana 🇸🇮) will explore social and institutional trust through theoretical insights and hands-on SPSS #data analysis.

Downward mobility drives support for far-right in Europe New study by Professor Mark Kayser highlights how long-term declines in occupational status fuel the far right across Western democracies.

New research published by Comparative Political Studies (Sage) was summarised in this recent @hertieschool.bsky.social 🇩🇪 article.

Researchers analysed our #data to assess whether decreasing social mobility increases support for far-right political parties.

Search our inventory of survey questions | Infra4NextGen A searchable inventory of over 10,000 questions asked in previous major surveys on each of the NextGenerationEU themes is now available. NextGenerationEU aims for Europe ‘to build a greener, more…

As part of the @ec.europa.eu 🇪🇺 funded project, Infra4NextGen, a searchable #inventory of #survey #questions has been published.

The inventory features over 10,000 items fielded in major #surveys on each of the NextGenEU themes: Make it… Digital, Equal, Green, Healthy, and Strong.

Round 11 multilevel data published | European Social Survey Contextual information from leading statistical organisations is now available for download alongside data from Round 11 (2023/24) of the European Social Survey (ESS).

Contextual information from statistical organisations is available to download alongside our Round 11 (2023/24) survey data.

Statistics on crime, democracy and politics, demography, the economy, education, health, and migration have been compiled from a range of sources.