Rory Fitzgerald

Social science research in times of war: Visit from ESS Ukraine Last week, the Norwegian ESS coordination team welcomed Tymofii Brik, National Coordinator for the European Social Survey (ESS) in Ukraine and Rector of the Kyiv School of Economics.

Our Norwegian national team at @unibergen.bsky.social 🇳🇴 recently welcomed @tymofiibrik.bsky.social (Kyiv School of Economics 🇺🇦).

During the visit, our Ukrainian national coordinator spoke about conducting survey research during the war.

Recordings of both events are now available.

90% of Democrats and 73% of independents, but just 26% of Republicans, think it is the government’s responsibility to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage.
(Gallup)
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Enhancing inclusivity and representation: Accessible design of the GP Patient Survey | City St George's, University of London In this survey methods webinar, Victoria Elsey, Molly Dawson and Katherine Fisher (Ipsos) will discuss measures to improve accessibility within the National Health Service's GP Patient Survey design.

Join our next methods #webinar on enhancing inclusivity in #surveys from 12-1pm (GMT) next Tuesday (2 December).

Victoria Elsey, Molly Dawson and Katherine Fisher (@ipsosintheuk.bsky.social 🇬🇧) will discuss how they adapted the GP Patient Survey to help increase representativeness.

For Sociology: Rory Fitzgerald Listen to For Sociology: Rory Fitzgerald from For Sociology wherever you get your podcasts!

Our Director, @surveyprof.bsky.social, was a guest on the latest episode of the Kohli Foundation for Sociology podcast.

The episode covers the origins of our survey, the methodology employed, and some of the results from collecting data in over 30 countries for more than 20 years.

Latest panel survey data highlights the position of younger Europeans | Infra4NextGen Data collected in Wave 5 of the self-completion panel survey undertaken as part of the Infra4NextGen project has been published.

Latest data from ESS panel CRONOS now available! 5 themes, digital, equal, green, healthy & strong, addressing the ECs Next Generation EU recovery programme. Data freely available infra4nextgen.com/latest-panel.... @citystgeorges.bsky.social @ess-survey.bsky.social

by Rory Fitzgerald (@surveyprof.bsky.social), Nhlanhla Ndebele, Olga Maslovskaya, Cristian Domarchi, Peter Lynn, Tim Hanson, Ruxandra Comanaru (@rucsandra.bsky.social)

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Ending EU free movement a ‘disaster’ for Britain, says Green Party’s Zack Polanski The party’s new leader calls for the migration pact to be reinstated as he sets out his stall on Brexit.

The end of free movement of people with the European Union has been a “disaster” for the UK that should be urgently reversed, new Green Party leader Zack Polanski told POLITICO — in his first major intervention on EU policy.

Latest panel survey data highlights the position of younger Europeans | Infra4NextGen Data collected in Wave 5 of the self-completion panel survey undertaken as part of the Infra4NextGen project has been published.

Latest data from ESS panel CRONOS now available! 5 themes, digital, equal, green, healthy & strong, addressing the ECs Next Generation EU recovery programme. Data freely available infra4nextgen.com/latest-panel.... @citystgeorges.bsky.social @ess-survey.bsky.social

The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.

Nobody needs Windows 11. I work on an 8-year-old laptop running MX Linux and it's amazing. We can't go down this ridiculous global e-waste path every couple of years

"The End of Windows 10 Support Is an E-Waste Disaster in the Making" www.404media.co/the-end-of-w...

Fascinating thing about the Dutch obsession with asylum is that the Netherlands is running a unique experiment with two groups: non-European refugees, who are cooped up in abysmal conditions, excluded from everything and blamed for social disruption, petty crime and inciting far-right hooliganism …

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

Wild bees are dying out never to be replaced. The wildlife emergency continues to worsen as humans seeking a bit more profit wipe out species as effectively as an asteroid

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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.

Home • SoGreen SoGreen is a European research collaboration integrating the four leading longitudinal social science surveys to track how people across Europe experience and respond to climate change. By adding a gr...

We are live!

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.

#ClimateAction #Oceans

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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?