Miscellaneous
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Listed below you can find links which are grouped by the following categories:
- EU-level and European research
- Social policy
- Sociology
- Political science
- Economic science
- Specific research interest
- Miscellaneous links
- Country links
RECWOWE ‘Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe’
EDACWOWE ‘European Meta-Data-Shell for Work and Welfare’
QoG Social Policy Data ‘Quality of government Social Policy Dataset’
COST A 13 Action ‘Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship’
COST A 15 Action ‘Reforming Social Protection Systems in Europe’
WRAMSOC Welfare Reform and the Management of Societal Change
IMPACT The Housing Dimension of Welfare reform
SOCCARE European Research Project of Informal and Formal Social Care Arrangements for Young Children and Older People
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
The European Observatory on Health Care Systems
l’Observatoire social europÉen
RC19 ISA Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy
SPA UK Social Policy Association
ISPA Irish Social Policy Association
ESPR European Social Policy Research Network (ESA)
OECD Social policy division
The Centre for Voluntary Action Studies
CSB Center for Social Policy
SPNet Social Policy Net
Politiques sociales Social Policy Net
RT6 Réseau de l’Association française de sociologie (in French)
JASPS Japan Association of Social Policy Studies
ISA International Sociological Association
ESA European Sociological Association
ECSR European Consortium for Sociological Research
ASA American Sociological Association
BSA British Sociological Association
FES FederaciÓn EspaÑola de SociologÍa (in Spanish)
DGS Deutsche Gesellschaft fÜr Soziologie (in German)
ÖGS Österreichische Gesellschaft fÜr Soziologie (in German)
VVS Vlaamse Vereniging voor Sociologie (in Dutch)
NSV Nederlandse Sociologische Vereniging (in Dutch)
DSF Dansk Sociologforening (in Danish)
SSA Sveriges Sociologförbund (in Swedish)
Westermarck Society (Finnish sociological association)
Political Science Links
ECPR European Consortium for Political Research
IPSA International Political Science Association
APSA American Political Science Association
NOPSA Nordic Political Science Association
PSA Political Studies Association of the UK
EPSNET Political Science in Thematic Network
ÖGPW Österreichische Gesellschaft fÜr Politikwissenschaft (in German)
ESA Economic Science Association
EEA European Economic Association
AEA American Economic Association
EALE European Association Of Law and Economics
ENEPRI The European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes
IEA International Economic Association
CEPR Center for Economic Policy Research
NOeG Austrian Economic Association
FISS Foundation for International Studies on Social Security
EISS European Institute of Social Services (University of Kent)
EISS European Institute of Social Security
ISSA International Social Security Association
ENDS European Network on Disability Studies
GLADNET Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network
NNDR Nordic Network on Disability Research
IPRN International Pensions Research Network
CPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance
Miscellaneous Links
Social Policy Digest (mainly UK focus, and featuring a section on social policy developments in Europe)
JISC mail National Academic Mailing List Service
Sociosite Wide collection of links to sociology sites around the world
SPVL Social Policy Virtual Library
ASPEN Active Social Policies European Network
Sozialpolitik aktuell (in German)
MISSOC Mutual Information System on Social Protection in the Member States of the European Union (situation 2002) Social Sciences Resources
Online PhD Social Sciences Resources
Resources for Sociology at the University of New England
International Reform Monitor Social Policy, Labour Market Policy, Industrial Relations
Country links
ESPAnet’s National and Regional Associations list here.
Austria:
Finland:
STAKES National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
KELA The Social Insurance Institution of Finland
ETK The Central Pension Security Institute
STKL Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health
VATT Government Institute for Economic Research
France:
CREST Center for Research in Economics and Statistics
Protection sociale, politiques sociales et solidarités. Working papers du RT6 (AFS)
Germany:
Italy:
Netherlands:
CBS Statistics Netherland
SISWO Network Organisation for the Social Sciences
SCP Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands
Spain:
Poliwelfare Economic, social and political sustainability of social health care systems
United Kingdom:
DSS Department for Work and Pensions