Europeiske web-sites –
forskning og offisiell informasjon
Centre for Analyses of Social Exclusion (CASE) was established
in October 1997 with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council
(ESRC). It is located within the Suntory and Toyota International Centres
for Economic and Related Disciplines (STICERD) at the London School
of Economics and Political Science.
Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP) established in
1983, is based within the Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough
University, UK. CRSP conduct research in the field of social policy;
improve the quality and flow of information on which policy decisions
are made and promote contacts between policy makers, practitioners and
the research community.
Cerc has open an online information service related to its
fields of expertise (employment, income, social cohesion). Five themes
are already available : poverty, social minima, in-work benefits, minimum
wage and return-to-work programmes. Other themes will be soon on line.
Childhood
Poverty Research and Policy Centre (CHIP) is a
collaborative research and policy programme which involves Save the
Children, the Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) and partners in
China, India, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia.
Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) is an international
partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs established
in 2000 with initial funding from the UK's Department for International
Development.
EDACwowe (the European Data Center for Work and Welfare) is a META-DATA-SHELL for European research and policy making in the areas of work and welfare. EDACwowe gives information on and direct links to comparative and national, quantitative and qualitative data on work and welfare and closely related fields. The data include public opinions, indicators and statistics, and policies and institutions.
ESPAnet (the Network for European Social Policy Analysis) is an association of academics involved or interested in the analysis of social policy in Europe.
The Network encourages and fosters a multi-disciplinary approach to the analysis of European social policy. It is therefore open to people from a range of disciplines, including social policy, sociology, political science, international relations, history, law and economics.
European Low-Wage Employment Research Network (LoWER) is an
international network for research on the workings of the low-wage labour
market as a potential mechanism contributing to social exclusion.
Households
below average income (UK) statistikk
fra The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), UK.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
is one of the largest social policy research and development charities
in the UK, spending about £7 million a year on a research and
development programme that seeks to better understand the causes of
social difficulties and explore ways of overcoming them.
Luxembourg Income
Studies Oversikt
over fattigdom (i ulike befolkningsgrupper) og inntektsulikheter i en
rekke land.
School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol The Centre
for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice is one of four specialist
research centres in the University of Bristol's School for Policy Studies.
Scottish Poverty
Information Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University has four
main activities: producing and distributing accessible summaries of
key debates; monitoring and analysing poverty in Scotland; carrying
out specific research in areas of poverty and anti-poverty policy in
partnership with governmental and non-governmental agencies; and responding
to requests for consultation and advice.
Social Disadvantage Research Centre, Oxford University (SDRC)
is an inter-disciplinary social
research group carrying out policy related research within the Department
of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Oxford. This site
contains details of the centre's research, working papers and publications,
members, and other useful information for visitors.
Social Exclusion Unit (UK) Web-site about social exclusion
- the issue and the Unit itself.
Social Science Information gateway, Poverty and Social exclusion
The service aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality
Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social
science.
Unemployment, Work and Welfare Cluster (UWWCLUS) The EU has
funded fourteen projects on different aspects of the theme of 'Unemployment,
Work and Welfare'. This web site is the result of a 'project cluster'
designed to bring together the work of the different research teams.
Targeted Socio-Economic Research (TSER) Under the Fourth RTD
Framework Programme (1994-1998) and under the Fifth Framework Programme
(1998-2002), more than 300 research projects and thematic networks have
been funded.
Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, University
of Bristol
It is dedicated to multidisciplinary research on poverty in both the
industrialised and developing world.
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