Research Centres
AT: European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
The European Centre is an UN-affiliated intergovernmental organization concerned with all aspects of social welfare policy and research. It is an international centre of applied social science and comparative empirical research on social policy and welfare and a platform initiating future-oriented public policy debates on social welfare issues within the UN-European Region.
BE: Centre for European Policy Studies
Founded in 1983, the Centre for European Policy Studies is an independent policy research institute dedicated to producing sound policy research leading to constructive solutions to the challenges facing Europe today.
BE: CES - Centre for Social Economy
The Centre for Social Economy (Centre d'Economie Sociale, or CES) is part of the Faculty of Economics, Management and Social Sciences of the University of Liege. It is the only university research centre whose activities are totally devoted to the "social economy", understood as a third sector distinct from the traditional private and public sectors, which brings together private initiatives not having the search for profit as their main aim - namely associations, co-operatives, mutual organisations and foundations.
BE: OASeS - Onderzoeksgroep Armoede, Sociale Uitsluiting en de Stad (Antwerpen)
Research Group on Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City at the University of Antwerp: The prominent research topics of OASeS include: poverty and other forms of social exclusion (poverty indicators, the daily life of the poor, life events and social mobility), migrations and ethnic minorities, urban policy, social housing, social economy, social networks.
ES: Centro de Estudios Económicos Tomillo, S.L.
The objective of the Centre for Economic Studies Tomillo is to contribute to economic and social development
FI: CoopConsult
Coop Consult began it’s business operations in 1997. It offers high quality consulting, training, reports and project services from preparing to managing and evaluation – for best price. The company’s special fields are questions concerning European Union, social and health care, co-operation, equal opportunities, women enterprising, social economy, regional development and employment.
DE: INBAS - Institute for Vocational Training, Labour Market and Social Policies
INBAS carries out interdisciplinary research and consultancy, and publicises at national (German) and international levels at the cross-section of vocational training, labour market and social policy. In these areas it particularly concentrates on target group-oriented training and employment in EU countries as well as on conceptual development and advice to institutions dealing with development cooperation outside the EU.
DE: INBAS Social Research
INBAS Social Research is a specialised independent institution, which focuses on providing social policy research, planning and advice, including the conceptualisation and implementation of surveys and data gathering, the monitoring of model programmes, and the development of websites with social policy information. The key areas in which it is involved include civil society participation and volunteering, (long-term) care, and the participation and integration of migrants.
EL: Institute of Social Innovation Ltd.
The Institute of Social Innovation Ltd was established in November 2000 as part of the International Benefits Network and has extensive experience in labour and social security law as well as industrial relations issues. Its Research Department promotes basic and applied research in social insurance, welfare and training, whereas the Consultancy Department is committed to providing public administration, private organizations and companies, NGO's and individuals with advice and counselling.
FI: National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)
STAKES is an expert agency under the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and is committed to promoting the well-being and health of people, and to securing equal access for all to high-quality and effective welfare and healthcare services. STAKES produces information and know-how in the field of welfare and health and forwards them to decision-makers and other actors in the field. As a centre of expertise, STAKES bases its functions on research, development and information resources.
FR: EIESP – European Institute of Education and Social Policy (Université de Paris-Dauphine)
EIESP is an independent non-profit education body experienced in the analysis of education and training policies in Europe. It contributes to policy analysis and comparisons and is specifically concerned with strategic planning for lifelong learning. It does this by carrying out strategy development, evaluation and dissemination activities in transition societies and at regional level, as well as within the EU member states, building bridges among practitioners, policy makers and researchers.
IE: The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Founded in 1960 as part of the "Whitaker revolution" in Irish policy-making, ESRI's mission is to produce high quality research, with a core focus on Ireland's economic and social development, in order to inform policy-making and societal understanding.
IT: Studio Ricerche Sociali
SRS offers knowledge acquired over many years of professional activity and continuously improved by the synergetic combination of social research, vocational training and guidance, and consultancy. SRS intends to contribute to ameliorate the quality of life identifying methods and tools that integrate the environmental, economic and socio-cultural dimensions by means of innovative actions that combine global and local visions. Its mission is to be a laboratory for local sustainable development and employment initiatives.
LU: CEPS/INSTEAD - Centre d'Etudes de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio Economiques / International Network for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development
CEPS/INSTEAD is an institution under the guardianship of the Mnistry of Culture, Higher Education and Research. It is active in the fields of economic and social research.
NL: NIZW - Institute for Care and Welfare
NIZW is an independent organization dedicated to quality and innovation of the care and welfare sector. It works in a number of areas such as child care, social services, community work, service provision to the elderly, youth care, informal care, long term care, home care and care for the disabled. NIZW informs, innovates and supports by a combination of research, development and implementation, which enables it to supervise and support innovations and improvements from the start to the end of projects.
SK: Bratislava Centre for Work and Family Studies
The priority subject among BCWFS activities is research. It is focused on the sociological study in the field of social and family policy, labour market and employment policy and industrial relations and in the field of occupational safety and health. Results of the studies are subsequently used by the founder in creation of laws, concepts, strategies and programmes within the competence of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic.
SK: Center for Economic Development
The Center for Economic Development, (CED), is a non-profit, non-governmental organization specializing in research of economic and social issues. Founded in 1993, CED focuses on supporting of long-term economic development as the prerequisite for a sustainable growth of the life quality of Slovak population.
IT: Istituto per la ricerca sociale
Institute for Social Research. The IRS is a co-operative, independent non-profit organisation, which has almost 80 members operating in three main fields: Economics, public policy analysis and social policies, social organisations and service development. It is able to integrate research, evaluation, consultancy and training activities through 12 different working groups.
UK, Scotland: The Centre for Public Policy and Management (Aberdeen)
The Centre for Public Policy and Management (CPPM) is one of Scotland's leading multi-disciplinary research centres. The CPPM undertakes applied policy research in a wide range of fields, relating not only to the public sector but also to voluntary, non-profit and commercial agencies undertaking similar patterns of work.
USA: The European Union Center at the University of Wisconsin / Madison U.S.
The European Union Center seeks to improve understanding of the EU as a complex, evolving governance system and international actor, to enhance awareness of the growing importance and widening scope of EU-US relations, and to promote intensified "people-to-people" links among EU and US citizens.
DK: The Danish National Institute of Social Research
The Institute conduct research and carry out commissioned projects in the area of welfare state policies, and disseminate the results. The job is to generate new knowledge of relevance to society. The Institute is a sector research institution under the Ministry of Social Affairs.
IT: ISSAN - L’istituto Studi Sviluppo Aziende Nonprofit
ISSAN (Institute for the Development of Non-profit Organisations - University of Trento) is a research centre committed to the study of non-profit organisations.
FR: CRIDA - Centre de recherche et d'information sur la démocratie et l’autonomie
CRIDA (Research and Information Centre for Democracy and Autonomy), established in 1984, combines sociologists and economists in order to develop a socio-economic approach towards contemporary changes.
BE: CERISIS - Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Solidarity and Social Innovation
Research topics focus on several main lines: (1) The analysis of the socioeconomic organisation of "proximity services" ( childcare, home care); (2) Cost-benefit analysis of non-profit organisation(NPO) involved in work integration; (3) The analysis of partnership between public, nonprofit and private organisations in the area of local development; (4) Economic analysis of the role of NPO's and social enterprises; (5) Comparative analysis of the Third sector between developed and developing countries.
IE: Centre for Co-operative Studies
The Centre for Co-operative Studies is a university research centre that promotes education and training and independent research and consultancy in all aspects of co-operative organisation.
