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19
Oct
Next week EuroCohort team will meet in Barcelona

Next week EuroCohort team will meet in Barcelona

From 23-24. of October the EuroCohort team will meet in Barcelona. The guiding idea of the meeting is to work on the business case of EuroCohort. The first day of the meeting will be fully dedicated t...
18
Oct
EuroCohort at international academic conference dedicated to the centenary of the Baltic countries

EuroCohort at international academic conference dedicated to the centenary of the Baltic countries

EuroCohort team member from Daugavpils University Dr. Ilze Kacane participated in the 13th International Academic Conference “Social Sciences for Regional Development 2018” which this year...
15
Oct
EuroCohort at research market in Jyväskylä

EuroCohort at research market in Jyväskylä

EuroCohort was intorduced at a research market organized by the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy in the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The main goal of the event was to int...
13
Oct
The need for EuroCohort recognized

The need for EuroCohort recognized

The need for pan-European comparative longitudinal data for children and youth, such as could be gathered with EuroCohort, was stressed as one of the main proposals for future research based on projec...
08
Oct
The importance of EuroCohort discussed in the professional journal for scientists and educators in Latvia

The importance of EuroCohort discussed in the professional journal for scientists and educators in Latvia

Dr. Ilze Kacane (Daugavpils University) participated in a group interview where she emphasized the potential of EuroCohort as a way to collect data on the lives of children and young people to me...
04
Oct
EuroCohort introduced to hundreds at European Researchers’ Night

EuroCohort introduced to hundreds at European Researchers’ Night

On 28th of September EuroCohort partners in Greece and Latvia introduced the project to hundreds of people attending the European Researchers’ Night events in their countries. Researchers fro...

New member in EuroCohort International Advisory Group

EuroCohort team is happy to welcome a new member to the International Advisory Group.  Prof. Mick P. Couper is Research Professor at Survey Research Center in University of Mich...

EuroCohort at Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts conference

Members of the EuroCohort Croatian research team presented the results of the Young People’s Advisory Groups (CYPAG) workshops conducted in north-west Croatia, entitled "What do children an...
24
Sep
EuroCohort introduced at the kick-off meeting of new COST network YOUNG-IN

EuroCohort introduced at the kick-off meeting of new COST network YOUNG-IN

EuroCohort researchers Marge Unt (TLU), Anita Stasulane (DU), Renata Franc (IPI) and Magda Nico (ISCTE-IUL) belong to COST network YOUNG-IN: Transdisciplinary solutions to cross sectoral disadvantage ...

Why is EuroCohort a good idea? See the new video

In the new EuroCohort video Dr. Tom Emery (Generations and Gender programme), Dominic Richardson (UNICEF) and Dr. Michaela Sixt (Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories) explain why they suppor...
12
Sep
In the latest blog post Prof. Daniela Cocchi stresses the need for indicators for measuring well-being “beyond GDP”

In the latest blog post Prof. Daniela Cocchi stresses the need for indicators for measuring well-being “beyond GDP”

In the latest blog post Prof. Daniela Cocchi from Statistics Department of the University of Bologna synthesizes her impressions from  the Thirteen National Statistical Conference “From unc...

Short intorduction to EuroCohort now available as a video

In the new video of EuroCohort the project coordinator Prof. Gary Pollock and Prof. Chris Fox both from Manchester Metropolitan University, summarize the aim of the project and introduce the team work...
27
Aug
European Cohort Development Project presented at International Scientific Conference in Bulgaria

European Cohort Development Project presented at International Scientific Conference in Bulgaria

EuroCohort team members from Daugavpils University Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Dr. Ilze Kacane and Dr. Alina Romanovska participated in the 5th International Multidisciplinary Scientif...

A TED talk by Helen Pearson on lessons from the longest study of human development

In April 2017 science journalist Helen Pearson discussed the lessons from British Cohort surveys at TED2017 conference held in Vancouver. The survey has been for the past 70 years study...
31
Jul
Memories of EuroCohort meeting in Jyväskylä captured on camera

Memories of EuroCohort meeting in Jyväskylä captured on camera

On the 2nd and 3rd of July the ECDP project team gathered in Jyväskylä to discuss the research design of EuroCohort. A recollection of this event in pictures by Flóri&a...