This page contains web links that were not cited in the 2009 edition of the References to
International Comparative Research (pp. 170–87), followed by information about Cross-National Research Papers. If you have come across works on the theory, methods or practice of international comparative research that you have found useful in your field of study and that are not referenced in
International Comparative Research or in the Companion, please forward details to the author by email:
L.Hantrais@lse.ac.uk and they will be added as appropriate.
Web links:
Chapter 1: Defining and mapping international comparative research
The links here follow the order of the references in Chapter 1. See also the links in Chapter 6 to organizations processing data relevant to policy research, and the links in Chapter 7 for information about social research funding.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Roles
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), Social Sciences and Humanities
International Labour Organization (ILO), Programmes and Projects
World Health Organization (WHO), Programmes and Projects
Council of Europe, Mission
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mission
European Commission Research and Innovation, Social Sciences and Humanities, Mission
European Commission, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Mission
European Science Foundation (ESF), Social Sciences
ESF, Social Sciences, EUROCORES Programmes
ESF, Humanities
ESF, Humanities, Completed Networks
ESF, Humanities in the European Research Area
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Mission
Chapter 3: Project design in international comparative research
Economic Development Initiatives (EDI), Survey Methods
European Social Survey (ESS), Methodology from Principles to Practice: Sampling designs
European Social Survey (ESS), Methodology from Principles to Practice: Sampling Strategy
Chapter 4: Defining and analysing concepts and contexts
European Social Survey (ESS), Contextual Data:
European Social Survey (2010) ESS Round 5 Translation Guidelines, Mannheim: European Social Survey GESIS
Chapter 5: Combining methods in international comparative research
COMParative methods for the Advancement of Systematic cross-case Analysis and Small-n Studies (COMPASSS)
European Social Survey (ESS), Mixed Mode Data Collection
Chapter 6: Research and policy in international settings
Council of Europe, Education and Cultural Cooperation
Council of Europe, Education, Social Policies
Council of Europe, Education, Youth
Council of Europe, Sport
European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, Evaluation and Impact Assessment
European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, Social Sciences and Humanities, Policy and Research
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Surveys
International Labour Organization (ILO) Statistics and Database
Mutual Information System on Social Protection / Social Security (MISSOC), information base
Mutual Information System on Social Protection of the Council of Europe (MISSCEO), Databasebr />http://www.socialcohesion.coe.int/MISSCEO/
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Policy Support
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
OECD, Statistics
Statistical Office of the European Communities, Eurostat, Policy Indicators and Statistics by Theme
United Nations Development Reports
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), Statistics
World Health Organization (WHO), Data and Statistics
Chapter 7: Managing international comparative research
European funding agencies=
European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, Social Sciences and Humanities
European Commission, Researchers in Motion (Euraxess)
European Research Council (ERC) awards
European Science Foundation (ESF), Social Sciences
European Science Foundation (ESF), Humanities
European Science Foundation, ERA-NET Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA)
European Commission ERA-NET, New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Co-operation in Europe (NORFACE
UK Research Office in Brussels (UKRO), funded by the UK Research Councils
Ethics, professional standards and project management
Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA), Professional Development Framework
European Commission, Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme, Professional and ethical Codes for Socio-Economic Research in the Information Society
European Network of Research Ethics Committees (EUREC)
ESRC Research Ethics Framework (2010)
International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS), Project Management and the Employment and Training of Project Managers
UK Research Integrity Office’s Code of Practice for Research
Cross-National Research Papers:
A full catalogue together with pdf versions of the papers from the last two of the seven series of Cross-National Research Papers can be found at w
ww.xnat.org.uk
- First Series: Doing Cross-National Research, 1985–89
- First Series Special Issue: Franco-British Comparisons of Family and Employment Careers, 1989
- Second Series: The Implications of 1992 for Social Policy, 1990–92
- Third Series: Concepts and Contexts in International Comparisons, 1993–94
- Fourth Series: Concepts and Contexts in International Comparisons of Family Policies in Europe, 1994–96
- Fifth Series: Socio-Demographic Change, Social and Economic Policies in the European Union, 1999
- Sixth Series: Improving Policy Responses and Outcomes to Socio-Economic Challenges: changing family structures, policy and practice, 2000–03
- Seventh Series: European Cross-National Research and Policy, 2003–04
- Seventh Series Special Issue: European Cross-National Research and Policy, 2005.