A series of webinars – and presentations delivered during workshops – have now been held as part of the Infra4NextGen project! The four-year project, funded by the European Union, is bringing together outputs from key social science research infrastructures to help inform the NextGenerationEU programme and European Union youth policy. NextGenerationEU aims for Europe ‘to build a greener, more digital and more resilient future’ with a focus on five key areas: Make it Green; Make it Digital; Make it Healthy; Make it Strong; and Make it Equal. Read more about EVS in the I4NG project here.
Recordings of all the presentations are embedded in the training section on the project website:
The following recordings are now available:
Data-driven insights for EU youth policy: Make it Strong! – Julia Geistberger (AUSSDA | Vienna University Library). This webinar explored how social science data from Infra4NextGen can be used to inform policy relevant to the NextGenerationEU programme. Examples were provided by winners of the third project ‘Datathon’.
How surveys can support EU policy – Béatrice d’Hombres (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, JRC). Delivered as part of Make it Digital workshop in May 2026, this webinar focused on research that included analysis of survey data to support EU policy on loneliness and social media.
Digitalisation in Europe: Research insights and key challenges – Lasse Marz (Bielefeld University). A presentation featuring an overview of research on the digital divide, digital skills, AI, social media, and the consequences for wellbeing and social inclusion, delivered as part of Make it Digital workshop.
The role of JRC for supporting policies to prevent non-communicable diseases – Celia Burgaz and Francisco Rodrigez Rasero (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, JRC). Delivered during our Make it Healthy workshop in May 2026, policy makers discussed their role in supporting public health across Europe.
Exploring health inequalities in Europe – Terje Eikemo and Insa Backhaus (CHAIN – Centre for Health Equity Analytics). This presentation focused on how broader social and economic factors – such as working conditions, access to healthcare, and material living standards – shape health outcomes across the life course.
How surveys can support EU policy on social inclusion and equality – Begoña Cabeza Martínez and Francesco Berlingieri (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, JRC). Policy experts shared insights into how social research is used to support evidence-based policies that foster inclusion, equality, and fairness for young people in Europe.
How Europeans view inequality – Susan Banducci (University of Birmingham) and István György Tóth (Tárki Social Research Institute). Academic experts introduced the core concepts and models underpinning the Equal Pillar, alongside an overview of data from major European surveys, delivered as part of our online workshop in April 2026.
Data sources overview – David Consolazio (University of Milan). Delivered as part of the Make it Strong workshop in March 2026, find out how more about the major European surveys represented in the project, and how to access and analyse their datasets.
Resilience in policymaking: From a concept to a compass – Péter Benczúr (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, JRC). This presentation shared insights into how social research can inform evidence-based policy making at the European level, delivered as part of the Make it Strong workshop.
Generational perspective on social resilience in education, work and family – Rumiana Stoilova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences). Delivered as part of the Make it Strong workshop in March 2026, this presentation offered an overview of the Topline Results report.
Policy relevance of data generation – Sylke Schnepf and Ilda Dreoni (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, JRC). Policy makers highlighted how social research contributes to evidence-based green policies, delivered as part of the Make it Green workshop in February 2026.
Infra4NextGen data – Ruxandra Comănaru (City St George’s, University of London). Delivered as part of the Make it Green workshop in February 2026, watch a guide to accessing and analysing survey data provided by the Infra4NextGen project.
European attitudes to climate change, fairness, and action – Wouter Poortinga (Cardiff University). During the Make it Green workshop in February 2026, this presentation from our academic expert focuses on key findings from the self-completion panel survey (CRONOS-3).
How longitudinal data empower NGOs, journalists, and policymakers – Vytenis Deimantas (SHARE Berlin Institute). This webinar introduced how longitudinal and cohort data can strengthen decision-making and communication across public institutions, media, and civil society.
Bridging the gap: How to connect social research with the public and policymakers – Ruxandra Comănaru (City St George’s, University of London) and Yuliya Kazakova (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, NIDI). This webinar explored how insights from social research can better reach and benefit both the public and policymakers.
Exploring secondary and archival data in social science research: An introduction – Cara Booker (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex). This webinar provided an introduction into secondary and archival social science data, including where to find the data, how sampling will impact analyses and examples of secondary social science data analysis.
Data-driven insights for a green, digital, healthy, strong and equal Europe – Julia Geistberger and Lisa Hirsch (AUSSDA | Vienna University Library). The webinar showcased how participants of the second project Hackathon transformed panel survey data into recommendations for fostering sustainable policies.
Reproducible Workflows in R using the renv and targets packages – Franz Eder (University of Innsbruck). Participants learned how to use the renv-package to create reproducible environments for their R projects, and were introduced to the targets-package which enables them to maintain a reproducible workflow.
Accessing data from established European social science research programmes – Sergeja Masten and Irena Vipavc Brvar (Slovenian Social Science Data Archives, ABP). This webinar addressed how to access data from established European social science research programmes.
Using major European social surveys to answer research questions – Yuliya Kazakova (NIDI), David Consolazio (University of Milan) and Ruxandra Comănaru (City St George’s, University of London). Three research fellows shared their experiences in navigating the wealth of publicly available survey data.
Data protection in research – EU regulations, open science and anonymisation – Anita Bodlos (University of Innsbruck) and Lisa Hirsch (University of Vienna). The webinar explained how researchers can meet the requirements of European data protection laws while adhering to open science principles.
Data visualisation with R Studio and Jupyter – Franz Eder (University of Innsbruck). This webinar introduced the basics of visualisation, the criteria for good science graphics, the process of visualising data, and the role of colours and fonts. The second part of the webinar covered ggplot2 and its functions to create state-of-the-art plots.
Research Data Management: How to organise your research data and make your life easier – Anita Bodlos (University of Innsbruck) and Lisa Hirsch (University of Vienna). The webinar provided an overview of research data management in the social sciences and explained how best practices throughout the research data life cycle can be implemented.