LOGO

MYWeB takes a balanced approach to assessing the feasibility of a European Longitudinal Study for Children and Young People (ELSCYP) through prioritising both scientific and policy imperatives. A full scale pilot study in six countries means original empirical data on field experiences will provide direct evidence of the feasibility of an ELSCYP.

Duration:
01 January 2014 - 31 December 2016

Research Team:
Dr. rer. pol. Jochen Tholen, Dipl.-Kaufmann,Dipl.-Soziologe (Head of project)
Master of Science Leonie Backeberg
Dr. Britta Busse
Dr. rer. pol. Andreas Etling, Dipl.Pol.
Dr. phil. Alexandra Hashem-Wangler
Dr. rer. pol. Tina Schneider, Dipl. Geographie
M.A. Soziologie und Sozialfors Kevin Wolnik

Funding:
7. Forschungsrahmenprogramm der EU SSH.2013.6.3-1

Coordination:
Manchester Metropolitan University

Research into care, education, leisure and well-being of children and young people is needed, although it involves significant methodological challenges. In order to understand the development of demographic trends in Europe, an investigation of the lower end of the demographic pyramid is required.

What is needed is a robust, representative and comparable dataset covering the following:

»» the well-being of children and young people
»» child and youth related policies
»» childhood care
»» access to education
»» the environment in which a child grows up (primarily the family).

For these data to be used in working out policy responses or interventions to improve the well-being of children and young people there is a need to be able to study social processes which have temporal properties.

The MYWeB consortium consists of “Delivery Partners” (among that: University of Bremen) who contribute significantly to all WPs, “Collaborators” who contribute to all WPs but less so to those which involve survey methodology and piloting and an “Advisor” who contributes throughout the project on all WPs with their expertise in longitudinal survey methodology. This consortium recognises that methodological issues cannot be separated from discussions of policy relevance, technical feasibility and value for money. To illustrate this point we refer to the MYPLACE project that our consortium is currently delivering. There, methodological discussions about the design of a trans-European survey of young people and appropriate in-country sampling strategies have been inextricably linked to issues of technical feasibility and value for money. Therefore, our proposal will add value to the Commission’s project brief by ensuring that while methodological development is central to the project it is undertaken within the context of policy relevance, technical feasibility and value for money.

B. Busse, L. Backeberg: Longitudinal Research on Children and Young People in Europe and Beyond, in: G. Pollock et.al. (Eds): Measuring Well-Being, Springer International Publ., 2018

Duration:
01 January 2014 - 31 December 2016

Research Team:
Dr. rer. pol. Jochen Tholen, Dipl.-Kaufmann,Dipl.-Soziologe (Head of project)
Master of Science Leonie Backeberg
Dr. Britta Busse
Dr. rer. pol. Andreas Etling, Dipl.Pol.
Dr. phil. Alexandra Hashem-Wangler
Dr. rer. pol. Tina Schneider, Dipl. Geographie
M.A. Soziologie und Sozialfors Kevin Wolnik

Funding:
7. Forschungsrahmenprogramm der EU SSH.2013.6.3-1

Project Type:
Third-party funded project

Project Partner:
Caucasus Research Resource Centers of Georgia; Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, ISCTE, Lisbon University Institute; Daugavpils University; Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences Zagreb; Panteion University of Athens; Pompeu Fabra University; Tallinn University; University of Debrecen; University of Essex; University of SS Cyril and Methodius

Coordination:
Manchester Metropolitan University