Political Participation of Young People in Europe – Development of Indicators for Comparative Research in the European Union (EUYOUPART)
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Political Participation of Young People in Europe – Development of Indicators for Comparative Research in the European Union (EUYOUPART) Deliverable 2: Report of Excellence Contract no.: HPSE-CT-2002-00123 Project Coordinator: Institute for Social Research and Analysis/ Vienna, Austria July 2003 page 2 This report is based on work package 2 of EUYOUPART. Lead partner for WP2: Raivo Vetik, Marti Taru Institute of International and Social Studies (IISS) Tallinn, Estonia Lead author of the report of excellence: Marti Taru Scientific and administrative coordination: Günther Ogris, Ruth Picker Institute for Social Research and Analysis (SORA) Vienna, Austria Consortium members: Austria: Institute for Social Research and Analysis (SORA) Austrian Institute for Youth Research (ÖIJ) Estonia: Institute of International and Social Studies (IISS) Finland: Finnish Youth Research Network (FYRN) France: Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (FNSP) Germany: German Youth Institute (DJI) Italy: Fondazione IARD (IARD) Slovakia: University of St. Cyril and Method in Trnava (UCM) United Kingdom: University of Birmingham Authors of national reports: Austria: Natalia Wächter, Reinhard Zuba, Peter Stefou Estonia: Marti Taru Finland: Kari Paakunainen France: Anne Muxel, Cécile Riou Germany: Wolfgang Gaiser, Johann de Rijke, Franziska Wächter Italy: Corrado Sesselego Slovakia: Ladislav Machacek United Kingdom: James Sloam, Kerry Longhurst Editing: Ruth Picker, James Sloam EUYOUPART Political Participation of Young People in Europe HPSE-CT-2002-00123 page 3 Table of Contents 1 Introduction.......................................................................... 4 2 AUSTRIA ............................................................................. 5 2.1 National Data Archive ............................................................. 5 2.2 Research institutions and researchers..................................... 5 3 ESTONIA........................................................................... 10 3.1 National Data Archive ........................................................... 10 3.2 Research institutions and researchers................................... 10 4 FINLAND ........................................................................... 16 4.1 National Data Archive ........................................................... 16 4.2 Research institutions and researchers................................... 16 5 FRANCE............................................................................ 19 5.1 National Data Archive ........................................................... 19 5.2 Research institutions and researchers................................... 19 5.2.1 Research centres on political life..................................... 19 5.2.2. Sociology of youth.......................................................... 23 5.2.3. Various institutions ......................................................... 29 5.2.4. Networks........................................................................ 31 6 GERMANY......................................................................... 32 6.1 National Data Archive ........................................................... 32 6.2 Research institutions and researchers................................... 32 6.3 Researchers......................................................................... 37 7 ITALY ................................................................................ 39 7.1 National Data Archive ........................................................... 39 7.2 Research institutions and researchers................................... 39 8 NETHERLANDS ................................................................ 42 8.1 National Data Archive ........................................................... 42 8.2 Research institutions and researchers................................... 42 9 NORWAY........................................................................... 47 9.1 National Data Archive ........................................................... 47 9.2 Research institutions and researchers................................... 48 10 SLOVAKIA ......................................................................... 61 10.1 National Data Archive ........................................................... 61 10.2 Research institutions and researchers................................... 61 11 SWEDEN ........................................................................... 64 11.1 National Data Archive ........................................................... 64 11.2 Research institutions and researchers................................... 64 12 UNITED KINDGOM............................................................ 67 12.1 National Data Archive ........................................................... 67 12.2 Research institutions and researchers................................... 67 EUYOUPART Political Participation of Young People in Europe HPSE-CT-2002-00123 page 4 1 Introduction The main aim of the report of excellence is to identify and document research institutions and researchers playing a leading role in the field of research on political participation of youth. The report focuses on the eight participating countries (Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, United Kingdom) as well as on the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. This report presents: ? Leading research approaches and practices ? Relevant research institutions on the project’s topic in the European context, ? Outstanding researchers. To realize the objectives of this work package, a specific sequence of work steps was defined, including the following: ? Identifying and describing the central social science data archive in each country, ? Conducting a keyword search in the national data archive (re. “political participation of youth”), ? Selecting the most significant research projects on youth and political participation of the last 10-15 years, ? Describing briefly each research project, ? Listing research institutions, which were related to the projects and giving a short description of these institutions plus contact details, ? Listing researchers related to the projects and institutions and giving a short description of their research (Including a list of most significant publications and contact details). This document is an abridged version of the national reports that the consortium partners delivered. However, the national reports in full length can be obtained separately (because the length of national reports range from 11 to 52 pages, we decided to restrict the report of excellence to a more succinct version). The analysis on the Netherlands was prepared by the research team of the United Kingdom, the report on Norway by the Estonian team and the report on Sweden by the Finnish project partner. Countries are presented in alphabetical order. EUYOUPART Political Participation of Young People in Europe HPSE-CT-2002-00123 page 5 2 AUSTRIA 2.1 National Data Archive There is no institution in Austria that is really comparable to a national data archive. The closest to a national data archive is WISDOM: Wiener Institut für sozialwissenschaftliche Dokumentation und Methodik (WISDOM) Maria Theresien Str. 9/5, A-1090 Wien Phone: ++43 1 319 41 31 Fax: ++43 1 319 41 31-8 Email: [email protected] www.wisdom.at Researchers: Karl Müller, Günter Nemeth, Egon Leitgeb, Andrea Leitgeb A keyword search is not possible electronically. There is no digital data archive. Nevertheless, several documents on youth and political participation were found through a “human data archive” (see Report of Excellence). Main activities: ? Carrying out quantitative standardized interviews (telephone questionnaires) ? Carrying out projects on research on science and technology ? Collecting data in Austria for European surveys such as: o European social survey (ESS) o EuroModul ? Providing tables with standardized data concerning the labour market ? Providing data for secondary analysis such as: o ISSP (The International Social Survey Programme) ? Providing information about several surveys and studies (sample/method/access/costs/researcher/literature) 2.2 Research institutions and researchers Institut für Staatswissenschaft (University of Vienna) Location: 1010 Wien, Hohenstaufeng. 9/7 and 1210 Wien, Brünnerstraße 72 Tel: ++43-1-4277/38301 and ++43-1-4277/38310 http://www.univie.ac.at/staatswissenschaft Director: Peter Gerlich Overview: The institute for “Staatswissenschaft” (political economics/political science) combines the former institute for “Staatswissenschaft und Politikwissenschaft” and the department of sociology of economics, which was part of the institute for sociology. Teaching and research cover political theory, analysis of the political EUYOUPART Political Participation of Young People in Europe HPSE-CT-2002-00123 page 6 system in Austria and the EU, international politics, political sociology, policy analysis, analysis of the welfare state model, and political economy. Researchers working on youth and political participation: Peter Gerlich, Director, [email protected] Peter Ulram, Researcher and Lecturer Institut für Politikwissenschaft (University of Innsbruck) Location: 6020 Innsbruck, Universitätsstraße 15 Tel: +43-(0)512-507-7051 oder +43-(0)512-507-7061 oder +43-(0)512-507-7071 http://www.uibk.ac.at/c/c4/c402/ Director: Fritz Plasser Overview: The main areas in teaching and research are political theory, analysis of the political system in Austria and the EU, international