Discovering and Using Data

Webinar: Harmonised data for comparative research

Date: 15 June 2020

Video: Comparative social science research requires comparable data across countries. This CESSDA webinar explores sources of harmonised comparative data and methods and tools for harmonising data. Hosted by Jen Buckley from the UK Data Service, the session includes two expert speakers. Professor Irina Tomescu-Dubrow discusses methodology that the Survey Data Recycling Project develops to harmonize ex-post data pooled from cross-national survey projects in the social sciences. Then, Dr Kristi Winters (GESIS) addresses how we should approach documenting data harmonisation work, including a description of CharmStats , an open-source software that enables researchers to simultaneously perform and document the process of variable coding and harmonization.

• The material from the webinar (slides and video) is available for download
• Additionally, an Information sheet by Jan Buckle accompanies this CESSDA webinar and details major sources of harmonised data and provides references for those looking to harmonise existing data sources as part of a research project

CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide (DMEG)

The CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide aims to put social scientists at the heart of making their research data findable, understandable, sustainably accessible and reusable.

CESSDA experts, busy to ensure long-term access to valuable social science datasets, available for discovery and reuse on a daily basis, guide, accompany and inspire users of the CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide in their journey through the research data life cycle.

Webinar - Data on Aspects of Digital Life

Date: 28 Novembre 2019

Video: How can we understand the impact of computers and the internet on everyday life? Hosted by the So.Da.Net network, this webinar explored research and data on the topic. The webinar included two guest speakers. First, Professor Nicolas Demertzis, University of Athens, Director & President of the Governing Body, EKKE addressed how data from the World Internet Project (WIP) supports research into the digital divide. Then, Dr. Stamatis Poulakidakos from Athens University discussed the impact of social media within the national campaigns of 2019' European elections.

• Slides from the webinar
• Video from the webinar (downloadable)

Webinar: How to Find Data in Europe

Date: 21 May 2019

Video: How to find and access data from European social science data services

• Slides from the webinar
• User Guide - finding and accessing data from national social science data services
• Case studies

Finding and accessing data

Short (5-minute) introduction to finding and accessing data from European social science data services

Webinar: Data Discovery

Date: 25 April 2019

Video: Speakers from the Czech Social Science Data Archive (CSDA), Johana Chylíková and Martin Vávra took participants on a tour through five core elements of the discovery process.

• Slides from the webinar
• Video from the webinar (downloadable)

Data in Europe by Topic: Poverty

Date: 13 November 2018

Webinar:

Materials from the webinar:

• Slides from the webinar (pdf)
• Christos Papatheodorou: Limitations and challenges of working with data relating to poverty in Europe (pdf)
• CESSDA's Data in Europe: Poverty Guide (pdf)
• Emilio Di Meglio: Microdata collections available at Eurostat (pdf)

Data in Europe by Topic: Migration

Date: 15 May 2018

Webinar:

Materials from the webinar:

• the slides presented (pdf)
• a supporting information sheet (pdf)
• slides presented during the 2017 Data Discovery Workshop on Migration at GESIS, Cologne (pdf)

Data in Europe by Topic: Ageing

Date: 14 June 2017

Webinar:

Further materials:

• the slides presented:
  • Webinar: Data Discovery: Ageing
  • The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE): A general overview
  • TILDA - Data Structure & Availability
  • An Introduction to the Gateway to Global Aging Data
• User guide for mapping the landscape of data for research ageing in Europe

Data in Europe by Topic: Political Behaviour

Date: 7 June 2017

Webinar:

Materials from the webinar:

• the slides presented;
• a supporting information sheet