ESPANET

Miscellaneous

For information on journals and degree programmes, please select from the menu on the left.

If you would like to add a link to this page, please contact the ESPAnet secretary.  


Listed below you can find links which are grouped by the following categories:


RECWOWE 'Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe'

EDACWOWE 'European Meta-Data-Shell for Work and Welfare'

QoG Social Policy Data 'Quality of government Social Policy Dataset'

COST A 13 Action 'Changing Labour Markets, Welfare Policies and Citizenship'

COST A 15 Action 'Reforming Social Protection Systems in Europe'

WRAMSOC Welfare Reform and the Management of Societal Change

IMPACT The Housing Dimension of Welfare reform

SOCCARE European Research Project of Informal and Formal Social Care Arrangements for Young Children and Older People

The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research

The European Observatory on Health Care Systems
l'Observatoire social europÉen (in French)





RC19 ISA Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy

SPA UK Social Policy Association

ISPA Irish Social Policy Association

ESPR European Social Policy Research Network (ESA)

OECD Social policy division

The Centre for Voluntary Action Studies

CSB Center for Social Policy

Evidence Network

SPNet Social Policy Net

Politiques sociales Social Policy Net

ISA International Sociological Association

ESA European Sociological Association

ECSR European Consortium for Sociological Research

ASA American Sociological Association

BSA British Sociological Association

FES FederaciÓn EspaÑola de SociologÍa (in Spanish)

DGS Deutsche Gesellschaft fÜr Soziologie (in German)

ÖGS Österreichische Gesellschaft fÜr Soziologie (in German)

VVS Vlaamse Vereniging voor Sociologie (in Dutch)

NSV Nederlandse Sociologische Vereniging (in Dutch)

DSF Dansk Sociologforening (in Danish)

SFS Sveriges SociologfÖrbund (in Swedish)

Westermarck Society (Finnish sociological association)




ECPR European Consortium for Political Research
IPSA International Political Science Association
APSA American Political Science Association
NOPSA Nordic Political Science Association
PSA Political Studies Association of the UK
EPSNET Political Science in Thematic Network
ÖGPW Österreichische Gesellschaft fÜr Politikwissenschaft (in German)


ESA Economic Science Association
EEA European Economic Association
AEA American Economic Association
EALE European Association Of Law and Economics
ENEPRI The European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes
IEA International Economic Association
CEPR Center for Economic Policy Research
NOeG Austrian Economic Association

FISS Foundation for International Studies on Social Security
EISS European Institute of Social Services
EISS European Institute of Social Security
ISSA International Social Security Association
ENDS European Network on Disability Studies
GLADNET Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network
NNDR Nordic Network on Disability Research

IPRN International Pensions Research Network
CPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance 



Social Policy Digest (mainly UK focus, and featuring a section on social policy developments in Europe)
JISC mail National Academic Mailing List Service
Sociosite Wide collection of links to sociology sites around the world
SPVL Social Policy Virtual Library
ASPEN Active Social Policies European Network
Sozialpolitik aktuell (in German)
MISSOC Mutual Information System on Social Protection in the Member States of the European Union (situation 2002)

Sosig Social science information gateway
Resources for Sociology at the University of New England
International Reform Monitor Social Policy, Labour Market Policy, Industrial Relations

Country links

For information on the national ESPAnet Associations, please click here.


Austria:


Finland:

STAKES National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
KELA The Social Insurance Institution of Finland
ETK The Central Pension Security Institute
STKL Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health
VATT Government Institute for Economic Research

France:

CREST Center for Research in Economics and Statistics


Germany:


Italy:



Netherlands:

CBS Statistics Netherland
SISWO Network Organisation for the Social Sciences
SCP Social and Cultural Planning Office of the Netherlands

Spain:

Poliwelfare Economic, social and political sustainability of social health care systems


United Kingdom:

DSS Department for Work and Pensions