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News from ADP:
Newly acquired surveys: / New data descriptions: IDNo:SJM031 -Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/1 IDNo:SJM032 - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/2: International Family and National Identity Survey and Standpoints about local democracy IDNo:SJM033 - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/3: National and international security; military profession IDNo:SJM034 - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/4: Citizenship / International Survey ISSP Questionnaire in electronic format now available: / Published on NESSTAR (Slovene only): IDNo:VZPORV00 - Parallel election 2000 IDNo:SJM031 - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/1 IDNo:SJM032 - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/2: International Family and National Identity Survey and Standpoints about local democracy IDNo:SJM033 - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/3: National and international security; military profession IDNo:SJM034 - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/4: Citizenship / International Survey ISSP Other news: / Codebooks and datafiles are accessible thru new version of NESSTAR- Slovene version only. Newly acquired surveys: - European Social Survey 2003 (IDNo: ESS03), - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/1 (IDNo: SJM031), - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/2: International Family and National Identity Survey and Standpoints about local democracy (IDNo: SJM032) - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/3: National and international security; military profession (IDNo: SJM033) - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/4: Citizenship / International Survey ISSP (IDNo: SJM034) New data descriptions: WVSEVS99 - Evropean Values Study (EVS) STUDMB02 - Social Profile of Students at the University of Maribor 2002 Questionnaire in electronic format now available: - SJM031 - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/1 - SJM032 - Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2003/2: International Family and National Identity Survey and Standpoints about local democracy - CESTE97 - Social and Ecological Influences of Highways in Slovenija, 1997 - MLAADI97 - Youth and AIDS, 1997 - MLAADI98 - Youth and AIDS, 1998 - POLMR96 - Formation of Policy Networks and Lobbying in Slovenia Other news: For survey AZK01 - Crime Vistim Survey data file and its description was prepared. Description of variables was added to DEVIAC86 - Deviations on Slovene before hundred years, and to survey BRANST01 - Reading habits and Engagements of Students Survey list of publications. Avgust 2003: September 2003: The third wave of the European Values Study was coordinated from Tilburg University by Loek Halman in close collaboration with the Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung in Cologne (ZA) and the Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI) in Amsterdam. As a result of this cooperation the CD-ROM "EVS 1999/2000" was developed. The CD-ROM contains the comprehensive stock of data, documents, and context information of the third wave of the EVS. In addition, complex searches and first analyses are supported through the integration of the data and documents in the ZA CodebookExplorer program. The European Social Survey (ESS) is a biennial multi-country survey covering over 20 nations. The first round was fielded in 2002/2003. The first data release from fifteen of the participating countries can now be accessed from the ESS data web site. Newly acquired surveys: (International) Crime Victim Survey: Slovenija, 2001 (IDNo: AZK01), Household Budget Survey 1998-2000 (IDNo: APG00), Social Profile of Students at the University of Maribor, 2001 (IDNo: STUDMB01). New data descriptions: DLG_66 - Democracy and local governance: International Studies of Politics DLG66_91 - Democracy and local governance: International Studies of Politics DRV76 - Longterm development of higher education in SR Slovenia : Generation 1976 Graduates EGOOMR00 -Quality of measurement of egocentered social networks JJM90 - Yugoslav public opinion, 1990 MLAVOJ97 - Youth and military occupation 1997 MLAVOJ00 - Slovenian Youth and Military occupation 2000 PBSI01 - Politbarometer, Slovenia, 2001: Cumulative dataset PBSI99 - Politbarometer, 1996 - julij 2000: Cumulative dataset PREHRA00 - Eating habits in Slovenia SLOOBR85 - The Slovenes and military occupations, 1985 Studies published on NESSTAR: MEDIA98 - Slovene Public Opinion Survey - Media, 1989 : Research on mass communications in Slovenia. Other news From October 2002 on, data description in Slovene language for all Slovene Public Opinion Surveys is available online. Since October 2002 ADP is Slovene representative for ICPSR. Untill the end of the year we espect new edition of NESSTAR, which will be even more friendly to users. Newly acquired surveys: Second modernization by Gymnasium Jesenice pupils, EuroMOdule: Towards a European Welfare Survey, Comparative Study of Electoral Systems : Module 1 (1996-2000), Eating habits in Slovenia 2000, Montenegro Public Opinion 2001/1: Opinion about state constitution of Montentegro Republic, Montenegro Public Opinion 2001/2: Opinion about state constitution of Montentegro Republic, Politbarometer 2001/9, Politbarometer 2001/10, Politbarometer 2001/11, Politbarometer 2001/12, Politbarometer 2001 - comulative dataset, Research on Internet in Slovenia 1998: Companies, Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2001/2: Slovene Public Opinion Survey and International New Democracies BarometerSurvey, Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2001/3: Survey about health and health service IV. and Survey about defence and security, Student basket: Socio-economic status of Slovene students, International project: Attitudes toward suiside 1994, International project: Attitudes toward suiside 1996. New data descriptions: Social catering 1981 - 1983, Research on Internet in Slovenia, 2001: The Web survey, Human Resource Management, Slovenia 2001: International Comparative Study. Studies published on NESSTAR: Social catering 1981 - 1983, International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), 1997: Work Orientations II, Research on Internet in Slovenia, 2001: The Web survey, Human Resource Management, Slovenia 2001: International Comparative Study. Other news With April 2002 we introduced Forum, notice list, to inform subscribes about news in ADP quarterly. On 5th April 2002 ADP workshop about "Use of program Nesstar for data analysing" was held in NUK. Multimedia Presentation at Berlin Workshop on Social Science Data Archives in Eastern Europe. At presentation of RISWWW01 survey we offer possibility to review and on-line analyse data with the help of NESSTAR. 9. January 2002: New data descriptions are made for particular surveys from projects RIS, PBSI, SJM and surveys of Ecological Sociology Centre and Centre for Political Science Research. Descriptions are available through List of Studies. Descriptions of surveys SJM with full wording of questionnaires in Slovene and English are made for SJM991; SJM992; SJM993; SJM994, SJM001; SJM002; SJM011. Choose link to Data description in Table of contents. Four codebooks of parallel voting surveys (SJM90-EN, SJM923-EN, SJM961-EN) with full wording of questionnaires in English were made with collaboration with the GESIS Branch Office for East Europe in Germany. 29. October 2001: Get acquainted with contents of last research of SJM011 -Slovene Public Opinion Survey 2001/1: "Slovenes's Attitudes on Integration in the European Union and International work Activity Survey". August 2001: For the project Preparation of description of social surveys and data for on-line use we gain financial support from Ministry of information society. July, August 2001: Multimedia Presentations at IASSIST 2001.
The European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCS), wishing to contribute to the building of the European Research Area, joined in collaboration with the European Science Foundation (ESF) in creating the European Young Investigator Awards (EURYI) in 2003. The aim of EURYI is to encourage and enable outstanding young researchers from all over the world to work in Europe to benefit the development of European science and to build up the next generation of leading European researchers. April 2004: CEEB TREND File available Please notice the recent release of "Central and Eastern Eurobarometer 1990-1997: Trends CEEB1-8" (ZA Study 3648) on CD-ROM. The CD includes the cumulative file and new processed versions of the single annual CEEB data sets. Navigation of documentation and data is supported by the ZA-Codebook-Explorer, which is also available on the CD-ROM. The CD-ROM can be ordered at the Central Archive by e-mail (to: moschner@za.uni-koeln.de or hausstein@berlin.iz-soz.de ) or via the WWW order form. Please notice that Eurobarometer data should be ordered via the Social Science Data Archives in the user's home countries, whenever possible. Information on the electoral systems in the process of democratisation in post-communist Europe is available in the Internet. This website is part of the dissemination strategy of a project based in the Department of Government at the University of Essex , UK. It includes an on-line database of election results and electorally-relevant laws from throughout Eastern Europe. The investigation will focus on twelve core countries (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine), but where available data for other post-communist states are provided. The Election Results section of the database includes results for parliamentary and presidential elections dating back to 1990 in each of the 12 countries, plus other information such as number of registered voters, turnout, votes cast, and total valid votes. Constituency level results of parliamentary elections from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine are also available. Special web sites on Election surveys provided by the Centre for the Study of Public Policy, U. Strathclyde Baltic Voices gives in detail the results of the five New Baltic Barometer surveys of public opinion in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania conducted since 1993 by the Centre for the Study of Public Policy. This website gives the latest results of monthly surveys of Russian public opinion by the Levada Center. Under the leadership of Professor Yuri A. Levada, the Levada Center (formerly known as VCIOM Analytic Agency, VCIOM-A) continues the tradition of VCIOM, which was founded under his co-direction in 1987. This website gives an overview of Barometer surveys in: Africa, Asia, the New Europe and Latin America. It also gives links to organizers of Barometer surveys from Taipei to Cape Town. ESF Call for proposals for Exploratory Workshops Organiser: ESF Standing Committee for Social Sciences (SCSS) Topics: Each year, ESF supports approximately 50 Exploratory Workshops across all scientific domains. These allow scientists and scholars to explore novel ideas at the European level with the aim of "spearheading" new directions of research. In 2004, the Call includes science-driven issues of Research Infrastructures. Proposals may be submitted in any or across several of the following broad scientific fields: Social Sciences, Biomedical Sciences; Humanities; Life, Environmental and Earth Sciences; Physical and Engineering Sciences. Language: English Deadline: May 1, 2004 Contact: Céline Seewald, Administrative assistant Standing Committee for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 1, quai Lesay Marnésia, BP 90015, 67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France Tel.: +33-3-88-76-71-58 Fax: +33-3-88-37-05-32 E-mail: cseewald@esf.org Internet: http://www.esf.org/workshops or http://www.esf.org/scss Soros Supplementary Grant Program (Scholarship Programs) Institution/Organiser: Soros foundation Kind of support/work: Awards are offered for one academic year only and will be granted in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. Duration: 2004-2005 academic year Topics: The Soros Supplementary Grants Program assists citizens of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia who are pursuing advanced study within this region but outside of their home countries. The goal is to support cross-cultural, intraregional student mobility as part of the Open Society Institute's overall efforts to strengthen the academic network within and among these countries. Eligibility: The Program offers grants to: 1) standard eligibility students of the social sciences, humanities, and fine and performing arts who have already arranged for part of the costs of their study to be covered; 2) special needs students, including: Roma, refugees, people seeking political asylum, displaced (forced migrants). Awards are available to undergraduates and post-graduates enrolled at recognized institutes of higher education outside of their home country or permanent residence and in one of the countries listed below. Participating countries are as follows (no exceptions): Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ucraine, Uzbekistan. Deadline: April 15, 2004 Contact: Scholarship program coordinator at the Soros foundation in your home country: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas/coordinators Internet: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas/soros_supplementary and www.soros.org/grants/oas Social Post-Graduate Training and Guest Professor the Institute at for Advanced Studies, Vienna 2004-2006 Institution/Organiser: Institute for Advanced Studies, Sociology Department Kind of support/work: Scholarships Duration: 2004-2006, 2 year programme of post-graduate training leading Site: Vienna, Austria Topics: The Sociology Department of the Institute for Advanced Studies is offering 2 year programme of postgraduate training leading to a Diploma as the first stage of a doctorate. The Department offers extensive and intensive training in quantitative and qualitative social research with a special emphasis on Comparative Sociology. Scholars are fully integrated into the Departmental seminar and research programme. Topics about which theses/personal projects can be supervised: Theory and Methods of Comparative Research, Life-Work Balance, European Social Models, Work and Employment, Gender Issues, Risk Society, Biotechnology, Sociology of Transformation in Eastern and Central Europe, Education Systems and Labour Market, Innovation, The Knowledge Society, Sociology of Youth, Nature-Society Relationships, Clusters and Networks between Research and Industry. Eligibility: The Institute for Advanced Studies invites applications from students with at a Masters Degree or Equivalent to study for a diploma in comparative sociology. In addition to the resident staff, the Institute for Advanced Studies hosts Guest Professors from all over the world. Terms of Admission: Masters degree or equivalent, admission papers, exam in statistics, personal interview. Deadline: April 30, 2003 Contact: Mrs. Gertraud Stadler, Institute for Advanced Studies / Department of Sociology, Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43-1-59-99-12-16 Fax: +43-1-59-99-11-91 E-mail: stadler@ihs.ac.at Internet: http://www.ihs.ac.at/ Last change: 22.12.2005 |
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