SERENATE “End-user” workshop@ IBM - Montpellier, 17 – 19 January 2003
Research and Educational Networks across Europe: End-user views and perspectives for the Social Sciences
Ekkehard Mochmann
German Social Science Infrastructure Services GESIS – ZA at the University of Cologne
Three perspectives
• Research
• Education
• Infrastructure
Social Science Research
Based on analysis of small to complex data bases:
e.g. cross section/ panel/ European/global surveys/
Increasing are:
statistical microdata, text, cartography ... ...images
Currently rarely serious deficits in network capacities to access and analyse data
Education / Training in Social Science Research
• Data Based teaching in university seminars and
international summer schools
• Customized data is set up for training purposes
> Starting: - Virtual training seminars
- Teacherline for schools
Bottlenecks when heavy demand on dedicated
servers
Infrastructure for Socio-Economic Research
Stock-taking and recommendations:
• NESSIE project: network for socio-economic
infrastructure in Europe (CEPS,ECASS,NSD,ZA)
• Commission for Improving Informational Infra-
structure between Statistics and Research (KVI)
• Comité de Concertation pour les Données en
sciences humaines et sociales (France)
Dynamic extension towards eastern Europe (EDAN)
CESSDA - IFDO
Trends
• Improving and integrating the evidence base
• Facilitating access for research and education
• Standards for data definition (DDI / MetaDater)
• Opening multilingual access (Madiera)
• Virtual libraries
• Data – literature – event – knowledge integration
> Meaningful context and interpretation knowledge
Visions
• ComNet Scenario:
Competence centers and researcher networks also in
interactive video conferences and moderated groups
• Collaborative working in virtual data observatories
• pro- active and validated data cumulation
• New tools for access to and analysis of linked
ressources from the socio – economic data base
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