The purpose of this report is to identify how to better meet the needs of scientists and take into account their concerns around the use of economic and social data at the European level without compromising or neglecting the legitimate needs and justified concerns of European policy makers.

This report reviews recent trends in the collection of multidisciplinary and longitudinal data in the area of aging research, both in Germany and internationally. It also discusses important developments such as linkage with administrative records, the inclusion of health measurements and...

Survey research is an integral element of modern social science. The infrastructure in terms of research institute, surveys, conferences and journals has greatly improved over the past 20 years and recently several initiatives have gained momentum even on a European level. This development has...

The following look on the current state and the future of macroeconomic data is likely to fail. For one thing, researchers will be disappointed to find that their claims for more and "better" data are not adequately supported; the Amtliche Statistik [(Official Statistics (OS)], while to some...

Am 19. und 20.3. 2009 trafen sich auf Einladung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler sowie Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von Förderorganisationen zu einem Workshop in der Geschäftsstelle der DFG in Bonn . Ziel der Veranstaltung waren die Perspektiven...