In the United Kingdom a group has been established to help ensure that the right data resources are created and made available to help inform the important choices that decision makers need to make. The group is the UK Data Forum. The members of the Forum come from national research councils,...

Spatiality is an increasingly important dimension in the social sciences, as a new wave of recent publications shows. Intra-national comparisons have proved to be as fruitful as the better known inter-national analysis. Regional characteristics are found to have considerable influence on...

Ziel der Expertise ist es, Wege aufzeigen, wie den Anliegen der wissenschaftlichen Nutzern von Wirtschafts- und Sozialdaten auf europäischer Ebene besser Rechnung getragen werden kann, ohne dass dadurch die legitimen und prioritären Ansprüche der europäischen Politik vernachlässigt werden...

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.