Session: Tuesday 8th July AM (10.00 - 12.45)
Title: Cross-National Research
Convenor:
Professor Asghar Zaidi (Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Southampton)
Abstract Details
The session offers presentations from major international organisations, (namely UN, the European Commission, European Centre Vienna, HelpAge International) and draws on these organisations’ substantive cross-national research in their flagship publications. The presentations highlight the benefits and limitations of comparative research methods, for their own policy advocacy work and for policymaking communities of individual nations. They also discuss how the key challenges of diversity in norms and contexts across nations and lack of international comparability of data are dealt with, and what challenges still remain unresolved (or partly resolved) that inhibit reaping full benefits of the comparative research.
Presentation downloads
Presenter: Isabelle Maquet-Engsted
Potential of EU-wide research in tackling key societal challenges of EU countries
Presenter: jane scobie
The level of the session is: Accessible
Presentation details
There will be a coffee break from 10.45 - 11.15
Presentation 1
Start time: 10:00
Presentation title:Cross-national research and policy advice: lessons from UNECE's active ageing index project
Author: Ms Vitalia Gaucaite (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva)
Presentation 2
Start time: 10:25
Presentation title:Key social policy challenges identified from cross-national research in UN-European countries
Author: Professor Bernd Marin (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna)
Presentation 3
Start time: 11:15
Presentation title:Potential of EU-wide research in tackling key societal challenges of EU countries
Author: Ms Isabelle Maquet-Engsted (DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission, Brussels )
Presentation 4
Start time: 11:40
Presentation title:Cross-national research on well-being of older people: Insights from Global AgeWatch Index
Author: Ms Jane Scobie (HelpAge International, London)