SoGreen

The goal of the SoGreen project is to enhance the capacities of the four leading social science infrastructures in Europe ESS ERIC, SHARE-ERIC, GGP and GUIDE, and to generate valuable insights aimed at facilitating the study and evaluation of the social aspects of the green transition for different generations and socioeconomic groups across Europe, using a life-course perspective.

SoGreen contributes to the work programme topic “Next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools and methods and advanced digital solutions” (INFRATECH) under Horizon Europe by the European Commission. SoGreen develops new services, comprising innovative tools, solutions, and questionnaire modules related to the social aspects of the green transition.

The unique longitudinal and multi-generational perspective of the infrastructures involved goes beyond the state of the art by integrating new data and novel analytical frameworks to foster interdisciplinary insights on the green transition at national and regional levels; including new services, e. g. geospatial data linkable with survey datasets and new visualisation tools.

Central to our approach is the collaborative development of a new tool, the Green Transition Questionnaire Module. This module is developed to ensure coherence in addressing environmental themes which will then be fielded within the different surveys. Moreover, we will also prepare harmonised aggregates of collected data and their visualization through a joint dissemination platform to enhance accessibility and to promote consistency in data interpretation across various studies.

The Knowledge Mobilisation Lab will be another new and innovative tool to identify, build, and engage a multifaceted network of different audiences and stakeholders. This includes professionals from policy, research, non-profit, and private sectors, thus actively shaping the discourse and informing developments related to the green transition.

• Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE-ERIC) - project coordinator
• ESS ERIC
• Generations and Gender Programme (GGP)
• Generations and Gender Programme (GGP), Growing Up In Digital Europe (GUIDE)

Start of the SoGreen Project
January 2025

SHARE-ERIC - Press Release: EU Commission Grant: four leading social science infrastructures in Europe SHARE ERIC, ESS ERIC, GGP and GUIDE cooperate in the SoGreen project (PDF-Download)

European Commission: Social Aspects of the Green Transition (SoGreen)