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1 Presentation at Hungarian Norwegian Bilateral Cooperation Research Conference & Knowledge Exchange February 2018, Budapest István György Tóth TÁRKI Social Research Institute

2 Introduction Research interest and publications Ideas for cooperation

3 Field: applied social research Size: ~ 25 staff + contracted experts History Form Founded in 1985 In current form: since 1998 Independent, non-government TÁRKI Fact Sheet Ownership: Hungarian, management & employees (current and previous), 100% incorporated, shareholding company, unlisted, SME Specificity: own fieldwork apparatus Tarki group members: Tárki Foundation (Data Archive, CESSDA member, research support) Kopint-TÁRKI (affiliated company, specialized in economy, business cycle, sectoral studies)

4 people

5 interests

6 Project elements/cycle and types of deliverables coordin ation design data Output Research design Amount and combination of inputs varies by projects Second ary researc h processi ng Project coordinatio n, quality assurance Secondary data analysis Output, deliverable (dataset, research report, service, etc) Genuine research, literature review, etc Primary data collection Data processing Output design data Output Seconda ry Output data processi ng data proces sing

7 Types of projects by client/partners Large international EU (Horizon2020 and ERC) founded projects with many international partners (list on next slide) Specific international projects (single or multiple agency contracts with various intnl agencies) clients: EU DGs, UN, UNICEF, WB National, scientific projects NKFIH (National Research Fund) researches Other national projects (scientific and commercial) Data collection projects (where data is input to a research done by others)

8 Recent EU research programs INGRID - Inclusive Growth Infrastructure Diffusion, FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES , Project number: More: brings together 17 academic partners ( ). Goal: to provide the European scientific community with new and better opportunities to fulfil its key role in the development of evidence-based European policies on Inclusive Growth. Tárki lead the poverty research pillar within InGRID. Within the framework of the first stage, Tárki has developed IPOLIS - an Integrated Poverty and Living Conditions Indicator System. The indicator database relies on the concept of quality of life and includes children, young people and the elderly. InGRID2 - A second stage of the project, launched in May, Within this phase, the database will be expanded and will also include vulnerable groups as migrants and Roma. The successful visiting program also continues. PRIVMORT - Privatisation and Mortality Crisis in Post-Communism: A Multi-Level indirect demographic Analysis, "Ideas" Specific Programme, Grant.agreement no.: ( ). Lead by Cambridge University, the international consortium investigated patterns and reasons of mortality change in three countries (Belorussia, Hungary and Russia). Tarki coordinated large scale empirical surveys in the three countries. IMPROVE - Poverty Reduction in Europe: Social Policy and Innovation, FP7-SSH , Grant agreement nr More: ( ) The research developed new tools for monitoring poverty, social policy and social innovative practices. For the first time reference budgets were computed for several member states using a single theoretical framework and a consistent methodology. Tárki lead work packages on measurement and indicators of poverty and on the situation of the Roma.

9 Recent EU research programs (2) STYLE - Strategic Transitions for Youth Labour in Europe, Project number: More: ongoing since 2014 with 24 consortium partners, an international advisory network and local advisory boards of employers, unions, policy makers and NGOs from over 20 European countries. The STYLE project, run for 42 months, examined the obstacles and opportunities affecting youth employment in Europe. TARKI, as a main partner of the consortium, lead (jointly with the University of Turin) WP8 FAMILY (Family and Cultural Drivers of Youth Unemployment and Adulthood Transitions). GINI - Growing Inequalities' Impacts, SSH-CT More: The project was a major European-wide study on the impact of growing inequalities, coordinated by University of Amsterdam. Results are summarized in two volumes on Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries by Oxford University Press. Social Situation Observatory - Income Distribution and Living Conditions ( ) A consortium lead by Applica, Brussels (having TÁRKI, Essex University and Eurocentre, Vienna) produced annual monitoring reports on trends of income distribution and social inclusion in Europe. More: CONCORDIA discors - Understanding Conflict and Integrations Outcomes of Inter-Group Relations and integration Policies in selected Neighbourhoods of Five European Cities, HOME/2009/EIFX/CA/1827. More: EUBORDERREGIONS, -European Regions, EU External Borders and the Immediate Neighbours. Analysing Regional Development Options Through Policies and Parctices of Cross-Border Co-operation, FP7-SSH , Grant agreement nr More:

10 Data Collection Own interviewer network - 13 regional instructors, 160 interviewers - PAPI, CAPI, CATI, Web-based surveys - Call-Center National and regional surveys - regular (quarterly) omnibus surveys - subnational targeted surveys - special/filtered subpopulation surveys Hungarian and international cooperations - regular opinion polling, values studies, omnibus surveys - fielding large scientific surveys (ISSP, ESS, PrivMort, CEORG)

11 TÁRKI Data Archive Operated by Tarki foundation Cca 800 datasets TÁRKI's own surveys and other prime sources, cross-national ISSP, Eurobarometer, WVS and ESS surveys, free access for students of accredited Hungarian educational institutions Online data catalogue CESSDA membership

12 Outputs/services applied social research analysis consultancy and strategy papers developing software, producing microsimulation databases social surveys political and general opinion polls research and monitoring reports business-cycle research reports providing access to data collections

13 own publications.

14 appearances in international publications.

16 The idea: proposal for a joint Hungarian-Norwegian social research incubation project Fields of research: study of social inequality, with special focus on.. 1: The metric: going beyond incomes in inequality research (in kind benefits, services, deprivation measurement) 2: The range of inequalities. Research on poverty, on the middle classes and on the top tail (the role of the rich and oligarchic tendencies). Developing new instruments to capture hard to identify and hard to reach social groups. 3: Methods of income distribution research. (Multivariate analysis of potential drivers - decomposition techniques, dynamics of income change - longitudinal analysis, intragenerational mobility analysis, analysing policy effects: policy evaluation and social impact assesment)

17 The idea: proposal for a joint Hungarian- Norwegian social research incubation project Beneficiaries : PhD students (Norwegian and Hungarian) wishing to study the core topics via empirical research projects. Services to the beficiaries: Mentoring on - the research topics - proposal drafting - project implementation and follow-up (communication)

18 The idea: proposal for a joint Hungarian- Norwegian social research incubation project Competences offered by Tárki: Applied social research methods, survey technology, comparative studies on European social structures, research experiences on social structure in Hungary, Central and Eastern Europe and Europe in general, developments of social research infrastructures in Hungary and in Europe. Expected competences of the partner: Applied social research methods, use of administrative and survey data in social science research, comparative studies on Nordic and European social structures.

19 The idea: proposal for a joint Hungarian- Norwegian social research incubation project Advantages to the partners: - Direct, everyday cooperation with motivated PhD students and with researcher counterpats - Broadening the research portfolio Budgets, time frame, funding strategy: - To be developed jointly by partners

20 Web: Contacts In person: Budapest 1112, Budaörsi út 45. Newsletters To sign up: Orsolya Szabó On tel: tel: fax:

The Hungarian Social Reports

Social reporting in Europe Villa Vigoni Conference March 16-18, 2008 The Hungarian Social Reports István György Tóth Director Tarki Social Research Institute Budapest TÁRKI story: chronology 1985 social