TransEurope Short Visit and Exchange Grants
The TransEurope Programme fosters the establishment and expansion of international cooperation of senior and junior scientists for research related to the programme's objectives by offering grants for 5- to 15-day research visits.
This page gives an overview of already completed research exchanges and exchanges underway. For any questions regarding the exchange grants please contact the Programme Coordinator Dirk Hofaecker.
Short visit grants
| Applicant | Dr. Dirk Hofäcker, State Institute for Family Research, Bamberg, Germany |
| Cooperation Partner | Heike Schröder, Middlesex University, United Kingdom |
| Project title | HRM towards Older Workers Under Varying Institutional Contexts: Comparing German and British Firm Panel Data |
| Time | Feb 16-20, 2009 |
| Applicant | Dr. Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, Middlesex University, UK |
| Cooperation Partner | State Institute for Family Research, Bamberg, Germany |
| Project title | Young British Graduates' Conceptualizations of 'Work-Life Balance' |
| Time | Jun 21-27, 2009 |
| Applicant | Dr. Dirk Hofäcker, University of Bamberg, Germany |
| Cooperation Partner | Dr. Uracha Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, London, United Kingdom &Dr. Matthew Flynn, London, United Kingdom |
| Project title | Globalization, Flexibilization and the Life Course: The case of Britain |
| Time | Jan 15-20, 2010 |
| Applicant | Dr. Sonia Bertolini, University of Turin, Italy |
| Cooperation Partner | Dr. Dirk Hofäcker, Bamberg, Germany & Professor Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Bamberg, Germany |
| Project title | Transnationalisation, Rising Uncertainty and its Effects on Early Employment and Family Lives- A Pan-European Comparison |
| Time | January 25-30, 2010 |
| Applicant | Anja Abendroth, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Cooperation Partner | State Institute for Family Research, Bamberg, Germany |
| Project title | Social Support and Working Hours of Mothers in Europe |
| Time | Jan 26-30, 2010 |
| Applicant | Dr. Roberto Rizza, University of Bologna, Italy |
| Cooperation Partner | State Institute for Family Research, Bamberg, Germany, & Prof. Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Dr. Dirk Hofäcker , Bamberg , Germany |
| Project title | Occupational insecurity and growing inequalities. The Italian case |
| Time | February 9-13, 2010 |
| Applicant | Sonja Bergström, Observatory for Social Change, Sciences Po, France |
| Cooperation Partner | Professor Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Dr. Andreas Schmitz, Bamberg, Germany |
| Project title | Comparative Research on Social Homophily in Online Dating |
| Time | July 5-17, 2010 |
| Applicant | Rumiana Stoilova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia |
| Cooperation Partner | Professor Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Dr. Dirk Hofäcker, Bamberg, Germany |
| Project title | Role of the Welfare state and gender sensitive value orientations for an effective Gender Equality |
| Time | August 15-30, 2010 |
| Applicant | Jana Chaloupkova, Charlesa University, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Cooperation Partner | State Institute for Family Research, Bamberg, Dr. Dirk Hofäcker |
| Project title | Patterns of family life courses in Europe - between standardization and diversity |
| Time | Sep 13-17, 2010 |
| Applicant | Anna Baranowska, Warsaw, Poland |
| Cooperation Partner | Institute for Family Research / Chair of Sociology, Bamberg University |
| Project title | Changing patterns of entry into employment and motherhood in Poland - a cross cohort comparison |
| Time | November/December 2007 |
| Applicant | Dr. Melinda Mills, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Cooperation Partner | University of Linz, Vienna Institute of Demography |
| Project title | Economic and Occupational Insecurity and its Consequences in a Comparative Perspective |
| Time | December 2007 |
| Applicant | Heike Schröder, London, United Kingdom |
| Cooperation Partner | Institute for Family Research / Chair of Sociology, Bamberg University |
| Project title | Corporate Human Resource Management and employment careers of older workers: Germany and Britain compared |
| Time | May 2008 |
| Applicant | Triin Roosalu (Tallin, Institute of international and Social Studies, Estonia) |
| Cooperation Partner | University of Bamberg, Chair of Sociology |
| Project title | Fluctuations in Ideologies Towards Work: Working Time Flexibility in Estonia |
| Time | October 2008 |
| Applicant | Dr. Sonia Bertolini (Department of Social Sciences, University of Turin) |
| Cooperation Partner | Annika Jabsen, State Institute for Family Research, Bamberg, Germany. |
| Project title | Labour market flexibilization and transition to adult life |
| Time | January 2009 |
| Applicant | Mieke Jansen, Brussels, Belgium |
| Cooperation Partner | Chair of Sociology I, Bamberg University, Germany |
| Project title | Employment insecurity and family formation in times of globalization |
| Time | January 2009 |
| Applicant | Julia Marold, Bamberg, Germany |
| Cooperation Partner | Dr. Mona Larsen, SFI, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Project title |
Human Resource Management towards Older Workers under Varying Institutional Contexts – Comparing German and British Firm Panel Data
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| Time | February 2009 |
| Applicant | Valentina Goglio (University of Turin) |
| Cooperation Partner | Dirk Hofäcker, Annika Jabsen (State Institute for Family Research, Bamberg university) |
| Project title | Could Regional Universities Promote early Entry into the Labour Market and fight Uncertainty? |
| Time |
January 2009
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Research Exchange Grants
| Applicant | Willemijn Looman, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Cooperation Partner | Professor Jonathan Gershuny, Centre of Time Use Research, University of Oxford & Dr. Kimberly Fisher, Centre of Time Use Research, University of Oxford |
| Project title | Time Pressure and Inequality: an International Comparison |
| Time | January 7 - January 30 2010 |
| Applicant | Gina Potarca, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Cooperation Partner | Dr. Laurent Lesnard, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, Sciences Po, France |
| Project title | Partnership and Fertility Dynamics across Europe: A Comparative Study |
| Time | Feb 1 - 28, 2010 |
| Applicant | Eve-Liis Roosma, University of Tallin, Estonia |
| Cooperation Partner | Professor Michael Tåhlin, SOFI – Social Research Institute, University of Stockholm, Sweden |
| Project title | Participation in Job-Related Training: EU15 and New European Union Member States |
| Time | February 1 - 22, 2010 |
| Applicant | Silvia Maja Melzer, Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany |
| Cooperation Partner | Are migrants happier? Considering the Influence of the Migration on Life Satisfaction on the example of East and West Germany |
| Project title | Participation in Job-Related Training: EU15 and New European Union Member States |
| Time | 22 March – 19 April 2010 |
| Applicant | Adriana Duta, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Cooperation Partner | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECDE) Mr. Andres Vikat , Geneva 10, Switzerland |
| Project title | Occupational and gender inequalities in work to family conflict |
| Time | June 17 - July 2, 2010 |
| Applicant | Frank Wanders, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Cooperation Partner | Professsor Gunnar Andersson & Dr. Ann-Zofie Duvander, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Project title | A cross-national study between Holland and Sweden on parental daycare assessment |
| Time | August 1 - 22, 2010 |
| Applicant | Katia Begall, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Cooperation Partner | Pedagogical University of Talinn, Estonia |
| Project title | Equality and Flexibility – Fertility in Europe |
| Time | January 2008 |
| Applicant | Julia Marold, Bamberg, Germany |
| Cooperation Partner | Danish National Centre for Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Project title | The effects of globalization on the employment life of older Danish workers and their retirement income |
| Time | August 2008 |
| Applicant | Femke Munniksma, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Cooperation Partner | Dr. Elke Valgaeren, Diepenbeek, Belgium |
| Project title | Equal opportunities in the Flemish society |
| Time | December 2008/January 2009 |
| Applicant | Marii Paskov, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Cooperation Partner | Chair of Sociology I, Bamberg University, Germany |
| Project title | Inequality of Uncertainty in the Euroepan Union |
| Time | December 2008/January 2009 |
| Applicant | Andreas Schmitz, Bamberg, Germany |
| Cooperation Partner | Prof. Jeroen Vermunt, Tilburg University, The Netherlands |
| Project title | Making use of longitudinal web data to asses patterns of partnership formation - finite mixture model approaches to reciprocal interaction |
| Time | December 2008/January 2009 |
2010-07-14
Programme for ECSR/QMSS2/TransEurope 2010 conference
The programme for the Joint ECSR/QMSS2/TransEurope Conference in Bamberg from September 30-October 2, 2010 is now online. Please visit the Conference Website for further details.
2010-07-14
Travel and exchange grants
The list of travel and exchange grants has been updated.
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2010-01-28
Announcement - Workshop in Turin, 2010
From June 18-19, 2010, the European Science Foundation (ESF) TransEurope Programme will organize a two-day Young Researcher Workshop, entitled "Flexibilzation and Changing Life Course Patterns in a Globalizing Europe" at the University of Turin, Italy. Applications are welcome.
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2010-01-25
Joint Conference 2010: ECSR, QMSS2 and TransEurope
From September 30-October 2nd 2010, the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR) and the European Science Foundation (ESF) Social Science Networking Programmes "TransEurope - Transnationalisation and Changing Life Course Inequalities" and "Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMS...
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2010-01-24
Report: 3rd Yearly Workshop 2009 in Tallinn, Estonia
From September 4-5, 2009 the organized its third yearly workshop in Tallinn, Estonia focusing on the effects of globalization and transnationalization on women’s employment and family transitions. The workshop, organized by Prof. Ellu Saar and her team at the University of Tallinn, was attended by a...
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2010-01-23
Report: 2nd Young Researcher Workshop 2009 in Groningen
From October 15-18, the ESF Social Science Networking Programmes "TransEurope" and "Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS) 2" joined forces to organize both a two-day seminar as well as a Young Researcher Workshop, dealing with "Advances in Fertility and Family Research".
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2009-10-09
Official Programme Book (Estonia 2009) now online!
The programme book on the TransEurope workshop 2009 at the University of Tallinn (Estonia, September 2009) is now online.
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2009-06-25
CfP - Advances in Fertility and Family Research
The Call for Papers for the TransEurope Junior Resaercher workshop on "Advances in Fertility and Family Research" is online!
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2009-06-15
TransEurope Sessions at the 21st SASE Annual Meeting in Paris, July 2009
The TransEurope Network organizes three separate sessions at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) in Paris from July 16-18. The sessions will focus on the consequences of globalization and transnationalization for both early careers and family formatio...
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2009-06-15
TransEurope Sessions at the 29th IAGG World Congress in Paris, July 2009
The TransEurope Network organizes a session on "older workers under globalization" at the 29th World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Paris from July 5-9.
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2009-06-15
Working papers - Update
The list of working papers has been updated.
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2009-06-15
Second Young Researcher workshop
The TransEurope Network organizes a second Young Researcher workshop at Bamberg University in July 24-25, 2009.
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2009-02-20
Call for Papers - Workshop 2009
Call for Papers started for the 3rd TransEurope Workshop in Tallinn/Estonia, September 4-5 2009
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2009-02-19
Report from Young Researchers Workshop
On January 29th, 2009, a TransEurope Young Researchers Workshop took place at Bamberg University. Read the report now!
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2009-02-19
The list of working papers has been updated
The list of working papers has been updated.
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2009-02-19
The list of travel grants has been updated
The list of travel grants has been updated
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2008-12-22
Update - Travel and Exchange Grants / Working Papers
The List of TransEurope Travel and Exchange Grants as well as the Working Paper Section have been updated.
2008-11-18
Update - Travel and Exchange Grants
The List of TransEurope Travel and Exchange Grants has been updated!
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2008-11-17
Report about TransEurope workshop 2008 now online!
A report about the recent TransEurope workshop on "Transnationalization, globalization and their Effects on mid-career mobility transitions" in Stockholm on Sept 5-6, 2008 is now online!
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2008-08-01
The Flexibilisation of Employment in Europe - Report
A report about the recent conference on "The Flexibilisation of Employment in Europe", that was jointly organised by the TransEurope Network and the Jean Monnet Chair for European Studies, is now online!
2008-08-01
Update - Travel and Exchange Grants
The List of TransEurope Travel and Exchange Grants has been updated!
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2008-05-21
TransEurope Network's session at 38th World Congress of IIS
The details for the TransEurope Network's session at the 38th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology in Budapestare are now available!
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2008-05-06
2nd TransEurope Workshop on Mid-Career Mobility, Stockholm, September 5-6, 2008
The 2nd TransEurope Workshop in Stockholm will take place at Stockholm University on September 5-6, 2008. The topic of the workshop will be "Transnationalisation, Globalization and their effects on mid-career mobility transitions".
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2008-02-15
Reports of Conference and Summer School online
The European Science Foundation (ESF) TransEurope Research Network and the European Consortium for Social Research (ECSR) joined forces to host a two-day conference and a summer school in Groningen, the Netherlands. The reports are available online now.
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2007-12-14
TransEurope Session at the 38th IIS World Congress in Budapest, June 26-30 (2008)
The TransEurope Network will organise an open session at the 38th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology in Budapest, taking place from June 26-30, 2008.
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2007-12-13
List of TransEurope Travel and Exchange Grants online!
2007-12-10
GlobalIndex data and Documentation are online!
The GlobalIndex constitutes a key result of collaborative TransEurope research in Programme Year I. It is a new and innovative aggregated index measure designed to capture the phenomenon of globalization on four separate dimensions for 97 countries in the time period 1970-2002.
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2007-07-04
Programme of conference online
The Programme of the Joint ECSR/TransEurope Conference "Globalization, Social Inequality and the Life Course" is now online. It can be downloaded here
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2007-04-12
Presentation of TransEurope Research at the 19th SASE Meeting in Copenhagen, June 28-30
TransEurope Network members will present and openly discuss first results of their comparative research work at the 19th International Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), entitled "Changing Political Economies: Macro trends and micro experiments".
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2007-01-26
Announcement of Transeurope/ECSR Summer School and Conference
The Social Sciences Research Network TransEurope Project and the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ecsr) are glad to announce two major international scientific events in August/September 2007.
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2006-11-09
The TransEurope Website is online!
After several weeks of development we are proud to present the website of the TransEurope-project.
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