Internationally comparative analyses of the social structure and living
conditions, of attitudes and values as well as of trends and processes of social
change have been of growing importance throughout recent years. Therefore the participation in
international projects is a major focus of the Social Indicators Research Centre's
research.
Currently, the Social Indicators Research Centre is involved in two international
research projects. The first is called "Comparative
Charting of Social Change" (CCSC). It started in 1987 and compares recent
social trends in industrialised societies. The second is the Changequal
Network (Economic Change, Unequal Life-Chances and Quality of Life), financed by the European Commission.
The
main focus of the centre's comparative research activities lies on the development
of a 'European
System of Social Indicators' (EUSI) and on comparative analyses of welfare and socio-structural change in Europe.
Selected Publications:
Noll, Heinz-Herbert und Roberts, Lance
The Legitimacy of Inequality on Both Sides of the Atlantic. A Comparative
Analysis of Attitudes in Canada and Germany. In: The Tocqueville Review/La Revue
Tocqueville, Vol XXIV, 2003 (2), S. 153-189.
Christoph, Bernhard, Noll, Heinz-Herbert
Subjective Well-Being in the
European Union during the 1990ies. In: Social Indicators
Research, Special Issue Vol. 64, 2003, S.521-546.
Noll, Heinz-Herbert, Weick, Stefan, 2003: Qualität der deutschen Arbeitsplätze im europäischen Vergleich allenfalls Durchschnitt. Analysen zur Wahrnehmung und Bewertung der Arbeitssituation in Deutschland und der EU.
In: Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren
(ISI), 30, S. 6-10.
Berger-Schmitt,
Regina, 2003: Geringere familiale Pflegebereitschaft bei der jüngeren
Generation. Analysen zur Betreuung und Pflege alter Menschen in den Ländern der
Europäischen Union. In: Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren
(ISI), 29, S. 12-15.
Noll, Heinz-Herbert, Weick, Stefan, 2002: Informelle Kontakte für Zugang zu Jobs wichtiger als Arbeitsvermittlung. Prozesse der Arbeitssuche und Stellenfindung im europäischen Vergleich.
In: Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren
(ISI), 28, S. 6-10.
Berger-Schmitt, Regina, 2002:
Unterschiede in den Lebensbedingungen innerhalb der europäischen Union
kaum verringert. Indikatoren zur Entwicklung der sozialen Kohäsion in
Europa von der Mitte der 80er bis zum Ende der 90er Jahre. In: Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren
(ISI), 27, S. 1-5.
Berger-Schmitt, Regina: Social Cohesion between the Member States of the European Union: Past Developments and Prospects for an Enlarged Union. In: Czech Sociological
Review, Vol 38 (2002), No. 6:
S.721-748.
Lemel, Yannick, Noll, Heinz-Herbert (eds.), 2002: Changing Structures
of Inequality. A Comparative Perspective. Montreal et al.: McGill-Queens University
Press.
Noll, Heinz-Herbert, 1997: Wohlstand, Lebensqualität und Wohlbefinden in den Ländern
der Europäischen Union. In: S. Hradil und S. Immerfall (Hg.), Die
westeuropäischen Gesellschaften im Vergleich. Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
Noll, Heinz-Herbert, Langlois, Simon 1994: Employment and Labour Market
Change: Toward two Models of Growth. In: S. Langlois (ed.): Convergence
or Divergence? Comparing Recent Social Trends in Industrial Societies.
Series Comparative Charting of Social Change, Vol. V. Frankfurt a.M. und
Montreal: Campus Verlag and McGill-Queens University Press, pp. 89-113.
