Infra4NextGen #1 - introducing the project

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Infra4NextGen (I4NG) is a major project funded by the European Commission which began in March 2024.

The four-year project is bringing together outputs from key social science research infrastructures to help inform the NextGenerationEU programme and European Union youth policy.

The project has involved a large range of organisations and universities including quite a few in the UK.

NextGenerationEU aims for Europe ‘to build a greener, more digital and more resilient future’ with a focus on five key areas: 
  • Make it Green; 
  • Make it Digital; 
  • Make it Healthy; 
  • Make it Strong; and 
  • Make it Equal.
In each of these five areas, I4NG is re-purposing and customising existing research services to support the five themes of NextGenerationEU.

The project is being co-ordinated by the European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) and includes the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA ERIC), the European Values Study (EVS) and the Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) at its core.

To date, a great deal of work has been done to harmonise data from a huge range of sources and EU-wide surveys, particularly amongst young people. The millions of pieces of data were previously largely hidden from view in research archives but will now be accessible to all. The results can then be used to inform actions and decision making at a local level.

Those able to make use of the data will eventually include teachers of different age groups, who will be supported with training materials and resources - to connect the data and the tool to curriculum topics.

The educational tool (E-NextGen) will allow data to be used in classrooms (by teachers and students) and also by the general public. 

This tool (and associated materials) is being developed by the European Association of Geographers EUROGEO and Tilburg University. 

The tool include interactive maps, infographics, blog posts, short research notes and the ability for users to position themselves on the five themes.

The tool begins to open up the archives for others to use - with more to come.

The tool that has been created can be viewed here.

Why not take an initial look...

There are further outputs from this project to come.

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