Empirical Social Sciences
Quantitative Data Research
The WWTF pilot call "Quantitative Data Research" in the field of Empirical Social Sciences was open to researchers at universities and non-university research institutions, who seek to conduct a cutting-edge interdisciplinary research projects (duration: 2 to 4 years) on the basis of large data sets on socially relevant issues. The funding range per project is € 250,000 to € 600,000. The call jury selected 7 excellent projects for funding. Additional funding opportunities were available for collaborative projects between scientists in Vienna and Lower Austria (= Joint Projects. Those proejcts are marked with an * below).
- Nadia Steiber (PI) (University of Vienna): Family outcomes of assortative mating: New insights based on couple-level survey/register data
- Andrea Weber (PI) (CEU): Mobility of Workers in the European Union
- Christian Koch (PI) (University of Vienna): Misperceptions about the welfare state: Immigration and health behavior
- Tiago Peixoto (PI) (CEU): Multiscale network modelling of migration flows in Austria
- Jesus Crespo Cuaresma (PI) (WU Wien): People-Centered Economic Modelling for Climate Policy
- Franziska Disslbacher (PI) (WU Wien): Multidimensional Social Mobility and Pathways to Upward Mobility in Austria
- Alice Kügler (PI) (CEU): Parental Leave and Career Trajectories of Men and Women in Austria
(further proects details will be published here in due course).
Funding volume: € 3,557,349
Number of applications: 55 short proposals, 19 full proposals
Awarding procdure: Selection by international expert panel, based on written reviews
Jury meeting: 25-26 May 2023
Formal decision by WWTF Board of Directors: 19 June 2023
Contact person: Michael Strassnig
Regina Riphahn (chair) | Friedrich Alexander Universität, DE
Nabanita Datta Gupta | Aarhus University, DK
Sara B. Hobolt | London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Annette Jäckle | University of Essex, UK
Bruno Lepri | Fondazione Bruno Kessler, IT
Laust H. Mortensen | University of Copenhagen, DK
Juan Manuel Rodríguez Poo | Universidad de Cantabria Inicio, ES
Rainer Winkelmann | University of Zurich, CH