ANNOUNCEMENT: Two Training Workshops on the European Social Survey (ESS) and the CRONOS panel

ANNOUNCEMENT

Two Training Workshops on the European Social Survey (ESS) and the CRONOS panel: Getting to Know the Data and Its Research Potential.

Research Focus: Education, Paid Work, Family 

All interested students, PhD students, lecturers, and researchers are invited to participate in two training workshops dedicated to working with data from the European Social Survey (ESS: https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/) and CRONOS panel: https://ess.sikt.no/en/series/a46bcac5-b030-444b-9280-441ec97e1bce)/

The workshops will introduce participants to the available data from different waves of both surveys, the content of their questionnaires and the rotating modules included in the most recent waves, as well as procedures for accessing and working with the data. Participants will explore opportunities for analysing a range of social topics covered by the questionnaires of both surveys, with a special focus on using the survey data to conduct research into education, employment and family values. 

The event builds on the analysis conducted by Prof. Dr. Habil. Rumiana c of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Rumiana.Stoilova@ips.bas.bg), the academic expert on this topic within the Infra4NextGen EU project and will include also current work of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elitsa Dimitrova based on ESS. Prof. Dr. Rumiana Stoylova is a member of the Bulgarian consortium, working on the implementation of the European Social Survey (ESS-BG: http://bsa-bg.eu/bsa1/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Bulgaria-in-the-ESS-ERIC.pdf https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/country-information/bulgaria/bulgarian) and organises training workshops on using ESS data, conferences and workshops also with the support of the Bulgarian Sociological Association. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elitsa Dimitrova specialized in field of research methods in social sciences and using data on ESS worked on topics of parenthood, family, parental leave, immigration, trust in institutions.

Training Programme

Trainer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elitsa Dimitrova

1. Workshop on the European Social Survey (ESS): Getting to Know the Data and Its Research Potential

• Date: 30 October 2026
• Time: 13:00–15:00
• Venue: Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”, Rectorate, 24 Tsar Asen Street, Room 307

2. Workshop on the CRONOS Panel Study: Getting to Know the Data and Its Research Potential

• Date: 13 November 2026
• Time: 13:00–15:00
• Venue: Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”, Rectorate, 24 Tsar Asen Street, Room 307

The workshops will provide an opportunity to expand participants’ knowledge and practical skills in using data from international comparative and longitudinal studies in the social sciences. The workshops are organised as part of a project funded by NextGenerationEU. Project website: https://infra4nextgen.com/

For contacts about the workshop: 

Prof. Dr. Habil. Rumiana Stoilova – Institute of Philosophy and Sociology – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences “Rumiana.Stoilova@ips.bas.bg

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elitsa Dimitrova – Institute for Population and Human Studies & Plovdiv Univreisty “Paisii Hilendarski”: e.dimitrova@uni-plovdiv.bg

Dr. Mila Mineva – Head of the Bulgarian Sociological Association: mineva.milla@gmail.com, sociology.bsa@gmail.com

About European Social Survey (ESS) in Bulgaria:

About the members of the Bulgarian ESS team: https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/country-information/bulgaria/bulgarian

About Bulgarian Sociological Association and its partnership with the Bulgarian ESS consortium team: https://bsa-bg.eu/?page_id=2209