Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research

The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) in Esch-Belval is a public institution for social research that has been operating independently since 1989 under the supervision of the Luxembourg Ministry of Education and Research .

In 1978, Gaston Schaber and six other researchers founded the Groupe d'étude pour les problemèmes de la pauvreté (GEPP) to conduct international comparative studies on poverty as part of the first EU poverty reduction program. In 1982 she became Ceps , three years later the research institute Center d'études de populations, de pauvreté et de politiques socio-économiques / International Network for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development (CEPS / INSTEAD). The institute was renamed the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) in 2015 following a legal reform .

Since then, LISER has acquired scientific expertise in data collection and quality control in this area. A special focus here is the transnational comparability of the data, which is also supported by the lively exchange in international research networks.

tasks

The LISER has the following tasks:

1. Carry out selective and long-term studies on the population, poverty and socio-political issues
2. to create, manage and evaluate national and international comparative databases
3. Develop analytical instruments, model tools and simulations
4. To develop and improve IT tools
5. To create and maintain interregional and international networks for the exchange of information about technologies, the environment and development alternatives
6. to operate a corresponding postgraduate training in connection with the tasks mentioned.

The international training program IMPALLA on offer, in cooperation with various universities, leads to the Master in Social Policy Analysis , a higher academic degree in the comparative analysis of social policy ( International Comparative Social Policy Analysis ).

Research areas

The institute is divided into several research units.

• Marché du Travail (labor market)

• Conditions de Vie (living conditions)

• Développement urbain et mobilité (Urban Development & Mobility)

Web links

• LISER homepage
• Observatoire de l'habitat Housing market observation (on behalf of the Ministry of Housing)
• History ( Memento from July 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Professor Gaston Schaber has died. Luxemburger Wort , March 30, 2010.
2. ↑ LISER: Le center (French)
3. ^ Gaston Schaber: CEPS / INSTEAD.
4. ↑ Welcome to the IMPALLA website! ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Marché du Travail
6. ^ Conditions de Vie.
7. ↑ Développement urbain et mobilité