INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH

EKKE’s Institute of Social Research (ISR) is active in the following areas:

• Social and Economic Inequalities, Social Cohesion Policies, Values, Attitudes, Behaviors, Problems and Needs of Vulnerable Social Groups, Demographic Trends, Labor Market, Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship, Family and Employment, Gender Issues and Policies, Identity and Memory, Immigration, Xenophobia and Racism. 
• Design and development of social science research infrastructures for primary and secondary research, Data management with emphasis on Open and FAIR data, Social research methodologies with emphasis on large-scale international and national comparative surveys.
• Urban Social Geography, Rural Society and Social Exclusion in Rural Areas, Family Farming, Agricultural Restructuring and Employment, Environment and Environmental Organizations, Tourism and its Social Consequences.