Research: Growing up in digital Europe
Revolutionising our understanding of child wellbeing through Europe’s first and largest longitudinal survey.
Summary
Research summary
- January 2015 – January 2053
Growing Up in Digital Europe (GUIDE) will be one of the largest surveys in Europe to track the wellbeing of children as they grow up.
GUIDE will offer unique insights into children’s lives for decades to come, helping policymakers develop more effective education, health and social policies.
The longitudinal birth cohort survey will provide data on representative samples of children from most European countries, tracking them up to 24-years-old.
It will focus on major wellbeing themes such as inequality, learning, digital life and lifestyle.
GUIDE will be one of the largest social science research tool in Europe. It is also strategically important, recognised alongside high-profile projects such as the European Social Survey and the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe.
Researchers from Manchester Met’s Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) are leading GUIDE’s development alongside colleagues at University College Dublin.
GUIDE is supported by a project to improve research into children and young people across Europe, COORDINATE.
Team
Research team
Lead researchers
- Prof Gary Pollock
- Prof Jennifer Symonds, University College Dublin
Organisations linked to GUIDE
- UNICEF
- EuroChild
- OECD
- European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
- Centerdata Research Institute
- Ipsos GmbH
- Kantar Public
- cApStAn SA
- GESIS
- Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives
- European Social Survey - European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)
- Institute for Social Studies (ZRS)
- Ivo Pilar Institute
Organisations linked to GUIDE
- University College Dublin - The Geary Institute
- The French Institute for Demographic Studies
- University of Essex - The Institute for Social and Economic Research
- University Institute of Lisbon - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
- University of Helsinki
- University of Bologna
- University College London - Centre for Longitudinal Studies
- The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- KU Leuven, HIVA - Research Institute for Work and Society
- University of Antwerp
- Tallinn University
- Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
- University of Debrecen
- University of Daugavpils
- University of Luxembourg
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- University of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
- Pompeu Fabra University
Supporters
With support from
European Union
Department for Education
Economic & Social Research Council
Contact
Contact us
For general enquiries about our Policy Evaluation and Research Unit, you can contact its director Prof Chris Fox.
