Call 7: Summer school ‘Advanced measurement of quality of working life’

Call for applicants is closed
Information on applications: 1st week of May 2018

Event report

General information

The summer school aimed at training doctoral students or early-career researchers. It was also opened to academics, policy practitioners and other interested users, providing participants with opportunities to discuss their projects and to network with leading international experts and other colleagues in the field.

The summer school took place near Paris at Noisy-Le Grand, at the Centre of Employment and Work Studies (CEET). The CEET provided and organised logistics for the week.

Objectives and preliminary programme

Quality of working life (QWL) gains a prominent interest on the public debate and especially at the European level as it is a major component of well-being. Among the research circles and across social sciences, this interest translates into a number of angles from which it is possible to tackle the issue of QWL. Indeed QWL is a multidimensional construct that encompasses the structuring aspects of the relationship between an individual and his overall working environment. As such, the QWL concept covers issues related to the work content, to the employment relationship as well as to the work environment.

The summer school was organised in different sessions covering theoretical and empirical aspects of the QWL assessment to provide both a multidisciplinary perspective and a comprehensive understanding of the concept. It put a special emphasis on methodological issues related to QWL measurement with an application, through a PC Lab dedicated to the analysis of the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS). A session dedicated to the results of several European projects addressing this topic was discussed other available data sources covering dimensions of QWL. Leading experts and scholars in this field presented the results from their research. The objective from the courses was to provide participants with a sufficient knowledge to apprehend the issue of QWL with the relevant methods and analytical tools.

Information for applicants

The summer school aimed at PhD students/postdocs/early-stage researchers and practitioners. The programme was also tailored for researchers wishing to acquire interdisciplinary competences about quality of working life.

Requirements for attending the summer school were: mastering of STATA software was required to participate in the practical exercises (a short questionnaire was sent to evaluate the level of each candidate to adapt the proposed exercises).

Participation to this summer school was free of charge and subsistence costs were taken in charge by the project. Potential participants could receive a partial reimbursement of travel costs. Further practical information was given later.

Participation is subject to InGRID-2 project’s terms and conditions for InGRID-2 summer schools.

Queries regarding the summer school and applications were sent to sylvie.hamon-cholet@lecnam.net and colette.leverne@lecnam.net