Subject of Activities
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences is an independent, international non-profit research institute that is specialised in strategic policy analysis. The ICCR uses applied, multi-disciplinary and comparative research, with Europe defining its geographical scope. Based in Vienna, Austria, at the crossroads between West and East, its activities cover all of Europe.
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences - International (ICCR) was founded in 1986 with the aim of designing and promoting interdisciplinary and transnational research and relies on a clear comparative methodology, an interdisciplinary academic network, a flexible but disciplined organizational structure, and a multidisciplinary, skilled, international principal research staff.
Research programme
The ICCR’s research programme addresses areas it considers relevant to European development. These four areas are:
SPA: Social Policy Analysis -- Social Structures and Integration
STARS: Society, Technology and Research
EASY: Environment and Sustainability
TEA: Transport Policy Evaluation and Analysis
To generate results and analyse European developments at a meta-level, the ICCR is organising a think tank that synthesises work in the four research areas listed above:
EURO: European Developments – Policies and Politics
About ICCR
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences
The ICCR was founded in 1986 with the aim of designing and promoting interdisciplinary and transnational research.
For its research work the ICCR uses applied, multi-disciplinary and comparative research with Europe defining the geographical scope.
Our mission
To improve societies through high quality research and efficient dissemination.
Read the preserved About ICCR page →
Mission statement · About this independent site
ICCR
International
Publications and European research from the Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences, Vienna and Paris.
Economy
Society and environment
European policy and politics→
Social policy analysis→
Social structures→
EU research projectsProjects
EUROPUB · ALP-NET · ACTIVAGE
ECHP · EURO-COOP · AGORA
Publications
Broadsheet, the ICCR book series and Innovation – The European Journal of Social Science Research.
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Events
Conferences, seminars and workshops→
Foresight
A foresight exercise to help forward thinking in transport and sectoral policy integration→
About ICCR
History, mission and research programme→EUROPUB
Monitoring indicators · preserved research records