Data-driven insights for EU youth policy: Make it Strong!
15 July 2026
Venue: Online
Webinar
This webinar explored how social science data curated by Infra4NextGen can be used to study policy relevant questions around the NextGenerationEU programme, and presented examples of communicating these research findings in a clear and accessible way.
Winners of the latest Infra4NextGen Datathon presented their work showing how data analysis can inform EU youth policy.
Focusing on the NextGenEU Make it Strong theme, questions like educational fairness, gender gaps in career paths, career opportunities for young people, multi-dimensional vulnerabilities and inter-generational inequality were covered.
After completing this webinar, participants will:
- understand the intersection of data science, effective communication, and policy-making
- have a better understanding of the Infra4NextGen data available
- know examples of target-oriented communication of research findings
Speakers:
- Julia Geistberger (AUSSDA | Vienna University Library)
Datathon #3 winners:
- Martin Velichkov (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
- Jakub Adamski (University of Lodz)
- Liva Haque (University of Pécs)
- Danny Himes (Stockholm University)
- Benjamin Müller (University of Innsbruck)
This webinar was interpreted into American Sign Language (ASL).
Presentation slides available on Zenodo:
- Geistberger, J.& Hirsch, L. (2026, July 24). Data-driven insights for EU youth policy: Make it Strong!. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21529822
This event was organised by AUSSDA – The Austrian Social Science Data Archive for CESSDA – Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives.





