As Europe’s first cross-national birth cohort study, GUIDE (Growing Up In Digital Europe) has been included in the 2021 European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Roadmap – marking it among the highest quality and most valuable research infrastructures in Europe.

LISER became a core partner of GUIDE/EuroCohort in 2020. As part of the GUIDE consortium, LISER researcher Dr. Denisa M. Sologon, will lead efforts to mobilize national expertise in the fields of longitudinal survey methodology, as well as child and youth wellbeing, thereby contributing to the European comparative capacity building.

The ground-breaking project is an accomplishment for child wellbeing research in Europe.  Set to begin around 2025, the survey will run for 25 years  as it tacks the well-being of children. In doing so, it will be an important source of high quality longitudinal statistical evidence to support the development of social policies which will enhance the wellbeing of children, young people and their families across Europe for many years to come.

The GUIDE project will provide policy makers with high quality data from which policy interventions can be developed and evaluated. This is instrumental in Europe’s goal to contribute towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals as it will offer a greater insight into topics such as poverty, health, well-being, and education.

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GUIDE/EuroCohort will be an accelerated cohort survey including a sample of new born infants as well as a sample of school age children. Both cohorts will be surveyed using a common questionnaire and data collection methodology at regular intervals until the age of 24 years. The collected data will allow a sophisticated dynamic analysis of child and young people’s well-being across Europe. As the children and young people age, an increasing amount of data will develop, which will allow to identify which national policies have made impacts and show where policy interventions can make significant improvements.