Partners

INTERLINKS is co-ordinated by the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, a UN-affiliated research intergovernmental organisation concerned with all aspects of social welfare policy and research.

INTERLINKS is carried out by a consortium of 15 partners from universities, as well as national and international research institutes with international and interdisciplinary expertise.The consortium represents 12 EU member states – Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom – and Switzerland.

Partners are involved in other cross-national research projects and, together, we cover different welfare regimes and geographical areas. This has helped INTERLINKS to build a rich and diverse mix of experiences and practices.

Partner organisations and members of the national research teams

Austria

• European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research (Coordinator)
  Kai Leichsenring | Ricardo Rodrigues | Georg Ruppe | Manfred Huber (until autumn 2009)

Switzerland

• Ecole d’études sociales et pédagogiques
  Pierre Gobet | Elisabeth Hirsch Durrett | Marion Repetti

Denmark

• University of Southern Denmark
  Lis Wagner | Lotte Vittrup Madsen (since 2011) | Lorna Campbell (until winter 2010)

France

• Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé – IRDES
  Laure Com-Ruelle | Michel Naiditch

Finland

• National Institute for Health and Welfare - THL 
  Teija Hammar | Jan Klavus | Hennamari Mikkola | Satu Meriläinen-Porras

Germany

• Institut für Soziale Infrastruktur – ISIS
  Karl Mingot | Karin Stiehr | Hannelore Jani

• Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
  Anja Dieterich | Susanne Kümpers | Barbara Weigl

Greece

• CMT Prooptiki ltd.
• Judy Triantafillou | Tasos Mastroyiannakis | Georgios Kagialaris

Spain

• University of Valencia – ERI Polibienestar
  Stephanie Carretero | Laura Cordero (until spring 2011) | Jorge Garces

Italy

• Studio Come S.r.l.
  Patrizia Di Santo | Francesca Ceruzzi | Milena Lombardi

The Netherlands

• Vilans
  Henk Nies | Sabina Mak | Roelf van der Veen (since summer 2009) | Alice Schippers (until summer 2009)

Slovak Republic

• Institute for Labour and Family Research
  Kvetka Repkova | Rastislav Bednarik | Lydia Brichtova

Sweden

• Forum for Knowledge and Common Development, Stockholm County Council
  Gunnar Ljunggren | Thomas Emilsson

United Kingdom

• University of Kent – Centre for Health Services Studies
  Jenny Billings | Laura Holdsworth
• University of Birmingham – HSMC
  Kerry Allen | Jon Glasby