1. EQUALSOC Economic Change, Quality of Life, and Social Cohesion EQUALSOC Research Area 2.1.2: Social Cohesion in a Knowledge-based society Coordinator: Robert Erikson (SOFI, Stockholm)

2. Participants Follow-up on CHANGEQUAL: originally 5 participants 14 institutes from 11 countries Associated Experts from 12 countries Total: 16 countries Approx 155 researchers; approx. 60 students

3. Participants SOFI Stockholm AIAS Amsterdam CNRS Paris U. di Trento ESRI Dublin HAS Budapest MZES, Mannheim Nuffield College, Oxford Unimib Bicocca Milano UPF Barcelona U. Torino U. Tartu WZB Berlin CSB Antwerp

4. Theme Social cohesion in the knowledge-based society: –Employment and the labour market (EMPLOY) –Income distribution, consumption, and income mobility (INCDIS) –Education, social mobility and social cohesion (EDUC) –Family and social networks (FAMNET) –Cultural and social differentiation (SOCCULT) –Trust, associability and legitimacy (TRALEG)

5. Activities Within-group: –Group-specific workshops –Visitorships Across groups: –Thematic cross-cutting workshops –Large network conferences –Data support and coordination Training: –Summer school –Methodology workshops –Student exchanges Dissemination: –Policy workshops –Website –Newsletter