Datasets
SOLID relies on extensive data collection. An innovative methodology has been developed for coding qualitative data on policy episodes: Policy Process Analysis (PPA). This method systematically records and evaluates various features of policy debates across space, time, and issue areas. PPA enables the comparative study of decision-making processes that take place within bounded units of analysis, or what we call policy episodes. PPA incorporates into a single framework the constitutive elements of such policy episodes – including actors’ positions and relations, activities taking place in different policy making arenas and at different levels of governance, which allows for theoretical and empirical synthesis on a large scale. We have completed collecting PPA data for two of the crises in our project, the refugee crisis (covering five-six key policy episodes in eight countries and the EU over the 2013-2020 period) and the COVID crisis (covering the three waves of the crisis from 2020 to 2021 in eight countries and the EU).
Here’s the list of datasets available through SOLID’s research
Election Campaigns
| Short description | National election campaigns in 15 countries | National election campaigns in 6 countries, EU issues only | EP election campaigns in 6 countries | EP election campaigns in 6 countries, EU issues only |
| Dataset name | poldem-election_all | poldem-election_eu | poldem-ep-election_all | poldem-ep-election_eu |
| Status | released | released | soon available | soon available |
| Additional datasets | poldem-election_eu_aggregated | |||
| Country selection | 15 European countries (Northwest, South, and Central-East) | 6 countries (Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland) | 5 countries (Austria, Britain, France, Germany, and Sweden) | 5 countries (Austria, Britain, France, Germany, and Sweden) |
| Time span | 2000s to 2017 (all countries); 1970s to 2017 (selected countries) | 1970 to 2010 | 1994 to 2019 | 1994 to 2019 |
| Source | National newspapers | National newspapers | National newspapers | National newspapers |
| Issue scope | All issues | European integration | All issues | European integration |
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How to cite:
| poldem-election_all | Kriesi, Hanspeter, Grande, Edgar, Hutter, Swen, Altiparmakis, Argyrios, Borbáth, Endre, Bornschier, Simon, Bremer, Björn, Dolezal, Martin, Frey, Tim, Gessler, Theresa, Helbling, Marc, Hoeglinger, Dominic, Lachat, Romain, Lorenzini, Jasmine, Malet, Giorgio, Vidal, Guillem, and Wüest, Bruno. 2020. PolDem-National Election Campaign Dataset, Version 1 |
| poldem-election_eu, _aggregated | Grande, Edgar, Hutter, Swen, Kriesi, Hanspeter, Dolezal, Martin, Hellström, Johan, and Maag, Simon 2020. PolDem-National Election Campaign Dataset on EU issues, Version 1 |
Protest Events
| Short description | Protest events in 30 countries | Protest events in 6 countries | Protest events in 6 countries, EU issues only |
| Dataset name | poldem-protest_30 | poldem-protest_6 | poldem-protest_eu |
| Status | released | released | released |
| Country selection | 30 European countries | 6 countries (Austria, Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland) | 6 countries (Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland) |
| Time span | 2000 to 2015 | 1975 to 2011 | 1995 to 2010 |
| Source | English-language news wires | National newspapers | National newspapers |
| Issue scope | All issues | All issues | All issues |
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How to cite:
| poldem-protest_30 | Kriesi, Hanspeter, Wüest, Bruno, Lorenzini, Jasmine, Makarov, Peter, Enggist, Matthias, Rothenhäusler, Klaus, Kurer, Thomas, Häusermann, Silja, Patrice Wangen, Altiparmakis, Argyrios, Borbáth, Endre, Bremer, Björn, Gessler, Theresa, Hunger, Sophia, Hutter, Swen, Schulte-Cloos, Julia, and Wang, Chendi. 2020. PolDem-Protest Dataset 30 European Countries, Version 1 |
| poldem-protest_6 | Kriesi, Hanspeter, Grande, Edgar, Dolezal, Martin, Helbing, Marc, Höglinger, Dominic, Hutter, Swen, and Wüest, Bruno. 2020. PolDem-Protest Dataset 6 European Countries, Version 1 |
| poldem-protest_eu | Grande, Edgar, Hutter, Swen, Kriesi, Hanspeter, Dolezal, Martin, Hellström, Johan, and Maag, Simon 2020. PolDem-Protest Dataset on EU issues, Version 1 |