EMM Survey Registry - SSHOC Service Catalogue's Factsheets Series

Quantitative surveys play an important and imperative role in studying and learning about the integration  and  inclusion  experiences  of  ethnic  and  migrant  minorities  (EMM).  Unfortunately,  such  data  have  not  always  been  easy  to  locate  or  access  for  both  research  and  policymaking  purposes. The EMM (Ethnic and Migrant Minority) Survey Registry is, hence, a direct response to  this  challenge,  as  its  main  objective  is  to  make  quantitative  surveys  undertaken  with  EMM  populations ‘FAIR’ (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable).

The EMM Survey Registry is a free online discovery tool that displays detailed information (i.e. metadata) about existing quantitative sample-based surveys conducted with EMM populations in  Europe.  Jointly  developed  by  SSHOC,  the  COST  Action  16111  –  ETHMIGSURVEYDATA  (a  network of 200 plus EMM researchers across Europe), and the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche  (ANR)-funded  project  FAIRETHMIGQUANT,  the  EMM  Survey  Registry  promotes  the  FAIR principles and provides a concrete example of how an interdisciplinary data community can drive the creation of  a FAIR-friendly tool for the social sciences using a bottom up, collaborative approach for the benefit of a wide range of stakeholders.

The EMM Survey Registry is intended for use by researchers, policymakers, and other practitioners in their own research and/or policy-related activities. As a model of co-creation, it will also be of interest to data communities committed to making their data FAIR, to data curation actors looking to partner or connect with data producers or users for whom they can tailor their current data curation services, and to policy-makers working on open research and open data initiatives.