This international seminar aims to provide a comparative view on research with register data in the Nordic countries and in Austria. There are several reasons why there is a strong register culture in the Nordic countries. First, there is a long tradition to collect public information. Second, unique personal identity codes were introduced early for all citizens and permanent residents. Third, several data quality studies have shown the high quality of routinely collected registers. In Austria, research with registry data is much less developed but has gained in scope and importance over the past few years, in particular with the establishment of the Austrian Micro Data Center in 2022.
Professor Mika Gissler and Minna-Liisa Luoma (THL – Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare) will outline the rationale and framework conditions for register data research in the Nordic countries. Matthias Reiter-Pázmándy (Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research) will contribute an overview of the current situation and future perspectives in Austria.
Biography
Prof. Mika Gissler, M.Soc.Sci in Economics (1989) and Statistics (1992) and Dr.Phil in Epidemiology (1999) works with the National Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland) and holds professorships at the University of Turku (Finland), the University of Oulu (Finland) and Karolinska Institutet (Sweden).
Minna-Liisa Luoma, PhD in Psychology (1996), is Chief Specialist on ageing at the National Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland) and Associate Professor at University of Jyväskylä (Finland).
Matthias Reiter-Pázmándy studied sociology and worked in market and opinion research. He is Deputy Head of the Department for Social Sciences and Humanities in the Directorate General for Scientific Research and International Relations in the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research.
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