Projet ESSGN (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The European Social Science Genetics Network (ESSGN) brings together seven academic beneficiaries with a shared interest in social science genetics, i.e., in incorporating genetic information to improve our understanding of age-old questions in the social sciences, such as the origins of inequality, the ‘nature versus nurture’ debate, and the extent to which the interplay between environments and genes is important in shaping individuals’ lives. The consortium consists of an interdisciplinary group of academics, as well as seven non-academic partners committed to using data science to address inequalities in life chances. There is an urgent need for training in social science genetics due to recent technological advances in genetics, the intricacies of using genetic data, and the growing availability of such data in surveys traditionally studied by social scientists. Our aim is to train the next generation of social scientists in the responsible and technically correct use of genetic data and in objective communication about what can and cannot be learned from working with genetic data in the social sciences. The project will go beyond the state-of-the-art (i) by using Europe’s most comprehensive multigenerational databases to separate direct genetic effects from parental genetic and socio-economic factors that shape the rearing environment; and (ii) by exploiting the large toolbox of causal inference methods used in econometrics and statistics to estimate the extent to which environments causally protect individuals with genetic disadvantages. We will (1) analyse to what extent genetic (‘nature’) and environmental (‘nurture’) factors contribute to equality of opportunity and intergenerational mobility, and (2) establish how nature and nurture jointly shape inequalities in life chances. As such, our programme of research provides novel and exciting opportunities to social scientists to deepen our understanding of how inequalities in life chances are shaped.

Mots clés : social science genetics, inequalities

Participants :
- Prometeia societa per azioni (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Bologne (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 518875.2 €
- Académie royale néerlandaise des arts et des sciences (Pays-Bas) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Stichting centerdata (Pays-Bas) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- RAND Europe (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université libre d'Amsterdam (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 548740.8 €
- Université Érasme de Rotterdam (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 548740.8 €
- Université d'Oslo (Norvège) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 595497.6 €
- Université de Bristol (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Société Max-Planck pour le développement des sciences (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 159218.4 €
- Université d'Uppsala (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 293709.6 €
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (France) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université d'Oxford (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Health Foundation (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €