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Papers by Dragana Avramov

Part 1 Poverty, social exclusion and homelessness: weakening and breaking of social ties - analys... more Part 1 Poverty, social exclusion and homelessness: weakening and breaking of social ties - analysis of explanatory factors free markets, poverty and social exclusion theoretical uses and misuses of the notion of exclusion homelessness and the housing factor - learning from the debate on homelessness and poverty conclusion and policy implications. Part 2 The research of homelessness - data and methodology: data sources on homelessness and data necessary for needs-based research annual survey on homelessness in Finland - definitions and methodological aspects existing and proposed data gathering systems in the Netherlands concerning the homeless living in the streets of Vienna - the methodology of the 1993 ICCR study the homeless in Paris -a representative sample survey of users of services for the homeless using "capture-recapture" to estimate the size of the homeless population US homeless research during the 1980s and early 1990s - approaches, lessons learned and methodologcial options conclusions and policy implications. Part 3 Value and policies in relation to homelessness: regimes of social policy in Europe and the patterning of homelessness different policy and homelessness - the Danish case housing policy and homelessness in Finland conclusions and policy implications. Part 4 Services for homeless people - needs and provisions: social emergency -between myth and reality the heterogeneity of homelessness and the consequences for service provision temporary accommodation for homeless people in Germany with special focus on the provision for immigrants and assylum seekers urgent accommodation shelters for homeless people in Greece - who provides services and who uses them? reflections on homelessness as seen from an institution for the homeless in Copenhagen conclusions and policy implications. Part 5 The research agenda: reflections on needs for future research.

Summary results are given for the 1991 (Flemish region) and the 1992/93 (Brussels region) Belgian... more Summary results are given for the 1991 (Flemish region) and the 1992/93 (Brussels region) Belgian Fertility and Family Life Survey. Interviews were conducted among 2897 women and 1327 men born between 1951 and 1970 in the Flemish region and 3200 French- and Dutch-speaking nationals and immigrants in the Brussels region. This analysis is specific to only the Flemish data. Findings indicate that most were well informed about longterm population trends but had difficulty in associating aggregate trends with individual behavior. Respondents disapproved of modifying demographic trends and thought that government was unable to influence fertility levels. Respondents approved of pronatalist government policy policy for increasing the quality of life for parents and children and policy that was family-friendly. Interest was expressed in rewarding mothers for caring for their children in early childhood and making it easier for mothers to return to work after childbirth. Survey responses ind...

Yugoslav survey, 1986

Trends in educational status in Yugoslavia are reviewed, based on data from the 1971 and 1981 cen... more Trends in educational status in Yugoslavia are reviewed, based on data from the 1971 and 1981 censuses. The author notes that the 1981 census was the first to show the numbers of those with primary education to be greater than those with no education. Differences in educational progress by region are analyzed. The author also suggests that the areas of specialization of those proceeding to graduate studies do not correspond to the country's needs.

1. Demographic Trends, population related policies and general attitudes,- 1.1. Demographic chang... more 1. Demographic Trends, population related policies and general attitudes,- 1.1. Demographic change and family policy regimes Osmo Kontula / Ismo Soederling,- 1.2. Demographic knowledge and evaluation of demographic trends Jurgen Dorbritz,- 1.3. Who should take care for them? Expectations placed on the welfare state and its influence on attitudes towards care for the elderly Ralf Mai / Robert Naderi / Peter Schiman,- 2. Changing attitudes on population policies? A comparison between the first and second rounds of the PPAS Jurgen Dorbritz,- 3. Comparative Delphi-Study,- 3.1. 2030: Another Europe? Results from the policy-Delphi study Rossella Palomba / Pierre Dell'Anno,- 3.2. Action programs of socio-political actors. A cross-national comparision, taking account of contextual factors and opinion of the populace Alfred Bertschinger,- 3.3. Making dialogue possible: The view of Delphi panellists and citizens on female employment Adele Menneti / Maura Misiti,- 4. Gender roles,- 4.1. Fa...

In this report, we present an impact assessment of a total of 439 SSH projects funded under FP6 (... more In this report, we present an impact assessment of a total of 439 SSH projects funded under FP6 (last call) and FP7 SSH in four domains: scientific, political, social and the promotion of the European Research Area. Scientific impact refers to the publications, citation patterns, and dissemination among scientific networks, as well as further research development. Political impact means the transfer of research outcomes and political recommendations into EU and national policies, and the use of research outcomes by civil society led or other entities in their political agendas.1 Social impact occurs when there is evidence of social improvements in relation to the goals defined by legitimated political representatives which are the EU2020 targets, the objectives of the Lisbon strategy, or now the Junker's Agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change, as the result of implementing research results.2 IMPACT-EV is particularly interested in exploring the social impact tha...

The project IMPACT-EV aims to develop a permanent system for selecting, monitoring, evaluating an... more The project IMPACT-EV aims to develop a permanent system for selecting, monitoring, evaluating and comparing the impact and outcomes of European social science and humanities (SSH) research, taking into account the latest quantitative and qualitative evaluation tools, identifying new ways to implement them and exploring new standards and indicators to complement existing impact assessment processes. This report presents a review of the existing scientific literature on research evaluation procedures and the changing structure of scientific, social and political impacts of SSH research. This is a starting point for further developments and will be complemented by a comparative analysis of a number of selected SSH evaluation systems and an impact assessment of SSH European projects. Beyond that, the project will explore in depth the scientific, social, and political impacts, and the contributions of SSH research to the European Research Area (ERA), in several identified examples. It w...

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union; 2012. Report No. ISBN 978-92-79-23357-9., 2012

This chapter highlights first the rationale for evolution-based ethical choices in modernity and ... more This chapter highlights first the rationale for evolution-based ethical choices in modernity and proposes the main arguments in favour of this position. The core of this chapter concerns the identification and justification of evolution-based general ethical goals for the future. Two evolutionary-based prerequisites for the further development and evolution of the human species are distinguished: ecological sustainability and cultural progression of the modernisation process. The main aim is defined as the phylogenetic enhancement of the hominisation process; from this main aim five major derived objectives are inferred: the ontogenetic development of human-specific potentialities, the promotion of quality of life, the promotion of equity, the shift from competitive toward cooperative efforts, and the promotion of universalism. The rationale for each one of those general ethical goals for the future development and evolution of humankind is explained and justified on the basis of th...

Elderly households and social disadvantage ______ 1. Most of the elderly, however, live in develo... more Elderly households and social disadvantage ______ 1. Most of the elderly, however, live in developing regions of the world, but there they account for a lower proportion of the population (Cliquet and Nizamuddin, 1999).

Abstract: In this paper we use multilevel discrete-time recurrent hazard analysis to simultaneous... more Abstract: In this paper we use multilevel discrete-time recurrent hazard analysis to simultaneously model the impact of life cycle events and structural processes on poverty entry and exit across European Regions. Research questions are, (i) what is the importance of life cycle events on the road to entry into and exit from poverty, (ii) are there any differences in poverty dynamics between European Regions and if so, how can we explain these differences. The analysis is based on individual and household panel data of the European Community Household Panel linked with a regional time series database. Main findings are that men’s poverty dynamics is dominated by employment-related events, while for women demographic events also play a role. Regional structural factors only have a slight or no influence on poverty transitions, but the welfare regime turns out to be highly significant for poverty entry.

The aim of this chapter is to look at religion and religiosity as sources of morality from an evo... more The aim of this chapter is to look at religion and religiosity as sources of morality from an evolutionary perspective. The evolutionary origins of religious beliefs are investigated, genetic and neurological factors involved in religious behaviour are reviewed, and adaptive advantages and disadvantages of religions in pre-modern and modern living conditions are evaluated. The discourse on the organised religions is mainly focused on the Mediterranean region—Judaism, Christianity and Islam—whose essential characteristics and historical developments are briefly described and evaluated from an evolutionary point of view. The doctrines of the Abrahamic religions, as revealed in their basic scriptures, raise some anthropological questions and paradoxes about religions as sources of morality. The core of the chapter is devoted to the discussion about (1) individual and social effects; (2) proximate and ultimate effects; and (3) effects in ancestral and modern living conditions of religio...

This chapter starts with a discussion of the role of evolutionary mechanisms in the development o... more This chapter starts with a discussion of the role of evolutionary mechanisms in the development of predispositions to moral behaviour and the development of moral values and norms. Next, the evolutionary background of morality is dealt with. The major stages of evolutionary ethics as a scientific discipline are reviewed and the biological bases and causes of morality are discussed. Then an overview is given of the major stages in the evolution and historical development of morality and the content of moral systems. Finally, the genetic and neurological determinants of moral behaviour are addressed.

This chapter briefly discusses the major secular ideologies that developed in the wake of the sci... more This chapter briefly discusses the major secular ideologies that developed in the wake of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment: liberalism, socialism, feminism, nationalism, ecologism, and humanism. The main purpose is to look at and evaluate those secular ideologies from an evolutionary perspective and their significance for the development of evolutionary ethics. It is concluded that all of the major ideologies appear to include moral principles and practices that can be considered to be useful for evolution-based ethics. Albeit, they are only partial building stones for the design of a viable universal, evolutionarily grounded ethics in a further progressing modernisation. None of the secular ideologies have succeeded so far in elaborating a comprehensive worldview comparable to the major organised religious traditions. They excel as a result of their fragmented nature and, in most cases, short-term perspective.

In this chapter the evolutionary background, developments in modernity and ethical reflections fo... more In this chapter the evolutionary background, developments in modernity and ethical reflections for quantitative and qualitative aspects of reproductive behaviour are addressed. First, the evolutionary and historical background and the causes of the human species’ numerical growth are described. Next, major specific developments in modernity are discussed: the demographic transition, the paradox between the maximisation of inclusive fitness theory and below replacement fertility, and the relations between world population size and ecological sustainability. Finally, ethical reflections on the future demographics of the human species are outlined. Regarding the qualitative aspects of human reproduction, phenomic and genomic aspects are distinguished. The main features of reproductive behaviour in modernity are elucidated and their effects on demography, sexual relations and genetics are examined. Ethical reflections regarding qualitative aspects of human reproduction include euthenic ...

Yugoslav survey, 1986

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union; 2012. Report No. ISBN 978-92-79-23357-9., 2012

Scientific paper, 2020

Citizens, through social movements and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), have expressed a cle... more Citizens, through social movements and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), have expressed a clear message to researchers on the contributions of science to the fight against poverty and exclusion. Many investigations have carried out diagnoses of poverty in specific areas, though at times, this work was regrettably too late. Citizens in fact clamor for solutions, not a diagnosis. Notably, the project Successful Socio-Educative Actions to Overcome Poverty, funded by the Spanish government, has not been another diagnosis on poverty in deprived territories of Spain but rather a communicative case study developed in one of the most deprived neighborhoods in this country, in which researchers, neighbors, and different social actors have contributed to analyzing actions that are successfully improving the living conditions in this community.