Partners
Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO (NL) (Coordinator)
Swedish Defence Research Agency FOI (SE)
University of Kent (UK)
Sogeti Europe (FR)
TEMIS SA (FR)
Sigmund Freud Private University, CEUSS | Center for European Security Studies (AT)
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP (NL)
The The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP of the Netherlands, founded in 1973, is a government agency that conducts research into the social and cultural aspects of governmental policy. The main task is to study the life and living conditions of the population on aspects such as health, education, labour, housing, crime and security, social security, arts, etc. The particular focus is on the relationships between them.
The SCP has a monitoring function, supports the policy-making process, evaluates the effects of social and cultural policies, produces medium- and long-term forecasts and, finally, makes policy recommendations. The institute also gathers information on trends in society such as individualization, ICT, immigration, intercultural community, etc. Its reports are widely used by policymakers, politicians, civil servants, and academics. The SCP informs the public through regular media coverage. The best way to draw attention of politicians and public opinion leaders to the latest research is by publishing articles in leading national newspapers, by broadcasting reports on radio, television, and the internet.
Last year the SCP completed a study on fear of crime, in which it developed a conceptual model on the determinants of fear of crime and in which the feasibility of the model was tested on the basis of existing empirical data; we published the state of the art regarding the societal position of victims of crime; it conducted a literature review on the effectiveness of camera surveillance in the public domain. The institute is currently engaged in research on the effectiveness of the national policy program on security and contributes to a methodology study on national security. Another research project, which is nearly completed, focuses on the relationship between physical interventions in neighbourhoods and social consequences of those interventions.
Within CPSI, the SCP will participate in the consortium and focus on data gathering and analysis issues and will contribute to the project as a whole. In addition, the CPSI methodology and instrument can be beneficial to the SCP in order to gain a deeper understanding of citizens’ perception, which will increase the quality of CPSI’s advisory work.
VLC Projects (NL)