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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share high burdens of nutrition-related conditions, including non-communicable diseases, associated with an increasing reliance on imported, processed foods. Improving health through increasing the production and consumption of local, nutritious foods is a policy objective of many SIDS governments. This study aimed to understand contemporary challenges and opportunities to strengthening local food systems in two case study settings, Fiji and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Fifty-two in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with key stakeholders involved in local food production. Interviews were analysed by both country teams using thematic analysis. Local food production networks in both settings included formal governance bodies as well as more informal connections through civil society and communities. Their main function was the sharing of resources and knowledge, but levels of trust and cooperation between the stakeholders varied in a market open to intense competition from imports. Local food production was hindered by few and slow investments by local governments, dated technology, and lack of knowledge. Stakeholders believed this marginalisation was occurring against a background of rising preferences for imported foods in the population, and increasing disinterest in employment in the sector. Despite the challenges, strong narratives of resilience and opportunity were highlighted such as national pride in local produce for commercialisation and local diets. Efforts to support local food production in SIDS should focus on strengthening governance structures to prioritise local produce over corporate and import markets, assist collaboration and co-learning, and support alternative agro-food practices. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12571-022-01281-0.

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share high burdens of nutrition-related conditions, including non-communicable diseases, associated with an increasing reliance on imported, processed foods. Improving health through increasing the production and consumption of local, nutritious foods is a policy objective of many SIDS governments. This study aimed to understand contemporary challenges and opportunities to strengthening local food systems in two case study settings, Fiji and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Fifty-two in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with key stakeholders involved in local food production. Interviews were analysed by both country teams using thematic analysis. Local food production networks in both settings included formal governance bodies as well as more informal connections through civil society and communities. Their main function was the sharing of resources and knowledge, but levels of trust and cooperation between the stakeholders varied in a market open to intense competition from imports. Local food production was hindered by few and slow investments by local governments, dated technology, and lack of knowledge. Stakeholders believed this marginalisation was occurring against a background of rising preferences for imported foods in the population, and increasing disinterest in employment in the sector. Despite the challenges, strong narratives of resilience and opportunity were highlighted such as national pride in local produce for commercialisation and local diets. Efforts to support local food production in SIDS should focus on strengthening governance structures to prioritise local produce over corporate and import markets, assist collaboration and co-learning, and support alternative agro-food practices. Supplementary information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12571-022-01281-0.

Die Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) integriert Daten aus Nachwahlbefragungen von rund 40 Ländern. Sie wird seit 1996 im Fünf-Jahres-Turnus durchgeführt. Die Studie beinhaltet input-harmonisierte Fragen zu politischen Einstellungen und zum Wahlverhalten, demographische Daten sowie Makroangaben zu den politischen Systemen der partizipierenden Länder. Durch die Einbindung der Daten auf Mikro-, Meso- und Makroebene entsteht ein einzigartiges Forschungsinstrument, das Wissenschaftlern erlaubt, sowohl ebenen- als auch länderübergreifende Analysen durchzuführen. In Vorbereitung der Plenarversammlung iim August 2016, im Rahmen derer die offizielle Verabschiedung des Fragebogens für Module 5 erfolgen wird, sollten ausgewählte Teile des Fragebogens einem kognitiven Pretest unterzogen werden. Das Ziel des Pretests bestand darin, eine hohe Qualität der Fragen zu gewährleisten, bevor sie in den nationalen Befragungen der teilnehmenden Länder eingesetzt werden. ; Quotenauswahl. Die Auswahl der Testpersonen erfolgte in Absprache mit dem Auftraggeber nach dem folgenden Quotenplan. Alle Testpersonen hatten die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft.2 Frauen und 2 Männer, 18-40 Jahre, weniger als Abitur2 Frauen und 2 Männer, 18-40 Jahre, Fachhochschulreife/ Abitur2 Frauen und 2 Männer, 41 Jahre und älter, weniger als Abitur2 Frauen und 2 Männer, 41 Jahre und älter, Fachhochschulreife/ Abitur ; CAPI

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share high burdens of nutrition-related conditions, including non-communicable diseases, associated with an increasing reliance on imported, processed foods. Improving health through increasing the production and consumption of local, nutritious foods is a policy objective of many SIDS governments. This study aimed to understand contemporary challenges and opportunities to strengthening local food systems in two case study settings, Fiji and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Fifty-two in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with key stakeholders involved in local food production. Interviews were analysed by both country teams using thematic analysis. Local food production networks in both settings included formal governance bodies as well as more informal connections through civil society and communities. Their main function was the sharing of resources and knowledge, but levels of trust and cooperation between the stakeholders varied in a market open to intense competition from imports. Local food production was hindered by few and slow investments by local governments, dated technology, and lack of knowledge. Stakeholders believed this marginalisation was occurring against a background of rising preferences for imported foods in the population, and increasing disinterest in employment in the sector. Despite the challenges, strong narratives of resilience and opportunity were highlighted such as national pride in local produce for commercialisation and local diets. Efforts to support local food production in SIDS should focus on strengthening governance structures to prioritise local produce over corporate and import markets, assist collaboration and co-learning, and support alternative agro-food practices. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12571-022-01281-0.

Das Projekt "Household Inflation Expectations and Preferences" untersucht wie die Kommunikation von Zentralbanken die Inflationserwartungen von Haushalten beeinflusst.Zur Vorbereitung der eigentlichen Befragung sollen im kognitiven Pretest eine Reihe von Fragen getestet werden, mit deren Hilfe sowohl Befragte in Haushalten als auch politische Entscheidungsträger auf einer gemeinsamen Bewertungsskala verortet werden können, um anschließend gemeinsame statistische Analysen durchführen zu können. Ziel des Pretests ist die Überarbeitung und Optimierung der Fragen anhand der Testergebnisse, wodurch die Qualität der mit den Fragen erhobenen Daten – verbessert werden soll. ; Quotenauswahl. Die Auswahl der Testpersonen erfolgte nach den Quoten Alter (18-40 Jahre; 41 Jahre und älter), Schulbildung (Fachhochschulreife/ Abitur; weniger als Abitur) und Geschlecht:1 Frau und 1 Mann, 18-40 Jahre, weniger als Abitur2 Frauen und 2 Männer, 18-40 Jahre, Fachhochschulreife/ Abitur3 Frauen und 2 Männer, 41+ Jahre, weniger als Abitur2 Frauen und 2 Männer, 41+ Jahre, Fachhochschulreife/ Abitur ; PAPI

Das Forschungsprojekt "Conceptions of democracy and preferences over democratic procedures" untersucht Demokratiekonzeptionen in der deutschen Bevölkerung sowie die Determinanten von Präferenzen über Entscheidungsverfahren in der Demokratie. Drei mögliche Bestimmungsfaktoren werden untersucht: normative Demokratiekonzeptionen, Verteilungsinteressen und Persönlichkeitsmerkmale.Als empirische Grundlage zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen sollen einige Items im ersten Halbjahr 2015 in einer Welle des GESIS Panel mitlaufen. Zur Vorbereitung dieser Befragung sollen insgesamt 12 dieser Items unter methodischen und fragebogentechnischen Aspekten einem kognitiven Online-Pretest unterzogen und aufgrund der Testergebnisse überarbeitet werden. ; Quotenauswahl. Die Testpersonen wurden aus dem Online-Panel "GESIS Online Panel Pilot" rekrutiert. Insgesamt wurden 130 Testpersonen zur Befragung eingeladen, wobei wir von einer Beendigungsquote von ca. 70 bis 80 Prozent ausgegangen sind. An der Befragung haben letztendlich 101 Testpersonen teilgenommen.Die Auswahl der Testpersonen erfolgte nach den Quoten Alter (18 - 40 Jahre; 41 Jahre und älter), Schulbildung (Fachhochschulreife/ Abitur; kein Abitur) und Geschlecht:8 Frauen und 7 Männer, 18-40 Jahre, weniger als Abitur13 Frauen und 12 Männer, 18-40 Jahre, Fachhochschulreife/ Abitur12 Frauen und 14 Männer, 41+ Jahre, weniger als Abitur13 Frauen und 22 Männer, 41+ Jahre, Fachhochschulreife/ Abitur ; Kognitiver Online-Pretest

Increasing complexity and volume of research data pose increasing challenges for scientists to manage their data efficiently. At the same time, availability and reuse of research data are becoming more and more important in modern science. The German government has established an initiative to develop research data management (RDM) and to increase accessibility and reusability of research data at the national level, the Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI). The NFDI Neuroscience (NFDI-Neuro) consortium aims to represent the neuroscience community in this initiative. Here, we review the needs and challenges in RDM faced by researchers as well as existing and emerging solutions and benefits, and how the NFDI in general and NFDI-Neuro specifically can support a process for making these solutions better available to researchers. To ensure development of sustainable research data management practices, both technical solutions and engagement of the scientific community are essential. NFDI-Neuro is therefore focusing on community building just as much as on improving the accessibility of technical solutions.

Increasing complexity and volume of research data pose increasing challenges for scientists to manage their data efficiently. At the same time, availability and reuse of research data are becoming more and more important in modern science. The German government has established an initiative to develop research data management (RDM) and to increase accessibility and reusability of research data at the national level, the Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI). The NFDI Neuroscience (NFDI-Neuro) consortium aims to represent the neuroscience community in this initiative. Here, we review the needs and challenges in RDM faced by researchers as well as existing and emerging solutions and benefits, and how the NFDI in general and NFDI-Neuro specifically can support a process for making these solutions better available to researchers. To ensure development of sustainable research data management practices, both technical solutions and engagement of the scientific community are essential. NFDI-Neuro is therefore focusing on community building just as much as on improving the accessibility of technical solutions.

The project "Acquisition and Use of Competencies in Adulthood - Network for the Analysis, Further Development and Dissemination of PIAAC" (PIAAC-Leibniz-Network) aims at advancing research in the context of PIAAC as well as the transfer of corresponding results to the scientific community, politics and practice. In addition to GESIS, which has taken over the leadership of the network, seven other Leibniz institutes (DIE, DIPF, DIW, ifo, IPN, LIfBi and WZB) and external project partners (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Baumert, Prof. Dr. Claus H. Carstensen, Prof. Eric A. Hanushek and Prof. Dr. Harm Kuper) are involved. In addition to the evaluation of PIAAC data, the research is carried out in close cooperation with the German PIAAC longitudinal study (PIAAC-L), also conducted by GESIS, within the framework of which further annual surveys are conducted on the German PIAAC sample in the years 2014 to 2016. One module of the PIAAC-Leibniz network is concerned with the further development of questions to be tested within the framework of PIAAC-L. On the one hand, this involves questions which can record further training in a more differentiated way and thus better explain participation in further training, and on the other hand, it involves calculating measures which best reflect the correspondence between individual competencies and requirements in the job. It is to be investigated whether a missing match (skill mismatch) can be validly ascertained by direct questioning (self-report). *Note: The items were tested in German. The items below are English translations of the original German wordings.* ; Quota sampling. The selection of the test persons was done by the quotas employment (employed; not employed) and school education (A-levels; less than A-levels): 7 employed, less than A-levels7 employed, A-levels2 not employed, less than A-levels2 not employed, A-levels ; Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based ; Cognitive Pretest