On 18 March 2026, the SoGreen project hosted its second webinar, bringing together researchers, policymakers, and civil society representatives to dive into one of the project's core achievements: the development of a shared survey module studying the social impacts of the green transition.
What is SoGreen?
SoGreen is a Horizon Europe-funded project that unites four major European research infrastructures — ESS, SHARE, GGP, and GUIDE — with the goal of generating cross-national, cross-generational evidence on how the green transition affects people's lives. The focus is both climate change impacts and the social consequences of the green transition: energy poverty, transport costs, job security, and perceptions of fairness.
Building the Module
Presenters Esma Betül Savaş (Generations and Gender Programme) and Vytenis Deimantas (SHARE Institute Berlin) walked through the development process behind the 30-question survey module. The result is a module designed to be age-inclusive (from children aged 8 to older adults), future-proof, and compatible with environmental and geospatial data: a rare combination across four distinct research infrastructures.
What the Module Covers
The 30 questions span a wide range of themes: climate worry and beliefs, personal responsibility, public support for climate policies, perceived fairness of policy outcomes, energy and transport poverty, job security, and local environmental quality such as air pollution and access to green spaces.
Where the Data Is Being Collected
The module is currently being deployed across 17 European countries through four different survey vehicles: ESS-CRONOS 3, the SHARE Self-Completion Questionnaire, and a specially adapted version for young people through GUIDE in Ireland. In the GGP, the module will be implemented in Croatia Wave 2 and Poland in Between Waves Survey.
If you're interested in collaborating or using the data, reach out to the team via the SoGreen project website.
