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The workshop Make it Strong: Social Research for Resilience in Education, Employment, and Family (24 March 2026), organised as part of the Infra4NextGen Horizon Europe project, focused on how social science research can support evidence-based policies to strengthen youth resilience in Europe. As part of the NextGenerationEU programme, the workshop addressed key societal domains including education, employment, family life, intergenerational solidarity, and democratic participation, all central to building a resilient and inclusive society. The programme combined theoretical, empirical, and practical components. Core topics included life-course transitions (from education to work and from youth to adulthood), fairness of educational opportunities, job–education mismatch, gender inequalities (notably in STEM), labour market integration, entrepreneurship, and work–family balance. Additional attention was given to family formation, intergenerational support, and changing social norms, alongside broader issues of social cohesion and trust in institutions. Participants were introduced to major European data infrastructures (ESS, EVS, GGS, and CRONOS) and explored how these sources enable comparative and policy-relevant analysis. The workshop also highlighted regional and socioeconomic disparities, youth perceptions of opportunity, and the role of social investment policies in enhancing resilience across the life course. Through interactive group work, participants developed mini research projects, aligning research questions with appropriate data and methods, and producing policy-oriented outputs. The workshop also incorporated a policy perspective from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, emphasising resilience as a guiding framework for forward-looking policymaking. Overall, the workshop provided a comprehensive overview of the key social, economic, and demographic factors shaping youth resilience in Europe, while equipping participants with practical skills to use cross-national data for research and policy analysis. Agenda: (slide 12) Generational Perspective on Social Resilience in Education, Work and Family (Rumiana Stoilova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) (slide 56) Data sources overview (David Consolazio, EVS, University of Milan) (slide 82) Infra4NextGeneration data (Ruxandra Comănaru, ESS, City St George’s, University of London) (slide 120) Resilience in policymaking: from a concept to a compass (Peter Benczúr, European Commission - Joint Research Centre) The video is available on the CESSDA Trainign YouTube channel.