The Great Leap

Subprojects

Subproject 1: inventorying cause of death sources and research questions

Subproject 1 will create an inventory of the available cause of death sources in Europe and
coordinate work related to developing new research questions.

Subproject 2: Methods and tools for standardization, coding and classifying causes of death

Subproject 2 will coordinate activities related to the digitization, standardization and coding of
the causes of death into the ICD10h, and the development of tools to classifying ICD10h-codes into
disease groups. It will do so by developing the existing pilot-project of the ICD10h into a global standard for the coding and classification of historical cause of death data. 

Subproject 3: Creation Analytical tools: computational and visualization tools for the application to new research questions

Subproject 3 will coordinate activities related to sharing, evaluating, and improving analytical tools for analyzing historical cause of death data. It will focus on (1) tool and methods adaptation by ensuring exchange between the fields of demography, epidemiology, and history and (2) by establishing best practices across Europe that could be expanded worldwide. Moreover, the latter will include best practices to move from the current research practice to open science.

Subproject 4: Coordination of training program and Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) for Young Researchers and Innovators (YRIs)

Subproject 4 will coordinate the training program and ensure close collaboration with
international research schools such as the International Max Planck Research School on Population,
Health and Data Science (IMPRS-PHDS) and the European Graduate School for Training in Economic
and Social Historical Research (ESTER). Its main aim is to safeguard that YRIs, from ‘Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITCs)’ in particular, are included in all training activities, and to organize a great variety of training events, ranging from STMTs to MOOCs. The emphasis of most of these activities is on exchanging knowledge and best practices regarding how to study inequalities in health using historical and contemporary individual cause of death information, while at the same time teaching the basic building blocks needed from disciplines such as history, demography and epidemiology. The goal is to turn many of the developed training materials into self-study manuals/courses that will be made available open access to the public to guarantee that also scholars without funding can learn how to use the coding and classification system.

Subproject 5: Communication & Dissemination

Subproject 5 will ensure open access and global communication of the results by creating a dissemination strategy and planning for academic and public outreach activities and output.

Funding

The Great Leap is funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). It is a funding organisation for the creation of research networks, called COST Actions.