Instructions to create a custom dataset, and how to download an indicator from Eurostat and feed it to the app
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Convergence Monitoring Hub
The convergEU is targeted at researchers who wish to perform their own upward convergence analysis.
The web-based tool 'convergEU' permits the analysis of upward convergence for the full set of indicators part of the Social Scoreboard accompanying the European Pillar of Social Rights as well as for a selected set of Eurofound indicators drawn from the European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) and the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS). In five easy steps, the web-based tool can create a full upward convergence analysis: it downloads the data from Eurostat website automatically, then includes beta, sigma, delta, and gamma convergence measures as well as other measures to better understand country dynamics in a selected time period. A full indicator report or a country dynamic focus report are produced within 60 seconds. If you are planning to use your own dataset with the app, please read the dataset preparation instructions below explaining how the data should be organised. Video tutorials are also available.
For additional details and questions, please contact the following Eurofound experts.
Eleonora Peruffo
Research officerSocial policies research unit
Eleonora Peruffo is a research officer in the Social Policies unit at Eurofound. She works on topics related to upward convergence and social cohesion in Europe. During 2021–2022, she provided data analysis for the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS). She joined Eurofound in 2014 and has worked on topics related to restructuring, employment and digitalisation. She holds an MA in Diplomatic Sciences and International Relations awarded by the University of Trieste and an MSc in Computer Science - Data Analytics from the National College of Ireland.
Michele Consolini
Research officerSocial policies research unit
Michele Consolini works as a research officer in the Social Policies unit at Eurofound. He provides quantitative expertise on several issues, including social cohesion and trust, climate change and quality of life, convergence and survey management. His current research looks at the role of polarisation on social cohesion and trust, and the socioeconomic challenges of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. He holds a BA in Sociology and Economics from the Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna, Italy, and from Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Netherlands. He completed a Research MSc in Political Communication from the University of Amsterdam, where he also worked as a teaching assistant and researcher in the field of political psychology.
