NEEO (Network of European Economists Online) is an EU-funded project which will address the lack of integration of academic output amongst premier European economics institutions by creating a powerful new research tool called Economists Online.

Duration: 30 months
1 Sept. 2007 – 1 March 2010
Project budget €1,976,208
eContentplus, DG Information Society and Media, EC funding €988,104
16 partners, from 8 European countries.
Lead partner: Tilburg University

Key features
• access to 50,000 bibliographic references, at least a third of which will be full text
• journal articles, working papers, book chapters, conference proceedings and primary datasets
• a showcase of at least 750 leading European economists, including comprehensive publications lists
• multilingual searching in English, French, German and Spanish
• extensive IPR advice and documentation for authors

EO content will also appear in other economics search services and the larger internet search engines.

A new portal for economics
Economists Online will increase the visibility of economists’ research by collecting it in a single, cross-searchable portal.

On 2 February 2009, the Economists Online portal went live to all NEEO project partners and their economists. Their feedback will be considered for the design of the next version of the service. The public can expect access to the second version in autumn 2009.