Foreword to the special issue on “Survey Methods for Statistical Data Integration and New Data Sources: tools and real data applications for official statistics”

This special issue contains a second selection of the papers presented at the Seventh Italian Conference on Survey Methodology, ITACOSM2022, held in Perugia in June 2022 with a focus on “Survey Methods for Statistical Data Integration and New Data Sources”. ITACOSM is a bi-annual international conference organized by the Survey Sampling Group of the Italian Statistical Society whose aim is promoting the scientific discussion on the theoretical and applied developments of survey sampling methodologies in official statistics and applied sciences. In particular, ITACOSM2022 provided a showcase for methods and applications that combine sources of data for better sampling strategies.