Social Sciences
An Open Letter to the European Commissioner for Research and Innovation,
Maire Geoghegan-Quinn.
A sustained and substantial European investment in cutting-edge Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) can unlock new knowledge and insights that are necessary for Europe
If you agree with the need for SSH to produce policy-oriented research for Europe, and if you wish to see a strong SSH-programme under the new European Framework Programme Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) you are invited to read the Open Letter to the Commissioner and sign it!
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Social Sciences
Open Letter: SSH for the future of Europe
An Open Letter to the European Commissioner for Research and Innovation,
Maire Geoghegan-Quinn.
A sustained and substantial European investment in cutting-edge Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities (SSH) can unlock new knowledge and insights that are necessary for Europe
- to overcome inequality, exclusion and poverty and to adapt to demographic change (migration, ageing, gender relations etc.);
- to develop resilient institutions that can strengthen sustainable growth, innovation processes, and social and political participation;
- to exploit cultural diversity as a source for creativity, adaptive capabilities and social innovation;
- to advance our understanding of cognitive processes and create educational opportunities in inclusive and democratic societies;
- to understand the complexity of value systems, worldviews and behavioural patterns, and address issues of openness or resistance to change and
- to move towards successful intercultural dialogue and global diplomacy
If you agree with the need for SSH to produce policy-oriented research for Europe, and if you wish to see a strong SSH-programme under the new European Framework Programme Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) you are invited to read the Open Letter to the Commissioner and sign it!
- Saskia Sassen On Austerity And Social Exclusion
The previous post summarized some of Kathleen Thelen's thinking about the prospects for a more egalitarian capitalism in our future. Saskia Sassen offers a more negative view of the direction of the development of European capitalism in her most...
- Art As Cultural Diplomacy (extended Deadline)
Papers are still accepted for the panel: Art as Cultural Diplomacy As part of the 4th Euroacademia International Conference 'Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeaness Exposed to Plural Observers', Athens, Greece, 23 - 24 May 20134 Extended...
- Central East European Economies: Trade, Development And Structural Change In The Region
Central East European Economies: Trade, Development and Structural Change in the Region Panel organized by: Anca Voicu, Rollins College, Florida, USA (As part of the Third Euroacademia International Conference ‘Re-Inventing Eastern Europe’...
- Art As Cultural Diplomacy: (re)constructing Notions Of Eastern And Western Europe
Call for Papers for the Panel: Art as Cultural Diplomacy: (Re)Constructing Notions of Eastern and Western Europe (As part of the Third Euroacademia International Conference ?Re-Inventing Eastern Europe? to be held in Berlin, Germany, 28-29 March 2014)...
- Science For The Environment
Science for the Environment 3rd to 4th October 2013 Aarhus, Denmark The conference purpose is to provide input to the European Commission on the future research needs in Horizon 2020....