Position papers, links, documents on Social Sciences and Humanities in Europe
Social Sciences

Position papers, links, documents on Social Sciences and Humanities in Europe




Document and Link Archive


under construction ? compiled by Katja Mayer and Rafael Schoegler for this website: http://horizons.mruni.eu/document-archive/
  • Humanities World Report
  • World Social Science Report
  • European Commission SSH reports
  • METRIS Report ? Emerging Trends in Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities in Europe
  • METRIS ? diverse SSH related publications
  • ESF ? Publications Humanities
  • ESF ? Publications Social Sciences
  • Net4Society
  • OECD ? New Data for Understanding the Human Condition
SSH in Horizon 2020
  • EASH (2011) ? Open Letter
  • ALLEA (2013) - Embedding the Social Sciences and Humanities in Horizon 2020
  • Science Europe (2013) ? Statement Embedding Social Sciences and Humanities in the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenges
  • LERU (2013) - SSH research is vital to build an innovative and resilient Europe
  • LERU (2012) - SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES: ESSENTIAL FIELDS FOR EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND IN HORIZON 2020
  • ECHIC and HUMED on Horizon 2020 (2013)
  • European Educational Research Association (2013) - EERA?s Agenda for Horizon 2020
  • European Environmental Humanities Alliance (2013) ? Vilnius Declaration: Humanities for the Environment
  • Academia Europeana ? position paper on the situation of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe
  • Free University Berlin ? Reasons for European Funding for Social Science and Humanities Research beyond 2014
  • Nina Kancewicz-Hoffman - The role of humanities and social sciences
  • Galleron/Williams (2013): The humanities? challenge is to break out and break in
  • Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (2013): Social Sciences are a compass in demanding times
  • Technopolis (2012): Improving the contribution of the Social Sciences (including Humanities) to tackling the Grand Challenges: Study to assist the European Research Area Board: Final Report
Get involved in H2020
  • Horizon 2020 thematic workshops 2011 (including lists of participants and presentations)
  • Experts for Horizon 2020 Advisory Groups: Call for expressions of interest
  • Priority-setting in the European Research Framework Programmes (Dan Andrée)
SSH in former European Framework programmes
  • ERC ? Social Sciences and Humanities: A mainstay in the ERC
  • Net4Scociety ? SSH Experiences with FP7 
  • (Bibliometric) Evaluation of the Impact of Framework Programme supported Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Commission, European. 2010. Evaluation of the Impact of the Framework Programme on the Formation of the ERA in Social Sciences and the Humanities (SSH): Final Report. Luxembourg: EUR-OP. 
  • Consult, IDEA. 2010. Evaluation of the Impact of EU Funded Research in Social Sciences and Humanities on EU Policies.
  • Kastrinos, Nikos. 2010. ?Policies for Co-ordination in the European Research Area: a View from the Social Sciences and Humanities: Science and Public Policy.? 37(4):297?310.
  • Van Hemert, Patricia, and Peter Nijkamp. 2008. ?Thematic Research Prioritization in the EU and the Netherlands: An Assessment on the Basis of Content Analysis.? Research Memoranda 0023.
  • Commission, European. 2008. European Union Research in Economics: Growth, Employment and Competitiveness in a Knowledge Society?: Seventh Research Framework Programme ?Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities? (2007-2008). Luxembourg: EUR-OP. 
  • Commission, European. 2007a. EU Research on Social Sciences and Humanities: Governance by Committee, the Role of Committees in European Policy-Making and Policy Impementation. Luxembourg: European Commission.
  • Commission, European. 2007b. Report of the Expert Group on Humanities: Positioning Humanities Research in the 7th Framework Programme. Luxembourg: European Union.
  • Commission, European. 2006. European Union-supported Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 1998-2005. Belgium.
  • Janez Potocnik (2005) - Social Sciences and Humanities in Europe: New Challenges, New Opportunities, Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Remøe, Svend. 2005. ?Adding Value over Time: Some Notes on the Developments in the European Dimension of Socio-economic Research in EU Framework Programmes.? Pp. 13?38 in Building the European research area, edited by Michael Kuhn and Svend Remøe. New York: Peter Lang.
  • Commission, European. 2004. Five-Year Assessment of the European Union Framework Programme. 
  • Commission, European. 2003. The Overall Socio-economic Dimension of Community Research in the Fifth European Framework Programme: A Synthesis Report on the Integration of the Socio-economic Related Research Activities of the European Community (1998-2002). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
  • Guy, Ken. 2003. Insights from Policy Research for the Formulation and Evaluation of Policy: A Review of Projects Funded Under the TSER Programme and the Implications for European Science, Technology and Innovation Policy a. European Commission.
  • Brine, Jacqueline. 2000. ?TSER and the Epistemic Community of European Social Researchers.? Journal of European Social Policy 10(3):267?82.
  • Commission, European, and DG Research &. Innovation. NA. Key Action ? Improving the Socio-economic Knowledge Base: Synapses of Key Action Projects Funded as a Result of the 3rd Call for Proposals (2002).
  • Dupas, Claire (Chairperson) et al. 2000. Improving Human Potential: Activities: Socio-economic Research: Coordination of the Socio-economic Dimension in the 5th Framework Programme (FP5).
  • NIgel, Gilbert. 1996. European Union Social Science Research.
SSH in international research funding
  • Van Hemert, Patricia, and Peter Nijkamp. 2008. ?Thematic Research Prioritization in the EU and the Netherlands: An Assessment on the Basis of Content Analysis.? Research Memoranda 0023.
  • King, Desmond. 1997. ?Creating a Funding Regime for Social Research in Britain: The Heyworth Committee on Social Studies and the Founding of the Social Science Research Council.? Minerva 35(1):1?26.
  • King, Desmond. 1998. ?The Politics of Social Research: Institutionalizing Public Funding Regimes in the United States and Britain: British Journal of Political Science.? 28(3):415?44.
  • Papanagnou, Georgios. 2011. Social Science and Policy Challenges: Democracy, Values and Capacities. Paris: UNESCO Pub.
Related documents
  • Horizon 2020
  • Digital Science in Horizon 2020

http://www.acadeuro.org/fileadmin/user_upload/publications/press_releases/Humanities_and_Social_Sciences_paper_to_the_Commission_Jan_2012__Fin_..pdf

http://www.leru.org/index.php/public/news/social-sciences-and-humanities-address-europes-social-challenges/
http://www.kowi.de/Portaldata/2/Resources/horizon2020/LERU-AP-11-SSH-Essential-fields.pdf






- 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....

- Workshop
Second International Workshop Announcement Politics in the Global Age: Sovereignty, Citizenship, Territory and Nationalism Centre for Comparative European Union Studies (CCEUS) at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Indian Institute...

- Esof 2014 - Mapping Social Sciences And Humanities
June 23 2014 (15:00 - 16:15)  Carlsberg Museum/The Dance Halls, Copenhagen, DK  Speakers:  Andrea Scharnhorst, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS, NL)  Jürgen Pfeffer, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, USA ...

- Conference: Critical Issues In Sts, May 2014
http://www.ifz.tugraz.at/ias/IAS-STS/Upcoming-Activities/STS-Conference-Graz-2014 Special Session 9: - Special Session 9: From STS to SSH: Translating STS concepts for the study of social sciences and humanities (SSH)  (Matthias Duller & Rafael...

- Horizons For Social Sciences And Humanities - Conference And Consultation
The Lithuanian Presidency of the EU is currently preparing a conference to discuss the new role of Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities SSH in the new EU research funding programme, Horizon2020, which will be launched at the end of this year. The conference...



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