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Introduction
Research in the field of the
human social sciences plays a fundamental role
in understanding and managing the many ways
in which society is currently changing. The
social sciences, by their nature, enable us
to include the way in which the societies are
organised and governed and how they evolve and
change. They also provide us the opportunity
of identifying the factors which contribute
to the social, economic, political and cultural
change. Social research can supply solutions,
for example, to the questions concerning the
changing living conditions, current economic
trends and migratory flows, changes in work,
and in the roles of men and women, population
trends, the need to have new forms of governance,
etc. It therefore plays a fundamental role in
the formulation and implementation of policies
at all levels, including the European level.
Socio-economic research in the
context of European RTD policy
The history of European research
policy starts in 1984 with the adoption of the
first RTD framework programme, but it was only
in 1994, ten years later, that a socio-economic
research programme - TSER - was created under
the Fourth Framework Programme (FP4). This activity
was continued in FP5 with the key action "Improving
the socio-economic knowledge base". These
two actions allowed the financing of 345 projects
and the networking of at least 2 500 teams of
European research workers, which corresponds
to a financial effort of more than 260 million
euros on the part of the Union.
Objectives
- To mobilise European research
capacities in the economic, political, social
and human sciences for an improved understanding
of the emergence of the knowledge-based society.
- To draw on a wealth and
diversity of reflection to imagine new forms
of relationships between the people of Europe
and these people and their institutions.
- To study and manage the
issues facing society and to which science
can provide some of the answers.
Support for Research
Community action will concentrate
on three major fields
- the knowledge-based society
and social cohesion;
- citizenship, democracy
and new forms of governance.
The advent of a knowledge-based
society requires improved means of communicating
and using knowledge and opportunities for lifelong
learning. These developments will be within
a socio-economic and demographic context which
itself is being called into question.
Citizenship and governance
must evolve with a view to increasing globalisation,
European integration and Union enlargement and
the emergence of new forms of cultural identity
and social dialogue. Specifically, the Union
will support:
- transnational comparative
studies and research and the coordinated development
of statistics and qualitative and quantitative
indicators;
- interdisciplinary research
to support the policies of Member States;
- the creation and Europe-wide
use of research infra-structures and data
and knowledge bases.
Budget
€ 225 million
Further information on Priority
7 is available on EUROPA at the Social Sciences and Humanities
web site, and on CORDIS at the Citizens & Governance web site.
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Untitled Document
Introduction
Research in the field of the
human social sciences plays a fundamental role
in understanding and managing the many ways
in which society is currently changing. The
social sciences, by their nature, enable us
to include the way in which the societies are
organised and governed and how they evolve and
change. They also provide us the opportunity
of identifying the factors which contribute
to the social, economic, political and cultural
change. Social research can supply solutions,
for example, to the questions concerning the
changing living conditions, current economic
trends and migratory flows, changes in work,
and in the roles of men and women, population
trends, the need to have new forms of governance,
etc. It therefore plays a fundamental role in
the formulation and implementation of policies
at all levels, including the European level.
Socio-economic research in the
context of European RTD policy
The history of European research
policy starts in 1984 with the adoption of the
first RTD framework programme, but it was only
in 1994, ten years later, that a socio-economic
research programme - TSER - was created under
the Fourth Framework Programme (FP4). This activity
was continued in FP5 with the key action "Improving
the socio-economic knowledge base". These
two actions allowed the financing of 345 projects
and the networking of at least 2 500 teams of
European research workers, which corresponds
to a financial effort of more than 260 million
euros on the part of the Union.
Objectives
- To mobilise European research
capacities in the economic, political, social
and human sciences for an improved understanding
of the emergence of the knowledge-based society.
- To draw on a wealth and
diversity of reflection to imagine new forms
of relationships between the people of Europe
and these people and their institutions.
- To study and manage the
issues facing society and to which science
can provide some of the answers.
Support for Research
Community action will concentrate
on three major fields
- the knowledge-based society
and social cohesion;
- citizenship, democracy
and new forms of governance.
The advent of a knowledge-based
society requires improved means of communicating
and using knowledge and opportunities for lifelong
learning. These developments will be within
a socio-economic and demographic context which
itself is being called into question.
Citizenship and governance
must evolve with a view to increasing globalisation,
European integration and Union enlargement and
the emergence of new forms of cultural identity
and social dialogue. Specifically, the Union
will support:
- transnational comparative
studies and research and the coordinated development
of statistics and qualitative and quantitative
indicators;
- interdisciplinary research
to support the policies of Member States;
- the creation and Europe-wide
use of research infra-structures and data
and knowledge bases.
Budget
€ 225 million
Further information on Priority
7 is available on EUROPA at the Social Sciences and Humanities
web site, and on CORDIS at the Citizens & Governance web site.
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European experience
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