SSH Highlights
New policy brief on ELDIA Project is available
[Date: 2012-02-08]
ELDIA -Policy implications of ELDIA, an EU-funded research project on multilingualism, vehicular languages and linguistic diversity in Europe (February 2012) Read more...
World and European Energy and Environment Transition Outlook
[Date: 2012-01-27]
The World and European Energy and Environment Transition Outlook (WETO-T) offers a new perspective on the technological, economic and social options which could lead towards a post carbon society by the end of the century. Read more...
New policy brief on RESPECT Project is available
[Date: 2012-01-09]
RESPECT Project - Towards a Topography of Tolerance and Equal Respect (December 2011) Read more...
The Atlantic Geopolitical Space: common opportunities and challenges
[Date: 2012-01-03]
The relations between the "four pillars" of the Atlantic – Europe, Africa, North America, South America – need further and systematic analysis. Paradoxically, the academic and policy interest on the "rise of the Pacific" has not been paralleled yet with an "Atlantic space" perspective which is key for Europe and its partners in the region. The Atlantic region, both North and South, displays strong cultural, political and economic convergence. Read more...
ASSPRO CEE 2007 (December 2011)
[Date: 2011-12-05]
Can patients in Central and Eastern European countries cope with increased charges for public health care services? Read more...
INCLUD-ED - Strategies for inclusion and social cohesion in Europe from Education (November 2011)
[Date: 2011-11-30]
An EU-funded research project exploring successful actions for educational and social inclusion in Europe.Read more...
The Future of Banking – PEGGED book
[Date: 2011-11-10]
Sovereign risk and banking risk are in reality so dangerously intertwined that no big European bank is now safe from the potential impact of holding bad government debt.Read more...
Life in the Eurozone with or without Sovereign Default? – PEGGED book
[Date: 2011-10-21]
This timely e-book contains the proceeding of the conference "Life in the Eurozone With or Without Sovereign Default?" organized by the PEGGED project, funded by the SSH Theme of FP7.Read more...
Transnational Communities and Conflicts - Challenges and how to address them - The INFOCON Mousebook
[Date: 2011-10-21]
The idea of this "Mousebook" a handbook mainly disseminated online grew out of Infocon, a research project funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework programme for Research and Development. While research on diasporas and transnational communities has been relatively extensive, little is known about the civil society organizations that grow out these communities. Read more...
Innovation futures in Europe - A foresight exercise on emerging patterns of innovation - INFU policy brief
[Date: 2011-10-13]
INFU - Innovation futures in Europe - A foresight exercise on emerging patterns of innovation. Visions, scenarios and implications for policy and practice(September 2011). Read more...
Crime and Deviance in the EU – A new publication on key findings from EU funded social sciences and humanities research projects
[Date: 2011-09-22]
In a changing European political landscape, where borders have progressively been erased and people’s mobility has become a reality, crime is a fully-fledged European phenomenon, which needs to be analysed from a European and interdisciplinary perspective, within the umbrella of Socio-economic and Humanities disciplines. Read more...
FP7 Calls for Proposals 2012 published
[Date: 2011-07-20]
On 20 July 2011, the EU published new calls for proposals under the 7th Framework Programme for Research & Development, worth a total of EUR 7 billion. Read more...
DEMETER project – Consequences of the FP7 2012 call on European economy and employment.
[Date: 2011-07-20]
The 7 billions Euros invested by the FP7 2012 call for proposals in research and innovation will contribute to create 174.000 jobs in the short term and generate, after 15 years, almost 80 billions Euros of GDP. Read more...
FAMILYPLATFORM - Family wellbeing - A challenge for policy and research
[Date: 2011-07-19]
Policy implications of FAMILYPLATFORM, a social platform involving 12 partners and over 170 experts and stakeholders from policy, civil society and research organisations. Read more...
MEDIADEM – European media policies revisited: Valuing and reclaiming free and independent media in contemporary democratic systems
[Date: 2011-07-15]
Policy implications of MEDIADEM, an EU-funded research project on media policies in 14 countries for media freedom and independence Read more...
New policy brief on GILDED project is available
[Date: 2011-07-07]
GILDED - Governance, infrastructure, lifestyle dynamics and energy demand: European post-carbon communities Read more...
New policy brief on AUGUR project is available
[Date: 2011-07-07]
AUGUR – The world of finance 2030 Read more...
New policy brief on INGINEUS project is available
[Date: 2011-07-07]
INGINEUS - Challenges and barriers of European firms in global innovation networks Read more...
Databases from socio-economic research projects for policymaking
[Date: 2011-06-28]
Socio-economic research leads to a better understanding and measurement of the economic, social and environmental impact of government policies. Read more...
MediaACT - Media Accountability in the Internet Age
[Date: 2011-06-21]
Policy implications of MediaACT (Media Accountability and Transparency in Europe), an EU-funded research project comparing media accountability instruments across Europe. Read more...
European forward-looking activities: Building the future of 'Innovation Union' and ERA
[Date: 2011-06-17]
This publication presents a synthesis of European and national forward-looking exercises in the fields of science, technology and innovation. Read more...
MEDIA&CITIZENSHIP – Transnational television cultures: reshaping political identities in the European Union
[Date: 2011-06-15]
Policy implications of Media & Citizenship, an EU-funded research project exploring television use and cultural belonging among Arabic speakers in seven European countries. Read more...
"Science, economy and society - Highlights 2010": the annual report of SSH-SiS activities just came out
[Date: 2011-06-07]
In 2010 the European Union continued to address the challenges of the Europe 2020 Strategy by funding Research and Innovation and implementing the European Research Area.Read more...
FAMILYPLATFORM reports
[Date: 2011-05-24]
New key reports of the FAMILYPLATFORM social platform on the drafting of a research agenda on families for the EU Read more...
SSH experiences with FP7 – A commentary - NET4SOCIETY survey report
[Date: 2011-05-24]
Within the context of the EU-funded project NET4SOCIETY a survey-based report entitled: “SSH Experiences with FP7 – a Commentary” was launched in Summer 2010. Read more...
Towards a greater understanding of the changing role of business in society
[Date: 2011-05-17]
With the increasing activities of the European Commission aimed at promoting responsible business and advancing Corporate Social Responsibility throughout the private sector, there is a growing need of robust scientific analysis of the phenomenon and its different aspects. Read more...
EuroMed-2030 - Long term challenges for the Mediterranean area. Report of an Expert Group
[Date: 2011-04-29]
Intensifying the relationship between the European Union and the countries on the Southern and Eastern shores of the Mediterranean has been a key target since the Barcelona process. Read more...
EuroMed-2030 - Collection of individual contributions of the experts
[Date: 2011-04-29]
This EuroMed-2030 report collects the individual contributions of the Expert Group that met five times in 2010 to discuss the main Trends, Tensions and potential Transitions in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Read more...
China EU Information Technology Standards Research Partnership – CHINA EU STANDARDS policy brief
[Date: 2011-04-04]
The People’s Republic of China has recently begun to be remarkably active in many areas of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) interoperability standards as part of an effort to promote "indigenous technologies". Read more...
New policy brief on SELUSI project is available
[Date: 2011-04-04]
SELUSI - Social Entrepreneurs as Lead Users for Service Innovation Read more...
New policy brief on DERREG project is available
[Date: 2011-03-23]
DERREG - Developing Europe’s Rural Regions in the Era of Globalization Read more...
Latest FP7 proposals to be evaluated in April and May 2011
[Date: 2011-03-22]
285 proposals have been submitted for all 3 Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Calls for Proposals. Expert evaluators have been chosen by enforcing strict selection criteria (scientific expertise, non-conflict of interest, geographical balance, gender, rotation). Read more...
European Arts Festivals: Strengthening cultural diversity
[Date: 2011-03-18]
The Euro-Festival project – funded under the Social Sciences and Humanities theme of the European Union’s Seventh Research Framework Programme – presents some of its main research findings in this publication. Read more...
Pluralism and religious diversity, social cohesion and integration in Europe – Insights from European research
[Date: 2011-03-18]
This cluster synopsis provides an overview of 19 research projects dealing with ‘European pluralism, religions, tolerance and values’. The projects address issues such as the balance between individual and societal needs, notions of respect for otherness, and the role of pluralist societies in responding to increasing levels of diversity. Read more...
Research on Families and Family Policies in Europe – State of the Art
[Date: 2011-03-18]
Funded by the EU 7th Research Framework Programme, FAMILYPLATFORM gathers a consortium of twelve organisations working together to articulate key research issues and policy questions about the family for inclusion in the European Social Science and Humanities Research Agenda 2012-2013. Read more...
YIPPEE – Young people from a public care background: pathways to education in Europe
[Date: 2011-03-10]
The first comparative study of young people who have been in state care as children and their post-compulsory education Read more...
EDUMIGROM - Ethnic Differences in Education for Urban Youth in an Enlarged Europe
[Date: 2011-03-10]
An EU-funded research project investigating the impact of educational policies on Roma and second-generation migrant youth in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden and the United Kingdom Read more...
Nordic capitalisms and globalization - New forms of economic organisation and welfare institutions
[Date: 2011-03-10]
In the early 1990s the Nordic countries were considered to be in a serious situation. The costs of welfare states, generous unemployment benefits, high taxation rates, strong unions, and centralized wage bargaining were thought to be undermining their competitiveness in an age of rapid globalization. Read more...
CAP-IRE - Assessing the multiple impacts of the Common Agricultural Policies (CAP) on rural economies (January 2011)
[Date: 2011-02-18]
This policy brief reports results and policy implications from the project CAP-IRE, coordinated by University of Bologna including partners from 8 countries. Read more...
New design implementation for the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities projects websites
[Date: 2011-02-09]
In order to improve the dissemination of the research results of the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities projects funded under the 7th Framework Programme, a set of initiatives and measures have been taken for the projects dedicated websites. Read more...
POLINARES - Competing for Natural Resources: Conflict and Cooperation (January 2011)
[Date: 2011-02-01]
An EU-funded research project exploring global challenges in the competition
for natural resources and proposing new approaches to collaborative
solutions.
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NET4SOCIETY project – Social Sciences and Humanities researchers rate EU funding as the key to internationalisation
[Date: 2011-01-13]
This press release, dated December 2010, presents the report "SSH experiences
with FP7 – a midterm commentary", resulting from a survey conducted
by the NET4SOCIETY project amongst SSH researchers (Trans-national cooperation
among National Contact Points (NCP) for Socio-economic Sciences and
Humanities).
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