SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES IN THE ERA AND IN FP6

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SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES IN THE ERA AND IN
FP6
Andrew Sors Unit Research in the social sciences
and humanities
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Priority 7General Context

• European Research Area (ERA)
• Long-term strategic policy objective for EU and
  Member States
• 6th Framework Programme (FP6)
• Main EU instrument to support ERA
• Integrating Programme
• Focus on Thematic Priorities
• Priority 7 Citizens and governance in a
  knowledge-based society
• Focal point for social sciences and humanities

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The ERA social sciences humanities

• an integral part of the ERA
• need to contribute to the building of the ERA
• the ERA has implications for the way social
  sciences and humanities are organised in Europe.

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Sixth Framework Programme
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A research agenda for the Lisbon strategy

• To provide the knowledge needed to master the
  transformation to
• The most competitive and dynamic knowledge based
  economy in the world, capable of sustainable
  economic growth and with more and better jobs and
  greater social cohesion
• To put in place the structures and policies for
  Europe to lead the world in the production of
  such knowledge, based on an appreciation of
  European models

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PRIORITY 7 CITIZENS AND GOVERNANCE IN A
KNOWLEDGE BASED SOCIETY

• OBJECTIVES
• to mobilise European research capacities in
  economic, political, social sciences and
  humanities to develop an understanding of, and to
  address issues related to, the emergence of the
  knowledge-based society and new forms of
  relationships between its citizens, and between
  its citizens and institutions
• key elements
• - high quality research in areas of policy
  relevance ........
• - while structuring Social Sciences and
  Humanities in such a way to fully exploit the
  opportunities of the emerging European Research
  Area

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Priority 7 themes

• Knowledge based society social cohesion
• generation, diffusion and use of knowledge
• options and choices for the development of a
  knowledge-based society
• variety of paths towards a knowledge-based
  society
• Citizenship, democracy new forms of governance
• implications of European integration and
  enlargement for governance and the citizen
• Articulation of areas of responsibility and new
  forms of governance
• resolution of conflicts and restoration of peace
  and justice
• New forms of citizenship and cultural identities

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ImplementationOur Toolbox

• Networks of Excellence (NoE)
• Integrated Projects (IP)
• Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP)
• Co-ordination Actions (CA)
• ...

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First call basic structure

• Deadline 15 April 2003
• NoE and IP (e.g. 3-5 MEURO each)
• STRP and CA (e.g. 0.7-1 MEURO each - two or three
  per topic)
• Deadline 10 December 2003
• NoE and IP (e.g. 3-5 MEURO each)
• Individual topics open for one deadline only
• Each topic can use only the specified range of
  instruments

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First call topics for NoE and IPsdeadline 15
April 2003

• Science and Technology in the knowledge based
  society
• Societal trends in the KBS and their implications
  for quality of life
• Migration immigration and multiculturalism as
  challenges for Knowledge Based Societies
• Multilevel governance, democracy and new policy
  instruments
• New approaches to security and the role of Europe

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First call topics for STRPs and CAs deadline
15 April 2003

• Knowledge based society and social cohesion
• generation, diffusion and use of knowledge
• Understanding knowledge based society knowledge-
  based entrepreneurship integrating social
  sciences and humanities in Europe
• options and choices for the development of a
  knowledge-based society
• Education challenges science and education
  intergenerational inheritance of inequalities
  insecurity
• variety of paths towards a knowledge-based
  society
• Historical development of socio-economic models
  attitudes and civic values sustainable
  development Knowledge for Humankind

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First call topics for STRPs CAs deadline 15
April 2003

• Citizenship, democracy new forms of governance
• implications of European integration and
  enlargement for governance and the citizen
• Transformations in the candidate countries
• Articulation of areas of responsibility and new
  forms of governance
• Corporate social Responsibility
• resolution of conflicts and restoration of peace
  and justice
• Human rights
• Roots of violent conflicts
• New forms of citizenship and cultural identities
• Active civic participation
• European public sphere

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First call topics for NoE and IPsdeadline 10
December 2003

• Understanding knowledge
• Knowledge dynamics and economic development in
  Europe and its regions
• Social cohesion in the knowledge-based society
• Changes in work in the knowledge-based society
• Promoting the knowledge-based society through
  life-long-learning
• Deepening and widening of the EU
• Global governance, regulatory frameworks and the
  role of the EU
• Public interest conception, regulation and
  implementation
• Towards a European contract law
• European citizenship and multiple identities
• Cultural dialogue and European society
• New perspectives on European history

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Preparing an Application Pre-Proposal Check

• Offer to have an outline of your proposal
  checked by one of our colleagues
• Strictly informal and not binding
• Up to one month prior to deadline
• Only one check per proposal
• Preferably by e-mail to rtd-citizens_at_cec.eu.in
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• Please respect roughly two pages ...

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PRIORITY 7 AS A STRUCTURING CONTRIBUTION TO ERA

• Comparative research, European coverage
• Multidisciplinarity
• Shared infrastructures
• State of art reviews, mapping of research
  competencies
• Support linking of national programmes
• Policy support users and stakeholders
• Training (especially young researchers)
• Openness, outward looking

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Evaluation SelectionEvaluators needed ...

• Evaluation is crucial !
• Involvement of high quality evaluators from all
  over Europe required
• Stressful, but highly interesting task
• Open call for applications from individuals and
  for suggestions from institutions www.cordis.lu/e
  xperts/fp6_candidature.htm

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The social sciences and humanities in FP6

• Priority 7 citizens and governance in the
  knowledge-based society
• Priorities 1-6 ethical, legal and social
  aspects
• Scientific support to policy in
• economic competitiveness, public health, social
  policy, justice and home affairs etc.
• Infrastructures and mobility
• Policy co-ordination

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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIMENSION OF THE SP
INTEGRATING AND STRENGTHENING THE ERA
A particular effort will be carried out to
take into consideration the ethical, social,
legal and wider cultural aspects of research
including socio-economic research and innovation,
resulting from the possible deployment, use and
effects of the newly developed technologies or
processes and scenarios covered by each of the
thematic priorities (Draft Work Programme)
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CATALYZING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ERA IN SSH

• ADVISORY GROUP ON ERA IN SSH
• (Chair Prof. Maria Rodrigues)
• MAPPING OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN EUROPE
• SOME ONGOING ACTIVITIES
• Three social science disciplines in Central and
  Eastern Europe (Kaase et al)
• Co-ordination and opening up of national
  programmes (J. Smith)
• Promoting co-operation of national programmes
  (incl. ERA-NET)
• PRESIDENCY CONFERENCES, DIALOGUE, WORKSHOPS, ETC.

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Info
Information on ERA and FP6 www.cordis.lu/fp6 We
bpage for Priority 7 www.cordis.lu/fp6/citizens.
htm Publication of EoI submissions
http//eoi.cordis.lu/search_form.cfm Helpdesk
for Priority 7 rtd-citizens_at_cec.eu.int Direct
contact to colleagues Firstname.Name_at_cec.eu.int