Mobilising Future Research Collaborations

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Mobilising Future Research Collaborations in the
Social Sciences and Humanities in the European
Union, the New Independent States and China
MobilisingSSH Name of a presenter Affiliation
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MobilisingSSH

• MobilisingSSH is a Special Support Action is
  supported by the EC under the FP6 Thematic Area
  'Citizens and governance in a Knowledge-based
  society'
• Call FP6-2004-CITIZENS-6 --8.3.3 - Promoting
  international research and policy cooperation in
  social sciences and humanities.
• Project period May 2006 October 2008

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Additional support from INTAS

• Additional support to the Action is provided by
  INTAS - The International Association for the
  Promotion of Co-operation with Scientists from
  the New Independent States (NIS) of the Former
  Soviet Union, www.intas.be, through a research
  project Mapping the social sciences and
  humanities research capacities in Europe and the
  NIS.

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The Action aimes
to promote international research collaboration
between the EU, the NIS, and China in the social
sciences and humanities

Coordinator Swedish Collegium for Advanced
Study 15 partners 14 countries
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Objective 1

• ö Provide a synthesised account of the rise and
  transformations of the SSH in Europe, the NIS and
  China in the context of the emergence of modern
  states and universities.
• Six papers on the rise and transformation of the
  SSH in six larger world regions America,
  Pre-enlargement Europe, CEE, Russia and other
  NIS, and China.

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Objective 2

• ö Map and assess the scientific capability in
  six NIS countries Russia, Ukraine, Georgia,
  Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and China,
  including analysis of their status, perspectives,
  and abilities to face contemporary challenges
• - Databook on SSH macroenvironment national and
  international statistics analytical comments on
  macro-environmental indicators on the overall
  context of SSH development potential
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• - Report on SSH institutional landscape and
  research policies for the NIS and China national
  scientific priorities, policy frameworks,
  national approaches to SSH evaluation.
  Recommendations.

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Objective 3

• ö Increase knowledge about the transnational
  co-operation between research communities in the
  EU, NIS, and China by identifying common research
  agendas between the regions 
• Through a questionnaire, regional group
  discussions and an inter-regional working
  conference with researchers and research policy
  experts.

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Objective 4

• ö Elaborate recommendations for the development
  of compatible methods of assessment of SSH
  scientific capabilities in the international
  context
• Will conduct a study of how to measure and
  evaluate the social sciences with a focus on
  problems that emerge in countries which are not
  well represented in data banks like ISI Web of
  Knowledge

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Objective 5

ö Elaborate policy recommendations for setting
priorities in the SSH within an enlarged ERA in
the part of the international research
cooperation between EU-NIS and EU-China research
communities (WP4). Through regional policy
workshops, a conference and regular communication
with stakeholders
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Objectives 6 - 7

ö Mobilise the SSH international collaboration
By establishing a cross-regional consortium,
arranging cross-regional meetings, and in other
ways creating platforms for SSH collaboration
between scholars from EU, NIS and China ö To
disseminate the knowledge obtained
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Targeted countries

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• China
• EU member states
• Georgia
• Russian Federation
• Uzbekistan
• Ukraine

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www.globalsocialscience.org