Social Sciences and Humanities | SSH
SSH gathers a series of academic disciplines, concerned with aspects of human society and culture and the relationships among individuals within a society. SSH as a whole has many branches ranging from anthropology to philosophy, and from gender studies to global studies, each of which is considered a social science itself. Branches include, but are not limited to: anthropology, archaeology, communication studies, economics, history, human geography, jurisprudence, linguistics, political science, psychology, public health, and sociology. The term is can also be used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of society", established in the 19th century.
As a cross-cutting issue of broad relevance, Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) research is currently fully integrated into each of the general objectives of Horizon 2020. Embedding SSH research across Horizon 2020 is thus essential to maximise the returns to society from investment in science and technology. Topics like competitiveness, climate change, energy security or public health are complex and multi-faceted and need to be thout across disciplines. Indeed, the idea to focus Horizon 2020 around "Challenges" rather than disciplinary fields of research illustrates this new approach.
Examples of the role of SSH are:
- Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing, SSH research could provide the economic and social analysis necessary for reforming public health systems;
- Smart, green and integrated transport, SSH research analyses the socio-economic aspects of transport, prospective studies and technology foresight;
- Climate action and resource efficiency, SSH research tackles the cultural, behavioural, socio-economic and institutional change in order to move to a more self-reliant and resource efficient economy;
- Europe in a changing world, there will be a range of topics covering areas like new ideas, strategies and governance structures for overcoming the crisis in Europe, innovation in the public sector enabled by ICT, business model innovation, social innovation, European cultural heritage, history, culture and identity;
- Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies, the arts and humanities might be an essential source for creativity in development of services and product design.
You can search for funding opportunities related to social sciences and humanities in the new EC Funding and Tenders Portal.
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News
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Registration to the European Research and Innovation Days has opened
On September 28-29, 2022 the European R&I Days, the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event are back. The event is bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs...
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[Call Announcement] OSCE Call for Applications - Dialogue Academy for Young Women 2022
The OSCE invites you to apply for the OSCE Dialogue Academy for Young Women, which will take place from 16 to 25 September 2022 in Austria. Twenty-four successful applicants from Prishtinë/Priština and...
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[Call Announcement] SAF€RA’s 2022 Call for Proposals
SAF€RA launched its seventh joint call for transnational, collaborative research projects on May 19th 2022 with the participation of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development...
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Events
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Launch of the 11th survey round of the European Social Survey
The launch of the 11th survey round of the ESS will take place on 18.06.2022 in Tirana, Albania. All WB6 can participate in the survey for the first time Survey results are expected to become available...
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STOPPing Violence, Promoting Change: Mapping Perpetrator Programmes in the Western Balkans
The event STOPPing Violence, Promoting Change: Mapping Perpetrator Programmes in the Western Balkans will take place on 16 June, from 10:00-11:15 CET online. It is held in English with simultaneous translation...
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EU Western Balkans and Turkey Civil Society Forum
The EU-financed TACSO 3 project announced the forthcoming EU-Western Balkans and Turkey Civil Society Forum 2022 and invites civil society organisation (CSO) leaders and experienced civil society...
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Organisations
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Institute of Social Sciences, Serbia
The Institute of Social Sciences has six scientific research centres (Centre for Demographic Research, Centre for Politicological Research and Public Opinion, Centre for Economic Research, Centre for ...
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About SIC Social Innovation Community (SIC) is a Horizon 2020 funded project aiming to help deepen knowledge and capacity to act and grow social innovation and to support public and other decision-makers...
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European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities
The European Alliance of Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH) is an association comprised of all actors in the social science and humanities community. EASSH was founded some years ago and at present...
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Calls
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Call for Participation : Mapping of Meaningful Youth Political Participation Practices
The “How to Score a Youth Goal” project has launched a questionnaire which aims to explore awareness, existence and experience with meaningful youth political participation practices, and to outline...
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During the 1990s, influenced by the tragic events occurring during the splintering of Yugoslavia and by the ways in which these events were (re)presented by Western politicians and media, several authors...
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Call for papers: The 16th Serbian Political Science Association Annual International Conference
Over 30 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the start of political and economic transformation of the communist world. Is it the right time to take stock of the phenomena? Granted, ...
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Documents
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Funding Advocacy Action Plan (COESO D.4.3)
This document aims to provide clear and tangible actions for improving citizen science funding in the social sciences and humanities. It forms a key part of the COESO consortium’s work program, directly...
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Liridon Lika coordinated a special issue of The Journal of Cross-Regional Dialogues/La Revue de dialogues inter-régionaux
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Benchmarking of innovation procurement investments and policy frameworks across Europe
Want to know how much the public sector in your country invests in adopting innovations and in which sectors they invest most? Keen to find out if your country has an action plan, target, financial incentives...
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Links
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Support videos for Horizon Europe - How to evaluate Open Science and Ethics in Horizon EU and others
Support videos for Horizon Europe - How to evaluate Open Science and Ethics in Horizon EU and others
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CulturEU Funding Guide : EU Funding Opportunities for the Cultural and Creative Sectors 2021-2027
With this interactive guide, the European Commission wants to ease access to the funding opportunities available for the cultural and creative sectors across all the funding sources of the European Union...
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An open access publishing platform supporting data deposition and sharing. Publish all your findings including null results, data notes and more. Engage with your reviewers openly and transparently...
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Projects
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WESTERN BALKANS AT THE CROSSROADS: WAYS FORWARD IN ANALYZING EXTERNAL ACTORS' INFLUENCE
"Western Balkans at the Crossroads: Ways Forward in Analyzing External Actors' Influence,” run by the PSSI, is a follow-up project that aims to build upon a knowledge base established in the...
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GIZ Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency
Regional project: Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe – Energy Efficiency (ORF-EE) Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Implemented by: Deutsche...
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Using Science for/in Diplomacy for Addressing Global Challenges
A H2020 research project analysing and supporting EU science diplomacy The overall aim of S4D4C (“Using Science for/in Diplomacy for addressing global Challenges”) is to support current and future ...
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