{"id":3675,"date":"2019-03-18T16:27:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T16:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/en\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2019-03-20T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T16:34:07","slug":"integration-of-social-sciences-and-humanities-in-eu-framework-programmes-horizon-2020-and-horizon-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polsca.pan.pl\/en\/integration-of-social-sciences-and-humanities-in-eu-framework-programmes-horizon-2020-and-horizon-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Integration of Social Sciences and Humanities in EU framework programmes \u2013 Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What are the most important research trends in the social sciences and humanities, which can be financially supported within EU funds? How to strengthen cooperation between SSH representatives and representatives of other sciences, business organizations as well as industry? What is the level of integration of social sciences and humanities in the current framework programme Horizon 2020?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partial answers to these and other questions were provided by two events taking place in Brussels on 27-28 February 2019. The first of them Co-creating Horizon Europe. The impact of Social Sciences and Humanities on future generations<\/a><\/em> was devoted to the role that social sciences and humanities should play in the next framework programme Horizon Europe, which aims to address the current social challenges affecting Europe. What is more, attendees could familiarize themselves with the results of the ACCOMPLISSH<\/a> project, which can be seen as a platform connecting the academic community, representatives of European governments, industry and citizens. The second initiative Launch event for social sciences and humanities (SSH) integration report<\/em><\/strong>, was related to the publication of the latest report of the European Commission, monitoring the state of integration of social sciences and humanities in the current framework program Horizon 2020. One of the editors of the report is Mr. Krzysztof Kania, working in Directorate-General for Research and Innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It is worth mentioning that both events were attended by director of the Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels, prof. Ma\u0142gorzata Mol\u0119da-Zdziech, and head of the administrative department of <\/strong>the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences<\/strong><\/a>, project adviser, Mrs. Aleksandra K\u0119pczy\u0144ska.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the report<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The report of the European Commission Integration of Social Sciences and Humanities in Horizon 2020: Participants, Budget and Disciplines<\/a><\/em> published on February 28, 2019 is of cross-sectional nature. It covers not only general trends, but also various dimensions of integration, such as the budget going to SSH, the involvement of SSH partners in the integration process, participation of particular SSH disciplines, as well as sectors and participant countries in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many\ninteresting conclusions come from the report. Looking more closely at the SSH\nfield in 2016-2017, we could observe both numerous positive changes as well as\nareas that still calling for intensified actions or appropriate modifications.\nReferring first to positive changes, it should be emphasized that the share of SSH\nprojects in the budget of the Horizon 2020 increased in 2017 to 23% (20% in\n2016). What is important, the number of SSH-flagged topics also increased –\nfrom 84 in 2016 to 113 in 2017, and the percentage of projects with at least\none SSH partner went up significantly – 86% of funded projects in 2017 (in comparison\nto 71% in 2016). Most of the SSH flagged projects concerned the 6th Societal\nChallenge \u2018Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective\nsocieties\u2019 (75%), the least (8%) \u2018Secure, clean and efficient Energy\u2019 (3rd\nSocietal Challenge).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reference: EC report, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

However, some\nissues remained largely unchanged. In the aspect of project coordination in\n2017, the EU-15 countries strongly dominated (86% of funded projects), whereas\nthe U-13 countries were still underrepresented (12% of financed projects). The\nproject coordinators mostly came from Germany (15%), Italy (15%), Great Britain\n(15%), Austria (7%) and Belgium (6%). In addition, there was a visible\npredominance of representatives of some disciplines – economics, business,\nmarketing (31%), political science, public administration and law (28%),\neducation and communication (12%) or sociology (9%). There were still few\nprojects funded in such areas as history (4%), anthropology or ethnology (3%),\nas well as demography and geography (1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4th<\/sup>\nMonitoring report also includes summary of the activity of SSH representatives\nwithin the first pillar – Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) or European\nResearch Council grants. Compared to 2016, the number of SSH participants in\nMarie Curie-Sk\u0142odowska Actions in 2017 decreased by 2% – from 18.5% to 16.5%.\nSSH was best represented in the Individual Fellowships actions (25%), in the Research\nand Innovation Staff Exchange (17%), then in the Innovative Training Networks\n(11%). When taking a more detailed look at the budget of MSCA projects across\nfields, it is visible that social sciences and humanities were in third place\n(14%), behind life sciences (26%) as well as information science and\nengineering (24%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reference: EC report, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When it comes\nto projects funded by ERC in 2017, more than 431 million euros were awarded via\nthe SSH panels of the ERC, which constitutes an important increase in comparison\nto 2016 (+17,1% year over year). In addition, the percentage of grants related\nto SSH went up significantly \u2013 SSH grants represented a share of 25% of all\nprojects (3% more than in 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Networking – one of the keys to success<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This fourth Monitoring Report on Integration of SSH across Horizon 2020 shows that on many aspects progress has been made since the start of the programme. However, it also underlines that more efforts are needed to get the results strived for in this policy area. One of the solutions could be to encourage universities, research institutes or researchers in the social sciences and humanities to participate in networks such as the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities<\/a> (EEASH), the European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and the Humanities<\/a> (ENRESSH), European University Association<\/a> (EUA) or projects such as ACCOMPLISSH or Net4Society<\/a>. Another possibility is participation in events like Brokerage Event<\/a>, which are an opportunity to present a scientific institution (or group of researchers) and to establish contacts, particularlyimportant in the view of potential scientific cooperation. In addition, it is crucial to share good practices examples in the field of SSH. A perfect examples are: the EVALUATE<\/a> project, very popular in the media and on Internet, the HiReach<\/a> or the TRACES<\/a> project on European cultural heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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