SICAs in Cooperation - 8 Socio-economic sciences and Humanities


By on Dec 23, 2006
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In the Workprogramme for the Theme 'Socio-economic sciences and Humanities' there is no specific mentioning of the Western Balkan countries, but there are some topics which generally call for participation of international partners and will profit from participating institutions from the region.

In general, "The Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Theme favours the participation of researchers and research institutions from third countries in proposals that are submitted under all Topics open under this Call. A number of Topics represent areas of significant potential mutual benefit and have been identified as particularly suitable for International Cooperation."

Examples of topics which are of specific interest for participation are:

SSH-2007-1.1.3 The impact of internationalisation on Europe's research and innovation systems
SSH-2007-1.2.1 Globalisation and its interaction with the European economy (aspects of EU enlargements shall explicitly be included)
SSH-2007-1.3.1 Macroeconomic policy, its interaction and cooperation with other policies (the context for the research shall be recent and future EU enlargements)
SSH-2007-2.1.1 Analysing, comparing and evaluating the various societal models in a medium- to long-term perspective (research shall compare different European countries or groups of those countries, other developed countries and relevant developing or emerging countries)
SSH-2007-2.1.2. Trade-offs or synergies between the different aspects of sustainable development (the trade-offs and synergies e.g. between poverty reduction and environmental protection in developing countries shall be researched)
SSH-2007-2.2.1. Regional development challenges in an evolving international context (European enlargement and integration is a key regional development challenge to be addressed)
SSH-2007-3.1.3 Migration (international comparative research on migration flows, immigration regimes and specific issues of return and repatriation, brain-drain and brain-gain, etc. is called for)
SSH-2007-3.3.1 Cultural interactions and multiculturalism in European societies
SSH-2007-4.1.1. Europe's role in global economic governance
SSH-2007-4.1.2. Development paths in an historical and comparative perspective and their impact on Europe
SSH-2007-4.2.1. Conflicts and Peace (historical perspectives, comparative research and contributions of teams from cases/areas chosen for the analysis are encouraged)
SSH-2007-4.2.2. Articulation of rule of law and protection of human rights at national, European and international levels (relevant research topics include e.g. historical and current perspectives on war crimes and the different roles of military and civilian tribunals, role of International Courts, impact of the international system of legal protection for the individual and for vulnerable groups, scope for alternative dispute resolution and restorative justice in the field of human rights protection, etc.)
SSH-2007-4.3.1. Europe seen from outside
SSH-2007-4.3.2. Multilateralism and the new external relations of the European Union (EU integration and other regional integration processes are of relevance as well as multilateralism and bilateral relations including enlargement and neighbourhood policy, etc.)
SSH-2007-5.2.1. Histories and Identities - articulating national and European identities (research could compare the effects of EU enlargements on the representation of identities in the new Member States, participation of researchers and research institutions from third countries is welcome)
SSH-2007-8.2. Horizontal measures to support international cooperation (international cooperation actions for the development of partnerships between communities of scholars, research institutions and agencies in the EU countries and associated ones in the FP and other world regions)

It is important to note that not only these actions are open for participation from Western Balkan countries - but they are specifically launched in order to promote cooperation with third countries! Please refer to the workprogramme for other objectives.

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