ESSHRA CONFERENCES

The report entitled "Perspectives for Future Research Collaborations between the EU and Turkey in the Social Sciences" is available now. Please click here to download the report.

ESSHRA aims to enhance research collaboration between the SSH research communities in the context of an enlarged EU and in the context of a widening European Research Area (ERA). To widen the SSH research agenda of the EU, ESSHRA helps to take into account research priorities of an enlarged European research community for future agenda setting of the ERA and to benefit from the already made transnational research experiences.

ESSHRA will identify future research topics and research priorities in Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) to contribute to the development of transnational research policies for enlarging the European research agenda in SSH. To achieve these aims ESSHRA will employ the dissemination of previous Framework Programme research results as a mode for initiating dialogues among transnational and national research communities on the research needs and priorities for identifying future research topics in SSH and for scaffolding transnational research policies. A series of SSH Conferences will be held in project partner countries as a means for stimulating dialogue on research findings among SSH researchers and policy makers.

Specific Objectives of the ESSHRA Project:

• To identify SSH research priorities related with the EU in project partner countries; namely Turkey, Malta, Switzerland, and Bulgaria.

• To stimulate international dialogue among SSH researchers on the identified research topics,

• To disseminate research findings of previous Framework Programme SSH projects, especially to policy makers,

• To facilitate dialogue among SSH researchers and policy makers on policy implications of research,

• To initiate a scientific debate among researchers and research policy experts on transnational research practices,

• To develop policy recommendations for scaffolding future transnational research collaborations.

The final project conference held in Istanbul - 18th -19th October 2007

Citizenship and Cultural Identities in the EU: Old Questions, New Answers

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The second project conference held in Berne - 12th-13th June 2007

Towards a Knowledge Society:  Is Knowledge a Public Good?

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The first project conference held in Sofia - 31st May-1st June  2007

Adapting to Integration in an Enlarged European Union

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• ESSHRA Questionnaire data collection has been finalised. Report on SSH priorities in project partner countries è

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