List users may be interested in a news alert featuring European Socio-economic and humanities research.

Socio-economic and Humanities Research for Policy, a newly launched news alert service highlights the policy relevance of socio-economic and humanities research findings. Socio-economic and Humanities Research for Policy helps policy makers respond to the complex economic and social dynamics of the modern world by providing access to the latest research results.

Articles for the free monthly e-News Alert Service are selected for their policy relevance, and address the major challenges facing the social, economic, political and cultural make-up of Europe. Each month, subscribers will receive an e-news alert containing six articles featuring research supported under the European Union’s 6^th and 7^th Framework programmes. Research activities covered include:

· Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society

· Combining economic, social and environmental objectives in a European perspective

· Major trends in society and their implications

· The role of Europe in the world

· The citizen in the European Union

· Socio-economic and scientific indicators

· Foresight activities

Further details, together with the articles from the first issue can be found at: www.scoopproject.org.uk

To subscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message header ‘subscribe SEHR Alert’.

Dr Emma Weitkamp

Senior Lecturer in Science Communication

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

The University of the West of England, Bristol

BS 16 1QY

Dir: +44 117 328 2081