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Subject: [Eurograd] (Fwd) [Regulation] Against the Downsizing of Social Sciences iDate: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:49:35 +0100From: [log in to unmask]: [log in to unmask]: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
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Datum: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 15:24:46 +0100
Von: David Levi-Faur <[log in to unmask]>
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Betreff: [Regulation] Against the Downsizing of Social Sciences in the EU
Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to some alarming developments in the preparations
for the 8th Framework Programme. These include:
1. The downgrading of socio-economic and humanities research in DG Research
from a department to one single office (taking effect January 1, 2011).
2. The plan to abolish broader, long-term integrated projects and the like in social
sciences and humanities in the 8th Framework Programme. Instead, a focus on
"grand challenges" with topics that are more applied than basic research and are
supposed to foster European competitiveness on global markets (social science as
an `auxiliary´ discipline to be mainstreamed into the other sciences) .
3. The downsizing of funding for socio-economic and humanities research
projects in the 8th Framework Programme.
There is nothing we can do against the structural decision of DG Research to down-grade
social science and humanities. There is still time to mobilize against its thematic and
financial downsizing. Given the decentralized structure of social sciences, concerted action
is difficult to organize. However, we suggest that you use the connections and networks
you have to disseminate the following demands, both to EU and national policy-makers:
1. No downsizing of socio-economic and humanities research;
2. continuation of integrated projects and networks on both smaller scale (1-3
Mio Euro) and larger scale (5-12 Mio Euro);
3. strengthening of social sciences in the Marie Curie Programme;
4. if grand challenges, they should focus on "social and cultural cohesion" of
Europe instead only on innovation;
5. less focus on partnering with industry, rather focusing on public sector and civil
society.
Please find attached a `non-paper´ on why it is important to strengthen social science
research beyond 2014.
Feel free to forward this email to other colleagues.
Thomas Risse, Carina Sprungk and Tanja A. Börzel
Prof. Dr. Tanja A. Börzel
Research College "Transformative Power of Europe"
www.transformeurope.eu
Berlin Center for European Studies
Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science
Freie Universität Berlin
Ihnestr. 22
14195 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 30 838 54 830
Fax: +49 (0)30 838 55049
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/polwiss/forschung/international/europa/
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Karen Kastenhofer
Institut fuer Technikfolgen-Abschaetzung
Oesterr. Akademie d. Wissenschaften
Strohgasse 45, 1030 Wien
Tel.: +43-1-51581-6580
Fax: +43-1-7109883
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http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/e1-4.htm
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