The proceedings of the Austrian EU Presidency Conference “Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda – Valuation of SSH in mission-oriented research” are published! You can access them here: https://www.fteval.at/content/home/news/
The Working Paper “SSH-Impact Pathways and SSH-Integration in EU Research Framework Programmes.” builds on the scientific discourse on valuation of SSH research as well as SSH-integration in EU framework programmes and aims at summarising the key findings from the November 2018 Austrian EU Presidency Conference “Impact of Social Sciences and Read more…
A national event – following the successfully held Austrian Presidency of the EU Council Conference on ‘Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda – Valuation of SSH in mission-oriented research‘ in November 2018 – is scheduled on 8 March 2019 in Vienna. Austrian representatives in Committees Read more…
A background story about the video than won a price during the SSH Impact Conference in Vienna The award-winning film, GlobalCommunities: Our City, Our Say, follows the story of how research in social sciences is making a profound impact on the accessibility and maintenance of electricity infrastructure in Ghana.The video was Read more…
One main result of the SSH Impact Conference, the document ‘Social Sciences and Humanities Research Matters. Guidelines on how to successfully design, and implement, mission-oriented research programmes’, is published. The document has been drafted, consulted and compiled by Thomas König on behalf of the organisers of the Austrian Presidency of Read more…
The conference video provides impressions from the Austrian Presidency of the EU conference on ‘Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities for a European Research Agenda – Valuation of SSH in mission-oriented research‘ and statements from Ineke Sluiter, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Carina H. Keskitalo, Member of Group Read more…
You can access the video recording of most of the sessions in the main auditorium here. Click on title to access the videos.
The Austrian Minister for Education, Science and Research states that SSH provide central contribution to solve societal challenges. Click on title to access the press article here.
Some impressions of the SSH Impact conference are available here. The programme brochure can be downloaded here. Thank you to all who attended the conference at 28 and 29 November in Vienna or who followed the livestream. We hope that you enjoyed the event! The presentations will be online soon.
“Impact Re-loaded“ is the title of a concept note, drafted by the Chair of the Scientific Committee, Ms. Helga Nowotny together with Thomas König (IHS) and Klaus Schuch (ZSI). The document, focusing on how “impact” of SSH can be understood in a broader and non-defensive way, could and should be Read more…