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♦ SSH CENTRE Open knowledge Platform
Delve into the diverse roles and innovative tools of SSH research and practice, which should be instrumental in driving transitions in climate, energy and mobility. Discover SSH researchers spread across various EU countries and regions, to help foster a collaborative research environment. Stay updated on the latest resources, focusing on SSH-relevant aspects in the upcoming Horizon Europe Cluster 5 calls.
Dive into our SSH Open Knowledge Platform sections
SSH CENTRE Workshops
These workshops highlighted the voices of Southern and Central and Eastern European (SE & CEE) Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) researchers tackling sustainability challenges. They aimed to show disparities in their research collaboration opportunities compared to Northern and Western researchers’ environments.
Aiming to overcome fragmentation across geography, discipline, and sustainability themes, the conclusions of these workshops were collected in a Position Statement translated in different EU and non-EU languages that gathered best practices for better integrating SSH into EU research and innovation policy.
SSH CENTRE Knowledge Brokerage Programme
Our knowledge brokerage programme for sustainability transitions gathered 30 PhD and Early to Mid Career Researchers working in Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) on themes of climate, energy or mobility to actively engage in accelerating the transition process towards a carbon-free society.
On this page, you’ll find an overview of the various stages involved in preparing, implementing, and developing our flagship Knowledge Brokerage Programme, which was conducted from 2023 to 2024.
We offer detailed materials from the programme to assist others in creating similar initiatives. These resources are designed to strengthen the connection between Social Science and Humanities research and policy.
SSH CENTRE, in liaison with Energy Cities, runs an online course to bridge the gap between Social Science and Humanities research and sustainability polices and for that we’ll launch this dynamic course designed in cooperation between research and policy professionals.
This online course takes 2-3 hours to complete at your own pace, through a series of nine short videos, and interactive tasks. All those who complete the course by January 2025 will receive a completion certificate.
SSH & STEM collaborative funded calls
These paid program experiences offered researchers in the SSH and STEM disciplines a unique opportunity to develop valuable knowledge and skills and directly impact policy. Through online training, participants experienced co-producing evidence, integrating knowledge from diverse disciplines, and translating research into actionable insights for policymakers.
These programmes, running until September 2024, combine practical training with real-world application, allowing participants to make a tangible difference in sustainability efforts.
As part of the programme, we developed a series of hubs in different European cities where SSH&STEM could engage with local policy institutions to address how to face European challenges:
SSH CENTRE Policy Insight Events
Aiming at contributing EU policies towards carbon neutrality by fostering social innovation, a collaboration between Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) and Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) fields and providing transdisciplinary policy advice, the main core of these policy insight events, held by Friends of Europe, is to tackle social aspects of energy, climate and mobility topics giving the speaker to experts and citizens on each field to ensure an inclusive transition.
Aiming to overcome fragmentation across geography, discipline, and sustainability themes, the conclusions of these workshops were collected in a Position Statement translated into different EU and non-EU languages, which gathered best practices for better integrating SSH into EU research and innovation policy.
Beyond SSH CENTRE project: strategies for Horizon Europe policy communities
Our commitment is to boost the component of Social Science and Humanities in strategic EU programmes therefore we develop a cross-cutting actions to engage with different EU programmes:
⊕ Engaging with SET-PLAN:
Our mission will be related to the revision of the SSH content of 13 SET-Plan Implementation Plans in collaboration with SET-Plan Implementation Working Groups (IWGs). IWG-specific recommendations will be provided to update these documents based on the latest SSH results.
Besides, we participate in 2+ EU Member States SET-Plan Steering Group meetings that involve presenting the project’s offerings and findings via EERA partner, who represents the project at three SET-Plan annual policy side events, with ongoing dialogue supported by biannual virtual meetings with EC staff to discuss synergies and participation.
⊕ Engaging with Horizon Europe Missions:
Virtual focus groups run by our partner Friends of Europe (FoE) based on the four relevant Missions will explore how citizens address the priorities identified within the Missions programme.
Their conclusions will be the starting discussion point of presenting recommendations for the 4 missions, and organising 4 online live panels (1 per Mission) for Missions policymakers to reflect on these.
⊕ Engaging with Cluster 5 Horizon Europe:
The main focus on this task will be analyse the key SSH aspects of the 11 target Horizon Europe Cluster 5 Partnerships through 6 high-level virtual meetings with Partnerships’ programme managers to transmit and discuss the results. This will be supervised by the SSH CENTRE advisory board to ensure their effectiveness.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101069529 and from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee [grant No 10038991].