Project Social Sciences and European Research Capacities SS-ERC

Institutional framework PARTICIPANTS University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (coordinator) Maastricht University, the Netherlands University of Aarhus, Denmark University of Primorska, Slovenia University La Rioja, Spain Laboratorio di scienze della cittadinanza,Italy DURATION: 36 months SS-ERC

Project justification Structural changes in S&T production are occurring This entails an increased weight of social dynamics in S&T, which are scarcely recog-nised and managed Therefore, the question is socialising S&T, i.e. identifying and learning to control these dynamics Hence the need for integrating social sciences into S&T SS-ERC

Project aims General objectives strengthening the role of social sciences in S&T reseach Specific objectives: Evaluating the weight of social sciences Identifying hindering and facilitating factors in integrating social sciences into S&T Supporting policies aimed at this integration Increasing the awareness on social dynamics in S&T SS-ERC

Project structure A. Research on social sciences and S&T B. Four experimentations on I) social re-search in S&T production, II) evaluation, III) mediation and IV) science communic-ation C. Four handbooks (through involvement of expert panels) D. Dissemination and sensitisation activities (website, newsletters, four handbooks’ presentation conferences and two work-shops) SS-ERC