2. SSH in Horizon 2020 Workshop I: Inclusive societies Introduction Peter Farago Conference on „The Place of the Swiss SSH in the EU Horizon 2020“ Berne, May 24, 2012

3. Aims  Inform about Horizon 2020  Identify Swiss SSH potential  Contribute to integration of (Swiss) SSH into Horizon 2020  Keywords include: inequalities, intergenerational issues

4. SSH in Horizon 2020: Key Priorities  Excellent Science: ERC, FET, Marie Curie Actions, research infrastructures  Industrial Leadership: enabling and industrial technologies, access to risk finance, innovation in SMEs  Societal Challenges

5. SSH in Horizon 2020: Societal challenges  Health, demographic change and well-being  Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy  Secure, clean and efficient energy  Smart, green and integrated transport  Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials  Inclusive, innovative and secure societies

6. SSH in Horizon 2020: Inclusive societies „... humanities research can play an important role here...“  Promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth  Build resilient and inclusive societies in Europe  Strengthen Europe‘s role as a global actor  Close the research and innovation devide in Europe

7. SSH in Horizon 2020: Innovative societies „... the engagement of citizens, enterprises and users in research and innovation...“  Strengthen the evidence base and support for the Innovation Union and ERA  Explore new forms of innovation, including social innovation and creativity  Ensure societal engagement in research and innovation  Promote coherent and effective cooperation with third countries

8. SSH in Horizon 2020: Secure societies „... developing innovative technologies and solutions...“  Fight crime and terrorism  Strengthen security through border management  Provide cyber security  Encrease Europe‘s resilience to crises and disasters  Ensure privacy and freedom in the Internet and enhance the societal dimension of security

9. SSH in Horizon 2020: Position of Switzerland As expressed by the State Secretariat for Education and Research, March 2012: „The combination of the FP7 programmes SSH, SiS and Security in a single challenge ’Inclusive, innovative and secure societies‘ is a considerable step forward. Not only does this rapprochement ‘tame’ the technology focused understanding of the concept ‘security’, it also gives the concerns and the potential of SSH research some much needed visibility and increases its weight in the FP family. Also, researchers from the Humanities will hardly have more opportunities to submit or participate in proposals. Given the better possibilities for the researchers from the Social and Economic Sciences, the divide of opportunities will probably deepen.“

10. SSH in Horizon 2020: Conclusions  Only 1 out of 13 topics is about society: „Build resilient and inclusive societies in Europe“  Concrete content is unclear  So are the available funds for this topic  Commitment of SSH community and its collective actors remains crucial  Contributions and proposals by SSH community are needed, in Switzerland and abroad