The
ESF is the European association of national organisations responsible
for the support of scientific research. The ESF brings European
scientists together to work on topics of common interest, to
facilitate cooperation in the use of large research facilities,
and to discover and define new endeavours which will benefit
from a cooperative approach. The Foundation also works with
its member organisations in the joint study of science policy
issues of strategic importance in Europe. The IRCHSS joined
the ESF in 2001. Through its membership of the ESF, the Research
Council is committed to maximising opportunities for researchers
in Ireland to benefit from participation in European networks
of research excellence. The Research Council currently participates
in the following ESF scientific programmes:
EUROCORES
2009
The
EUROCORES Programme for European Collaborative Research Projects
(ECRP) is a response to the continuing demand from
the scientific community response to the continuing demand from
the scientific community in the countries of the SCSS’s
Member Organisations for funding to support responsive-mode,
investigator-driven Collaborative Research Projects within all
fields of social science in Europe. The ECRP Programme is designed
to promote research of the highest quality, offering opportunities
to test innovative ideas, pool expertise and strengthen research
capacity in line with the objectives of the European Research
Area. The IRCHSS, by being signatory to the call, facilitates
applications from researchers based in Irish research institutions.
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The
EUROCORES Programme EuroCORECODE: European Comparisons in Regional
Cohesion, Dynamics and Expressions. The main purpose
of the EuroCORECODE programme is to create a better understanding
of the ways in which regional cohesion developed in the longue
durée within a changing European context, through a programme
of comparative projects. More
info
EUROCORES
2008
The
EUROCORES Programme for Higher Education and Social Change (EuroHESC)
EuroHESC aims to develop
and implement a programme of interdisciplinary comparative research
into the relationship between higher education and society.
This will include the development of theories and hypotheses
about this relationship and the factors which influence it,
as well as addressing methodological issues of comparative research
in this field. More info
The
EUROCORES Programme for Better Analyses Based on Endangered
Languages (EuroBABEL) The
main purpose of the EUROCORES programme EuroBABEL: Better Analyses
Based on Endangered Languages is to promote empirical research
on underdescribed endangered languages, both spoken and signed,
that aims at changing and refining our ideas about linguistic
structure in general and about language in relation to cognition,
social and cultural organization and related issues in a trans-/
multi-disciplinary perspective. More
info
EUROCORES
2007
HumVIB:
Cross-national and Multi-level analysis of Human values, Institutions
and Behaviours
The IRCHSS supports the HumVib initiative, which will enable
multidisciplinary research teams from the signatory countries
to collaborated in the research of human values, institutions
and behaviours. HumVIB will run for 3-4 years. The Programme
aims to support high quality multidisciplinary research. More
Info
RESEARCH
NETWORKING PROGRAMMES
Representations
of the Past: National Histories in Europe (2003-2008)
This research programme seeks to analyze in depth national historiographies
and their relationship to wider national historical cultures
in European nations and nation-states. The IRCHSS has nominated
Professor Nicholas Canny, NUIG, as a member of the programme
steering committee. More
Info
Quantitative
Methods in the Social Sciences (2003 -2007 & 2008 - 2011)
QMSS aims a) to advance knowledge in the methods of analysing
increasingly complex social scientific data; b) to increase
the human capacity to analyze such data; and c) to engender
analysis of the large pan European data sets and thus to advance
comparative quantitative social science. These objectives will
be achieved through a series of integrated workshops and seminars
which aim to train junior social scientists in the latest methods
to analyze social scientific data and to provide opportunities
for senior researchers at the cutting edge of analysis to share
their research. The IRCHSS has nominated Dr. Diane Payne, UCD,
as a member of the programme steering committee. More
Info QMSS Website
Early
Agricultural Remnants and Technical Heritage (2004 -2009)
The aim of the EARTH programme is to encourage collaboration
and exchange on the dynamics of non-industrial agriculture,
with a central goal to understand humans in action, investigating
their knowledge, skills, perceptions and experiences, seeking
patterns and tendencies from the Neolithic period to the beginning
of industrial-scale agriculture. More
Info
Globalising
Europe Economic History Network (2006 - 2010)
The main scientific objective of the GLOBALEURONET Programme
is to investigate, on a systematic, Europe-wide and integrated
(ie, both quantitative and qualitative) basis, the economic,
institutional and social specificities of Europe’s participation
in the globalization waves that occurred during the last 150
years. The Programme brings together 24 top standing scholars
and active research teams from 20 European countries, thus mobilizing
a critical mass of research capacities and financial resources.
Professor Kevin H.O'Rourke, TCD, is a member of the International
Steering Committee. More
Info
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more information on the ESF see www.esf.org
