Prosperous and Competitive Europe: A truly interdisciplinary FP10
02 December 2024
At this critical moment in history, the EU needs to fully endorse research in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), the European comparative advantage in global science. In 2025, Pillar 2 of Horizon Europe, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, is already showing commitment by increasing the budget for research areas within democratic governance, cultural heritage and social inclusion. Knowledge generation from the SSH is essential to effectively feed the ongoing public debate from governance to ethical and sustainable technological development. FP10, the next EU Research & Innovation Framework Programme, has promising opportunities to build on the SSH integration from the former programmes to strengthen the backbone of an innovative and competitive Europe.
With this joint statement, our associations as key stakeholders of research and innovation urge the European Commission, European Parliament and EU Member States to lay the groundwork for a value-driven Europe. We strongly believe that this will be achieved by endorsing the crucial role of SSH in FP10.
Endorsing organisations:
- Aurora
- Coimbra Group
- European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH)
- ECIU University Alliance
- European University for Well-Being (EUNIWELL)
- European Reform University Alliance (ERUA)
- Federation of Finish Learned Societies
- Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE)
- League of European Research Universities (LERU)
- NORCE
- Open Scholarly Communication in the European Research Area for Social Sciences and Humanities (OPERAS)
- SSH Council of the Netherlands
- Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA)
- Young European Research universities (YERUN)
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