Links

CORDIS

Towards FP7

www.cordis.lu/fp7/

 

EU International Scientific Cooperation Activities (INCO)
http://cordis.europa.eu.int/inco/home_en.html

 

The European Researchers' Mobility Portal

http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/index_en.cfm

 

Other Organisations and Networks

Central Asian Voices Portal
A web site featuring timely analysis of regional issues, and a forum enabling the exchange of ideas among policymakers, analysts,journalists, bloggers, and informed readers across the globe.
In English and Russian languages
www.centralasianvoices.org

CIEE - Council on International Educational Exchange
www.ciee.org

German Academic Exchange Service - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
www.daad.de

EURODOC - Council for PhD Candidates and Junior Researchers in Europe
www.eurodoc.net

European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS)
The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) is a unique alliance of companies, business schools and academic institutions that is, with the support of the European Commission, committed to integrating business in society issues into the heart of business theory and practice in Europe.
www.eabis.org

European Association for International Education
www.eaie.org

European Economic Association (EEA)
The EEA is an international scientific body, with membership open to all persons involved or interested in economics. Its main aim is foster closer links between theory-oriented and policy-oriented economists, as well as between students and more senior economists, from parts of Europe.
www.eeassoc.org

European Educational Research Association (EERA)
EERA aims to foster the exchange of ideas amongst European researchers, promote collaboration in research, improve research quality and to be able to offer independent advice on educational research to European policy-makers, administrators and practitioners.
www.eera.ac.uk

European Finance Association (EFA)
The aim of the Association is to provide a professional society of academicians and practitioners with an interest in financial management, financial theory and its application. EFA serves as a focal point of communication for its members residing in Europe and abroad. It also provides a framework for better dissemination of information and exchange at the international level.
www.efa-online.org

European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes (ENEPRI)
ENEPRI brings together twenty-two leading national economic policy research institutes from most of the EU-27 countries. The  goals of the network are to foster the international diffusion of existing research, co-ordinate research plans, conduct joint research and increase public awareness of the European dimension of national economic policy issues.
www.enepri.org

European Sociological Association (ESA)
The ESA aims to facilitate sociological research, teaching and communication on European issues. The ESA is an academic association of sociologists and a non-profit Europe-wide association made up of over 700 members. It was established in the early 1990s in order of facilitate European sociological research, teach and communication, and to give sociology a voice in European affairs.
www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa

European University Association
EUA represents and supports higher education institutions in 46 countries, providing them with a unique forum to cooperate and keep abreast of the latest trends in higher education and research policies.
www.eua.be

Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation
The mission of NEF is (a) to act as an operational platform to develop projects between foundations and other types of organised philanthropy and other giving programmes; (b) to develop programs related to Europe and the role of Europe on the global stage; and (c) to give a European perspective and opportunities for European experience to regional/local initiatives.
www.nefic.org

Nordic Council of Ministers
www.norden.org

Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at Harvard University
http://centasia.fas.harvard.edu

The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils for the Humanities and Social Sciences
The Councils for research in the humanities and social sciences in the Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - have formed a joint committee for the purpose of promoting strategic co-operation between the Nordic research councils
www.nos-nop.org/nos_menyer_sidor/nos_english.htm

 

E-Network of Academia in Social Sciences (e-NASS)

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/e-nass/

Relevant to the Action EU projects

A History of the University in Europe
Published by European University Association (the Cambridge University Press). Consists of four volumes, three of which are available: 1. Universities in the Middle Ages; 2. Universities in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800); and 3. Universities in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1800-1945).
www.eua.be/eua/en/publications_history.jspx

Changing Knowledge and Disciplinary Boundaries Through Integrative Research Methods in the Social Sciences and Humanities
www.hull.ac.uk/researchintegration

China – EU Science and Technology Cooperation Promotion Office (CECO)
CECO is an office that is helping European organisations to find a Chinese partner. It is also a network of 32 provincial and municipal S&T commissions/departments; academic organisations including Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS); and many others.
www.ceco.org.cn

Coordination Action “For a European Research Space in Social Sciences”
www.espacesse.org/en/index.php

ENIP - European Network of S&T Indicators Producers
www.enip-europe.org

ESSHRA – Towards FP7/Enlarging the SSH Research Agenda
Enhancing the research collaboration between the SSH research communities in the context of an enlarging EU and enlarged ERA.
Coordinator: Canan Ergin, The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, ncpsoc [at] tubitak.gov.tr

FP5 INNOCULT: Internationalisation of Research: Institutional Innovation, Culture and Agency in the Framework of Competition and Co-operation
www.iccr-international.org/innocult/reports.html

FP5 research project : Towards ERA - How to achieve European Added Value inTransnational and Interdisciplinary Socio-economic Research,
www.eu-dimension.uni-bremen.de

FP5 Special Support Action “Towards the learning economy”
www.learningcitizen.uni-bremen.de

FP5 SEMMERING project: Shaping the ERA. Science Policies for the Enlarged Europe www.iccr-international.org/semmering

FP6 NEST project “Creativity capabilities and the promotion of highly innovative research in Europe and the USA”
www.crea.server.de/index.htm

Fraunhofer ISI project “Improvement of the Links between Technical and Socio-economic Collaboration Programmes”
www.isi.fraunhofer.de/p/Projektbeschreibungen/bs-mnpq_e.htm

GESIS Service Agency Eastern Europe
The transfer of social science information and data between Eastern and Western Europe are central tasks of the GESIS Service Agency Eastern Europe as well as the fostering of East-West cooperation and support for comparative research.
www.gesis.org/eastern_europe

HERA ERANET - Humanities in the ERA
www.heranet.info

Knowledge Base Social Sciences in Eastern Europe
The Knowledge Base Social Sciences in Eastern Europe is designed to provide an ongoing overview of the development of social sciences in Central and Eastern Europe. The Knowledge Base is maintained by the GESIS Service Agency Eastern Europe in cooperation with Collegium Budapest and Maison des Sciences de l'Homme and results from the EU FP5 project 'The State of Three Social Science Disciplines in Central and Eastern Europe' (acronym: SSCEE). The Knowledge Base Social Sciences offers a living and long term mapping of the social science disciplines in Eastern Europe.
www.cee-socialscience.net

MORESS - Mapping of European Social Sciences and Humanities
http://vt-www.bonn.iz-soz.de/moress

NORFACE ERANET - New Opportunities for Research Funding Co-operation in Europe
www.norface.org/norface/publisher/index.jsp

PHOENIX - Fostering the rebirth of social sciences and humanities in the Central Asia
http://phoenix.irc.ee

PRIME - European Network of Excellence “Policies for Research and Innovation on the move to the ERA”
www.prime-noe.org

Research programme "Russia in Flux"
www.aka.fi/russia

SCOPE 2015
European Commission funded initiative aimed at producing scenarios for RTD cooperation with Europe. How international research partnerships might operate in future Framework Programmes is the focus of the SCOPE 2015 project. SCOPE 2015 will generate 10-year scenarios to be used by policy makers to guide decision processes on the shape and scope of future RTD cooperation between Europe and other parts of the world. The project includes studies on NIS excluding Russia.
http://les.man.ac.uk/PREST/SCOPE

SEEERA - Integrating and Strengthening the ERA in Southeast Europe
SEEERA is a coordination project aimed at structuring and expanding ERA to the Southeast European countries by coordinating and supporting RTD activities conducted at bilateral level between 15 consortium members.
www.see-era.net

SSA “EU-NESCO Research Dialogue”
The project aims at widen and deepen the research dialogue between the ERA and the Network of European Studies Centres in Asia and European Studies Associations in Asia.
Coordinator: Reimund Seidelmann, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen Institute of Political Sciences, Giessen, Germany, Reimund.Seidelmann [at] sowi.uni-giessen.de

SSA “Think&Act”
The project is aimed at an imrpoved articulation between EC funded research in SSH and policy making in the EU.
Coordinator: Philippe Albert Gerard SOL, Editions de Conde, Paris, France, philsol [at] club-internet.fr

STREP “Social Sciences and European Research Capacities”
The project addresses issues of integration of social sciences in the process of scientific and technological research.
Contact: Universita’ degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, ciccone [at] uniroma2.it

STREP “SSH FUTURES: Social Sciences and Humanities for Europe”
The project studies the opportunities for complimentary development and closer coupling of the SSH in Europe, their mutual ineractions with social demands.
Coordinator: Ronald Pohoryles, The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in Social Sciences, Vienna, Austria, r.pohoryles [at] iccr-international.org