Crossing Borders: Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities - NET4SOCIETY and PLATON+ at "Research Connection 2009", May 7 and 8, 2009 in PragueAPRE č lieta di invitarla alla conferenza "RESEARCH CONNECTION" organizzata dalla Commissione Europea il 7-8 Maggio 2009 a Praga.
Se anche Lei dovesse partecipare all'evento saremmo lieti di accoglierla al nostro stand N. 33 "Crossing borders" coordinato da 2 progetti europei di cui APRE č partner.
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PRESS RELEASE
Promoting socio-economic sciences and humanities is at the core of two networks funded by the European Commission. NET4SOCIETY (
www.net4society.eu) and PLATON+ (
www.platonplus.net) both have the objective of bringing socio-economic sciences and humanities to the forefront of EU-funded research while also stressing the importance of social sciences and humanities as a crucial part in producing knowledge in other research disciplines and in policy making. Visitors of the conference "Research Connection" are invited to jump into the world of social sciences, economics and humanities at the "Crossing Borders" booth.
NET4SOCIETY and PLATON+ will join forces in order to bring forward an issue that is high on the agenda of the European Research Area - interdisciplinary orientation of research activities. Specifically, the two projects wish to raise awareness about research potential and research findings in the fields of social sciences and humanities among researchers from other fields, policy makers as well as the business community and NGOs.
At "Research Connection 2009" in Prague, visitors are invited to tell us about their interfaces with socio-economic research and questions in their work and to use the presence of both projects for exchanging ideas and perspectives on fruitful interdisciplinary cooperation and use of socio-economic knowledge.
At the booth, visitors will also be provided with information (policy briefs and working papers about different social key issues) from ongoing and recently finished EU-projects. FP6 and FP7 projects from socio-economics and humanities interested in disseminating their publications at our booth are invited to get in contact with the coordinator of PLATON+, Mr. Iakovos Delioglanis (
info@platonplus.net).
"Crossing Borders" is booth 23 at Research Connection 2009.
Further information:
NET4SOCIETY
NET4SOCIETY is the first network of National Contact Points for the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) - 41 countries are involved. National Contact Points (NCPs) aim at helping researchers find their way to EU funding and provide consultation and partnering services. With the help of NET4SOCIETY, SSH NCPs increase their own knowledge base, so that they can improve the quality and utility of their service to the research community.
Contact details:
www.net4society.eu or mail to:
contact@net4society.euVisitors will also be able to meet the coordinator of NET4SOCIETY, Angela Schindler-Daniels, in Forum 12 "The value of culture and creativity: How to build a successful and competitive European community" - May 8, 2009, 15.30 -16.15 p.m., Room Club B&C
PLATON+
PLATON+ is an innovative EU-funded project aiming to:
(1) communicate socio-economic research results and assets to policy makers, civil society organisations and to business communities across Europe, and
(2) show ways of collaboration and bring into contact socio-economic researchers and researchers from other disciplines.
PLATON+ partners are selecting valuable research results and disseminating them to policy and decision makers, other researchers, business community and civil society organisations by means of policy-oriented publications, targeted events, trainings and variety of other activities. The project consortium consists of 12 partners from 10 European countries.
Contact details:
www.platonplus.net or mail to:
info@platonplus.net.
Monique Longo
Punto di contatto nazionale "Scienze sociali ed umanistiche" (SSH)
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