designing horizon 2020 – the case of the socio-economic sciences and humanities
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Designing Horizon 2020 – The case of the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities. Monique Septon, Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS Horisondil on Horisont, Tallinn, Feb. 26, 2013. Horizon 2020 & SSH. Introduction Horizon 2020 – The Belgian experience Horizon 2020 – The SSH experience - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Designing Horizon 2020 – The case of the Socio-economic Sciences and
Humanities
Monique Septon, Fund for Scientific Research-FNRSHorisondil on Horisont, Tallinn, Feb. 26, 2013
IntroductionHorizon 2020 – The Belgian experienceHorizon 2020 – The SSH experienceWhat’s next?
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The Fund for Scientific Research- FNRS
DEVELOP BASIC RESEARCHDEVELOP BASIC RESEARCH
Bottom Up
Bottom Up
Scientific ExcellenceScientific
Excellence
Individuals
Individuals ProjectsProjects
EquipmentEquipment
MobilityMobility
Research Funding Agency (b.1928)
Private foundation of public interest
International Department
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Horizon 2020 - Negociations
Horizon 2020 - Negociations
H2020 – Objectives and Structure
Challenge 6 - Europe in a Changing World – Inclusive, innovative, reflective societiesChallenge 7 - Secure societies
Challenge 6 - Europe in a Changing World – Inclusive, innovative, reflective societiesChallenge 7 - Secure societies
IntroductionHorizon 2020 – The Belgian experienceHorizon 2020 – The SSH experienceWhat’s next?
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H2020 – A Belgian experience…. 1/3
Once upon a time (July ‘10)...
COUNCIL
Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU – Workshop on simplification with MEPs, LERU… Led to a WG on simplification by the Belgian Permanent Representation: reps from
Ministries, universities, enterprises…
FWB universities and BE position papers on Simplification
Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
Council - Informal Ministerial Group on Simplification
Born Belgian Presidency. RIP Danish Presidency
Two reports – Few meetings, lots of exchange of information
Members: FR, SW, BE (eg FNRS), HUN, PL+DK, SP
H2020 – A Belgian experience…. 2/3
Commission: Green Paper: Common Strategic Framework
consultation Feb’11– 775 PP, 1300 responses to online
questionnaire, included Belgian universities
Commission Proposal on H2020, Nov. ‘11
Creation of a WG H2020 by Belgian Perm Rep – Universities PP
and Belgium PP
H2020 – A Belgian experience…. 3/3
EP : Participation to debates – M. Graça de Carvalho
Bilateral discussions with BE MEPS
Council : ongoing help requested by RP in various fields : EIT, full costing, Societal challenges).
Unified front?
Belgian Interuniversity WG Horizon 2020, 28 Feb ‘13
Rules for Participation: Funding costs testing – Paper, European Institute of Innovation and
Technology
The FNRS…et al
Science Europe – Major player
ETAG and FNRS among founding members
51 members, 26 countries, 30b€/yr
Develop coherent and inclusive European Research Area
Iglo Group (« ask Kristi »)
Net4Society, almost 50 countries, e.g. Estonia (Archimedes)
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Lobbying activities (2011-ongoing?)
Common Strategic Framework: lobby for strong integration of SSH in
future FP (no name at the time)
Presentation of Net4Soc PP at EP
Participation to preparatory workshops on SSH/H2020
Letter to COM official on separation of SSH and security challenges in
H2020
Open letter to MGQ with other orgs on independent challenge
Found an umbrella organisation for European SSH stakeholders:
European Alliance on Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH)
Presentation to MGQ of open letter and Vienna Declaration
WRITING
1 – Newsletter The voice of SSH in Europe
2 - Success Stories of SSH ImpactSSH results shape policy and legislative actions
Impact of SSH difficult to measure, low visibility
Publication of success stories with impact on research and policy,
society, economy
WORKSHOPWorkshop – Learning by doing (Jan ‘13) – Make interdisclinarity
work (ID)
Special focus on SSH
Speakers: FP6-7 funded projects (cooperation programme)
Audience of EU officials (relay), research managers, scientists
Aim: identify successful paths for making multi- and interdisciplinarity effective
Recommendations: Advancing ID research is a process and a new mindset
must be cultivated
Will lead to policy briefing, serve as basis for Pillar 3
Intro : Disciplines are social constructs but… (see EPSRC)
Idea behind funding the presented projects: use available results of
previous projects and integrate disciplines (cohorts, data, analysis
of a specific region, specific challenge…)
Some projects managed to create a roadmap on future research
(eg ageing), draw scenarios on global changes, combine different
disciplines
But other projects had difficulties in cooperation, leader, some
disciplines represented, little flexibility, lack of time…
Conclusion: ID/SSHmarginally present so far (COM)
The Sixth Challenge, the Seventh cloud, the eigth wonder…
From « Inclusive, Innovative and Secure Societies” to “Europe in
a Changing World (inclusive, innovative and reflective societies)”
and “Secure societies”
Variations in text from COM proposal to EP to Council – Budget
allocation needs to take into account the new structure
EP amendments to take out components from Challenge 6 (e.g.
Cohesion) and put them elsewhere
Vienna Declaration on Social Innovation (Sept 11): 14 research topics
prioritised
Europe 2020 – Designing research for European societies in a
changing world (18 Sept 12), EP/BMBF
Bringing forward interdisciplinary research in general but also within
the particular SSH
Ch Ehler (EP, Rapporteur RfP H2020) : excellence, increase of COM
proposal budget
RJ Smits (Dir Gnl, DG RTDI): SSH= major role change of mind set,
examples, make ID work
Science Europe & SSH
Position Statement Jan ‘13
Embedding Social Sciences and Humanities in H2020 - Societal Challenges
“SSH will play an important role” (MGQ, RJ Smits) but clear strategy
needed
Recommendations
- SSH research and researchers should be properly embedded in the decision
making about how the societal challenges are developed and implemented
- A number of ‘SSH cross-cutting themes’ should be embedded in all societal
challenges
- The budget frame for vital research on social, cultural and economic questions
must be set appropriately
- Non-academic partners should be broadly defined in H2020
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