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Country : Finland
Published : 19-Jun-2013
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The country continues to implement the Research and Higher Education reform, which was launched in 2009 after the Law on Higher Education and Research was approved. Since then major changes occurred in the country's R&D system in ...
Country : Lithuania
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The recent developments in the field of SSH research policy have not been too significant. The main trend has been that social sciences and humanities are increasingly seen as connected with natural sciences and technology and different kinds of inte ...
Country : Finland
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The recent developments in the field of SSH research policy have not been too significant. The main trend has been that social sciences and humanities are increasingly seen as connected with natural sciences and technology and different kinds of inte ...
Country : Finland
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Debate on the value of humanities in HungaryThe recent declaration of the Hungarian secretary of state for higher education, István Klinghammer (member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, former rector of ELTE Eötvös Loránd ...
Country : Hungary
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Hungarian universities on the verge of bankruptcyAccording to the open letter of the Hungarian Rectors' Conference, written to the secretary of state responsible for higher education, and according to recent news published in the press, several H ...
Country : Hungary
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Country : USA
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Otto Wichterle Award for 2013Otto Wichterle Award for 2013 was given to 23 young scientists in Prague on June 5, 2013. Otto Wichterle Award is the prize given by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic to stimulate and encourage selected, excep ...
Country : Czech Republic
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Prizes of Publishing House Academia 2012An award ceremony of the 5th year of the Prizes of the Academia Publishing House 2012 and the first Annual Student Competition of the Academia Publishing House was held on March 27, 2013.Altogether 85 publicati ...
Country : Czech Republic
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New list of non-impact peer-reviewed journals in the Czech RepublicAt its 281st meeting on March 29, 2013, the Research, Development and Innovation Council approved a procedure for the creation of the new list of non-impact peer-reviewed journals pub ...
Country : Czech Republic
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The Swedish Government has commissioned the Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) in consultation with the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS), the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Sp ...
Country : Sweden
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Italy has a new Minister of Education, University and Research -- Dr. Maria Chiara Carrozza: Minister Carrozza took office on 27 April 2013, along with the other members of the new Government, led by Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Elections were&n ...
Country : Italy
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Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) presents "Horizon 2020 Italia" and launches "ResearchItaly" on 19 March 2013The MIUR presented the conclusive document outlining Italy's programme for Horizon 2020. ...
Country : Italy
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Outraged representatives of the Hungarian intelligentsia protest against the servile procedures of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. According to the CLXXXIX Act (2011) on Hungary’s local governments, public spaces cannot bear the names o ...
Country : Hungary
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German Gerda Henkel Foundation funds special program on “Security, Society, and the State”The Gerda Henkel Foundation starts a new program to fund projects in the field of “Security, Society, and the State”. The program target ...
Country : Germany
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"Horizons for Social Sciences and Humanities" - this conference is initiated and organized by the EU Lithuanian Presidency. It invites for the elaboration of the potential that SSH can bring to European societies. The overall aim of t ...
Country : Lithuania
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Italy's Minister of Education, University and Research Profumo signs a Decree to facilitate mobility of human resources between universities and public research organisations on 29 March 2013.This decree allows full-time professors and university ...
Country : Italy
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New Norwegian programme for social science petroleum research: PETROSAM 2The Research Council of Norway (RCN) has launched a new programme for social science petroleum research called PETROSAM 2. The programme continues a series of RCN initiati ...
Country : Norway
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New Norwegian programme for social science petroleum research: PETROSAM 2The Research Council of Norway (RCN) has launched a new programme for social science petroleum research called PETROSAM 2. The programme continues a series of RCN initiatives wi ...
Country : Norway
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New public research institute established in HungaryGovernment decree 83/2013 established a new public research institute and an archive with the objective to conduct research on the history of the change of the regime.The institute will be supervise ...
Country : Hungary
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Minister Profumo signs decree introducing quality control for Italian universities on 30 January 2013.The Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) has approved a decree that introduces criteria and guidelines for evaluation--both initial ...
Country : Italy
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Social Innovation projects under the National Smart Cities Call for Proposals approved on 28 February 2013 by Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)Issuing the Directorial Decree 28 February 2013 no. 371, Italy's MIUR has approved& ...
Country : Italy
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The President of the Calouste Gulbenkian, Artur Santos Silva, and the President of Fundacion "la Caixa", Isidro Fainé, signed a cooperation agreement for the development of initiatives to improve the quality of life of people in Port ...
Country : Portugal
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With a view to formulate a new scheme of research evaluation adjusted to Horizon 2020, Portuguese government has launched a national call to all research units in order to listen to their proposals concerning methods of evaluation and funding. T ...
Country : Portugal
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According to the FCT site, 91 SSH PhD projects were submitted under the programme “FCT PhDs”, which promises to be a way of fostering excellence in the national system of science and technology. However, only up to five projects are likel ...
Country : Portugal
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Decapitation of humanities at Hungary's flagship universityThe radical cuts imposed by the government hit Hungary's higher education system particularly hard (in 2013 the funding of the system is 64 % of the amount allocated to it in 2010). O ...
Country : Hungary
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Malta – School of Perfoming arts launched The university of Malta officially launched the School of Performing Arts in February 2013. The school brings together the disciplines of Theatre, Dance, and Music offering both undergraduate and p ...
Country : Malta
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FP-7 Evaluators to support MIUR in evaluating "Smart Cities and Communities" call for proposalsThe Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) has extended the evaluation phase for the first group of proposals submitted un ...
Country : Italy
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Declaration of the National University Council (CUN) highlights the emergencies of the Italian university and research system.The CUN is the elected body of representatives of the Italian university system and functions as an advisory body to th ...
Country : Italy
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Hungary: The Ministry of National Developments entrusts Századvég Foundation to carry out large-scale policy substantiating SSH-research Századvég Foundation, the key performing institution of government-sponsored policy-s ...
Country : Hungary
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The culture and creative industries in Malta are benefiting from additional support through a new Creativity Trust Fund set up in February by the Ministry for Culture & Environment in collaboration with the Finance Ministry. The fund has received ...
Country : Malta
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German Research Rating in English and American StudiesThe German Council for Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) compared and appraised the research performance of all German universities in the field of English and American studies. This ...
Country : Germany
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New SSH framework program funded by the German governmentThe German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is enhancing its funding for the humanities, cultural and social sciences in a new framework program. Nearly 380 million euros will ...
Country : Germany
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Smart Cities and Communities and Social Innovation Programme: With Directorial Decree prot. N. 391/Ric. of 5 July 2012, the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) allocated €655.5m for initiatives to promote development ...
Country : Italy
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UK highlights social relevance of social science research in everyday life The UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has published a magazine which showcases the diversity of the Research Council’s funded research on impor ...
Country : United Kingdom
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New National Innovation Strategy in HungaryAfter two years of black hole in innovation strategy design and - more or less implementation - the Ministry of National Economy prepared the draft of Hungary's new National Innovation Strategy with the ...
Country : Hungary
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Support for human resources in science continued Support for human resources in Latvia's science, in particular young scientists and doctoral candidates, will continue through European Social Fund financing of scientific partnerships i ...
Country : Latvia
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International experts to evaluate the quality and performance of scientific institutions in Latvia Following support by the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers to the proposal to carry out an international evaluation of the performance of scienti ...
Country : Latvia
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New concept of the Higher Education Act in HungaryAccording to the most recent concept of the long-discussed Higher Education Act to be adopted by the end of 2011, the number of students, whose tertiary education is financed by the state will be redu ...
Country : Hungary
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Internationalisation of the Hungarian research communityAs an element of the structural change that targets the network of research institutions of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, HAS launched a programme, inviting outstanding foreign scholars to ...
Country : Hungary
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Funding of Hungarian innovation restructuredAccording to the second Széll Kálmán package for the modernisation of Hungary the funding of innovation will be restructured. The government decided to abolish budgetary contributions t ...
Country : Hungary
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The survival of 96 museums and the related SSH research is jeopardised in HungaryThe survival of 96 museums and 116 exhibition places maintained previously by county level (NUTS 3 region level) municipalities is jeopardised with new changes in their ...
Country : Hungary
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Mega tender for strategic SSH research activitiesThe Hungarian Ministry for National Development announced a mega tender for strategic SSH reseach, communication and opinion polls related taks. According to the call HUF 30 million (EUR100,000) per mo ...
Country : Hungary
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Establishment of a new universityThe Hungarian government decided about the establishment of a new university: from January, 2012 the National Public Service University will be launched, through the consolidation of the Miklos Zrinyi National Defense ...
Country : Hungary
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New Higher Education Act in Hungary The Hungarian government adopted a new Higher Education Act (Act CCIV, 2011) that enters into force on 1st January, 2012. The act will bring about fundamental changes in the Hungarian higher education system.& ...
Country : Hungary
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New National Planning Bureau in HungaryThe Ministry for the National Economy decided about the establishment of a new research institute: the "National Office for Strategic Planning".Staffed with 100 researchers, the ne Office will work in ...
Country : Hungary
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New framework contract for SSH research underpinning government policy-makingThe Hungarian government announced a tender for policy-based SSH research and policy advice. The framework contract, won by the consortium led by Századvé ...
Country : Hungary
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John Wesley Theological College The C. Act on „The Right to Freedom of Conscience and Religion, and on Churches, Religions and Religious Communities” adopted in July 2011 recognised only 14 of the 358 religious groups in Hungary. Groups w ...
Country : Hungary
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Establishment of new SSH research institute A new institute dedicated to research on the status of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe was established in Budapest. (The official inauguration takes place on 28th June, 2011).The mission of the inst ...
Country : Hungary
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METRIS - Monitoring European trends in Social Sciences and Humanities - offers now a Dashboard function. By clicking on the Dashboard in the upper bar, you will be able to compare many SSH indicators across the countries covered. Choose a year, ...
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The implementation of SSH objectives, as part of the broader national RDI system, has been influenced by important legislative and institutional changes adopted by MERYS/NASR in 2011, with impact on higher education research and RDI activities.In Higher Education (HE) In 2011, a comprehensive education legislation package was introduced in Romania, including Education Law no. 1/5 January 2011 and a broad range secondary legislation aimed to implement it:· Government Decision no. 536/18 May 2011 regarding the organization and functioning of MERYS; · &nbs ...
Romania
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The implementation of SSH objectives, as part of the broader national RDI system, has been influenced by important legislative and institutional changes adopted by MERYS/NASR in 2011, with impact on higher education research and RDI activities.In Higher Education (HE) In 2011, a comprehensive education legislation package was introduced in Romania, including Education Law no. 1/5 January 2011 and a broad range secondary legislation aimed to implement it:· Government Decision no. 536/18 May 2011 regarding the organization and functioning of MERYS; · &nbs ...
Romania
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Since mid-2007, there have been no new major trends as such in research policy in Belgium, neither from a general point of view nor with regard to research in SSH. The major developments build on the trends of the past years, including:increased use of fiscal instruments to address the high cost of labour for researchers (federal responsibility); increased concern for an efficient functioning of S&T intermediary systems, with the implementation of assessments and monitoring procedures (in both Wallonia and Flanders);growing attention towards internationalisation of the research system: openness of research programmes; conclusions of international research agreements (e.g. between Flanders and the Netherlands); and development of pr ...
Belgium
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Currently, there are no SSH-specific policy developments under way in Iceland. A new general policy for science and technology from the STPC will be introduced in 2013. Different external factors can also influence policy developments, for instance the network constituted by the Nordic Countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) for research collaboration, which includes research priorities on social sciences and humanities. ...
Iceland
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Japan
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In January 2011, the NRF welcomed a new Secretary General, Prof. Marc Schiltz. The progamme Aid for Research Training (Aides à la la Formation-Recherche, or AFR), which provides funding to PhDs and post-docs and is administered by the NRF, announced it would receive an additional €4.28 million in co-funding for post-docs from the EU for the period 2012-2015 [7]. The instrument, COFUND, supports national or regional mobility of researchers. The co-funding is in addition to the programme’s committed budget of €9.96m for PhD funding and €4.57m for post-doc funding in 2010.In line with the recommendations of the OECD review of Luxembourg’s national research system [8], a second set of performance contracts for ...
Luxembourg
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At the national level, the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) has drafted the new National Research & Innovation Strategic Plan (2011-2020) and issued the draft document for public consultation in December 2011. The plan is giving central importance to innovation as a broad concept, the framework conditions for research and innovation, societal challenges and the involvement of all key actors. It provides a policy framework for the coming decade, and will take into consideration, among others, ongoing work in the preparation of thematic plans in several sectors, including health research, participation in the EU's Framework Programme and value-added manufacturing.In the specific sector of health, MCST has set up si ...
Malta
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On November 14, 2006 the Council for Higher Education adopted a report regarding the status of the humanities in Israel. This report (internal report of the council) analysed the structure of the humanities and gave an overview of the difficulties faced in this field. In summary the findings were that due to the fact that in particular technological sciences are gaining in interest, attracting more funds and resources, and students, the humanities are suffering a decline. Furthermore, the Israeli Academy is going through a difficult phase current as seen by the cuts in its budgets and a reduction of faculty members. The recruitment of new members is rather slow and there are plans to shut down libraries.According to the government, Is ...
Israel
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Federal S&T StrategyThe most significant research policy development in recent years has been the implementation of the federal government’s S&T strategy. The document Mobilizing Science and Technology to Canada's Advantage [1], published in May of 2007, articulates the various R&D priorities attached to the strategy (see 'Thematic priorities at national level' section) and provides a framework to guide Canada’s present and future S&T policy. The strategy conceives S&T as broadly encompassing the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, health sciences and engineering, and it notes that all of these areas will be mobilised to support the R&D priorities. However, the SSH discip ...
Canada
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With the instalment of the new government (2010), the six Societal Innovation Agenda’s have been replaced by policy on nine Top Sectors: Food, Agriculture, Horticulture and Starting Materials, High Tech, Energy, Logistics, Creative Industry, Life Sciences, Chemistry and Water. The Netherlands has a strong position in these sectors internationally. Businesses and knowledge institutes that are involved have established a great amount of knowledge and already collaborate in innovative projects. Another aspect of these sectors is that the products and technologies contribute to solving societal issues. Both the Grand Challenges and the Top Sectors hardly focus on SSH, with exception of projects on Security and Healthy Ageing. Another ...
Netherlands
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The following provides information on a number of developments that have affected SSH policy in Albania over the past year. In July 2011 the European Commission approved its revised funding to support ongoing reforms in Albania and other countries under the Instrument for Pre-Accession assistance (IPA). Albania will receive €258m for the period 2011-2013 and will also have access to funds under a multi-beneficiary programme and cross-border co-operation[1]. IPA funds will support reform of the judiciary and public administration, regional co-operation to combat organised crime and corruption, reforms and regional co-operation in education as well as investments in infrastructure. The new IPA funds represent an important opportunity for ...
Albania
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Signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the EU and BiH on science and technology (S&T) co-operation (November 2008) gave BiH associated status in the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). At the same time, BiH NCP system was incorporated within Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH (MoCA) by officially nominating the national FP7 coordinator, i.e. the NCP National Coordinator, within the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH. This was the beginning of a new phase of the development of the FP7 support structure.The official nominations of NCPs and BiH Programme Committee Members began in 2009, at the same time as the procedure for the nomination of ‘focal points’ by all BiH public universities in BiH, to complement and support t ...
Bosnia i Herzegovina
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The National Programme for the Integration of Montenegro into the European UnionIn June 2008 the Government of Montenegro adopted the National Programme for the Integration of Montenegro into the European Union for the period of 2008-2012. This document is a national plan for theadoption of the acquis and set out short-term and medium-term priorities. The most important short-term priorities were: reform of the statistical system in the areas of science and research; expansion and development of the National Contact Point (NCP) network for the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union; promotion of researcher mobility; strengthening of links between the research sector and the economy as well as the adoption of a number of bylaws.Th ...
Montenegro
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Major developments in R&D sector in Serbia, which affects SSH too, are organisational as well as functional changes and/or novelties. The Ministry of Education and Science (MES) has been established in March 2011, and is a legal successor of the previous Ministry of Science and Technological Development (MSTD) (Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia", 16/2011). While this is the major organisational change, the main functional novelty is the adoption of a new “Strategy of Scientific and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia 2010-2015” (SSTDRS) [1]. Following this new Strategy, a public call for funding of Basic Research, Technological Development and Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research programmes ...
Serbia
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Currently there is no specific policy development which focuses exclusively on SSH Research. SSH is one of the Pillars announced in the calls for Proposals of the RPF, providing opportunities for potential beneficiaries to submit a proposal. ...
Cyprus
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The most relevant new development in SSH in 2011 is the continuation of consolidation of research infrastructures and capacities in National Research Centres, in line with the Guidelines on Science and Technology Development (2009). Cooperation Strategies and Spatial Development Strategies of each individual National Research centre were approved by the Ministry of Education and Science in the spring of 2011. As of August 2011, a limited tender for project proposals is implemented, the prospective NRCs submitting their requests for infrastructure support. Prior to that, all public scientific institutions in Latvia underwent an extensive exercise mapping the human resources, research excellence and infrastructural resources to determine ...
Latvia
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On the competitive call for international scholarships for under-graduate and post-graduate studies for academic 2012/2013, the Ministry of Education and Science awarded 13 candidates, out of which eight were from SSH. The scholarships are part of the measure of the government for covering complete costs for students who enrol into PhD or master’s studies at one of the top 100 world universities or top 20 European universities from the Shanghai Jao Tong University ranking.According to the latest available data from the State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia, in 2011 the number of graduates with master’s degree in SSH was more than tripled compared to 2010 (331 in 2010 and 800 in 2011). The share of graduates with ...
FYR Macedonia
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In June 2010 the Bulgarian government adopted a National Strategy for the Development of Scientific Research in the framework of Europe 2020 strategy, where it set the national targets in the area of R&D. These include reaching a level of R&D spending of 1.5% of GDP by 2020 ; attaining 76% employment rate among those aged 20 to 64; keeping school dropout rates below 10%; ensuring at least 40% of the younger population have attained a higher-education degree. The government however has not yet spelled out specific measures to achieve these targets, and no distinction has been made as to how they apply to SSH. However, new data from the National Statistical Institute has shown recently that the Bulgarian government cut its spend ...
Bulgaria
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In July and August 2011 the Slovak Government passed two policy documents (the ‘Fenix’ and the ‘Minerva 2.0’ strategies) on the development of science and technology, and knowledge-based economy. The ‘Fenix’ and the ‘Minerva 2.0’ strategies suggested a range of institutional reforms for increasing quality of higher education and research systems, and connecting them to development of knowledge-based economy. The Fenix Strategy implements the ‘Long-term Objective of the State S&T Policy up to 2015’ (basic document on Slovak R&D policies) in period 2011-2015. It set a range of policy targets, including establishing specific research programmes on ‘Slovak Studies’. ...
Slovakia
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Recent policy developments of importance to SSH, include1. The preparation of a new white paper on research policy The Ministry of Education and Research is currently preparing a new white paper on research policy. As part of the process, stakeholders have been invited to provide the Ministry with input. Central arguments from the SSH research community have been · that large thematic research programmes should be made more relevant to SSH researchers, e.g. through increased SSH representation in programme committees and boards; · that innovation should be defined broadly and include ...
Norway
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Few changes have occurred since 2011 regarding new SSH policy developments. However, some evolutions have been noticed over the last year, particularly at the governance level. In order to improve research programming coordination in SSH, a new actor, ie the “Alliances”, was created. A dedicated Humanities and Social Sciences Alliance was launched : ATHENA. Athena is the 5th and most recently created Alliance, and its role is to contribute to the development of higher education and scientific research in the field of humanities and social sciences (see 2011 country report, section 1.2.2). It was officially established on 22 June 2010, chaired by Alain Fuchs, President of the CNRS. In October 2012, Jean-Emile Gombert, Preside ...
France
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Although there are no bodies or institutions specifically devoted to the Humanities and Social Sciences -there is only one government department to do so- in recent years there have been some changes in relation to science policy in these areas. These can not be considered structural changes but they involve a certain evolution of the area.Ex post evaluation has recently been introduced for humanities and social sciences projects financed through the State plan. These evaluations are used as a basis for decision-making about future funding, support for groups, etc. This policy has previously never been implemented in SSH.The 2008-2011 National Plan has ended the thematic programmes which existed in previous plans (National Humanities ...
Spain
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Education of more PhDsThe education of more PhDs is a high priority which also includes SSH. However, in 2011, the highest numbers of PhDs were still to be found in the fields of medicine (418), technical sciences (373) and natural sciences (274), compared to humanities (138) and social sciences (196) (Source: Statistics Denmark, Table PHD2). In 2011 the number of international PhD students coming to Denmark to get a PhD has triplicated since 2005: from 784 to 2.311 while the number of all PhD students not even doubled (see also section HEIs as education performers). The majority of these students leave Denmark again after they have finished their degree, according to a Danish National Audit Office report [2]. Politicians suspect that the d ...
Denmark
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· New members of the Research and Development Council were appointed on 30 November 2011. · Two new members of the Research Board of the Technological agency of the Czech Republic were appointed on 8 November 2012.· The government appointed the members of the presidium of the Czech Science Foundation for a second term starting from 10 December 2012.· The government approved National priorities of orientated research, experimental development and innovations by its resolution no. 552 of 19 July 2012. R&D ...
Czech Republic
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In 2012 the Ministry of Education and Research launched the preparation of new R&DI strategy for 2014-2020. New strategy is closely linked to fulfilling the objectives of Europe 2020 and Estonia 2020. The R&DI strategy for 2014-2020 approach is towards achieving socio-economic effects and should be adopted by the Parliament by the end of 2013.Since 1 March 2012 the Estonian Research Council took over the functions of the Estonian Science Foundation and some functions of Archimedes Foundation. The aim of this reorganisation of functions of the ERC is to gather all R&D and research financing instruments 'under one roof' in order to create the synergy and avoid double financing. The ESC ERC is performing under the jurisdict ...
Estonia
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USA
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The country continues to implement the Research and Higher Education reform, which was launched in 2009 after the Law on Higher Education and Research was approved. Since then major changes occurred in the country's R&D system in general. The Research Council of Lithuania started conducting the programme based competitive research funding in 2009, focusing on financing high-level research projects. The period of 2011-2012 was of high importance for the establishment of a new model of funding granted by the Council. Every year the Council carries out over 17 000 evaluations per year. The National Development Programme for Lithuanian Studies 2009-2015 was the first programme administered by the Council. It aims the promoti ...
Lithuania
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The recent developments in the field of SSH research policy have not been too significant. The main trend has been that social sciences and humanities are increasingly seen as connected with natural sciences and technology and different kinds of interdisciplinary issues have emerged. The Academy of Finland funding decisions in 2011 (the main funder for competitive academic research), covered 21.3 % of all research funding. A slight increase in the funding for SSH research can be identified. In 2011 the research funding for social sciences and humanities increased 2.9% from 2010 while the total research funding decisions from the academy grew by 5.6%.Some policy developments can be identified during 2011. In the latest government programme ( ...
Finland
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The recent developments in the field of SSH research policy have not been too significant. The main trend has been that social sciences and humanities are increasingly seen as connected with natural sciences and technology and different kinds of interdisciplinary issues have emerged. The Academy of Finland funding decisions in 2011 (the main funder for competitive academic research), covered 21.3 % of all research funding. A slight increase in the funding for SSH research can be identified. In 2011 the research funding for social sciences and humanities increased 2.9% from 2010 while the total research funding decisions from the academy grew by 5.6%.Some policy developments can be identified during 2011. In the latest government programme ( ...
Finland
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800x600 The following developments can be identified:On December 20, 2012 MSES presented the Action plan "Science and Society" which was for the first time produced in Croatia. The plan rests on four interrelated thematic rounds: socially responsible science, culture and science education, science policy and science and citizens;The Draft amendment of the Act on Science and Higher Education from 2003, proposed in May 2012 was withdrawn from the Parliamentary procedure on October 3, 2012; the Government was blamed for introducing commercialization, elitism and etatism in science and higher education that would further reduce investment in R&D and HE which is already among the lowest in Europe;Since January ...
Croatia
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Hungary
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There have been no significant changes in either the personnel or the structure of the main relevant SSH bodies. Other notable developments include:· Research Council budgets are to be maintained at the same (cash) level until 2014-15. ESRC will receive an annual budget of £15,319m from 2012-13, while AHRC will get £98,370m.· In common with the other Research Councils, both AHRC and ESRC have published ‘impact reports’:· Collaborative research, support for research training and connections with the Creative Economy form the key features of “The Impact of AHRC Research 2010/11”[i ...
United Kingdom
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Sweden
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The Government announced in November 2011 that the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) will be merged with its sister research council, the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, into a new research council under the auspices of the Higher Education Authority (HEA). The merger took place in 2012 with the establishment of the Irish Research Council (IRC). In bringing the two bodies together as a single research council, the Government says it is committed to strengthening the focus on early-stage career opportunity and support for academic researchers. The Council has an annual budget of €35m.The Government stated in November 2012 that the new chai ...
Ireland
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Portugal
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Greece
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A first National Programme for the Development of Humanities was announced by the Ministry of Science and HIgher Education in June 2010 with additional funding of around €18m in the pilot phase and around €13m annualy.The programme will consist of three moduls:Modul A - Research, aiming at:Support of documentary, editing and research activities of fundamental relevance for the Polish culture and heritage;Support of interdisciplinary and international research collaboration.Modul B - support of young researcher in the humanities, aiming atSupport of research conducted by teams of PhD researchers in interdiscplinary, international and interinstitutional collaboration;Research grants for Post-docs researchers participating in relevan ...
Poland
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The most important development in the governance of SSH research has been the evolution of the SSH Committee of TUBITAK into the ‘Social Sciences and Humanities Research Group’ (SOBAG) under the ‘Research Support Programmes Directorate’ in 2004. The SOBAG has been provided with a dedicated budget and increased number of personnel to stimulate SSH research. As a result, the number of projects supported in the field increased from 6 in 2000 to 129 in 2010.The National Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy 2011-2016 has been issued following the 22nd meeting of BTYK in December 2010. The strategy mainly outlines the roadmap for overall improvement in S&T by focusing on the areas with the highest R&D and in ...
Turkey
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In 2010 the Directorate for Science and Directorate for Technology were merged to a single Directorate for Science and Technology. This was understood as a signal to the possible redefinition of the science policy, but so far there were no drastic changes. More intensive organisational as well as contextual changes are envisaged in the RISS, but the document remains at the level of ideas and objectives of R&D & innovation policy and doesn’t give specific organisational solutions. What is planned is the merger of the two advisory councils to the government: the national science and technology council and the national council for higher education; to reflect closer integration of the two sectors. Also, some reorganisation in ter ...
Slovenia
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