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Long Live QMSS
Henk Stronkhorst, Head of Social Sciences Unit
QMSS Conference
Prague, 20-23 June 2007
Main points
ESF Social Sciences and
‘quantitative methods’:
1. Networking and Training
(such as QMSS; QMSS2 ?)
2. Collaborative Research
(such as HumVIB)
3. Research Infrastructure
(such as ESS)
www.esf.org
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ESF Member Organisations
75 MOs in
30 countries
Research
funding
organisations
Research
performing
organisations
Academies
www.esf.org
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The ESF Mission
Mission
The ESF provides a common platform for its Member
Organisations in order to:
– Advance European research
– Explore new directions for research at the
European level
Through its activities, the ESF serves the needs of the
European research community in a global context
Values
www.esf.org
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Excellence
Openness
Responsiveness
Pan European
Ethical awareness and human values
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ESF Committees
• Science Advisory Board
• Standing Committees
– Physics and Engineering Sciences PESC
– Life, Environmental, Earth Sciences
LESC
– Medical Science EMRC
– Humanities SCH
– Social Sciences SCSS
– Role: strategy, links to MOs, proposal
review
• Expert Boards and Committees
www.esf.org
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• ESF Science
Strategy
• ESF Science
Synergy
www.esf.org
• ESF Science
Management
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ESF portfolio of instruments
ESF Activities
Strategy
Forward Look
Synergy
Management
Research Networking
Programme
EURYI
EUROCORES
COST
Science Policy
Exploratory Workshop
MO Fora
Research Conference
EuroBioFund
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Research Networking
Programmes
www.esf.org
• Coordination of major scientific
endeavours
over a four or five-year period
• Supported by ESF Member Organisations
through additional à la carte funding
• Typically include workshops,
inter-laboratory exchanges, fellowship
programmes and dissemination
• ‘Core’ Steering Group of 8-12 scientists
• May link to other initiatives, including the
Framework Programme
• Financing in the range of €90k - €250k per
annum
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Current RNPs in Social Sciences
• Chris Skinner (UK)…..………………………….…………………...2003 - 2007
“Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS)”
• Luziano Arcury (IT)…………………………...……………………..2003 - 2008
“European Social Cognition Network (ESCON)“
• Stefano Battilossi (ES)………………………………………………2006 - 2010
“Globalizing Europe Economic History Network (GLOBALEURONET)”
• Monique Florenzano (Fr) …………
....................... ...............2006 - 2010
“Public Goods, Public Projects, Externalities (PGPPE)”
• Paul Atkinson (UK) ……………………………………….. ………2006 - 2010
“Qualitative Research in the Social Sciences in Europe (EUROQUAL)”
• Hans-Peter Blossfeld (DE) …………………………………………2006 – 2010
“TransEurope Research Network (TRANSEUROPE)“
• Nikolas Rose (UK)………………….………………………… ……..2007 - 2011
“European Neuroscience and Society Network (ENSN)”
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Latest RNP competition
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44 applications in social sciences
Externally peer-reviewed by 3 experts
Ranked by SCSS Advisory Group:
Jakob de Haan (Nl);Galin Gornev (Bu)
Henryk Domanski (Pl);Rainer Kattel (Ee)
Anne Kovalainen (Fi); John Coakley (Ie)
Zdenka Mansfeldova (Cz);
Monica Roman (Ro); Luisa Lima (Pt);
Savvas Savvides (Cy)
• Then decision by SCSS and other SCs
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RNPs in Social Sciences requested
from 2008 onwards
• Zsofia Viranyi (At)…..…………….…………………...2008 - 2011
“Evolution of Social Cognition: Comparisons and integration across
a wide range of human and non-human animal species (CompCog)”
(joint RNP of LESC and SCSS)
• Angela Dale (UK)………… ...………
…………..2008 - 2011
“Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciencs (2) (QMSS2)“
(RNP related to SCSSt)
• Claudine Pirus (Fr) …… …………………………2008 - 2012
“The European Children Cohorts Network (EUCCONET)”
(joint RNP of EMRC and SCSS)
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À la carte mechanism
• ESF Member Organisations are asked to
subscribe to these programmes
individually and pay for them
• In QMSS 19 countries participated
• You can contact the SCSS member of your
country to show interest
• By end of 2007 the result of QMSS2 and
others will be known
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EUROCORES Vision
Funding agencies to join forces to
support cutting edge research on
complex or broad questions
fragmented
research strengths
Create critical mass in scale & scope
and in a global context
Bottom-up and researcher–lead, in
consultation with the MO’s to
create: New approaches, New
Knowledge and New Synergy
Complement EC FP and national
programmes;
new, integrated
knowledge
Strives for highest scientific quality
and optimal European value
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Two Stages in Development of
EUROCORES Programmes
Months
Themes
Programmes
Months
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Call for EUROCORES
themes
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Selection
by ESF SCs and
Science Advisory Board
Commitments
from MOs
Outline proposals
Call
Outline proposal
selection
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Full proposal
preparation
Full proposal
selection
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9.5
Including Preparatory
workshops
Funding decisions
by MOs
8.5
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Programme launched in 2007:
HumVIB
Cross-national and Multi-level
Analysis of Human Values,
Institutions and Behaviour
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Proposers of Theme
• Richard Sinnott, University
College of Dublin
• + 6 co-proposers from the UK,
The Netherlands, France,
Germany, Spain and Hungary.
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Overall Objective
• HumVIB is designed to analyze
values, attitudes and behaviour in
their social, economic, political,
institutional and cultural context
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Specific Research Goals
• combine unprecedented
individual-level data resources
now available
• comprehensive system-level and
contextual data
• appropriate new methods of
multi-level analysis
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ESS Review
• 1999 Blueprint for ESS by ESF SCSS
• 2000 Grant application to EC
approved for central coordination
• Fieldwork from 2002 onwards
• After 3 Rounds, ESS Review
planned: November 2007 to April
2008
• Review Panel members:
suggestions still welcome
• Scientific secretary for the Panel
needed
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QMSS : thank you !
• Thanks to all persons involved in
success of QMSS:
• Instructors and their staff
• Participants
• Funders
• Members of Steering Committee
and Executive Group
• Caroline Eckert + others at ESF
• Local organizers, also in Prague
• + coordinator Julia d’Arrigo !!!
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+ chair Chris Skinner !!!
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