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The Post-crisis Legitimacy of the European UnionEuropean Training Network (PLATO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2017, End date: Dec 31, 2020,

Is there a crisis in the legitimacy of the European Union? That research question is timely and important. Investigating it is also an ideal way of training research leaders of tomorrow to rethink our assumptions about the study of legitimate political order. Whilst, however, the financial crisis has raised new questions about the legitimacy of the EU, existing theories of legitimacy crises are la ...
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Integrating Social Sciences and Humanities into Teaching about Energy

Start date: Sep 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

The relationship between technology and society changes; it is becoming a widely recognized view that future technology policies including energy policies have to be not only technically, but also socially acceptable. While it is uncertain what this shift means for the transformation of political decision-making about energy, the implications for the scientific ethos are obvious. It seems to be no ...
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TRansforming Institutions by Gendering contents and Gaining Equality in Research (TRIGGER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

...ns designed to have deep, long lasting and widespread impacts at all the different levels in 5 research organisations. The project, coordinated and co-funded by the Italian Government, assisted by an institute specialised in gender and science, involves as co-funders five universities from different EU countries (Czech Republic, France, Italy, UK, Spain). Building on the results of earlier project ...
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Building a platform for enhanced societal research related to nuclear energy in Central and Eastern Europe (PLATENSO)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

...al base for a European Entity on Socio-Economic matters linked to nuclear technology and to develop recommendations for research strategies in PLATENSO countries. Thereby the capabilities of research institutes in Central and Eastern European countries to take part in EU research with respect to governance, social and societal aspects is enhanced.Initially, lessons learned from earlier projects, w ...
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Socio-Economics meets Security (SECONOMICS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

"SECONOMICS goal is synthesizing sociological, economic and security science into a usable, concrete, actionable knowledge for policy makers and social planners responsible for citizen's security. The project is driven by industry case studies and will specifically identify security threats in transport (air and urban and super urban metro) and critical infrastructure. The research focus places s ...
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New innovative solutions to adapt governance and management of public infrastructure and services to demographic change in shrinking regions and cities of CE (ADAPT2DC)

Start date: Oct 31, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

Shrinking regions and cities are becoming a more and more relevant issue in central Europe. Especially former border regions (Iron curtain) are particularly affected by demographic and social change. On the other hand these regions have large potentials which have to be explored and used. The consequences of demographic change and increasing scarcity of public resources thus require a fundamental ...
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Housing and Home-care for the Elderly and vulnerable people and Local Partnership Strategies in Central European cities (HELPS)

Start date: Sep 30, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

Europe is witnessing deep socio-demographic changes, namely the progressive ageing of its population. Elderly and vulnerable persons are increasingly at risk of social exclusion in urban areas due to the impoverishment of family and social linkages and significant infrastructure constraints. At present, the institutionalization of elderly and persons with disabilities presents some critical aspect ...
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PREPARATORY PHASE PROJECT FOR A MAJOR UPGRADE OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA ARCHIVES (CESSDA) RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE (CESSDA-PPP)

Start date: Jan 1, 2008, End date: Jun 30, 2010,

"This proposal for a major upgrade to the CESSDA Research Infrastructure is a response to the general principles and vision set out in the 2004 Blueprint for the European Research Obsrvatory for the Humanities and Social Science and will meet the goals set out in that report to ‘strengthen interdisciplinary and cross-border collaboration and comparative research on a European dimension… enhance th ...
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