ESF SOC (formerly SCSS) Exploratory Workshops in 2005

SOC (formerly SCSS) is  funding 15 ESF Exploratory Workshops in 2005:

  • Preliminary details may be consulted prior to each event
    (for information purposes only - these meetings are not open to the public)
  • Final scientific reports, provided by the Convenor(s), become available two months after each event

List of Workshops in 2005

1.

EW04-158
co-funded by LEE (formerly LESC) and HUM (formerly SCH)

Environmental history: problems and potential in the integration of the sciences and humanities
Dates and location: 3 - 4 November 2005, Stirling, United Kingdom
Convened by: Althea Lynn Davies (UK) and Fiona Watson (UK)
ESF Representative: Gisli Palsson (Department of Anthropology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, IS)
Scientific Report (PDF 310 KB)

2.

EW04-161
co-funded by HUM (formerly SCH)

Person perception in infancy:  Integrating Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychology of Language and Communication
Dates and location: 26-30 June 2005, Leipzig, Germany
Convened by: Tricia Striano (DE) and Vincent Reid (DE)
Scientific Report (PDF 73 KB)

3.

EW04-167
co-funded by LEE (formerly LESC)

Farming for Health
Dates and location: 16 - 19 March 2005, Wageningen, Netherlands
Convened by: Majken van Dijk (NL) and Jan Hassink (NL)
ESF Representative: Rudy Rabbinge, Univeristy of Wageningen, NL
Scientific Report (PDF 67 KB)

4.

EW04-170
co-funded by HUM (formerly SCH)

Understanding the Dynamics of Knowledge: Integrating Models of Knowledge Change, Development and Evolution in Cognitive Science, Epistemology, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, and Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Dates and location: 17 - 19 November 2005, Siena, Italy
Convened by: Cristiano Castelfranchi (IT) and Boicho Kokinov (BG)
ESF Representative: Bengt Hansson, Swedish Research Council, Stockholm, SE
Scientific Report (PDF 399 KB)

5.

EW04-171

Specification Testing
Dates and location: 16 - 18 December 2005, Santander, Spain
Convened by: Miguel Ángel Delgado Gonzalez (ES)
Scientific Report (PDF 57 KB)

6.

EW04-180

Music and Health
Dates and location: 18 - 20 September 2005, Limerick, Ireland
Convened by: Jane Edwards (IE), Leslie Bunt (UK) and Lars Ole Bonde (DK)
No Scientific Report available.

7.

EW04-181

Citizens, non-citizens and voting rights in Europe
Dates and location: 2 - 5 June 2005, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Convened by: Jo Shaw (UK) and Felicita Medved (SE)
Scientific Report (PDF 83 KB)

8.

EW04-182
co-funded by MED (formerly EMRC) and HUM (formerly SCH)

The contribution of animal research to the study of human cognition
Dates and Location: 7-9 December 2005, Marseille, France
Convened by: Joël Fagot (FR) and Anne Reboul (FR)
ESF Representatives: Agnès Gruart (Departamento de Fisiología, Anatomía y Biología Celular, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, ES) and Maria del Carmen Picallo Soler (Dpto. De Filología Catalana, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, ES)
Scientific Report (PDF 223 KB)

9.

EW04-238

15 Years On: Educational Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe. Directions for Educational Research and Policy in the Post-Communist EU Accession and Candidate Countries
Dates and location: 8 - 10 July 2005, Oxford, United Kingdom
Convened by: David Phillips (UK) and Alis Elena Oancea (UK)
ESF Representative: Dalina Dumitrescu (Academia de Studii Economice, Bucharest, RO)
Scientific Report (PDF 212 KB)

10.

EW04-259

Managing crises in the European Union: A first assessment
Dates and location: 24 - 27 June 2005, St Maxime, France
Convened by: R. Arjen Boin (NL), Mark Rhinard (NL) and Magnus Ekengren (SE)
Scientific Report (PDF 414 KB)
For discussion papers released at the workshop: go to website

11.

EW04-265

Revisiting the concepts of Contract and Status under changing Employment, Welfare and Gender Relations
Dates and location: 6-8 October 2005, Brighton, United Kingdom
Convened by: Jacqueline O’Reilly (UK)
Scientific Report (PDF 78 KB)

12.

EW04-268

Internet survey methodology: Toward concerted European research efforts
Dates and location: 26 - 28 September 2005, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Convened by: Vasja Vehovar (SI) and Michael Bosnjak (DE)
Scientific Report (PDF 572 KB)

13.

EW04-277

The Long Run Growth and Development of the World Economy: Measurement and Theory
Dates and location: 28 April - 1 May 2005, Venice, Italy
Convened by: Stephen Broadberry (UK) and Kevin H. O’Rourke (IE)
Scientific Report (PDF 168 KB)

14.

EW04-291

The Effectiveness of Competition Policy: Issues and Methods
Dates and location: 17 - 18 November, Paris, France
Convened by: by Marc Ivaldi (FR)
Scientific Report (PDF 573 KB)

15.

EW04-294

The Governance of Networks as a Determinant of Local Economic Development
Dates and location: 16 - 18 November 2005, San Sebastian, Spain
Convened by: Roger Sugden (UK) and Mari Jose Aranguren (ES)
ESF Representative: Ilona Pálné Kovács, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Regional Research Center, Pécs, HU
Scientific Report (PDF 471 KB)

ESF Contacts for Exploratory Workshops in the Social Sciences

  • ESF Exploratory Workshops Unit:
ValerieAllspach-KiechelE-Mail
Database officer
  • ESF SOC (formerly SCSS) Unit:
IsabelleVoneschE-Mail
Mission Coordinator