28. May 2015
Career Tracking of Doctorate Holders - Investing in the future: are we supporting the right choices?
ESF has just published a report on a pilot study of the career paths of post-doctorates and doctorate alumni from five research funding and research performing organisations: AXA Research Fund (AXA RF), France, Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR), Luxembourg, Goethe Graduate Academy at the Goethe... [more]
22. January 2015
Discussion Paper "The Future of Security Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities"
Security, the security of society and of individuals, is at the centre of concerns of contemporary society. In recent years it has, however, become clear that developing new technologies alone will not improve our security. It is now widely accepted that security depends as much on attitudes and... [more]
20. November 2014
Neuroscience and Society Network (NSN) Symposium
Organised by King’s Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Centre (KISS-DTC), with support from the ESF, the symposium 'Towards Neuro-Social Science: the politics and pragmatics of collaboration' will be held on 11 December 2014 at KCL, London (UK). [more]
19. November 2014
ESF Science Policy Briefing wins award for promoting public understanding of the social dimensions of science
The European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) has awarded the ESF Policy Briefing ‘Science in Society: Caring for our futures in turbulent times' its prestigious Ziman award for “the most innovative cooperation in a venture to promote the public understanding of the... [more]
1. September 2014
Discussion Paper “The Future of Security Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities”
This Discussion Paper was published in July 2014 and is a follow-up to the Forward Look Security: Advancing a Framework for Enquiry (SAFE) launched by the HUM (formerly SCH) in 2007. [more]
29. July 2014
Cultural Literacy in Europe
First International Conference London, 16-18 April 2015 [more]
11. July 2014
Transfer of the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH)
The European Science Foundation (ESF) and the Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) are pleased to announce that the transfer of the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) to NSD has been completed and ERIH PLUS is now accessible at the NSD website. [more]
2. April 2014
New Forward Look report available "Media in Europe: New Questions for Research and Policy"
A new report from the European Science Foundation, ‘Media in Europe: New Questions for Research and Policy’, examines the field of media studies and proposes an agenda for research for the next decade. [more]
12. February 2014
Research Networking Programme NETWORDS - Summer School announcement
the 2nd Interdisciplinary Summer School on Words: structure, meaning, acquisition, processing will take place in TRONDHEIM (NORWAY), 4th-9th August 2014. [more]
5. February 2014
ERIH - European Research Index for the Humanities announcement
The European Science Foundation (ESF) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) to transfer the maintenance and operations of the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) to NSD. [more]
