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Commission draft proposal for FP10 leaked Collaborative research in Horizon Europe is set to be rebranded after 2028 and will be managed through a “steering mechanism” and a “competitiveness coordination tool” which will be detailed in the re...

Leaked FP10 draft shows promise for SSH: society’s role in shaping Europe’s research agenda is recognised. Continued engagement is vital. @eassh.bsky.social is leading the way,let’s keep pushing for a future where SSH drives inclusive, democratic innovation. #FP10 sciencebusiness.net/news/plannin...

💬 Our Director Gabi Lombardo: “Their critical interdisciplinarity ( #SSH #researchers ) provides the evidence & knowledge that underpin cross-border cooperation, strengthen our service sector and creative industries, and shape innovation and effective policies (...)"

Banner: European R&I networks call for a complementary FP10 and European Competitiveness Fund

✒️ EASSH, Initiative for Science in Europe, LERU, @guildeu.bsky.social & @unicanetwork.bsky.social have published a set of recommendations to tightly connect the European Competitiveness Fund to the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation ( #FP10 ).

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🔎 Call for Workshop Papers!

🌍 Kraków, Poland

📅 23–24 October 2025

🔎 Global Development and Cooperation in a Geopolitical Era: Intersectoral Challenges and Complex Agendas amid Contestation and Crisis

⏱️ Submit by 31 July!

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📣 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗥&𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗣𝟭𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 (including LERU, @eassh.bsky.social, Initiative for Science in Europe, and @unicanetwork.bsky.social)

Read our joint paper here 👉 www.the-guild.eu/publications...

#FP10 #ECF #ResearchAndInnovation

“We have been calling for more transparency around draft work programmes for a long time, so we really welcome this move,” said EUA's @kamilakozirog.bsky.social. Publishing the drafts openly levels the playing field and helps the entire R&I community by giving a clearer view of what is coming.

🚀🔍 Europe's future hinges on science, says ERC President Maria Leptin.

Discover how we can cut through challenges & invest in research.

How do you think Europe should move forward? 🌐🔬

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#FrontierResearch #Competitiveness #Innovation #Science4Policy @marialep.bsky.social

EASSH and other research organisations urge reconsideration of proposed directionality in MSCA actions. MSCA’s success relies on researcher-led excellence and must remain open, non-prescriptive, and supportive of Early Career Researchers. @ecer-eera.bsky.social #educationalresearch

Banner: Joint statement: No Directionality in MSCA – Research community urges the EU to preserve MSCA’s bottom-up approach

📣 Joint statement by 17 leading European #research organisations: Preserve the bottom-up nature of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions!

➡️ #MSCA success lies in its openness to all fields + topics, driven by researchers’ initiative & scientific excellence.

📢 Please share! eassh.eu/News/No-Dire...

🔁 MissionOceanWaters

Join the ‘Research and Innovation (R&I) for a Competitive Green Transition’ conference online on 24 June! 💡📢

Discover how Europe’s green transition is boosting economic growth and improving quality of life. Check out the #MissionOcean & Waters sessions below 👇
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Preserve #MSCA’s bottom-up approach: EUA, together with leading research and higher education associations, voices strong concerns over proposed changes to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions in the draft @horizoneu.bsky.social ‬ work programme 2026–2027.
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Banner: Joint statement: No Directionality in MSCA – Research community urges the EU to preserve MSCA’s bottom-up approach

✒️ Brand new joint statement! No Directionality in MSCA – Research community urges the EU to preserve MSCA’s bottom-up approach

❗Imposing thematic restrictions risks narrowing the scope of innovation and limiting opportunities for early-career researchers.

➡️Find out more: eassh.eu/News/No-Dire...

Open Letter of scientists and entrepreneurs regarding MFF and FP10 - Initiative for Science in Europe 10 June, 2025 Safeguarding Europe’s leadership in research and innovation demands a firm and sustained political and financial commitment—starting with the next MFF. As scientists and entrepreneurs, w...

EERA would like to encourage our colleagues to join us in signing the Open Letter of scientists and entrepreneurs regarding MFF and FP10.
Full information: initiative-se.eu/2025/06/10/o...

Is democracy being eroded from within? Declining public trust in political institutions raises concerns that citizens may turn away from democratic forms of decision-making. Recent cases of democratic backsliding seem to confirm this fear....

📉 Declining public trust in #PoliticalInstitutions raises concerns that citizens may turn away from democratic decision-making.
🔎 Yet, as Ben Seyd argues, there is little evidence that this decline impels citizens to embrace autocratic forms of decision-making.
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🔮 Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism Tribalism has emerged as a key term in political discussions — often used, but not clearly defined. Ilana Hartikainen and Zea Szebeni propose reconceptualising ‘tribalism’ to differentiate forms of po...

🎉 Congratulations to @lanihart.bsky.social and @zeaszebeni.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 longlist for their article 'Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism', from our 🔮 #FutureOfPopulism series.
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OPERAS Annual Report 2024 published We are happy to share that our Annual Report 2024 has been published on Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/15672537 The OPERAS Annual Report provides a detailed record of the activities of OPERAS AISB...

From trusted services and training to open science strategies for Diamond OA and multilingualism, the 2024 Annual Report showcases OPERAS' role as a pan-European infrastructure for SSH communities. Don’t miss the highlights, financial insights, and our complete list of 2024 publications.

#OPERASAnnualReport2024 | 📚 OPERAS Annual Report 2024: A Year of Progress!

📖 Access the report: zenodo.org/records/1567..., the blog announcement and the press release: operas.hypotheses.org/9185

#OpenScience #SSH #OPERASCommunity

Third Round 11 data release published | European Social Survey The third release of Round 11 (2023/24) data is now available to view or download via the European Social Survey (ESS) Data Portal.

Last week, we announced that the third release of Round 11 (2023/24) #data is now available from our Data Portal.

It means that data and documentation has been published from 28 countries who took part in the most recent round of the #survey.

Pathfinder: Navigating editorial services with OPERAS

🗓 27 June 2025, 12:00 CET | Zoom
💻 Register: bit.ly/pathfinder-l...

Pathfinder is the OPERAS discovery platform that helps editors, editorial managers, and authors locate the publishing and workflow services they need.

University of Aberdeen's plans to cut modern language degrees were 'rushed' - review The University of Aberdeen says it accepts there were

A review by @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social into how their consultation on Modern Languages programmes has been handled last year, found decision-making was unstructured and dominated by finances. The university said it accepted there had been "missteps".
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Applications are now open for the EGU Science Journalism Fellowship 2025!

Up to €5000 awarded to #journalists reporting on ongoing #research in Earth, planetary, or space sciences.

🫣 Only 3 days left - apply NOW!

📆 Deadline: 17 June 2025.
👉 Learn more: egu.eu/783DX3

Call for consultant to advise on employment questions The European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) has published a call for a consultant to provide expert advice on employment questions.

We're looking for an expert to advise us on how we administer employment variables in self-completion #surveys.

The consultant will play an active role in a review of the existing questions on #employment.

The call is open until Friday 23 July 2025.

📝 New article by Alexandra Supper: "Be Modest and Present Great Science". A close reading of how-to manuals on scientific presentations reveals how #modesty, #etiquette, and #bodylanguage shape ideas of scientific authority. Read the article here: tinyurl.com/3dy575ea

Want to see all what we were doing last year? Check it below

📖 Well worth a read! "Essentially, the question is: how do humans learn & how can we teach this to #AI expert systems?

– Human behaviour modelling
– AI in the Measurement-Evaluation Process
– AI in Student Assessment in Turkey
– The Outlook for AI in Student Assessment
A blog post by Bengi Birgil

35th UNICA General Assembly & Rectors’ Seminar | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) | 18-20 June 2025 <p>The UNICA General Assembly is an exclusive event for UNICA member universities. The UNICA General Assembly & Rectors’ Seminar 2025, which will also mark the 35th anniversary of the foundation of th...

📢EASSH Director Gabi Lombardo to present "#Humanities in STEM"

📅When? Friday 20.06.25, 11:45–13:15 EEST
📍Where? National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

✨UNICA Rectors’ Seminar's focus: the key role of the Humanities in our universities

👉Find out more: www.unica-network.eu/event/unica-...

Event banner: Towards a Fair Green Transition – Harnessing Research & Innovation for social impact

📢EASSH Director, Gabi Lombardo, is on the opening panel of tomorrow's event, "Towards a Fair Green Transition".
🟢Session I: Framing the Green Future – a just transition starts with #SSH
📅When? 17.06.25, 11:10–12 CEST
📍Where? Rue Belliard 40, Brussels

👉 Find out more: dzs.attendu.com/event/4de0d0...

Viewpoint: Europe’s research priorities must catch up with reality As Europe transitions into summer, the heat is rising in the debate about the next cycle of its flagship research and innovation Framework Programme. A fundamental question looms: in what kind of…

@gabilombardo.bsky.social says Europe's research priorities must align with reality. As FP10 talk progress, it's clear tech alone can't address today’s challenges. Research should focus on people, integrating social sciences and humanities for genuine innovation, democracy, and peace.

Social inequalities in health and their determinants | City St George's, University of London A new report on the social inequalities of health – based on analysis of the latest European Social Survey (ESS) data – will be launched at this online event.

An online launch event for our new report on the social inequalities of #health will be held from 12-2pm (BST) on Monday 16 June.

This new report includes analysis of our #data (2014/15 and 2023/24) to outline where health outcomes have improved or worsened over the past decade.

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