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GLOBALIZING EUROPE ECONOMICHISTORY NETWORK (GLOBALEURONET)Standing Committee for the Social Sciences (SCSS)
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RESEARCH NETWORKING PROGRAMME
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Economic history has emerged in many European countries as a dynamic discipline based on rigorousanalytical categories and empirical methods. The demand for education and training in theoretically-driven analysis of the past has been relentlessly growing since the 1980s, and new centres promotingexcellence in teaching and research have been established. Economic historians provide now bothundergraduate and post-graduate students in economics, business, social and political sciences all over Europe with a long-term perspective of the sources of economic growth, the expansion ofinternational trade, the international movements of capital and labour, and the role of institutions inenhancing (or hindering) economic development. Such a secular view is critical in order properly tounderstand the economic success or failure of countries, their performances in terms of macroeconomicstability, and their reaction to the deep forces of economic integration and internationalisation-what is usually referred to as globalization.
Thanks to its natural interdisciplinary vocation, economic history has become a fundamental component of the cultural background of any economist, social and political scientist interested inempirical analysis. Having reached a critical mass, European economic historians feel increasinglycompelled to overcome their traditional national fragmentation and address old and new issues in aEurope-wide, comparative perspective. By promoting the convergence of quantitative and qualitativeresearch methods, the consolidation of existing and future research projects at national level into acommon research agenda, and the organisation of common education and training activities, theProgramme will prepare the ground for the emergence of a new generation of scholars truly devotedto the creation of a European Research Area in the field of economic history.
The running period of the ESF GLOBALEURONET Research Networking Programme is for four years from May 2006 to June 2010.
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Economic history has become a fundamental component of the cultural background of any economist, social and political scientist interested inempirical analysis. History not only provides a laboratory in which alternative theories andmethods can be tested, but it also allows socialscientists to develop a specific ability to analyzecomplexity and multi-causality, to apply economicand social theory within an empirical context, tosearch for, scrutinize and process quantitative andqualitative data. The contribution of economic history, with its strong emphasis on institutionaldevelopment, is even more important now thateconomic theory is rediscovering the critical importance of institutions in order to explain economic development and welfare. A sound knowledge of the historical roots of European institutions of present day will be increasingly anecessary component of the cultural background ofscientists - let alone political decision-makers - whowill be acting in a globalized world in the future.
In order to enhance such interdisciplinary sensibility,European economic historians work together witheconomists and other social scientists in promotinga truly Europe-wide agenda of comparativeresearch, dissemination and education. In fact, inrecent years they successfully undertaken a numberof initiatives in order to promote international cooperation both in research and post-graduateeducation. GLOBALEURONET provides a stableinstitutional framework within which systematiccooperation can be consolidated and further enhanced.
GLOBALEURONET aims to produce an integrated,Europe-wide data base, covering the highest possiblenumber of European countries (Eastern Europe included), based on a consistent methodology andincluding a wide range of indicators - both traditionaland new - of economic integration, social welfare, andeconomic growth and institutional developments. The Programme can build upon the productive workof national teams of economic historians during thepast decades, supplying new data bases on econo-mic growth, productivity, international trade, foreigninvestment, mass migration, wages, commodity priceconvergence and divergence, and alternative historical measures of social welfare and human capital for individual countries.
Since the integration, treatment and cross-countrycomparison of complex datasets can be optimallyachieved only by large teams sharing their experience, GLOBALEURONET will promote theestablishment of a strong empirical base, bothquantitative and qualitative.
The number and diversity of the participating institutions, the wide geographical coverage of the network, the level of international scientificexcellence of the researchers involved and thecommon research and training agenda promotedby the Programme will represent a true leap forwardin the creation of an integrated European researchand education area in the field of economic history,open to interdisciplinary contributions of scholarsfrom the whole range of social sciences.
In summary, the Programme's main scientificobjectives are:- to promote the methodological convergence of
research methods, - to enhance the consolidation of both existing and
future research projects at national level into aEuropean common agenda,
- to organise integrated education and training activities around that research agenda.
Aims and objectives
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The main scientific objective of the Programme is to investigate, on a systematic, Europe-wide andintegrated (i.e. both quantitative and qualitative) basis,the economic, institutional and social specificities ofEurope's participation in the globalization waves thatoccurred during the last 150 years. Globalization isoften said to have started quite recently and to be irreversible. Neither statement is tenable in a historical perspective. A globalizing economy is achallenge that European countries already faced inthe past. However, the highly developed and integrated international community of the late 19th century dissolved under the pressure of political and social forces, leading the world into aretreat from globalization and finally forcing the collapse of globalism in the interwar depression.This is a scenario that observers of current globalization would find worryingly familiar. Can ithappen again? And, if we want to prevent suchrecurrence, can Europe learn lessons from its past?
We believe that history matters for the future ofEurope in a globalized world. European institutionsare the outcome of a long historical process of development. Many of them were created orshaped in the past as a reaction to the forces of economic integration. Moreover, in spite of widedifferences among countries, we believe thatWestern Europe offers, in broad terms, a coherentsocio-economic model. The fundamental feature of this model is the coexistence and positive integration between market and non-market institutions. The European historical experiencedemonstrates that regulation, coordination rules andmarket integration can successfully complementand reinforce each other, and that markets tend to perform better if they are embedded in a range ofnon-market institutions whose function is to create,regulate, stabilize and legitimate markets. Again, thisis exactly the argument some critical observers areputting forward in the current globalization debate.How should European institutions adjust to currentglobalizations?
In order to answer that question, it is critical to improve our understanding of the historical development of socio-economic developmentmodels, with a view to the emergence of a knowledge society, including comparisons of theirhistorical evolution and key determinants betweenEurope, USA and other relevant world regions.Historical awareness is also essential to addresscurrent pressures leading to convergence towardsa single socio-economic development model forEurope, within the perspectives of integration,enlargement and globalization.
The research teams coordinating through theProgramme will implement a common agenda ofdata collection, research, dissemination and education activities, on the following main areas,reflecting the key issues on which data are increasingly available and debate advanced more:
Area 1: The political economy of globalization: trade, migration and social cohesionThe group of research teams cooperating in this areawill make original contributions on issues such as:long-term trends in commodity market integration;the rise of protectionist and liberalizing coalitions; theimpact of globalization on standard of living andincome distribution; the consequences of migrationflows (both international and intra-European) forlabour markets; and the comparative developmentof labour market regulation and social protection.
Area 2: Economic integration and interdependenceThe group of researchers cooperating in this areawill make original contributions on issues such as:the timing and synchronisation of business cyclesacross Europe; a long-term view of the economicgeography of economic activities in Europe; theintegration of capital markets and the regulation offinancial systems under different monetary regimes.
Area 3: Globalization, growth and productivity: technological change, human capital and diffusion of knowledge.The group of researchers cooperating in this areawill make original contributions on issues such as:the empirical investigation on the proximate and ultimate sources of economic growth, thereconstruction of historical national accounting, the comparison of productivity levels and growth in agriculture, manufacture and services; patternsof technological innovation and technology transfer;and the political economy of knowledge.
The Programme's data base will provide a comprehensive source of historical information forall European countries, and will be made accessibleto the whole European scientific community.
Topic Areas
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GLOBALEURONET will address its objectivesthrough a series of integrated scientific activities.They will take place at various locations within participating countries.
In the first stage, organising teams will be createdwith direct responsibility in planning and implementingresearch progress in each topic area covered by theProgramme. An organising team will include two or three leading researchers with an establishedexpertise and record of international publications. The task of organising teams is to allow researchersfrom both contributing and non-contributing countries (the latter only on an ad-hoc basis) workingon the same research area to get integrated in orderto create a critical mass at European level. Each organising team will be responsible for constructing aData Set related to its research area. The Programmewill promote and fund the networking of these Data Sets.
The systematic involvement of young researchers inthe activities promoted by organising yeams represents a critical objective of the Programme.Young researchers included in these teams will havegenerally two different profiles: Junior Researchers(normally Ph.D. students working towards their doctoral dissertation) and Experienced Researchers(normally young researchers at post-doctoral level).Both will enjoy preferential (though not exclusive)access to other Programme's activities.
In order to achieve its purposes, each organisingteam will use different initiatives:
Methodological Workshops These will be short meetings (one-two days) in whichleading researchers (i.e. the organising team plus oneleading researcher for each country/geographicalarea) will focus on research planning and methodolo-gical convergence. The latter will be critical for allowing data collection and processing to be functional to the analytical methodology adopted. For this reason, the Programme will focus on Methodological Workshops in the first year of activity.
Research Area SeminarsThese will be longer meetings (two-three days) inwhich organising teams will present and discussthe provisional results of their research activities.The papers presented at the seminars will be basedon the data collection and processing promoted byeach organising team. External experts will be invited as speakers and discussants.
Visit grantsThe Programme will foster researchers' mobility atEuropean level through exchange visit grants.Junior researchers, experienced researchers andsenior scholars will have access to such facilities.Visits will be both long (one month) and short (one-two weeks). Each year a call for expression ofinterest will be published. Funds will be allocated in order to guarantee that, in the medium run, allorganising teams will be able to enjoy mobility facilities on an equal foot.
Summer SchoolThe Programme will organise each year a summerschool, under the scientific endorsement of theEuropean Historical Economics Society (EHES).The theme of each summer school will vary and willnot be strictly confined to a Priority Area. Speakerswill be senior scholars with a recognised expertiseand scientific leadership in topics related to theschool's theme. Each year a call for participationwill be issued, and approximately 30 students willbe selected. The main objective of the summerschool is to allow PhD students and young researchers to present their research, interact withleading scholars and prepare the ground for theirinclusion in the organising teams' activities.
Programme Approach
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As a rule, participation in the Programme's activitieswill be limited to researchers from contributingcountries. However, outsiders will be invited to participate in workshops, seminars and summerschools on a ad hoc basis.
Updated information on the activities promoted bythe Programme will be regularly posted on theProgramme's website: www.esf-globaleuronet.org. More general information can be found on the ESFweb page: http://www.esf.org/globaleuronet
The Programme's Chair and the Programme Coordinator can be contacted at the followingemail: [email protected]
Opportunities to participate
ESF Research Networking Programmes are fundedby ESF Member Organisations on an à la cartebasis. GLOBALEURONET is supported by:Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichenForschung, Austria; Fonds voor WetenschappelijkOnderzoek - Vlaanderen, Belgium; Eesti Teadusfond,Estonia; Suomen Akatemia/Finlands Akademi,Finland; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,Germany; Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Hungary;Országos Tudományos Kutatási Alapprogramok,Hungary; Irish Research Council for Humanities andSocial Sciences, Ireland; Nederlandse Organisatievoor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Netherlands;Norges Forskningsråd, Norway; Ministry of Educationand Science, Spain; Vetenskapsrådet, Sweden;Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung derwissenschaftlichen Forschung, Switzerland; Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey,Turkey.
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Professor Stefano Battilossi (Chair)Professor of Economic HistoryDepartment of Economic History and InstitutionsInstituto Laureano FiguerolaUniversidad Carlos III MadridCampus de Getafe28903 Getafe SpainTel: +34 91 624 5859Fax: +34 91 624 9574Email: [email protected]
Professor Jörg Baten (from 01/05/2008 to 30/06/2010)Wirschaftswissenschaftlichte FakultätUniversität TübingenLehrstuhl für WirtschaftsgeschichteMohlstrasse 3672074 Tübingen GermanyTel: +49 7071 29729 85Fax: +49 7071 2951 19Email: [email protected]
Professor Erik BuystCentre for Economic StudiesKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenNaamsestraat 693000 Leuven BelgiumTel: +32 16 326800Fax: +32 16 326796Email: [email protected]
Dr. Herman de JongN.W. Posthumus InstituutFaculty of EconomicsUniversity of GroningenPO Box 8009700 AV Groningen NetherlandsTel: +31 50 363 84 55Fax: +31 50 363 84 54Email: [email protected]
Professor Riitta HjerppeEconomic and Social HistoryDepartment of Social Science HistoryUniversity of HelsinkiSnellmanninkatu 14PO Box 5400014 Helsinki FinlandTel: +358 9 191 24 951Fax: +358 9 191 24 924Email: [email protected]
Professor Olaf MertelsmannHistory DepartmentUniversity of TartuLossi 3-40950090 Tartu EstoniaTel: +372 50 94 521Fax: +372 737 53 45Email: [email protected]
Professor Kevin H. O'RourkeDepartment of Economics and IIISSchool of Social Sciences andPhilosophyTrinity College DublinDublin 2IrelandTel: +353 1 608 3594Fax: +353 1 677 2503Email: [email protected]
Professor Michael PammerDepartment of Social and EconomicHistoryJohannes Kepler Universität LinzAltenbergerstrasse 694040 Linz-Auhof AustriaTel: +43 732 24 68 88 46Fax: +43 732 24 68 85 32Email:[email protected]
Professor Sevket PamukDepartment of EconomicsAtaturk Institute for Modern TurkishHistoryBogazici University34342 Bebek IstanbulTurkeyTel: +90 212 359 65 80Fax: +90 212 270 08 15Email: [email protected]
Dr. Agnes PogányDepartment of Economic and SocialHistoryCorvinus University of BudapestFovám tér 81093 Budapest HungaryTel: +361 482 53 44Fax: +361 482 50 02Email: [email protected]
Professor Albrecht Ritschl (from 01/05/2006 to 30/04/2008)Department of Economics & BusinessInstitute of Economic HistoryHumboldt UniversitySpandauer Strasse 110178 Berlin GermanyTel: +49 30 2093 5715Fax: +49 30 2093 5659Email: [email protected]
Professor Lennart SchönDepartment of Economic HistoryEkonomisk-historiska InstitutionenLund UniversityBox 708322007 Lund SwedenTel: +46 46 222 74 76Fax: +46 46 13 15 85Email: [email protected]
Professor Knut SognerBusiness History UnitCentre for Business HistoryNorwegian School of ManagementInnovation and Economic OrganisationNydalsveien 370442 Oslo NorwayTel: +47 46 41 06 42Fax:Email: [email protected]
Professor Ulrich WoitekInstitut für EmpirischeWirtschaftsforschungUniversität ZürichWinterthurerstrasse 308006 Zürich SwitzerlandTel: +41 1 63 43 650Fax: +41 1 63 44 907Email: [email protected]
ESF Liaison
Dr. Frank KuhnScience
Ms. Caroline EckertAdministration
Social Sciences Unit (SCSS)European Science Foundation1 quai Lezay-MarnésiaBP 9001567080 Strasbourg cedexFranceTel. +33 (0)3 88 76 71 42Fax. +33 (0)3 88 37 05 32Email: [email protected]
For the latest information on thisresearch networking programmeconsult the GLOBALEURONET website:www.esf.org/globaleuronet
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