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ESF ConferencesSCSS SC MeetingBrussels, 16/4/2010
Benita Lipps
Acting Head of Unit, ESF Conferences
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ESF Conferences in the Social Sciences
1. About ESF Conferences
2. Recent developments
3. Current efforts
4. Future challenges
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The Conferences Unit
Promoting Science Synergy through Research Conferences & Meetings
• co-funded conference series to foster emerging topics & communities
• professional conference organisation
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Research Conferences Scheme
• Interdisciplinary scheme for Europe implemented in collaboration with high-profile partners
• Stimulate dialogue between early-stage researchers and scientific leaders worldwide
• Cover the latest topics, proposed by and for the scientific community
• Full organisational support by ESF conference organisers
• Grants of 20-60k€ per conference, including support earmarked for early-stage researchers
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ESF Conferences in the Social Sciences
1. About ESF Conferences
2. Recent developments
3. Current efforts
4. Future challenges
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2009 Partnership Review
•Objective recommendation on partnership renewal
•ProcessPanel of 2 SCSS & 2 SCH SC Members; review of conference statistics, reports 2006-08
•SCSS Members •Zdenka Mansfeldova,•Rainer Kattel
Conclusions•potential in ESF-LIU cooperation•inconsistent scientific quality•often failed to attract leading investigators•imbalance between senior and young researchers•lack of informative scientific feedback reports
•continuation only if implementation of changes
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2009 Call & Peer Review
92 valid proposals; >30% LiU (32/16 in 2008)
LiU Review Panel •Rainer Kattel (SCSS),•Zdenka Mansfeldovà (SCSS)•Helena Buescu (SCH),•Bernhard Palme (SCH),•Margareta Hydén, Bengt Sandin, Daniel David (LiU)
LIU review outcomes •12 ‘C’ (not to be pursued)•12 ‘B’ (good/ waiting list) •8 ‘A’/‘A-‘ (excellent/v. good)•4 selected for funding•success rate = 12.5%)
Conclusions•Increase in numbers•Increase in validity•Increase in quality•Low success rate
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ESF Conferences in the Social Sciences
1. About ESF Conferences
2. Recent developments
3. Current efforts
4. Future challenges
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Scientific Quality Assurance
• Better briefing & guidelines• 2010 Chair Day• Online Resource Centre for Chairs
• Active Monitoring • Conditions for funding• Quota for women, young researchers, nationality• Use of grants
• Scientific Rapporteurs• Early contact with chairs• Clear briefing
• Alternatives to SC Rapporteurs
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LiU Partnership Renewal
• SCSS-SCH Working Group• clear scientific objectives and guidelines• implementation with clear practical guidelines • increased quality assurance
• MoU negotiations with Linkoping University• welcome change• increase to 5 conferences per year• contract for two years only
• MoU signature• Working group meeting on scientific guidelines &
practical implications
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2010 Conferences
Europe has unique mechanisms for the enforcement of human rights law and the prevention of violations. However, the gap between standards on paper and the actual situation in Europe is striking. Prison visits of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) and judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) show that torture, death and inhuman or degrading treatment related to healthcare in prisons still occur regularly in Europe.
Their investigation, punishment and prevention are an important and timely issue not only for international organizations, NGOs and governments. Academic disciplines from different fields can make important contributions which will greatly benefit from an interdisciplinary approach. Research that bridges the gap between empirical social science and legal analysis is scarce. The scientific quality of this research, through access to the realities of the research field, will be significantly enhanced if different academic disciplines interact more with each other and with international organizations and NGOs.
Violations of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Investigation and Prevention of Torture and Death in Custody
Chair: Professor Bernice Elger, Center for Legal Medicine, Geneva, CH Rapporteur: Professor Emmanuël Gerard (SCSS) tbc
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Linköping, Sweden,
3.5 - 7.5 2010
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2010 Conferences
Five years after its acceptance by the 2005 World Summit, it is time to consider the contribution that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has made and could make to the prevention of mass atrocities.
The consensus among the Member States of the United Nations, as reflected in the General Assembly debate in the summer of 2009 is broad but not necessarily deep. While there is considerable general support for R2P along the three pillars suggested by the UN Secretary-General (responsibility of states to protect their own populations, assistance and capacity building and timely responses), fundamental questions remain. For instance: what does R2P add to the already existing obligations of states and to the substantial arsenal of instruments at the possession of the international community to prevent and respond to mass atrocities? Does R2P entail a risk of opening the door to external intervention? And how can R2P be operationalised and implemented in concrete circumstances?
The Responsibility to Protect: From Principle to Practice
Chair: Professor Andre Nollkaemper, University of Amsterdam, NLRapporteur: Dr. Zdenka Mansfeldová (SCSS)
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Linköping, Sweden,
8.6 – 12.6 2010
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2010 Conferences
This conference offers an opportunity to bring the social, spatial, material and technological facets of migration together – to consider migrants’ identities and experiences of homes and cities, and the material, aural and visual landscapes of mobility and movement. In addition, the conference will take ‘narratives’ – broadly defined as stories, diaries, myths, photographs, music, films, media images and representations of movement – as the analytical starting point for new research on migration.
A broad conceptualisation of migrant narratives demands new interdisciplinary theories and methodologies to understand the interconnected landscapes of home, migration and the city.
Home, Migration and the City: New Narratives, New Methodologies
Chair: Dr. Ayona Datta, London School of Economics, UK Rapporteur: Dr. Helena Buescu (SCH)
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Linköping, Sweden,
6.8 – 10.8 2010
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2010 Conferences
"Paying Attention" concerns the politics, ethics and aesthetics of the attention economy. This is the social and technical milieu in which web native generations live much of their lives. It will address key questions like: What architectures of power are at work in the attention economy ? How is it building new structures of experience? What kinds of value does this architecture produce? "Paying Attention" encourages dialogue between researchers from the fields of Cultural and New Media Studies, Philosophy, Education, Communications, Economics, Internet studies, Human Computer Interface Studies, Art and Design. It also seeks the input and insights of creative practitioners exploring critical and alternative uses of new media forms and technologies.
Paying Attention: Digital Media Cultures & Generational Responsibility
Chair: Professor Jonathan Dovey, University of the West of England, UK Rapporteur: Professor Kostas Gouliamos (SCH)
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Linköping, Sweden,
6.9 – 10.9 2010
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2010 Conferences
The complexity of the current Internet structure and its future developments cannot be understood without taking a full multi-disciplinary approach. Such an approach must necessarily be based on the science of complex systems, and in particular complex network theory. It must also depend on social sciences and humanities to elucidate the underpinnings of the Internet at a societal and economic level.
This conference will bring together experts in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), social scientists, as well as experts in the area of complex systems They will assess the state-of-the-art, identify new trends and envision future developments in the intertwined domains of future Internet and society.
Future Internet and Society: Complex Networks Perspective
Chair: Dr. Romualdo Pastor-Satorras, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, ES
Rapporteur: Professor Slavko Splicha or Professor Frédéric Antoine (SCSS) tbc
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Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy,
2.10 - 7.10 2010
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2010 Conferences
Dynamic Interlinkages between Social and Ecosystem Changes: Towards a Europe Africa PartnershipChairs: Professor Marja J. Spierenburg, VU University Amsterdam, NL, and Professor Rashid M Hassan, University of Pretoria, ZARapporteur: tbc
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9.11 - 12.11 2010
The conference will address the following themes:
- Social institutions and ecosystem changes- Managing tradeoffs between multiple ecosystem services
- Resilience and vulnerability of social and ecosystems to climate change
- Biodiversity, ecosystem change and human wellbeing
- Drivers of ecosystem and social change
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2010 Conferences
The conference “Environmental Change and Migration: From Vulnerabilities to Capabilities” will focus on the relationship between vulnerabilities and capabilities and will serve as a platform to facilitate intensive discussions on open questions and methodological challenges. Invited researchers represent a wide range of fields, such as sociology, ethnology, gender studies, geography, economy, development, international relations, health care, geology, and climate or environmental change. The conference will bring together not only junior and senior scientists, but also experts from all sectors concerned with environmental change and migration, state representatives as well as non-state actors, to participate in discussions of research results, and to consider possible consequences for policy formulation.
Environmental Degradation and Migration: From Vulnerabilities to Capabilities
Chair: Professor Thomas Faist, Department of Sociology, Bielefeld University, DERapporteur: tbc
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5.12 - 9.12 2010
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2011/ 2012 Conferences
• Religion, Gender, And Human Rights: Challenges For Multicultural And Democratic Societies Chair: Dr. Niamh Reilly
• Eco-Chic: Connecting Ethical, Sustainable And Elite Consumption Chair: Dr Rivke Jaffe
• Re-Visiting The Contact Zone: Museums, Theory, Practice Chair: Professor Sharon Macdonald
• The ‘new Monarchy’: Rethinking The Relations Of Elites And Princes In Europe’s Iron Century, 1590s To 1720 Chair: Professor Robert von Friedeburg
• Call for Proposals for 2012 Conferences launched in March 2010
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Future Challenges
• Partnership Development open call for research conference partnerships
• Tailor-made Conferencesclear aims, suitable framework, scientific excellence
• Increased synergylinks with SC strategy and other ESF instruments
• Organisational supportESF Conferences Unit as service provider for large-scale ESF events
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ESF Conferences Unit
Thank you!
Benita Lipps
Acting Head of Unit, ESF Conferences
