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The SS-ERC final workshop was held in Brussels on June 26 2009. Hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EECS), the event was focused on the presentation of the Handbook on the socialisation of the scientific and technological research, which represents the main product of the project SS-ERC - Social Sciences and European Research Capacities .

The workshop' s title was “The socialisation of the European research in the perspective of the knowledge society. Interpretations and policies with the contribution of social sciences ». The programme of the event has been as follows.

Welcome addreses : Gerd Wolf, Member, the European Economic and Social Committee ; Pierre Valette, Head of Unit L2, Research in the economic, social sciences and humanities, DG Research, European Commission; Stefano Ciccone, Project co-ordinator, Science Park Office, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Italy).

- Presentation of the Handbook on the socialisation of the scientific and technological research by two introductory papers: Wiebe Bijker, Department on Technology and Society, Maastricht University; e Luciano d’Andrea, SS-ERC Scientific Co-ordinator.

- Comments on the Handbook : Sally Wyatt, Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences, KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences)

- Discussion : Luisa Prista, Head of Unit L4, Scientific culture and gender issues, DG Research, European Commission; Vittorio De Crescenzo, Attaché for research and nuclear issues, Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU; Fabio Feudo, Executive Director, Laboratory of Citizenship Sciences (Italy); Evanthia Kalpazidou Schmidt, The Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Aarhus University (Denmark); Eleni Kopanezou, Adviser, Resource Directorate, DG TREN, European Commission; Jos Leijten, Director of the Joint Institute of Innovation Policy, in representation of EARTO – European Association of Research and Technology Organisations; Miguel Martinez Lopez, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain); Rodolfo Piedra de Furundarena, Representative of the Spanish Office for Science and Technology; Peter Sekloca, Science and Research Center, Primorska University (Slovenia); Wim Passchier, Professor of Risk Analysis, Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology, Maastricht University (Netherlands).

- Conclusion : Louisa Anastopoulou, Policy Officer, Unit L2, Research in the economic, social sciences and humanities, DG Research, European Commission.

Around 70 people attended the workshop.

For information on the project, please visit the web-site: www.techresp.eu

For information and documents on the Workshop click here

To download the Handbook, click here
 
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