Europe’s academies plan route for directing humanities research

The European Federation of Academies of Science and Humanities, ALLEA, has produced a ‘roadmap’ showing how it wants to position social sciences and humanities research within the Horizon 2020 programme.

The document was drawn up by a working group of representatives from ALLEA member organisations, chaired by John Bell professor of law at the University of Cambridge, which met at the British Academy in London.

Their report insists that that the objectives of the Commission’s seven-year research strategy can only be achieved with the active involvement of social scientists and humanities researchers.