1 / 9

Fostering Interdisciplinary research at the ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities

Fostering Interdisciplinary research at the ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities. Professor Milena Žic Fuchs, Chair ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities PESC Plenary Meeting,Dubrovnik, 19 April 2011. ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities (SCH). Anthropology Archaeology

cleary
Download Presentation

Fostering Interdisciplinary research at the ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Fostering Interdisciplinary research at the ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities Professor Milena Žic Fuchs, Chair ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities PESC Plenary Meeting,Dubrovnik, 19 April 2011

  2. ESF Standing Committee for the Humanities (SCH) • Anthropology • Archaeology • Art and Art History • Classical Studies • History • History and Philosophy of Science • Literature and Literary Studies • Languages and Philologies • Linguistics • Music and Musicology • Oriental and African Studies • Pedagogical and Educational Research • Philosophy • Psychology • Religion and Theology • SCH defines its scope by traditional disciplinesand related methodologies • Engaged in newly-structured, broad fields of study – e.g. Cultural and Media Studies • Contributing to the development of emerging, trans-disciplinary research areas – e.g. Cognitive Science; Digital Humanities; Health and Welfare Research

  3. Currently, the SCH focuses on: • Fostering interdisciplinary research • Focusing on the role of Humanities research in addressing Grand Challenges at a global scale • Taking a leading and integrating role in facilitating the development of European strategy for Research Infrastructures in the Humanities (Strategic Workshop October 2010 - high interaction with computer sciences --> PESC represented through PEER project) PESC Plenary Meeting, Dubrovnik, 19 April 2011

  4. Fostering interdisciplinarity: past examples • European Food Systems in a Changing World (with LESC, EMRC, SCSS and COST): Forward Look, 2006-2009 • Security: Advancing a Framework for Enquiry (with NATO): Forward Look, 2007-2009 • The Future of Knowledge (with LESC and SCSS): INIF 2009-2010 • Humans in Outer Space (with ESA): INIF 2007-2009, proposal for Forward Look under preparation PESC Plenary Meeting, Dubrovnik, 19 April 2011

  5. Fostering interdisciplinarity: present examples New Frontiers of Infinity: Mathematical, Philosophical and Computational Prospects (with PESC): RNP, 2009-2014 Personalised Medicine (with EMRC, LESC, SCSS and PESC): Forward Look, 2010-2011 ESF strategic neuroscience initiative: proposal under consideration by EMRC, LESC, SCSS and PESC PESC Plenary Meeting, Dubrovnik, 19 April 2011

  6. Fostering interdisciplinarity: examples from SCH-led EUROCORES programmes • The Origin of Man, Language and Languages (biology, genetics, robotics)(2004-2007) • Consciousness in a Natural and Cultural Context (neuroscience, medical sciences)(2006-2009) • The Evolution of Cooperating and Trading (artificial intelligence, biology, economics, mathematics)(2007-2010)    • Modelling Intelligent Interaction (computer science, mathematics)(2008-2011) PESC Plenary Meeting, Dubrovnik, 19 April 2011

  7. Fostering interdisciplinarity: the future • Global Conferenceand Summer School on Inter(Multi, Trans)disciplinarity, to be held in 2012. Collaboration with EMRC, LESC, PESC and SCSS is sought. • Conference“Global Humanities – Innovation and the Global Dimension of Research”, with a special emphasis on: • how to facilitate international collaboration • and interdisciplinary research • how to address the Grand Challenges   PESC Plenary Meeting, Dubrovnik, 19 April 2011

  8. Fostering interdisciplinarity: the future • TheSummer School onGrand Challenges and Interdisciplinarity aims to: • enhance awareness for bridging disciplines and research domains • address questions as to how to educate young researchers in interdisciplinary communication and work • address issues of sharing implicit knowledge and formal organizational barriers • Suggested topic for 2012 Summer School: Water: The Past, The Present and The Future PESC Plenary Meeting, Dubrovnik, 19 April 2011

  9. www.esf.org/humanities PESC Plenary Meeting, Dubrovnik, 19 April 2011

More Related