Horizons for Social Sciences and Humanities

14 November 2014
10.00 - 14.30
Prague, Czech Republic (Prague, Charles University, Hybernská 3, Prague 1, room H303)
Workshop organized by the Technology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences in cooperation with Charles University and with the Office of the ERC Vice-President Pavel Exner
Cover image of Horizons for Social Sciences and Humanities

9:00-9:15
Welcome address
Pavel Exner, ERC Vice-President

9:15-10:00
Social Sciences and Humanities and the ERC
Núria Sebastián Gallés, ERC Vice-President, SSH Domain Coordinator

10:40-12:10
Scientific Presentations - Experience of ERC grant holders
Moderator: Mirjam Friedová, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

  • Tomáš Sobotka, Austrian Academy of Science, ERC Grantee – project EURREP
  • Péter Szabó, The Institute of Botany of the CAS, ERC Grantee – multidisciplinary project LONGWOOD

12:10-13:30
Panel Discussion Striving towards Excellence in Social Sciences and Humanities – Czech views
Moderator: Pavel Exner, ERC Vice-President

Mirjam Friedová, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

  • Núria Sebastián Gallés, ERC Vice-President
  • Michal Kejak, CERGE-EI, Economics Institute of the CAS
  • Tomáš Sobotka, Austrian Academy of Sciences
  • Péter Szabó, The Institute of Botany of the CAS

Registration is required via the following link: http://geform.tc.cz/ercssh/

Please also discover the project LONGWOOD of Dr Szabó in the ERC publication When Geosciences tells us more about planet Earth