Translation of "Institut des Sciences Sociales du Travail " (English → French) :

The European University Institute Florence submits a Proposal for a new post-doctoral programme in social sciences

(7) The College of Europe, providing postgraduate courses in law, economics, politics, social sciences and humanities with a European dimension, the European University Institute, contributing to the development of European cultural and scientific heritage by means of higher education and research, the European Institute of Public Administration, training national and European civil servant ...[+++]s in the field of European integration, the Academy of European Law in Trier, providing university-level training of European law professionals and users, the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, providing a European Masters degree and Advanced Internships and other education, training and research services in promotion of human rights and democratisation, the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education, working to improve the quality of education for pupils with special needs and to foster sustainable European cooperation in this field, and the International Centre for European Training, providing teaching, training and research on issues of Europeanisation, globalisation, federalism, regionalism and the transformation of contemporary social structures, constitute bodies pursuing aims of general European interest.

The activities carried out in this area are intended to mobilise in a coherent effort, in all their wealth and diversity, European research capacities in economic, political, social sciences and humanities that are necessary to develop an understanding of, and to address issues related to, the emergence of the knowledge-based society and new forms of relationships between its citizens, on the one hand and between its citizens and institutions, on the other.

Ms. France Landriault (Director, Policy and Liaison Branch, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada): I'd like to mention that the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council is sponsoring a major research project on the role of local and regional clusters in Canada, and 21 institutions are involved, including 14 foreign institutions.

The pre-JEP strategy and the definition of projects: Tempus II activities were introduced during the 1994-95 academic year; in order to give preference to the implementation of European Tempus (Tacis) projects which are currently viable, the Commission undertook preliminry action in 1993-94 by financing pre-JEPs lasting a year; these focused on the preparatory mobility of staff between universities in view of further cooperation at the institutional level; the support provided for these projects was to focus on the following priority subject areas: humanities and social ...[+++] sciences; political science and economics; modern European languages; improvement of university management; given the main objectives of the Tacis programme, the Commission decided that special attention would also be paid to projects relating to agriculture, energy and transport.

The group's other members are: Mr Giuseppe Airoldi I Vice-President for training activities, University of Bocconi Former Director of Human Resources Development, SDA-Bocconi Member of research institute management boards Coordinator of numerous research projects concerning company organisation Mrs Marla Ambrosio P Professor, Lisbon Technical University In-depth knowledge of relationship between training and technological innovation Expert on Community training programmes (EUROTECNET) Mr Wenceslas F Holds major position in training bo ...[+++]dy linked to top Baudrillard industrial undertaking in electronics sector (Thomson) Formerly responsible for social policies within Prime Minister's office Mr Erhard Busek A Former Austrian Education Minister Responsible for key reforms of Austrian education system Member of IDM Institute Mr François Cornelis B Director of Petrofina Responsible for activities of industrialists' round-table on education and training Specialist in human resources management Mr Stig Hagstrom S Chancellor of "Swedish University and College System" President of Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Member of Swedish Government's Research Advisory Board Mr Ian Johnston UK Vice-Chancellor, Sheffield University Formerly in charge of education and training at Department of Employment Mrs Kerstin Thoursie S Labour market specialist Mrs Hélene Lund DK Actively involved at Danish municipal authority level Specialist in relations between education and regions Numerous activities for Council of Europe on adult education Mrs Beatriz ES Professor, Madrid University Munoz-Seca Specialist in human resources Expert work for Commission on training in SMEs (FORCE) Mrs Britta Naumann D Specialist in industrial relations and collective bargaining Member of European Trade Union Committee Member of "Status of Women" Committee, Education International Member of GEW Executive Mr Orlol Homs ES Professor, Barcelona Specialist in industrial relations and links between innova ...