Key points: Those evaluating EU funding proposals play a powerful role in determining what constitutes e.g. rigorous, credible, robust, meaningful and even achievable energy research, and therefore in determining which proposals are funded. Energy-SSH researchers need to be more
Key points: Horizon 2020 – and most likely soon for Horizon Europe – proposals include both ‘concept’ and ‘impact’ sections. SSH must feature in the foundational arguments that interdisciplinary energy project proposals are based on, and hence evaluators should
Key points: Energy-SSH expertise requires learnt skills. Training in SSH methods matters if rigorous and robust SSH is to be conducted, which can bring increased policy impact. For example, including a survey in a project requires a Social Science
Energy-SSH is significantly underfunded: in 2016, only 4% of the EU’s Horizon 2020 energy research programme budget went to SSH partners, with 96% to STEM** partners primarily looking to develop new energy technologies.
'A big question was of course whether/how storytelling did contribute to learning and unlearning, empathy and conflict solving, inclusion and participation of different voices. '
In this infographic we offer a quick overview of how the different SSH disciplines have been integrated into the projects funded under the various Societal Challenges in Horizon 2020 since 2014. You can download it here.
There has been a tendency for technology outcomes to dominate the energy agenda, at the expense of consideration of critical human and social aspects. SHAPE ENERGY is trying to change that.
We are very pleased to announce that the SHAPE ENERGY’s THINK PIECE COLLECTION has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan as an open access book.
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This workshop took place in the city of Valašské Meziříčí thanks to our project partner the Tomas Bata University in the Czech Republic.
