Reports on SSH Research

The METRIS Report
Emerging Trends in Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities in Europe (2009).

The World in 2025: Contributions from an expert group (2009)
Report edited by DG Research (Elie Faroult) making a prospective analysis of the future trends and events in 2025 in various SSH issues.

The World in 2025 - Rising Asia and socio-ecological transition
Report edited by DG Research making a prospective analysis of the international trends - focusing on Asia -, of the tensions in the future and of the major possible transitions impulsed by Europe (2009).

“EuroMed-2030: Long term challenges for the Mediterranean area. Report of an Expert Group”
European Commission (2011)
This publication was prepared by the Directorate for Science, Economy and Society of the European Commission DG Research & Innovation in order to understand ‘trends, tensions and transitions’ in the Euro-Mediterranean space.

“Empowering people, driving change: Social innovation in the European Union”
Agnès Hubert et al. (2010)
What is social innovation, what is it good for in the current circumstances and why is it a desirable goal? This document contains an analysis of this concept.

"European Research – Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities – List of projects 2007-2010 – 7th Framework Programme" (2010)
Synopsis of projects funded by the European Comission under SSH of the 7. FRP between 2007-2010.

The Future of Banking – PEGGED project 
Edited by Thorsten Beck (2011)
“Politics, Economics and Global Governance: The European Dimensions” (PEGGED) is a collaborative project leaded by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and funded by the European Commission under its Seventh Framework for Research (FP7). This PEGGED BOOK is produced as part of the CEPR project report. It presents a collection of essays by leading European and US economists that offer solutions to the crisis and proposals for medium- to long-term reforms to the regulatory framework in which financial institutions operate.

Life in the Eurozone with or without Sovereign Default – PEGGED project
Edited by Franklin Allen, Elena Carletti, Giancarlo Corsetti (2011)
This “e-book” contains the proceeding of the conference "Life in the Eurozone With or Without Sovereign Default?" organized by the PEGGED project. It addresses the major issue of the sovereign debt crisis and its implications.

Crime and Deviance in the EU – Key findings from EU funded social sciences and humanities research  projects
European Commission (2011)
Several research projects on Crime and Deviance have been funded through the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Programme of the 6th and 7th Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development.
Projects have covered a wide range of topics, going from crime prevention to analysis of criminal behaviour and cultural components of economic crime and corruption and criminalisation patterns. This policy review summarises main findings of those projects, with the aim of providing a useful tool for policy makers, practitioners as well as researchers in the field of crime and deviance.

Databases from Socio-economic research projects for policymaking
European Commission 2011
This publication presents an overview of statistical data series coming from surveys and other structured sets of data coming from the socio-economic research funded through the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Framework Programme (FP). Those new databases resulting from this research are strategic for the European policies that address societal challenges at regional, national, European and world level.