Published January 2025
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Strengthening the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in the SET Plan
Description
SSH CENTRE (Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence) is a Horizon Europe project, engaging directly with stakeholders across research, policy, and business (including citizens) to strengthen social innovation, SSH-STEM collaboration, transdisciplinary policy advice, inclusive engagement, and SSH communities across Europe, accelerating the EU’s transition to carbon neutrality.
SSH CENTRE is based in a range of activities related to Open Science, inclusivity and diversity – especially with regards Southern and Eastern Europe and different career stages – including: development of novel SSH-STEM collaborations to facilitate the delivery of the EU Green Deal; SSH knowledge brokerage to support regions in transition; and the effective design of strategies for citizen engagement in EU R&I activities. Outputs include action-led agendas and building stakeholder synergies through regular Policy Insight events.
This is captured in a high-profile virtual SSH CENTRE generating and sharing best practice for SSH policy advice, overcoming fragmentation to accelerate the EU’s journey to a sustainable future.
Within the SSH CENTRE project, Work Package 4 aims at incorporating Social Sciences and Humanities within settings such as the SET Plan, HEU Missions, and HEU Partnerships. This effort aims to inform and influence future EU R&I priorities to accommodate a wide spectrum of socio-economic challenges faced in transitions with a particular focus on climate, energy, and mobility.
This report presents recommendations developed as part of the SSH CENTRE project based upon a document analysis of the SET Plan Implementation Plans. The report sets out 5 recommendations:
- Embed societal aspects in technological development and implementation
- Integrate SSH targets and indicators within the Implementation Plans, and monitor their performance and implementation
- Consider people as citizens, not only as users or consumers
- Establish clear links with the existing policy framework, and describe how R&I implementation pathways target these policies
- Adopt a multi-scalar approach for implementing the SET Plan, with greater consideration given to sub-national levels as part of this
For each recommendation, the progress so far and details of what further actions/resources are required are presented.
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Recommendations - SET Plan Implementation Plans.pdf
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