(SSH CENTRE) Social Sciences & Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence

Social Sciences & Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence (SSH CENTRE)

Progetto finanziato dall’Unione Europea nell’ambito del Programma Horizon Europe Ricerca e Innovazione
Grant Agreement n. 101069529
Durata: 42 months
Data di avvio: 01/09/2022
Il sito ufficiale del Progetto

La transizione verso un sistema sociale ed economico più sostenibile dal punto di vista ambientale è un processo complesso che richiede approcci che coinvolgano una pluralità di soggetti diversi, al fine di consentire che la concreta esperienza soggetti non accademici contribuisca pienamente alla identificazione dei problemi da affrontare e alla definizione delle soluzioni. Pertanto, per affrontare la transizione è fondamentale creare le condizioni affinché le discipline SSH (scienze sociali e umane) e STEM (scienza, tecnologia, ingegneria e matematica) lavorino insieme (multidisciplinarità), ma anche alimentare un dialogo profondo e significativo all’interno della società, integrando le conoscenze “extra-scientifiche” fin dall’inizio dei progetti, per dare forma congiuntamente alle domande di ricerca e ai progetti da realizzare (transdisciplinarità).

Il progetto Social Sciences & Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence (SSH CENTRE) si propone di affrontare questi temi, incoraggiando il coinvolgimento delle comunità SSH in Europa nella transizione ambientale, promuovendo il lavoro congiunto con le STEM, il coinvolgimento di tutti gli stakeholders, e la realizzazione di attività di ricerca, innovazione, e definizione di politiche pubbliche. A tal fine, SSH Centre coinvolge 13 organizzazioni provenienti da molti paesi Europei dotate di competenze nelle discipline SSH e STEM applicate al clima, all’energia e alla mobilità e con esperienza nella transdisciplinarità e nel coinvolgimento dei cittadini. Il progetto coinvolge reti di attori che coprono il mondo accademico, quello dei decisori politici a vari livelli, il settore privato, la società civile e i cittadini. Il progetto prevede un’ampia gamma di attività, tra cui lo sviluppo di nuove collaborazioni tra ricercatori SSH e quelli STEM per facilitare la realizzazione del Green Deal dell’UE; l’organizzazione di iniziative di brokerage delle conoscenze che coinvolgono giovani ricercatori SSH per sostenere 6 città europee nella gestione della transizione verso la sostenibilità; la progettazione di strategie per il coinvolgimento dei cittadini nelle politiche europee di ricerca e innovazione relative al clima, all’energia e ai trasporti.

Il progetto prevede la realizzazione molteplici prodotti, tra cui brevi documenti di letteratura, un libro (due volumi), raccomandazioni politiche, moduli di formazione online, eventi scientifici e politici, un documento sui metodi di coinvolgimento del pubblico, un webinar e una piattaforma aperta per lo scambio di conoscenze.

News

Last Consortium Meeting

The final Consortium Meeting of the SSH CENTRE project was held in Brussels on January 27, 2026. During the meeting, the final activities to be completed before the project's end (February 2026) were discussed and planned. Moreover, a roundtable discussion was held with experts and representatives of the European Commission to discuss policy recommendations for greater integration of the social sciences and humanities into EU research programs. The recommendations will be the subject of a publication that will be produced before the project ends (February 2026) ...

Meeting in Cambridge

On 11 and 12 June 2025, the SSH CENTRE partners met at King's College, Cambridge, for the project's annual consortium meeting. On the first day, the meeting focused on preparing a series of scientific articles based on the project's findings. The following day, the main results of the project evaluation process (WP5) were analysed, and recommendations emerging from the various SSH CENTRE activities were defined ...

Project final conference

The final conference of the SSH CENTRE project took place on 28 January 2026 as a session of the launch event “Shared Green Societies”, jointly organised by SSH CENTRE and the European project Shared Green Deal. The session, entitled “Shaping the Next European Research and Innovation Framework”, was coordinated by Davide Sofia (Friends of Europe) and opened by Chris Foulds and Rosie Robison (Anglia Ruskin University). The speakers included Henriette van Eijl (European Commission) and Joy Clancy (Liverpool Hope University) ...

The online course on knowledge brokerage launched

Based on the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Knowledge Brokerage Programme for the Environmental Transition, an online introductory course on knowledge brokerage was produced between April and September 2024, with the involvement of K&I, Energy Cities and Anglia Ruskin University. The course is organized in two parts and includes a total of 9 videos, as well as teaching materials and resources. The course is accessible on the project website and was launched in November on the Energy Cities learning platform, accessible here ...

Launch event in Granada of the books produced by SSH CENTRE

The three collective books produced within the SSH CENTRE project on strengthening European policies in the fields of climate, energy and mobility were presented on 22 October 2024, in Granada. Their production involved 154 researchers from 23 European countries, with contributions from leading scholars, policymakers, representatives of private companies and citizens. Each book presents around 10 key policy recommendations, each focusing on a specific aspect of the Green Deal. The presentation was held in a hybrid format at the Science Park of Granada and was attended by four representatives of the European Commission and the editors of the three publications ...

SSH CENTRE project consortium meeting

The SSH CENTRE project consortium meeting was held in Granada on 23 and 24 October. During the meeting, the results obtained in the different work packages were presented and the activities planned for the next months were analyzed. Luciano d’Andrea attended the meeting on behalf of K&I ...

The Knowledge brokerage programme completed

The Knowledge Brokering Programme in the Humanities and Social Sciences (SSH) for sustainability transition ended in June 2024. Following the course on knowledge brokerage in support of the environmental transition, the 30 participants (all researchers in the humanities and social sciences), organised in six teams, carried out between January and June 2024 as many knowledge brokerage initiatives, each focusing on a specific aspect of the environmental transition, in cooperation with six European city administrations: Arnhem (Netherlands) on energy communities; Čačak (Serbia) on the use of digital technologies for inclusive mobility; Grenoble (France) about resource efficiency, sufficiency and circularity; Porto (Portugal) ...

Online course on Knowledge Brokerage

In the framework of the SSH CENTRE Project WP3, led by K&I, an online course on Knowledge Brokerage was held from 20 to 24 November 2023 for 30 PhD and Early to Mid-Career Researchers working in Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). The course was focused on knowledge brokerage of SSH knowledge for sustainability transitions and was intended to help participants define and design the six KB initiatives they will conduct in collaboration with as many European cities. The course comprised five four-hour sessions, each focusing on a specific topic. Some invited speakers contributed to the course including Wiebe E. Bijker (University ...

Selection of the participants in the Knowledge Brokerage Programme completed

In July 2023, the selection process for participants in the Knowledge Brokerage programme, implemented within the framework of SSH CENTRE, was concluded. Overall, 185 applications have been received between 20 April and 3 July, i.e., the period in which the Call for Applications was open. They have been then analysed, leading to a selection of 30 researchers. The participants, who will participate in a dedicated training course in November, will be organised into six different teams, each of which will work in collaboration with a European city administration to conduct a knowledge brokerage initiative on specific topics related to environmental ...

Info Sheets on participatory mechanisms published

In April 2023, a toolbox containing a set of Information Sheets on engagement methods was developed and delivered as a part of WP1 (Scoping) of the SSH CENTRE project. The aim of the sheets is to illustrate 12 diverse participatory methods with tangible best practice examples, taken from across Europe, that SSH researchers could use in their professional and research activities. The methods include, among others, storytelling, citizen science, serious games, citizen assemblies, and participatory evaluation. K&I contributed to the publication developing the info sheet devoted to participatory knowledge mapping. ...

Ten Literature Briefs on emerging topics

As part of the SSH CENTRE project (WP1), ten Literature Briefs have been produced in April 2023 with the aim of capturing as many topics which are at the core of present EU policies. These literature briefs each provide an overview of the topic in focus and are conceived to help researchers (especially from SSH disciplines) and practitioners to introduce themselves to these topics. Luciano d’Andrea and Fabio Feudo (K&I) developed the Literature Brief titled “Responsible Research & Innovation: The developing role of interdisciplinarity” ...

Two workshops in Bilbao and Pecs

Two workshops have been organised under the SSH CENTRE project WP1, respectively in Bilbao (Spain) and Pecs (Hungary). The workshop in Bilbao, titled "Southern Voices on Research Geographies” was held on 17 March 2023, co-hosted by The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) & Wikitoki. The workshop in Pecs, titled "From the edge to cutting the edge research funding”, was held on 28 March 2023, organised by the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies (CERS). The workshops were aimed at reflecting on the situation of social sciences and humanities respectively in Southern Europe and in Central Eastern Europe. On behalf ...

The Policy Insight event “Co-creating the shift to clean mobility”

On January 26, 2023, the Policy Insight event “Co-creating the shift to clean mobility” was held in Brussels hosted by Friends of Europe. The event marked the official launch of the SSH CENTRE Project. Three speakers participated in the event: Cathy Macharis (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Julia Poliscanova (Transport & Environment), and Rosalinde van der Vlies (European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation) ...

The first SSH CENTRE Consortium Meeting

Hosted by the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA), the first Consortium Meeting of the SSH CENTER project was held in Brussels on 25 and 26 January 2023. During the meeting, the WP leaders presented an update of the activities carried out in the framework of their work package and a plan of actions envisaged for the coming months. Luciano d'Andrea and Fabio Feudo (K&I) chaired the session dedicated to WP3, led by K&I, aimed at implementing knowledge brokerage initiatives involving young social researchers to support the administrations of six European cities (city hubs) to develop policy initiatives in the area ...

The Kick-off Meeting

The Kick-Off Meeting of the SSH CENTRE project was held on 7 and 8 September 2022 in Cambridge (UK) hosted by the Anglia Ruskin University. On the first day, after a general presentation of the project, the attention was mainly focused on project management and coordination (WP7), the dissemination, communication, and exploitation of the project results (WP6), the scoping activities (WP1), and the process of evaluation and synthesis of the project results (WP5). On the second day, three workshops have been organised to discuss the cooperation activities between SSH and STEM disciplines (WP2), the knowledge brokerage of SSH knowledge to policymaking ...