Raising the Impact of the Social sciences
and Economics
Spanish Presidency
Professor Eliana la Ferrara (Bocconi University) speaks at EU-conference
8-9 April 2010, Spain organises the Conference Science Against Poverty .
Prof. Eliana la Ferrara (Bocconi University) will give a presentation at the thematic parallel session "Knowing Poverty (Social Sciences Perspective)".
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RISE Kick-off Meeting
LISBON 2010-2020 and the Socio-Economic Sciences
30 September 2009
13.00-18.00
University Foundation
Brussels
Swedish Presidency
Philip Eijlander (Rector Magnificus Tilburg University) participant in Lund Conference
As a part of the Swedish EU-presidency, the Swedish Government will host a conference on the future of European research; New Worlds - New Solutions - Research and Innovation as a Basis for Developing Europe in a Global Context. Professor Philip Eijlander has been invited as a representative of RISE to participate in the conference.
More about the Swedish presidency.
Raising the Impact of the Social sciences and Economics (RISE) is an international network of research universities in the area of the social sciences and economics. The member institutions share the wish to increase the impact of social sciences and economics on social problems, in particular in Europe. To achieve this RISE intends to
- increase the relevance of the contributions of social sciences and economics to the solution of Europe's social problems,
- raise awareness of such contributions in relevant political and academic circles as well as with the general public and
- enhance conditions to increase and strengthen such contributions in the future.
