PLATON+

Strengthening the role that Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) have on the ERA Development

Co-ordinator: International Environment and Quality Services North Greece Ltd.
Client: European Commission, DG Research
Duration: January 2008 – July 2010
Website: www.platonplus.netExternal Link

Objectives

PLATON+ aims to catalyze dissemination of the European research in Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) as well as to capitalize SSH research results and assets across non-SSH research areas / themes. The proposed project will operate as a central hub for the dissemination of SSH research so as to (a) facilitate integration and coordination of SSH (-related) research under FP7 and to (b) exploit horizontally the competences of European SSH researchers for the benefit of European research.

Under this context, the project will systematically deploy a set of diversified dissemination & valorisation actions that will enhance the integration of the SSH research community in non-SSH themes and are expected to have a long lasting effect, well beyond the project’s lifetime. PLATON+ activities target 4 -priority groups: Research community, Policy / decision makers (European, national, regional), Business community and CSOs.

PLATON+ differentiates from existing similar / complementary projects by setting its center of gravity in: (i) The wide use of a variety of the latest information and communication applications which are integrated in its web-portal. The latter is expected to operate as a ‘Virtual Knowledge Hub’ for SSH research stakeholders. (ii) The systematic collaboration with complementary and similar projects. (iii) Stimulating collaboration with FP6-CITIZENS & FP7-SSH research projects and highly experienced and networked SSH organizations.

Partners

  • ICCR, Austria
  • Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea (APRE), Italy
  • Tudomanyos es Technologiai Alapitvany (TETALAP), Hungary
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover (LUH), Germany
  • Politechnika Wroclawska (WCTT PWr), Poland
  • Hill and Knowlton Eesti Aktsiaselts (H&K), Estonia
  • Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Ireland
  • Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA), Greece
  • Institut Europeen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD), France
  • ALMA Consulting Group SAS (ALMA), France
  • Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK), Turkey
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