Project PLATON+

Acronym	PLATON+
Title	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
Person Responsible	Ronald J. Pohoryles
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.
Project 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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