ABSTRACT

European social sciences and humanities researchers have witnessed and experienced a period of dramatic changes and opportunities during the last 20 years – the end of the Cold War, the fall of the Iron Curtain and globalisation, which have brought a sense of urgency to understand humanity, in all its diversity, and to do this in collaboration. The need for collaboration was a real challenge, because the fragmentation of European social sciences and humanities research by disciplines and by different research traditions was a well known discussion topic. To achieve the research targets, it was crucial to integrate social sciences and humanities (SSH) into multidisciplinary research consortia.