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A description of the recommendations of a 1976 ad hoc committee for social sciences, set up by the European Science Foundation to develop strategies for a European social sciences community. Proposals were developed with regard to: (1) information-data networks & public opinion polls, (2) training-a network of postgraduate institutions & a system of European fellowships, (3) research-funds & support for cooperative, transnational research projects, & (4) general promotion-periodicals, prizes, fellowships for sabbaticals, & creation of a European Center for Policy Studies. 1 Figure. P. Montgomery.

Papers presented at a mini-meeting-cum-workshop held at Visva-Bharati University with support from Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Though more than 150,000 AIDS-related deaths have been reported worldwide and between 5 and 10 million people are now infected with its precursor, HIV-1, the deadly and relatively new AIDS virus is still a mystery. AIDS and the Social Sciences: Common Threads, an enlightening examination of the AIDS epidemic from the viewpoints of various social sciences, provides us with clues to that mystery. The essays' original research and firsthand accounts from social scientists offer an excellent overview of the research agendas and directions for a disease that is an increasing presence in our societ

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This paper presents a model of functional explanations as a species of ordinary causal explanation and argues that they are widespread for understandable reasons in the social sciences. The remainder of the paper then looks at specific functional explanations in the social research and examines the prospects and problems for those accounts.

Examines the role of social science in understanding human behavior patterns, & the functions of the humanities & social sciences at the end of the twentieth century. The social sciences emerged out of the study of history in the nineteenth century. On one hand, there has been a proliferation of new methodologies & subject matters, & large & diverse sets of communities of scholars. On the other hand, institutional rigidities have developed & professional practices compromise intellectual creativity within universities. Future challenges include finding new ways to reconfigure scholarship & continue the quest for knowledge in ways the larger public understands while resisting political infuences. Also, institutions must be reshaped to demonstrate social science's utility to society. 13 References. C. Whitcraft

Recent attempts to integrate the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in funding for interdisciplinary research have been challenged by a number of barriers. In funding programmes, such as the EU Horizon 2020, the SSH are absent in most calls for contributions. This article revisits the main policy drivers for embedding SSH research in interdisciplinary research. By analysing recent policy initiatives, the article shows how policymakers across the world continue to be ambivalent regarding the role of the SSH. While many stakeholders acknowledge the need to integrate SSH research in solving key societal challenges, such as climate change, migration or national security, funding for SSH is limited and tends to focus on strategic interventions and instrumental solutions. By accounting for the diversity of interdisciplinary collaborations the article recommends a more context-sensitive approach to research funding, which acknowledges the heterogeneity and volatility of research across different knowledge environments. This article is published as part of a thematic collection on the concept of interdisciplinarity.