Europe Panel
The Academy's Europe Panel was established in 2006 to review relations with partners in Europe, and to consider the future pattern of relationships, and monitor activities relating to European research, including through the European Union.
British Academy Responds To European Research Area (ERA) Consultation
On 10 November, the British Academy hosted a roundtable meeting of European academies representatives to discuss the European Commission’s public consultation on the European Research Area (ERA) Framework and inform individual submissions. The British Academy’s written submission to the European Commission stresses the following priorities:
- Focus on excellence. Maintaining and reinforcing the principle of excellence must be the primary consideration for the ERA. Only excellent research will ensure that the European Union and its Member States maintain their place in the world.
- Learning from best practice. It is important that the aim of redefining Europe’s research landscape is first able to recognise and to promote existing pockets of excellence already in operation within Member States. The Commission should ensure that the ERA Framework supports and promotes valuable measures and practices already in place nationally.
- Cooperation and coordination of national and EU-level research, development and innovation policies. The Commission must avoid taking a top-down approach; and instead focus on the coordination of national research, development and innovation policies across borders. In recognising the need for complementarity between national systems, the ERA will ensure not only the cost effectiveness of research investment but also assist in the knowledge exchange and cooperation among institutions across the Area.
- Recognising the significance of H&SS research to growth and innovation. The British Academy warmly welcomes the recognition of the value of H&SS as expressed by Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn during her speech at the Academy on 10 November.
Read Consultation on the ERA Framework: Areas of untapped potential for the development of the European Research Area (ERA) on the European Commission website.
You can also download the British Academy's Contribution to the ERA Framework Consultation Nov 2011.
The European Commission's Framework Programmes
The Academy has, over the years, responded to consultations on the form and content of the European Commission's Framework Programmes for Research.
As the Commission begins to think about structures for supporting research and innovation after Framework Programme 7 ends in 2013, the Academy has consulted with UK and European partners on the ways in which research in the humanities and social sciences can contribute towards the development of the European Research Area.
The Academy has responded to the Consultation on the European Commission's Green Paper onTowards a Common Strategic Framework for EU research and innovation funding
In a keynote speech at the British Academy on 10 November 2011, the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, underlined the importance of the social sciences and humanities and announced they would have a central role in Horizon 2020.
For further details about the process, please see the Framework Programme page.
Turkey
The British Prime Minister and the Turkish Prime Minister announced a new Forum to promote bilateral relationships between the UK and Turkey in business, politics, media, academia and the arts. The first forum, to be known as Tatli Dil, will be held at Ditchley Park in October 2011, and will bring together key players from the fields of business, politics, research and the media. The forum is chaired by the former UK Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, and the organising committee includes Sir Julian Horn-Smith, Chair of the Turkish-British Business Council, Sir David Logan, former UK Ambassador to Turkey, and Chairman of the Council of the British Institute at Ankara, and Professor Duncan Gallie, Foreign Secretary and Vice-President of the British Academy. The Academy is contributing to the development of the programme for the event.
Panel Membership
Professor J S Bell FBA (University of Cambridge) (Chairman)
Professor J M Cooper (University of Birmingham)
Professor C Crouch FBA (University of Warwick)
Professor K H F Dyson FBA (University of Cardiff)
Professor A F Harding FBA (University of Exeter)
Professor M D Maiden FBA (University of Oxford)
Professor R D Portes FBA (London Business School)
Professor N Segal (School of Advanced Study, University of London)
Professor J Shaw (University of Edinburgh)
Professor H Wallace FBA (LSE)
Professor J M Cooper (University of Birmingham)
Professor C Crouch FBA (University of Warwick)
Professor K H F Dyson FBA (University of Cardiff)
Professor A F Harding FBA (University of Exeter)
Professor M D Maiden FBA (University of Oxford)
Professor R D Portes FBA (London Business School)
Professor N Segal (School of Advanced Study, University of London)
Professor J Shaw (University of Edinburgh)
Professor H Wallace FBA (LSE)
Secretary: Miss Francine Danaher
Terms of reference for Europe Panel
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