Research in the social sciences and the humanities in Europe is currently often carried out within national contexts; at the same time, interdisciplinary cooperation between different social sciences and humanities fi elds can still be improved upon a lot. The establishment of a European research infrastructure in the social sciences and humanities is an absolute prerequisite for the establishment of the European Research Area (ERA) within these fields and for the mobilisation of the research community to respond to European challenges.

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Europen Commission, DG Research