Five Countries Collaborate in Funding Social Science Research
The Open Research Area for the Social Sciences (ORA) is an initiative of national research funding organisations that aims to strengthen international cooperation in the social sciences by funding high-quality scientific research projects. The projects in this 8th ORA call are delivered by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation, Germany), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC, Canada) and UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (UKRI ESRC, UK). They will associate with the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Each funded project is expected to make an original and significant contribution to scientific knowledge and involves researchers from at least three of the four main participating countries. Projects feature an integrated work programme across the national subteams, demonstrating the added value of transnational collaboration.
The DFG-funded German researcher teams will work with international researchers, each funded by their respective national agency, on ten of the twelve funded ORA projects that explore important topics such as sustainable food systems or the impacts of metadata in evaluating research:
Advancing Health Data Justice: A Comparative Study of Health-Related Data Governance in Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom
Disciplines: Bioethics; Health Policy; Socio-Legal Studies; Health Sociology; Public Health
- Amelia Fiske, Technische Universität München, Germany
- Sharifah Sekalala, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
- James Shaw*, University of Toronto, Canada
An International and Intersectional Exploration of Weight Stigma across the Lifecourse of Women
Discipline: Social Sciences
- Claudia Luck-Sikorski, SRH Hochschule für Gesundheit, Germany
- Taniya Nagpal*, University of Alberta, Canada
- Shelina Visram, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Between Economy and Democracy: Reorganizing Research Evaluation through Metadata in the Digital Era
Disciplines: Sociology; Social Studies of Science and Technology
- Kean Birch, York University, Canada
- Anne Krüger, Weizenbaum Institute Berlin, Germany
- Andrea Mennicken*, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
- Stephan Stahlschmidt, Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung, Germany
- Didier Torny, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Capitalizing on Transformation: A Recipe for Sustainable Food Systems
Disciplines: Environmental Policy; Sustainable Agricultural Development; Financial Systems and Banking; Sustainable Development and Policy; Environmental Sociology; Political Economy
- Truzaar Dordi, University of York, United Kingdom
- Alain Naef, Association Groupe ESSEC, France
- Sarah Ruth Sippel, Universität Münster, Germany
- Phoebe Stephens*, Dalhousie University, Canada
Deaf Access by Deaf People – Deaf Mediators, Interpreters and Translators
Disciplines: Discourse and Pragmatics; Social Oppression and Marginalisation; Sociolinguistics
- Christian Rathmann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
- Jérémie Segouat, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
- Christopher Stone*, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Diaspora Politics and the International Mainstreaming of National Populism
Disciplines: South Asian Studies; Political Science; Anthropology; Sociology
- Laurent Gayer, Fondation Nationale Sciences Politiques, France
- Kazuya Nakamizo**, Kyoto University, Japan
- Srirupa Roy*, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
- Louise Tillin, King’s College London, United Kingdom
Governing Jihad in Africa: Ideology, Political Economy, and Violence
Disciplines: Conflict Studies; Political Science
- Vincent Foucher, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, France
- Yvan Guichaoua, Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies, Germany
- Eric Morier-Genoud*, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
How Curiosity Enhances Learning across Childhood and Adolescence: the Role of Metacognition and Agency
Discipline: Developmental Psychology
- Yana Fandakova, Universität Trier, Germany
- Matthias Gruber*, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
- Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, France
Pathways for Vocational Training and Informal Learning in West Africa
Disciplines: Anthropology; Development Studies; Sociology
- Erdmute Alber, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
- Cati Coe, Carleton University, Canada
- Dorte Thorsen*, Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom
(Re-)Claiming Digital Sovereignty in Discourse, Policy and Practice
Disciplines: Communication Studies; Science and Technology Studies; Political Science; European Studies
- Stéphane Couture, Université de Montréal, Canada
- Francesca Musiani, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
- Julia Pohle*, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Germany
The Uncertain Future and the Affective Imagination
Discipline: Psychology
- Mohammed Abdellaoui, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
- Chris Dawson, University of Bath, United Kingdom
- Samuel Johnson*, University of Waterloo, Canada
Virtual Mobilities of International Students: towards a New Model for the Internationalisation of Higher Education?
Disciplines: Sociology; Education
- Aline Courtois, University of Bath, United Kingdom
- Valérie Erlich*, Université Côte d'Azur, France
- Cathia Papi, Université TÉLUQ, Canada
(*) Main Applicant
(**) The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science is an associated partner to ORA.
Further Information
Information on the outcomes of previous ORA rounds can be found on the DFG website:
National ORA contacts:
Germany:
- Sigrid Claßen, DFG: phone +49 228 885-2209, sigrid.classen@dfg.d
- Dr. Christiane Joerk, DFG: phone +49 228 885-2451, christiane.joerk@dfg.d
Canada:
- Paula Popovici, SSHRC: phone +1 613 992-0498, paula.popovici@sshrc-crsh.gc.c
France:
- Maria Tsilioni, ANR: phone +33 1 73 548304, maria.tsilioni@anr.f
United Kingdom:
- Manija Kamal, ESRC: Manija.Kamal@esrc.ukri.or