What future for the European social sciences and humanities?Footnote1

1. The data referred to in this article are the results of two ongoing European research projects: the SSSH-FUTURES project, Social Sciences and Humanities for Europe; and the PLATON + project, The Role of Socio-Economic Science and the Humanities in European Funding Strategy. The authors wish to thank all the partners in these two consortiums for their valuable input. Among the many colleagues who have helped to develop the ideas in this article, the authors especially wish to thank Ekkehard Mochmann and Nico Stehr for their help in elaborating and operationalizing some of the theoretical concepts. Suggestions by Ian Mansfield have contributed to the clarity of the manuscript.

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