EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON
“SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES IN EUROPE:
NEW CHALLENGES, NEW OPPORTUNITIES”
Brussels, 12-13 December 2005
THE LISBON AGENDA
AS A RESEARCH AGENDA
Maria João Rodrigues
(Chair of the EU Advisory Group for Social Sciences and Humanities)
mariajrodrigues@iscte.pt
EUROPEAN POLITICAL AGENDA
THE LISBON AGENDA
RESEARCH AGENDA FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES
SHORT STORY OF THE LISBON AGENDA
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Preparing a new European strategy
Defining the Lisbon Strategy and Governance
Developing the Lisbon Agenda
Implementing the Lisbon Agenda
Bridging with the Constitutional Treaty
Adapting the financial means
Developing the international dimension
Implementing the Lisbon Agenda after the mid-term review
1. Preparing a New European Strategy (1999)
Which are the key strategic
challenges?
Which should be the
strategic goal?
- Globalisation
- Ageing
- Technological change
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Knowledge-intensive economy
Competitiveness
More and better jobs
Social cohesion
Environment
Sustainability
Which should be the
European way in the
transition to a knowledge
society?
Strucutral reforms in:
− Innovation systems
− Education systems
− Welfare systems
Institutional economics
International economics
Demography
Philosophy of science
Industrial economics
Sociology of labour
Social theory
Labour economics
Sociology of social
composition
History
Innovation economics
Sociology of education
Information and
communication
technologies
Sociology of welfare
Economics-growth theory
Sociology of organisations
Innovation economics
Labour economics
Environmental economics
2. Defining the Lisbon Strategy and Governance (2000)
Which should be the strategic priorities?
Which should be the innovations in
governance?
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− Synergy between European Commission and
European Council
− Coordination between economic and social
policies
− Improving the instrument-mix of each policy
− Fostering convergence among MS by using the
open method of coordination
Fostering research and innovation
Developing the single market
Reforming the European social model
Respecting environment
Macroeconomic stability and growth
Innovation economics
Political science
Industrial economics
European history
Labour economics
Sociology of welfare
Environmental economics
Macroeconomics
Political philosophy
Political sociology
Management sciences
3. Developing the Lisbon Agenda (2001-)
Defining political orientations and concrete
measures for:
Economics-growth theory
Innovation economics
− Information society policy
Industrial economics
− Research policy
− Innovation policy
− Competition policy
− Financial markets
Finance
Education economics
Sociology of education
− Education policy
− Employment policy
− Social protection policy
Labour economics
Sociology of welfare
− Social inclusion policy
− Environmental policy
Sociology of social
composition
Environmental economics
4. Bridging with the Consitutional Treaty (2003)
Which should be the implications of the Lisbon
Strategy for the Constitutional Treaty?
− The objectives of the Union
− The definition of the competences
− The definition of the instruments
Political philosophy
Political science
European law
− The coordination between the economic and social policies
− The formations of the Council of Ministers
− The role of the open method of coordination
− The external action of the Union
− The role of civil participation
− The fundamental rights
European history
Political economy
5. Adapting the Financial Means (2004-)
Reform of
the Stability
and Growth
Pact
Macroeconomics: fiscal
policy and Tax policy
Public management
Review of
the State
aids
Industrial economics:
competion policy
Renewing
the
instruments
of the
European
Investment
Bank
Innovation economics
Defining the
priorities for
the
Strucutral
Funds
Regional economics
Defining the
new
Community
Budget
Economics-growth theory
Innovation economics
European history
Political science
European law
Management sciences
6. Developing the International Dimension of the Lisbon Strategy (2004-)
International
cooperation
in Research
Policy
International
cooperation
in Education
Policy
International
cooperation
in Social
Policy
Trade Policy
Social sciences and
Humanities
Education economics
Labour economics
International economics
Sociology of education
Sociology of social
composition
Industrial economics
Political science
Psychology of education
Sociology of Welfare
Labour economics
Sociology of Welfare
Education economics
Anthropology
EU
Cooperation
Policy
Development economics
Implementing the Lisbon Agenda After the Mid-term Review
Innovation economics
National Reform Programs:
− Knowledge and innovation for growth
− Making Europe a more attractive area to invest and to
work
− More and better jobs and social cohesion
Industrial economics
Labour economics
Sociology of welfare
Sociology of education
− Macroeconomic policies for stability and growth
Macroeconomics
Political science
Innovation economics
Community Lisbon Programme:
Industrial economics
− Research policy
Education economics
− Competitiveness policy
Sociology of welfare
− Education policy
− Social policy
International economics
− Trade policy
European law
− Competition policy
Political science