Monitoring Report: Integration of social sciences and humanities in Horizon 2020

Published on: 29/11/2023

The European Commission published the final assessment of the integration of social sciences and humanities (SSH) across Horizon 2020 (2014-2020).

The integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in Horizon 2020 is an important feature of the programme.

To monitor the development of this cross-cutting issue is an EU commitment. Various dimensions are examined, such as the budget going to SSH partners (overall and in each part of the programme), qualitative aspects, performance of disciplines and sectors involved, as well as which countries are represented as participants and coordinators.

This monitoring report presents the final assessment of the integration of social sciences and humanities (SSH) across H2020, the EU research and innovation funding programme for the period 2014-2020. The report provides insights on how EU-funded research and innovation projects have delivered quantitatively and qualitatively on SSH integration across the three pillars of Horizon 2020: Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership, and Societal Challenges. The findings of the report are a good indication of the role played by SSH in Horizon 2020 and can be seen as one of the tools to help prepare the SSH monitoring methodology for Horizon Europe (2021-2027).