The Observatory of Mobility in Social Sciences in the European Research Area (OMERA Social Sciences) is both a research tool and an outcome of the research project.

The funding of social sciences research in the ERA, promoted by the Torino world affairs institute (T.wai) began in 2010 in cooperation with Centro Einaudi and with the support of Compagnia di San Paolo.

The project explores the impact of the ERA policies on social sciences by focusing on the practices of researchers and grantmakers in the emerging European research market.

The OMERA Social Sciences interactive web-platform has been designed for allowing:  

• consultation of data about funding opportunities for social sciences research in the European Research Area
• incremental collection and update of these data through the interaction with individual and institutional users of the website
• exploration of new methodologies for studying the funding of social sciences research, based on experimental approach and participant observation
• analysis of grantmaking and grant-seeking activities focusing on social sciences in the ERA

Find out more about the project.