The Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) Network, in collaboration with CHANSE (Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe), has launched a new call under the theme of “Crisis – Perspectives from the Humanities” (Crisis call).
The HERA Crisis call is jointly organised by humanities funding agencies in 22 participating countries, including the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in the UK. The total budget for the call is up to €15.5 million. Outline Proposals must be submitted electronically via the CHANSE system by 21 September 2023. The full proposal deadline is 26 March 2024.
The call’s objective is to create opportunities for humanities-led, collaborative, international research that will result in new academic insights relevant to major social, cultural, and political challenges facing Europe and the world. The aim of the programme is fourfold. It will:
1) Provide, from a humanities perspective, new knowledge and understanding of the origins, sources and causes of the major philosophical, cultural, social, economic, religious, political and environmental crises that Europe and the world faced in the past and are facing today.
2) Highlight the complex role of cultural and social practices in shaping responses to crises but also, sometimes, in creating these, to help understand whether and, if so, how cultural traditions problematise the notion of crisis as a fundamental and critical moment for society and for communities.
3) Explore the impact of culture in shaping resilience in the face of crises. Culture helps not only to react to present crises but also to prepare societies for the threats and opportunities involved in future ones.
4) Emphasise how the humanities may contribute to the escalation or, equally, to the de-escalation and resolution of crises.
Eligible consortia must be composed of a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 Principal Investigators, i.e. researchers eligible to receive funding from involved funding organisations from 4 or more different countries participating in the call. Each consortium must also include at least one Associate Partner. Each applicant must fulfill the conditions of their national/regional funders, as described in the call document. The UK contact point for the call can be reached via the international@ahrc.ukri.org email.
Prospective applicants can use an online partner search tool and are invited to attend the information webinar which will be held on 14 June by the call secretariat.
More information will be available soon on the Crisis call website.