The past two decades have seen unprecedented progress and innovation in the neurosciences. Despite evidence that advances in the neurosciences are having a significant impact on the lives of individuals across Europe, there has been little formal engagement within the European social sciences with... [more]
Helping 10 CEE countries engage in enlarged European Research Area, share their social sciences with 17 other countries and obtain their share of funding [more]

The European Science Foundation (ESF) has named Professor Sir Roderick Floud from London Metropolitan University as the Chair of the Standing Committee for the Social Sciences. (SCSS) Professor Floud, who is currently the President Emeritus of London Metropolitan University, received a... [more]
Robust statistical analysis methods capable of dealing with large complex data sets are required more than ever before in almost all branches of science. The European Science Foundation’s three-year SACD network, which was completed in December 2006, developed new methods for extracting key... [more]
European Polar Board’s Dr. Paul Egerton speaks about International Polar Year, Europe’s involvement, ESF’s role and IPY’s legacy. [more]
Locked in Arctic ice and sediments are vital records of what the Earth’s environment was like in the past. To more accurately predict the future of the Earth’s climate, we need to know more about the extremes. Finding out how hot and how cold the Earth was in the past, and how much, as well... [more]
The European launch of International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 marks the commencement of the largest and most ambitious internationally-coordinated scientific effort for half a century. [more]