Today, Maria da Graça Carvalho hosted the panel discussion on "The future of social science and humanities funding in Europe", organized by the EU Liaison Office of Freie Universität Berlin in Brussels. The event took place in the European Parliament.
During her intervention, Maria da Graça Carvalho gave a brief overview of how she sees the future of the different EU research and innovation programmes with particular reference to the social sciences and humanities.
Among the panelists were also Patricia Reilly, Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, EU COM; Prof. Erika Fischer-Lichte, ERC Panel Chair / Professor at Freie Universität Berlin; Prof. Iain Begg, Rapporteur, FP7 Interim Eval. Expert Group/Professorial Research Fellow at LSE and Charlotte Fiala, Head of the EU Laision Office of Freie Universität Berlin.