The EASSH Lens
This blog is dedicated to learning and research in the social sciences and humanities, and aimed at policymakers and research funders as well as media, societal actors and the public.
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Articles
Gabriele Griffin
Uppsala University, Sweden and University of the Free State, South Africa.
22 January 2026
Fostering Plurality: The Need for Humanities in an Age of the Rise of the Right
When The National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly cancelled virtually all of its existing grants, to pivot to “the president’s agenda”, many around...
Nikos Kastrinos
Editor
The EASSH Lens
9 January 2026
BOOK REVIEW: Goliaths curse
Book review of Luke Kemp’s Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse (2025)
Human societies have spent most of their time on planet...
Rasmus Antoft, Henrik Halkier, Christian Jantzen
27 November 2025
Cultural entrepreneurship in the face of global challenges: The case of fashion
On December 1st and 2nd 2025 there is an EU Presidency Conference in Copenhagen on Human Values and Global Challenges. This conference will discuss how...
Murray Pittock
University of Glasgow
27 October 2025
Arts, Humanities, Industry and the Economy
Culture and creative industries are part of the foundation of Europe's comparative economic advantages.
Anna Krzywoszynska
University of Oulu
27 October 2025
Why social sciences, humanities, and the arts matter for soil science
Mission Soil provides a transdisciplinary approach to the health of the land, exploring factors beyond technology and natural sciences.
Alexander Hasgall
Senior Adviser to EASSH
27 October 2025
Knowledge Security and SSH
“Knowledge security” has become central in European politics. While it is often concerned with STEM subjects, it has profound implications for the humanities...
Nikos Kastrinos
Editor
The EASSH Lens
27 October 2025
Images of integration of SSH in EU R&D
There is longstanding agreement on the importance of SSH integration in research policy, but less on what it is or how to achieve it.