EASSH members

The European Association of the Study of Religions promotes the academic study of religions through the international collaboration of scholars in Europe whose research has a bearing on the subject. 

The objective of the EASR is pursued by the usual means of scholarly activity such as the arrangement of conferences, symposia or colloquia, the encouragement of scholarly publications, the exchange of information through electronic or other means, and  other activities.

The European Consortium for Humanities Institutes and Centres is a university-based initiative to organise European Research Institutes, Humanities Faculties and Centres for the Humanities.

The profile of the humanities in Europe today has become a contested space that is often the focus of polemical debates but seldom the object of rigorous scientific discussions. This consortium rests on the double assumption that effective international and intra-European networking in defence of the humanities, on the one hand, and interdisciplinary research across the field of the humanities, on the other, can play a significant role in shaping this debate about the humanities today and offer workable alternatives to the renewal of the field. The consortium pursues the highest international standards of excellence with a spirit of innovation and exploration of new research areas, but also with an acute sense of the social and political relevance of the humanities in Europe today.

In November 2007 the European Confederation of Political Science Associations (ECPSA) was founded in Berlin, Germany. It is currently a union of twenty-three national and international associations of political science in Europe.

ECPSA promotes the discipline of political science throughout Europe. As the European higher education landscape is increasingly harmonised, there is need for an organisation to promote the discipline’s interests and pursue its professional goals. The Confederation seeks to make political science more meaningful in public debate and policy-making. It facilitates collaboration between political science associations with the aim of improving services and benefits to the members of each. ECPSA has as its main functions to: 

1- provide political science associations in Europe with a forum for the deliberation of common issues (such as teaching, curricula, research and resourcing, etc.) and a framework for cooperation;
2- represent political science as a discipline to the general public, policy-makers and the media;
3- facilitate the mobility of academics and students across Europe;
4- share information on the Bologna process and other developments of the higher education landscape in Europe and enhance the interests of political science in those processes;
5- support democratic political / civic education;
6- contribute to the development of methods and standards of quality assurance and accreditation;
7- ensure that decision-makers consider the discipline’s interests in regard to issues of doctoral training, employment qualifications and professional standing, both nationally and across Europe;
8- disseminate best practice in the management and organisation of academic and professional associations;
9- develop relations with other political science groups, associations and with cognate disciplines.

The aim of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) is to further high quality educational research for the benefit of education and society. High quality research not only acknowledges its own context but also recognises wider, transnational contexts with their social, cultural and political similarities and differences. The association’s activities, such as the annual conference, season schools for emerging researchers and publishing, build on and promote free and open dialogue and critical discussion and take a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to theory, methods and research ethics.

EERA  is an association of educational research associations. Every national, regional or supra-regional corporation engaged in general educational research may become a member, as long as they are domiciled in Europe.

The “European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and the Humanities” (ENRESSH) is an association dedicated to the study of research evaluation protocols and policy in the SSH. ENRESSH aims to propose clear best practices in the field of SSH research evaluation.

Initially called EvalHum, it was the force behind the ENRESSH COST Action, that ended in April 2020. Proposed by a group of some 20 researchers from 16 countries, all EvalHum members, it grew to bring together more than 125 participants from 37 countries and with 3 international partner countries.

The international reputation was such that the board decided to continue under the ENRESSH name, but still as an association under French law.

Erasmus University Rotterdam is a dynamic, international, diverse, inclusive, and curiosity-driven research university. With strong ties to the diverse city of Rotterdam, the wider delta region, our strategic alliances and in close cooperation with its global community, Erasmus University Rotterdam makes minds matter, and creates positive societal impact.

Our university was founded in 1913. Together with a population of 30,000 enthusiastic students and around 1,600 curious academic staff, we focus on solving society’s challenges. Through the emphasis on the social, behavioural, cultural, and historical context, we are in a unique position to help academia, industry and policymakers to understand the causes, mechanisms, and effects of societal challenges, as well as how to deal with these challenges.

A solid foundation in monodisciplinary knowledge and an increased focus on interdisciplinarity leads to a research portfolio covering the full spectrum from fundamental to more applied research.

The connection and interaction between science and society, between theory and practice, are part of our DNA. Talented researchers who enter into international collaborations with an open mind move science forward. With the Erasmus Initiatives, we join forces for science that matters. The four themes of these inter-disciplinary research initiatives – Societal Impact of AI, Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity; Smarter Choices for Better Health; Vital Cities, Vital Citizens – are a good reflection of our academic and societal strengths.

Moreover, convinced that solving societal challenges is only possible when a diverse community works together in close collaboration, we are pursuing new forms of transdisciplinary knowledge development and knowledge integration. We do this by Convergence, a pioneering partnership between the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Erasmus Medical Center and the Technical University Delft.

Our three complementary institutions converge the medical, technical- and social sciences and humanities scientific areas, aiming to achieve free movement of people, data and knowledge, deep integration of knowledge, techniques, and expertise, to form improved understanding of, and integrated response to the world’s most pressing scientific and societal challenges.

Together we create positive societal impact, the Erasmian way.

The European Sociological Association (ESA) aims to facilitate sociological research, teaching and communication between sociologists, sociologists and other scientists, and to give sociology a voice in European affairs. Its focus is the development of sociological knowledge.

ESA is an academic association of sociologists and a non-profit Europe-wide association made up of 2800 members. It was established in 1994-95, following deliberations and consultations among sociologists from a diverse range of countries.

Europe is in the midst of massive changes. Sociology has much to contribute to European level debates and developments. The ESA has an important role to play in organising the European debate and setting the agenda.

For this purpose, the ESA organises and supports up to 40 events each term (two years) and publishes 2 scientific journals.

Regular reports about ESA's activities can be read in the European Sociologist.

ESF is committed to promoting the highest quality science in Europe to drive progress in research and innovation. 

We work closely with our members, customers and partners, sharing our expertise and offering solution-orientated services aimed at increasing the quality and effectiveness of science and science-related activities in Europe.

ESF has had an enormous and lasting impact on the science community within Europe and beyond. 
With 42 years’ experience in all areas of research, ESF was originally set up as a coordinating body for Europe’s main research funding and research performing organisations. In that time, the Foundation has supported over 2,000 programmes and networks, gathering more than 300,000 scientists from 186 countries through funding from 80 Member Organisations in 30 countries. 

As the research landscape has evolved, so too has ESF’s role in supporting scientific endeavours. ESF’s traditional research support activities (EUROCORES, European Collaborative Research Projects, Exploratory Workshops, Research Networking Programmes) have been concluded to make room for a new expert services division called Science Connect.

Science Connect delivers practical, skilled and interdisciplinary support and consultancy services across all sectors of the science community.

ESF continues in its role as host to high-level expert boards and committees, and supports them in achieving their objectives. ESF also continues to serve its member organisations through the following activities: 

• Access to key decision-makers through its broad network
• Strategic advice and road mapping
• Support for access to EU funding
• Privileged access to scientific services
• Specialised seminars and reports

EUROGEO is a respected authoritative body for research, training and education in geography, GIS and related subject areas, including transport, agriculture, demographics, environment and earth science. EUROGEO has a strong track record in digital skills and jobs, online training and resources and specifically in supporting the use of open data and developing open scientific enquiry and open learning opportunities. 

The association has participatory status in the Council of Europe as the professional voice of geographers in Europe and participates in the Parliamentary Assembly, Committee of Regions and other pillars of the Council. EUROGEO has consultative status in the United Nations, where it provides expert advice on issues associated with data and development in  the United Nations, for example in the UN Urban Agenda as part of the HABITAT programme and in UNESCO at the Education committee.

ECREA is a learned society of communication scholars devoted to development of communication research and higher education in Europe.

ECREA is organised into 24 thematic Sections, each developing a distinctive field of communication studies, 4 Temporary Working Groups which focus on emerging or underrepresented fields within media and communication studies, and 3 permanent Networks representing specific socio-demographic categories of scholars. 

Driven by volunteer work of over one hundred Section, Temporary Working Group and Network Chairs and Vice-Chairs, and eleven-member Executive Board, ECREA is an association with strong bottom-up organisational culture, where various projects and ideas are emerging and materialising through creative energy and enthusiasm of our members.

With 20 years of policy-making history, our association brings together committed language specialists from around the European continent and beyond to support Europe's language infrastructure, improving societal and individual multilingualism and promoting quality language learning.

Filling a unique niche in Europe's language panorama, the CEL/ELC has unique contact to universities, language institutions, the Council of Europe, and the European Commission, mediating at the various levels to envisage, anticipate and adapt to the future language landscape.

Membership in the CEL/ELC grants institutions and language specialists access to a wide variety of projects and like-minded colleagues in similar language fields, and is open to all institutions of higher education and all national and international associations with a special interest in languages. Additionally, we accept applications for associate membership for individuals.

The European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) is an academic cross-national survey measuring attitudes and behaviour. Every two years, up to 50,000 face-to-face interviews are conducted across Europe on a wide range of subjects. Since its implementation in 2002, over 425,000 interviews have been undertaken over nine rounds in 38 countries. All European Social Survey data is published anonymously, and made available for free for non-commercial use. As at 3 July 2020, over 160,000 people have registered to download or access the data online. This has led to the publication of 4,417 academic articles that analyse the data (2004-18). The development of the ESS was led by Professor Sir Roger Jowell and Professor Max Kaase at the European Science Foundation (ESF) in 1995.

The ESS became the first social science project to win the annual Descartes Prize for Excellence in Scientific Collaborative Research, awarded by the European Union, in 2005. Included on European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Roadmap in 2006, 2008 and 2010, the project was recognised as an ESFRI Landmark in 2016. In 2013, the ESS was awarded European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) status by the European Commission. The project was awarded the Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba (LPV) Dataset Award 2020 by the Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA).

The European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA) was founded in 2014 to create a hub for social work research development, collaboration and exchange across Europe. Arising from overwhelming levels of engagement in the European Social Work Research Conference, the Association now has over 600 members from across more than 33 countries.

ESWRA’s vision is to take forward the development, practice and utilization of social work research to enhance knowledge about individual and social problems, and to promote just and equitable societies.

Trinity prides itself as both a national and international leader. Trinity College Dublin is Ireland's oldest and most internationally prominent university, as well as being active members of several university alliances, such as LERU, Coimbra and the CHARM-EU network.

Here in Trinity, we have for centuries made a distinguished contribution to the intellectual, social, and artistic life of Dublin and of Ireland. We are proud to be able to continue this long tradition of exciting research, teaching, writing, and public engagement. We are the inheritors, the custodians, but also the pioneers of research and thinking in our fields.   

The Faculty is the largest and most diverse in the University, comprising of 12 Schools and a total of 25 Disciplines. Our Schools include most of the highest ranked subject areas in the University, many of them internationally renowned and ranked in the top 50 worldwide (QS Rankings). Furthermore, we play an important part in the cultural and intellectual life of the institution, the city, and the nation. The Faculty is home to a major interdisciplinary research institute in the Arts and Humanities, the Trinity Long Room Hub, and to Trinity Research in Social Sciences (TRiSS), a broad-based endeavour encompassing the best of our research and thinking in the Social Sciences.

At undergraduate level, the Faculty is home to over 7,000 students, studying for single honor and joint honor degrees. The Schools are also home to a large number of internationally-regarded taught Master’s programmes. Each of the Schools has a large and active community of research students and postdoctoral research fellows.