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The bioeconomy of reproduction: the mutually constitutive interaction between assisted reproduction and regenerative medicine in Spain and UK
Vincenzo Pavone



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Welfare Attitudes in a Changing Europe
Principal investigator at the IPP-CSIC: Professor Luis Moreno.
Other IPP-CSIC researchers: Dr. Javier Moreno-Fuentes, Dr. Inés Calzada, Dr. María Gómez.
Principal investigators of national teams: Project Leader: Professor Stefan Svallfors, Umeå University, Sweden; Dutch team: Professor Wim Van Oorschot, Tilburg University, The Netherlands; Finish team: Professor Helena Blomberg, University of Helsinki, Finland; German team: Professor Steffen Mau, University of Bremen (GSSS), Germany; Swedish team: Professor Stefan Svallfors; Swiss team: Dr. Christian Staerklé, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; US team: Professor Clem Brooks, Indiana University, United States of America.

Project integrated in the EUROCORES Programme: Cross-National and Multi-level Analysis of Human Values, Institutions and Behaviour (HumVIB). European Science...
Chapter “Mapping out the axiology of European welfare” to be published in the book Welfare Attitudes in Europe: Cleavages, Mechanisms, Formations. Editor: Professor Stefan Svallfors, Department of Sociology, Umeå University, Sweden.


http://www.esf.org/activities/eurocores/running-programmes/humvib.html
Academic inventors and industry-science linkages in Spain
Principal investigator: Catalina Martínez (CSIC-IPP)
Other participants at CSIC: Joaquín M. Azagra-Caro (Ingenio CSIC-UPV), Domingo Represa (OTT-CSIC)
Participants from other institutions: Francesco Lissoni (KITES-Università Bocconi)

The main goal of this project is to contribute to the understanding of the valorisation of knowledge at the Spanish public research sector and science-industry linkages, by identifying the...

Middle classes and governability in Latin America
PI: Ludolfo Paramio
Other participants: Esther del Campo (UCM), Ana Haro (IUIOG), Miguel Caínzos (USC), Sonia González Fuentes (FIIAPP), Martín Hopenhayn (CEPAL), Soledad Loaeza (Colegio de México), Manuel Rojas Bolaños (FLACSO Costa Rica), Simón Pachano (FLACSO Ecuador), Maria Herminia Tavares de Almeida (USP), Liliana de Riz (CONICET, UBA), Jorge Lanzaro (Universidad de la República).

The goal of this project is to analyze the political behaviour of the middle classes in Latin America, studying the different features taken by this behaviour and the factors that shape and...

Trust, informal institutions and personal autonomy
Principal Investigator: Francisco Herreros
Other participants: Henar Criado (UCM), Andrés de Francisco (UCM), Fernando Aguiar (CSIC), Álvaro Martín (UCM)

The aim of this project is to analyze the role of informal institutions, more concretely the family, in the development of generalized trust. It is the continuation of...

Immigration and Welfare State in decentralised Spain (INMEBEA)
PI: Francisco Javier Moreno Fuentes (IPP-CSIC)
Other participants: Ana Arriba González de Durana (UAE), María Jiménez Buedo (UNED), María Bruquetas Callejo (U. Amsterdam) and Andrew Davis (LSE)

The project analyzes the impact of immigration on the functioning of social protection systems within the multilayered institutional system existing in Spain.

Support: MICIIN, National R...

Research Careers, Knowledge Transfer, and Organisational Change in Public Research Centres
Principal investigator: Laura Cruz Castro
Other CSIC-IPP researchers: Luis Sanz Menéndez, Elena Corera, Flor Arias, Susana Pablo, Carmen Osuna
Researcher from other institutions: Barry Bozeman (U. Georgia), Philippe Laredo (U. Paris Sud), Arie Rip (U. Twente), Maria Nedeva (U. Manchester), Stig Slipersater (NIFU-Step), Ulf Sandstrom (KTH), Emmanuela Reale (CNR-CERIS), Hebe Vessuri (IVIC), Pablo Kreimer (UNQ-IESC), Gabriela Dutrenit (UAM-X), Luisa Henriques (IPTS), Carmen Galvez (U. Granada)

The objective of the project is to explain, comparatively, the processes of change and adaptation of PRCs in different countries, though the analysis of their researchers’ labour markets...
Seminario del Proyecto: International Workshop on Research Careers, knowledge transfer and organisational change in public research centres, Granada 14-15 december 2009.

NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: THE RATIFICATION OF EU REFORM TREATIES (Rat-Trae)
PI: Carlos Closa Montero (CSIC-IPP)
Other participants: Ignacio Molina (UAM), Natividad Fernández Sola (University of Zaragoza), Mario Köelling (University de Zaragoza)

Rat Trae is a project funded by the Spanish Innovation ministry (CSO2009-06971) which seeks to evaluate the impact of rules for ratification of treaties in the...

Study on how the memory of crimes committed by totalitarian regimes in Europe is dealt with in the Member States
PI: Carlos Closa Montero (CSIC-IPP)
Other participants: Jessica Almqvist, Clara Ramírez Barat, Iga Grabowska and Patricio Galella

The study comes from a contract with the Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security of the European Commission, awarded to CSIC in November 2008. JLS/2008/C4/...
International Seminar: “European Identity and the politics towards the repressive past”, held in Madrid the 26 and 27 May 2010 at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, with the participation of international experts.


http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/doc_centre/rights/studies/doc_rights_studies_en.htm
Academic Patenting in Europe (APE-INV). European Science Foundation (ESF) Research Networking Programmes (RPNs).
Principal investigator at CSIC-IPP: Catalina Martínez
Other participants at CSIC-IPP: Laura Cruz-Castro, Luis Sanz-Menéndez
Programme coordinator: Francesco Lissoni (KITES – Università Bocconi)
Steering Committee: Christian Stummer (University of Vienna); Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie (Université Libre de Bruxelles); Bart van Looy (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven); Sonja Radas (Institute of Economics Zagreb); Peter Lotz (Copenhagen Business School); Patrick Llerena (Université de Strasbourg); Karin Hoisl (Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich); Secondo Rolfo (CNR-Ceris); Bart Verspagen (Maastricht University); Catalina Martínez (CSIC-IPP); Maureen Mckelvey (Gothenburg University); Stéphane Lhuillery (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).

APE-INV is a project funded by the European Science Foundation, which aims at measuring the extent of academic patenting in Europe, and studying its determinants, in...

- Grants for Exchange Visits and Short Visits: The ESF APE-INV Programme aims at fostering researchers' mobility at European and, if possible, at international level through exchange visit grants. Junior researchers, experienced researchers and senior scholars will have access to such facilities. Visits will be both long (one month) and short (one-two weeks). Each year a call for expression of interest will be published on the programme website.
- ESF APE-INV 1ST “NAME GAME” WORKSHOP, PARIS, 25-26 NOVEMBER 2009 An important step towards building the APE-INV database consists in cleaning and standardizing the information on inventors we can derive from patent data. The Name Game workshop aims at convening as many researchers as possible with experience in this field, so that they can share their methodologies and possibly reach a consensus on how to harmonize their future efforts. Hosted by OST, the Observatoire des sciences et des techniques, and organized (among others) by Francesco Lissoni (KITeS/CESPRI) and Patrick Llerena (BETA-Univ. of Strasbourg). Presentations available on the ESF APE-INV website.
- APE-INV PROJECT AT DRUID SUMMER CONFERENCE 2010, LONDON, 16-18 JUNE 2010 The APE-INV project sponsored track M (University Patenting and Inventor Networks) at the DRUID Summer Conference 2010. Visit the DRUID Summer Conference 2010 website .
- ESF APE-INV 2ND "NAME GAME" WORKSHOP, MADRID, 9-10 DECEMBER 2010 The 2nd “Name Game” workshop aims at convening several researchers interested into building inventor-based patent datasets, which requires solving a number of technical problems and exchanging data and expertise. It will be hosted by IPP, the Instituto de Politicas y Bienes Publicos of CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) and organized (among others) by Francesco Lissoni (KITES-Bocconi) and Catalina Martínez (IPP-CSIC). More information available on the ESF APE-INV website.

http://www.esf-ape-inv.eu