European Social
Cognition
Social cognition in Europe is an active and vibrant research
field. It would not be an exaggeration to say that European social
cognition researchers have made cutting edge contributions to the
field, setting the highest standards in the scientific community.
There are a substantial number of top quality researchers across a
number of different countries in Europe.
Nevertheless, no single European country - on its own - is able
to offer the full expertise needed to further advance the field and
in particular to offer the broad training that is essential for the
incoming generation of researchers. Indeed, there are isolated
institutional developments in some countries that have advanced
solutions to the problem of scientific networking and training at a
local level.
However, the international character of research and the
distribution of expertise and knowledge across the diverse European
countries necessitated the establishment a European scientific
network with a view not only to facilitate the development of joint
research projects between researchers in the different European
Countries, but also to advance graduate training and facilitate
research networking of young scholars at an early point in their
careers.
Essentially, the function of such a scientific network is the
transfer of knowledge, which is crucial to enhance the quality of
research in general. Moreover, such transfer of knowledge is
particularly important for specific scientific communities in
Europe where access to advances made elsewhere is more limited and
where the local training facilities and expertise are scarce or
simply inadequate.
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