South East European Research Centre (SEERC)

National Network
Greece
Address

17, Mitropoleos street
Thessaloniki
Greece

Telephone
+30 2310 253477
Telephone (other)
+30 2310 253478
Fax
+30 2310 234205
E-Mail
ahalatzouka@seerc.org
E-Mail (2)
contact@seerc.org
Website
http://www.seerc.org
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2003
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Environment/Sustainable development
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Media
  6. Others
  7. Research
  8. Youth and education
General Information
The SEERC was founded jointly by the University of Sheffield (UK) and CITY Liberal Studies (Greece), as a way of establishing a truly international research centre addressing the broad range of economic, political, social and cultural challenges facing an enlarged and enlarging Europe. Research at SEERC addresses four broad areas of societal concern: 1. Enterprise, Innovation and Development 2. Information and Communication Technologies 3. Governance, politics and society 4. Risk and well-being Within each of these areas, SEERC has developed multiple research groups, each focusing its expertise on a specific set of issues and questions. In line with the international vision established for the Centre, each research group is composed at its base of researchers from the University of Sheffield and from CITY Liberal Studies, and is open to additional members coming from universities, research centres, and think tanks throughout Europe.
Mission and Objectives

SEERC’s mission is to:
- Conduct applied and policy-relevant research that is useful to citizens, business people, researchers, and policy makers across Europe.
- Carry out research that brings a variety of Approaches and perspectives to its subjects.
key objectives:
- To develop and support international, multidisciplinary research groups that actively address issues of importance to the SEE region and Europe as a whole.
- To promote cutting-edge methodology both within existing disciplines and in the development of inter- and multidisciplinary perspectives through workshops and seminars.
-To promote active and targeted dissemination of findings to members of the scientific community, NGO and INGO leaders, policy-makers, and the general public through conferences, workshops, advising, publishing, web-based dissemination, and, where appropriate, through media-based sources.
- To increase the number of highly trained researchers in the region through the University of Sheffield – SEERC Doctoral programme.

Main Projects / Activities

- SEERC Research Projects
- J-WEB: in Western Balkans (funded by FP6-IST).
- Multi-level Governance in South East Europe(funded by the British Economics and Social Research Council - ESRC).
- QF Embodiment(funded by the Leonardo Da Vinci programme, DG Education and Training).
- FUSION: Business Process FUSION(funded by FP6-IST).
- MIRIAD: Managing and Infusing Research Investment and Development (funded by FP6-Regions of Knowledge programme).
- Infusing Knowledge into South East European SMEs(funded by the British Foreign Commonwealth Office – FCO).
- EPOS: e-Procurement Optimised System for the Healthcare Marketplace (funded by the eTen programme, DG Information Society and Media).
- Embedding ICT/Multimedia Standardisation Initiatives into European Vocational Training Development Strategies (funded by the Leonardo Da Vinci Programme, DG Education and Training).
- Ambient Learning: Ambient, multimodal and context-sensitive lifelong learning (funded by the eTen programme, DG Information Society and Media).
- SEERC/SHEFFIELD Doctoral Programme
- Networking and Publications

Contact (1) Full Name
Ms. Athanasia HALATZOUKA
Head of the organisation
Mr. Nikos ZAHARIS
Contact (2) Full Name
Ms. May PASCHALIDOU