The Programme's main scientific objective is to investigate the economic, institutional and social specificities of Europe’s participation in the globalization waves of the last 150 years. Our strategic objective is to promote the convergence of quantitative research methods, the merger of existing and future research projects at national level into a European common research agenda, and the organization of common activities.
GlobalEuroNet aims also at promoting the construction of an integrated, Europe-wide data base for the period 1850-2000. Based on consistent methodologies that will consolidate existing partial databases and enhance further collection of data, the data set will cover a wide range of quantitative indicators of market integration, social welfare, economic growth, as well as qualitative information on institutional development.
The Programme also provides a stable institutional framework within which the experiences of cooperation between European economic and social historians, economists and other social scientists can be consolidated and research excellence further enhanced.
The number and diversity of the participating institutions, the wide geographical coverage of the network, the level of international scientific excellence of the researchers involved and the common research and training agenda promoted by the Programme will represent a true leap forward in the creation of an integrated European research and education area in the field of economic history, open to interdisciplinary contributions of scholars from the whole range of social sciences.
In summary, GlobalEuroNet will: