Description

The Trans-Atlantic Platform’s fifth international funding call supports collaborative social sciences and humanities research that strengthens society’s capacity to anticipate, understand, and respond to future challenges and opportunities. The German Research Foundation (DFG) serves as call secretariat. Against a backdrop of climate change, pandemics, geopolitical tensions, economic disruption, and technological transformation, the call seeks conceptual, empirical, and normative knowledge to inform resilient, inclusive, forward-looking strategies and policy at local, national, and international levels.

Research may use qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, historical, or future-oriented approaches. The call promotes international and interdisciplinary collaboration across the Atlantic and beyond, engagement with policymakers and communities, and diverse research teams that involve and develop early-career researchers.

Proposals must address one or more themes:

• Uncertainty: sources, costs, communication, and improvement.
• Historical, cultural, and regional perspectives on futures and crises.
• Scope and coordination of response strategies.
• Normative inquiry into prevention and preparation for future crises.