The file contains: the draft minutes (also handwritten) of the meeting (Chairman Michael Vivian Posner), list of participants, list of decisions, brief for the Chairman, draft of the agenda and schedule.
Working documents enclosed for the meeting include: report on the social science research in Italy; proposal for seminars and workshops; reports and minutes of meeting of additional ativities’ working groups; minutes of meeting of the Standing Committee for Humanities (21-22/02/1983); minutes of the meeting with the Board of the European University Institut (18/06), Report of the working group health and ageing, minutes of the meeting (20/04/83) in Strasbourg with some Europeans organisations (European Physical Society, European Geophysical Society, European Consortium for Political Research, European University Institute, International Union of Forest Research organizations, CERN, European Association of Experimental Social Psychologists, European Association of Chinese Studies, European Association for Study of Science and Technology, European Molecular Biology Organisation); list of the members of the SCSS.

Topics discussed include: appointment of experts to the Committee; health and ageing; European regional Database for comparative research; social science publications and data; additional activities: migration, second language acquisition by adult immigrants, comparative law (medical responsibility); preparation of the Summer school in linguistic; centre/periphery; technological change and social development; transportation; work of the Humanities Committee; proposed seminars; proposed new initiatives; cooperation with others bodies (Vienna Centre, European University Institute).

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