The file contains: the draft minutes of the meeting (Chairman Helga Nowotny), list of participants, brief for the Chairman, draft of the agenda and schedule; as well as correspondence.
Working documents enclosed for the meeting include: CV; report from a visit to the US;list of the SCSS members; results to the questionnaire about social science priority areas in the Member Organisations, presentation "Economics in Europe" by Richard Portes (revised version), lecture "Understanding work: Some contributions of the Social Sciences" by Marie Jahoda; report from the Core Group; programme and background briefs for workshops; proposal for an international Scientific Commission; recommendations on the conference "Promoting East-West Cooperation in the Social Science"; reports on Committee activities (Comparative law, second language, migration health and ageing, centre-periphery, summer school); draft report from the meeting of the selection committee for Scientific networks; minutes of meeting of the SCH (9-10/12/1985).

Topics discussed include: future activities of the Committee; proposal for a workshop series; network operations (gerontology, longitudinal studies in individual development, transport); Membership of the Committee; report on the Committee activities (additional activities); SCH.

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