SOLSTICE - Enabling Societal Transformation in the Face of Climate Change

SOLSTICE is a joint transnational call for proposals. The Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Climate invited the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) community to take the lead and to submit proposals that address the societal aspects of climate change. Building on an emerging trend of research, SOLSTICE offered a transnational framework with higher levels of funding than before. The rationale for this call was outlined in the JPI Climate's 2019 White Paper on societal transformation in the face of climate change.

The Call was seeking interdisciplinary contributions from consortia, which consisted of scientists from at least three participating countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway and the United Kingdom.

The call addressed three themes:

• Social justice and participation
• Sense making, cultural meaning and risk perceptions
• Transformative finance and economy

SOLSTICE offered an opportunity for all SSH communities form interdisciplinary combinations and contribute to a better understanding of how climate change affects society, engage with societal actors through innovative approaches and trigger transformational change. The selection procedure was launched in the fall of 2019 and successfully closed on 3rd of February, 2020. The evaluation procedure concluded on the 18th of June, 2020 with a meeting by an independent panel of experts. The final decision was taken by the SOLSTICE funding organisations. In total, 7 projects have were selected.  

ECCA 2021 - Climate Adaptation solutions video - SOLISTICE