Social & Human Sciences
Think tank, standard-setter, catalyst for cooperation
As one of UNESCO’s five specialized Sectors, our mission is to advance knowledge, standards and intellectual cooperation in order to facilitate social transformations conducive to the universal values of justice, freedom and human dignity.
The social and human sciences have a vital role to play in helping to understand and interpret the social, cultural and economic environment. They provide research, identify and analyse trends, propose paths of action. UNESCO has set itself a number of tasks that should help reduce the gap between what is and what should be. This also corresponds to the work of the Sector for Social and Human Sciences (SHS):
- Determine what should be (ethics and human rights)
- Anticipate what could be (philosophy)
- Study what is (empirical social science research)
More specifically, UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector focuses on the following fields:
- Ethiics, Science and Society
- Social Transformations
- Social Inclusion and Youth
Read more at http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/