The project is the continuation of the AQUAMETH project (2004-2005), that has delivered an integrated dataset across six European countries: Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, UK; a series of papers; and a forthcoming book (2006).

The scientific objectives of the AQUAMEHT - phase 2 project are:

a) consolidating and expanding the AQUAMETH methodology and dataset to new countries: Germany, Netherlands, Hungary and France;

b) exploring new issues using the integrated AQUAMETH dataset, in particular:

The proposed project, in line with PRIME objectives, acknowledges the new challenges (economic, social and ethical) posed by a changing scientific landscape in Europe, characterised by increasing globalisation of research, by the emergence of new search regimes and by changes in knowledge production and circulation.

SANDERA will focus on the future relationship between two critical European policy domains: namely, the EU strategy since Lisbon to move towards the European Research Area and those EU policies focused on the security of the European citizen in the world.

The objectives of the project are:1-To identify drivers of change in the relationship between security and defence policies and the ERA

2-To develop exploratory scenarios of alternative futures of the relationship between security policy and the ERA