INSTYTUT BADAN LITERACKICH POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK

Their core work

IBL PAN is the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, one of Poland's leading humanities research institutions. They specialize in scholarly communication infrastructure, open access publishing for the social sciences and humanities (SSH), and research policy for interdisciplinary integration. In H2020, they contributed expertise in multilingual digital platforms, SSH resource discovery, and frameworks for bridging arts and humanities with other research domains.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

All three of IBL PAN's H2020 projects launched in 2019, making long-term trend analysis limited. However, within this cohort, a shift is visible: SHAPE-ID addressed high-level research policy questions around interdisciplinarity and how humanities integrate with other fields, while TRIPLE and OPERAS-P moved toward concrete digital infrastructure — building discovery platforms, open access systems, and EOSC integration. The trajectory is from policy reflection toward practical platform-building for the SSH community.

IBL PAN is moving from thinking about how humanities should integrate with other disciplines toward building the actual digital tools and platforms that make it happen — expect them to continue deepening their EOSC and open access infrastructure work.

How they like to work

IBL PAN operates exclusively as a consortium participant, never as coordinator, suggesting they contribute specialized humanities and SSH expertise to larger infrastructure initiatives led by others. With 36 unique partners across just 3 projects, they work in large European consortia (averaging 12+ partners per project). This broad partner network indicates they are a trusted SSH domain expert that major consortium builders invite when humanities representation and expertise is needed.

Despite only 3 projects, IBL PAN has collaborated with 36 unique partners across 18 countries, reflecting their participation in large pan-European consortia. Their network spans most of the EU, with no narrow geographic clustering — they are well-connected across the European SSH research landscape.

What sets them apart

IBL PAN brings something rare to EU consortia: deep humanities scholarship combined with practical engagement in open science infrastructure. While many SSH institutions stay within traditional academic boundaries, IBL PAN actively bridges literary and humanities research with digital platform development and EU research policy. For consortium builders needing a credible Polish humanities partner with real experience in EOSC, open access, and interdisciplinary integration, IBL PAN is a proven choice.

Highlights from their portfolio

• OPERAS-P
  Largest funding share (EUR 205,375) — part of the flagship OPERAS initiative building open access infrastructure for all European SSH research.
• TRIPLE
  Longest-running project (2019-2023) building a multilingual discovery platform connecting SSH resources to the European Open Science Cloud.
• SHAPE-ID
  Directly addressed EU-wide policy on how arts, humanities, and social sciences should integrate into interdisciplinary research practices.