This call is from a project on Cities and Social Cohesion in Europe, on which I am a collaborator - there are small grants available for NGOs, civil society groups etc. If you know of any groups who have ongoing work that would be relevent, or who would like to do some, please point them in the direction of the e-mail addresses at the base of this message...
David.
Dr David Murakami Wood
ESRC Research Fellow, Global Urban Research Unit | Visiting Scholar, Postgraduate Program in Urban Management
Newcastle University, UK | Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
e-mail: [log in to unmask] | website: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/guru/staff/profile/d.f.j.wood | blog: http://ubisurv.wordpress.com
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
SOCIAL POLIS (7th Framework Programme) is now announcing the CALL for STAKEHOLDER CONTRIBUTIONS. All non-academic groups and organisations from NGO, community, private and, policy sectors are invited to apply for a small grant (up to 3,000 €) to produce a contribution to the research, policymaking, or urban practice in the areas relevant to ‘Cities and Social Cohesion’. Successful applicants will be invited to present their contributions at the large scale SOCIAL POLIS Stakeholder Conference in Vienna (11-12 May 2009).
Proposals might include:
- research papers and reports;
- multimedia formats (presentations, films, installations);
- exhibitions.
Contributions may be focused on various issues related to cities and Social Cohesion referring to the SOCIAL POLIS Focused Research Agendas, Existential Fields (please see: http://www.socialpolis.eu<http://www.socialpolis.eu/>), or other topics which have not yet been included in the activities of the platform.
1. Two SOCIAL POLIS Focused Research agendas share the following themes:
1) Producing urban social cohesion in the face of global changes, migration, and increasing diversity of cities.
2) Developing a plural economic approach to tackle the urban economic divide, social exclusion, and fragmentation of cities.
3) Rethinking cities and urban discourses in the ecological age.
4) Understanding urban practices: social participation, socially creative strategies and neighbourhood development.
5) Governing cities as a whole.
2. SOCIAL POLIS Existential Fields:
EF 1: Welfare and Social Services;
EF 2: Labour Markets and Economic Development;
EF 3: Housing, Neighbourhood, and Health;
EF 4: Mobility, Telecommunications, Security;
EF 5: Urban Ecology and Environment;
EF 6: Governance;
EF 7: Education and Training;
EF 8: Social and Spatial Inequalities on Urban and Regional Level;
EF 9: Diversity and Identity;
EF 10: Creativity and Innovation;
EF 11: Neighbourhood Development and Grassroots Initiatives;
EF 12: Social Cohesion and the City as a Whole.
3. Other topics related to Cities and Social Cohesion not addressed by SOCIAL POLIS yet, which may among others include:
• The socio-spatial production of tolerance. (Napoli)
• Evaluation of effectiveness of policies towards social cohesion in cities: factors contributing to success/failure of urban policies as to social cohesive outcomes. (Milan)
• Integrating policies of urban restructuring, development and social inclusion as a determinant of social cohesion. (Napoli)
• Telecommunication systems and social cohesion in Europe. (Geoff)
• The impact of changing welfare infrastructure in East European cities. (Stuart)
Proposals should include the following:
• name(s) and contact information for all applicants;
• the title of the paper or multimedia contribution;
• abstract (500-600 words);
• a brief justification of the proposed topic and format (200 words);
• plans for dissemination (100 words);
• short statement on the particular benefits of the proposed contribution for SOCIAL POLIS, as well as for the research, policy, or action agenda in the area of ‘Cities and Social Cohesion (100 words).
• budget (which must not exceed 3,000 €).
For more information on this call for stakeholder contributions please contact us directly. If you wish to discuss an idea for your contribution, please contact Frank Moulaert at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Proposals are due 10 February 2009. They should be submitted electronically to Dr Stuart Cameron at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Please forward this call for contributions to anyone who may be interested.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Frank Moulaert
Jean Hillier
Andreas Novy
Stuart Cameron
Konrad Miciukiewicz
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