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Hi
there,
there are still a few
places available at this event, although they are apparently going quite
quickly, if any students or early stage researchers are
interested.
RESEARCHING
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND DEVOLVED GOVERNANCE IN EUROPE
Attendance
at this event is FREE. Costs of travel and subsistence for students are covered
by ESRC and RSA bursaries.
EARLY
BOOKING ADVISED
Doing
cross-national research on civic engagement and devolved governance in Europe is
becoming more important at the same time as it is becoming more complex due to
the emergence of debates about democratic renewal, new models of inclusive
governance and multi-level systems of governance at the local, regional,
sub-national, national and EU levels. This ESRC/Regional Studies
Association/CURDS funded Advanced Training Seminar seeks to provide advanced
methodological training for postgraduates working in this area.
Two developments
underpin this proposal. Firstly, European debates about renewing democracy have
focused upon the potential of engaging civil society in more participatory forms
of government and governance. In particular, devolution and ‘regionalisation’
across an enlarged EU have opened up the possibility of a ‘new politics’
fostered by civil society’s deeper contribution. Existing economic and social
partners, such as trade unions and business, as well as formerly marginal
voluntary and community sector organisations, such as womens’, youth and black
and minority ethnic groups, now face the challenge of effective participation.
This rapidly changing and evolving research agenda has yielded many theoretical
advances and empirical material but the cross-national dimensions of
methodological development and research strategy deserve a wider debate and
development.
Secondly, the
recent research methodology literature across the social sciences has been
marked by a growing pluralism (multi-methods), sophistication and emphasis upon
the available evidence base. The traditional qualitative/quantitative and
intensive/extensive divisions have been surpassed by new syntheses encompassing
a greater diversity and multiplicity of research methods and strategies, often
engaging with difficult and sensitive issues (e.g. the relationship between the
researcher and the researched, cross-national comparative analysis and
cross-disciplinary approaches).
Thursday
16th June:
1200 - Arrival,
registration and lunch
1245 -
Introduction Professor John Goddard and Dr Andy Pike (CURDS)
1300 -
Territorial Politics and Civic Engagement in Europe Angela Bourne (University of
Dundee tbc)
1400 - Democratic
renewal and European integration Dr Damien Thomas (National Centre for
Partnership and Performance, Ireland)
1500 -
Break
1530 -
Thematic Workshops: Session I
* Corporatist
Institutions Dr Andy Pike (CURDS)
*Pluralist
Institutions Lynne Humphrey (CURDS) and Dr Keith Shaw (Sustainable Cities
Institute)
*Institutions of
Government and Governance Professor John Tomaney (CURDS)
1630 - Organised
labour in Europe Eckhard Voss (Wilke Maack und Partner,
Germany)
1930 - Seminar
Meal (Pani’s Café, Newcastle Upon Tyne)
Friday
17th June:
0900 - New Civic
Forums Isobel Lindsay (Strathclyde University)
1000 -
‘Stakeholders’ and Assemblies in the English regions Dagma Waller (West Midlands
Regional Assembly)
1100 -
Break
1130 -
Thematic Workshops: Session II
* Corporatist
Institutions Dr Andy Pike (CURDS)
* Pluralist
Institutions Lynne Humphrey (CURDS) and Dr Keith Shaw (Sustainable Cities
Institute)
* Institutions of
Government and Governance Professor John Tomaney (CURDS)
* Social
Innovation and Governance in Europe Maura Adshead (University of Limerick,
Ireland)
1345 - Seminar
finish and lunch
For further
information contact the Regional Studies Association, tel: 00-44- (0)1323
899698, email: [log in to unmask]
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