Research project RELOCAL

Resituating the local in cohesion and territorial development (RELOCAL)

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    01 Oct 2016
  • Duration in months:
    48
  • Funding:
    Horizon 2020
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    Birte NIENABER
    James Scott (external)
    Jussi Laine (external)

About

There is an increasing need for developing European Union Cohesion Policy in terms of greater sensitivity towards territorial specificities, more supportive of community-based development and the facilitation of greater civic participation. This also relates to the concern over decreasing identification with the European project among the population. Place-based development, endogenous regional development and territorial capital are some of the policy approaches that have been invoked to facilitate a reorientation of Cohesion Policy and territorial development policy. These need to be connected more specifically to notions of the local and localism. The project will be based on case studies of local contexts (e.g. cities and their regions) that exemplify development challenges in terms of spatial justice.

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Organisation and Partners

  • Department of Geography and Spatial Planning
  • Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE)
  • ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO – University of Eastern Finland (coordinator)
  • ILS – Institut für Landes- und Stadtenwicklungsforschung
  • University of Newcastle
  • University of Stockholm
  • NORDREGIO
  • The James Hutton Insitute
  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences – Research Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
  • Delft University of Techonology
  • Mcrit S.L
  • University of Lodz
  • Foundation Desire for Social Reflection and Openness
  • University of Thessaly – The South and Eastern European Development Centre
  • Universidade de Lisboa – Lisbon School of Economics & Management

Project team

  • Birte NIENABER, PI
  • James Scott, PI, ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO – University of Eastern Finland (external)
  • Jussi Laine, PI, ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO – University of Eastern Finland (external)
  • Estelle EVRARD, Project member
  • Cyril Blondel, Project member, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (external)

Keywords

  • Territorial
  • Development
  • Cohesion

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