Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe (EU Research Program FP7-SSH-2011)
At a glance
Project description
The objective of this 4-year project is to provide the analytical basis for a socio-ecological transition in Europe: the change to a new growth path with smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as is envisaged in the EU 2020 strategy. In order to support the transition, we analyse the need, the feasibility and best practice for change, specifying the institutional changes needed at all policy levels to implement these options. The old and new challenges Europe is facing define the starting point: globalisation, new technologies and postindustrialisation, demographic change and ecology in the context of welfare systems that have come under stress due to high public deficits. The vision is that Europe will become a role model for a "high road growth path" which actively incorporates social and ecological goals, employment, gender and cultural aspects in an ambitious, forward looking way while continuing to be competitive in a globalised world. To achieve these objectives, the consortium will carry out and synthesise robust research in research areas covering the challenges to the welfare system, the biophysical dimension of socio-economic development, the identification of drivers towards socio-ecological transition, the role of governance and institutions on the European as well as the regional level. The consortium will benefit from ongoing dialogue with international experts in the form of expert panels and sounding boards, taking into account their views on the direction and feasibility for this new growth path. The project will be carried out by a consortium of 33 partners from universities and research institutes with international and interdisciplinary expertise. It represents 12 member states. High level Scientific and Policy Boards will monitor the analysis and the policy conclusions to guarantee the impact and dissemination of the results.
Cooperation partners
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGreat Britain
Aston University
- Cooperation partnerAustria
Austrian Institute for Regional Studies and Spatial Planning
- Cooperation partnerAustria
Austrian Institute of Economic Research
- Cooperation partnerHungary
Budapest Institute for Policy Analysis Ltd.
- Cooperation partnerNon-university research institutionHungary
Centre for Economic and Regional Studies - Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGreat Britain
Coventry University
- Cooperation partnerGermany
Dr. Untiedt & Dr. Alecke GbR GEFRA
- Cooperation partnerGermany
Ecologic Institute: Science and Policy for a Sustainable World
- Cooperation partnerUniversityItaly
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGermany
Goethe University Frankfurt
- Cooperation partnerUniversityBelgium
Hasselt University - Universiteit Hasselt
- Cooperation partnerGermany
ICLEI European Secretariat GmbH
- Cooperation partnerSlovakia
Institute of Economic Research SAS
- Cooperation partnerHungary
Institute of World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Cooperation partnerSweden
Ivory Tower AB
- Cooperation partnerUniversityBelgium
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Cooperation partnerGermany
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
- Cooperation partnerUniversityItaly
Marche Polytechnic University
- Cooperation partnerUniversityCzech Republic
Mendel University in Brno
- Cooperation partnerGreat Britain
Policy Network and Communications Ltd
- Cooperation partnerSweden
Ratio Institute
- Cooperation partnerUniversityAustria
TU Wien
- Cooperation partnerUniversityFrance
UNIVERSITE DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGreat Britain
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
- Cooperation partnerUniversitySpain
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGermany
University of Applied Sciences Jena
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGreat Britain
University of Dundee
- Cooperation partnerUniversitySlovakia
University of Economics in Bratislava
- Cooperation partnerUniversityAustria
University of Klagenfurt
- Cooperation partnerUniversityHungary
University of Pannonia
- Cooperation partnerUniversityGreat Britain
University of Surrey
- Cooperation partnerUniversityNetherlands
Utrecht University
- Cooperation partnerUniversityAustria
Vienna University of Economics and Business
- Cooperation partnerNon-university research institutionGermany
ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research