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RUSTIK is a four-year transdisciplinary research project aiming to enable rural communities’ actors and policymakers to design better strategies, initiatives and policies fostering sustainability transitions in rural areas. Considering increasing social and ecological challenges, the project envisages an analysis of current adaption requirements and the support of effective rural policy-making processes. The project will contribute…
The IQ-Net network brings together regional and national partners from Structural Funds programmes across the EU. It aims to improve the quality of Structural Funds programme management through exchange of experience and mutual learning. The network involves a structured programme of applied research and debate with regular meetings (Coffee Break Workshops, Conferences) and advisory support…
The research study will investigate the European Union’s approach to multilingualism in its own communications policy with a focus on websites and social media. Employing an innovative mixed-methods design including literature review, big data mining and quantitative analysis techniques, the study will provide a comprehensive mapping of the use of EU languages across different communication…
The Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) Programme is a well-established, widely supported transnational Interreg cooperation programme. The 2021-2027 Programme covers territories in 7 partner countries, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Greenland. The programme, and its predecessors, has a strong focus on, in particular, the needs of remote and peripheral communities and capitalising…
This study evaluates the visibility and communication of cohesion policy in online media. It employs a mixed methods approach to investigate media coverage, representation and user perceptions of cohesion policy in online media. The research draws on an original dataset of over 60,000 news articles and 100,000 user-generated comments. It also analyses social media –…
This study reviews current and emerging issues for Cohesion Policy to support the work agenda of the European Parliament’s Committee for Regional Development during its new mandate for 2019-2024. The analysis focuses on issues relating to the committee’s competences and concludes by highlighting key policy themes and political questions for the debate on Cohesion Policy…
The Net Zero Industrial Cluster Exchange (NICE) is a knowledge-sharing platform focusing on how regional and local development strategies can effectively support the transformation of regions and cities towards decarbonisation and net zero. The aim of NICE is to establish an international network of projects and initiatives to share knowledge on the design and implementation…