Awarded Projects - ECRP II
In total, five projects from the EUROCORES ECRP 2006 Competition have been funded. You will find below the abstracts of the projects as well as the lists of Project Leaders, Principal Investigators and Project Members.
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06_ECRP_FP004 Disaggregating Civil Wars
Abstract: The sheer number of internal conflicts over the past years in regions, such as the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the Great Lakes of Africa, has led to a surge of interest in civil war. In recent years, political economists and quantitative researchers, partly funded by the World Bank, have told us a great deal about the conditions that make countries more likely to experience civil war. However, this does not mean that their results cannot, and should not, be questioned. We challenge some of the key assumptions and findings of the literature, in particular the putative irrelevance of ethnicity as a cause of conflict, the strong emphasis on opportunity structures at the expense of motivations, and the downplaying of transnational mechanisms.
Our project aims to re-examine these claims by uncovering relevant causal mechanisms. We do so by answering the questions about "Who?" and "Why?". A convincing explanation of conflict outcomes has to offer a disaggregated account involving real actors with real motives in their proper social and spatiotemporal context. Disaggregating conflict processes to uncover the key actor constellations driving conflict allows us to address our key research problems. First, it forces us to consider the ethnic identity of the actors involved in the centre-periphery relationship. Second, it demands a more precise understanding of the motivations and grievances of these actors. Third, we need to look beyond the boundaries of the nation-state to capture the transnational character of the actors. For more information, go to website.
Project Leader
- ProfessorLars-ErikCedermanE-Mail
- ETH ZürichDepartment of Social Sciences and HumanitiesCentre for Comparative and International Studies (CIS)ZürichSwitzerland
Principal Investigators
- Dr.Scott GeoffreyGatesE-Mail
- International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW)OsloNorway
- ProfessorKristian SkredeGleditschE-Mail
- University of EssexDepartment of GovernmentEssexUnited Kingdom
Project Members
- ProfessorSimonHugE-Mail
- University of ZurichInstitute of Political SciencesZürichSwitzerland
- ProfessorHåvardHegreE-Mail
- International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW)OsloNorway
- Dr.Jan KetilRødE-Mail
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)Department of GeographyTrondheimNorway
- Dr.HalvardBuhaugE-Mail
- International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW)OsloNorway
- Dr.HanDorussenE-Mail
- University of EssexDepartment of GovernmentColchesterUnited Kingdom
06_ECRP_FP007 Citizens of the future: the concerns and actions of young people around current European and global issues
Abstract: Young people are growing up in a complex and fast changing world where local and national issues are now only comprehensible if set in a wider global context, yet we know little about their interest in such issues or about how prepared they are to engage with democratic processes to bring about change.
This study investigates the concerns of young Europeans (aged 10, 14, 17) for their personal, local and global futures, focussing on issues such as democratic processes, poverty, unemployment, human rights, the environment and conflict. It will identify whether they are optimistic or pessimistic, and whether they are willing to work for change or are uncommitted to social participation. It examines the extent to which they are pro-social in their engagement with others, committed to acting for a common good.
Poland, Spain and Turkey are countries with different social, cultural, educational, economic and political contexts. The study will illuminate the extent to which these countries have successfully prepared young people for their role in a rapidly changing Europe. The outcomes will inform policy makers and those involved in citizenship education. The applicants have extensive experience of collaborative European projects and will use established networks for dissemination. For more information, go to website.
Project Leader
- Dr.Beata EwaKrzywosz-RynkiewiczE-Mail
- University of Warmia and MazuryDepartment of Special Needs and PsychologyOlsztynPoland
Principal Investigators
- Dr.Melinda AnnDoolyE-Mail
- Autonomous University of BarcelonaFaculty of Education SciencesCerdanyola del VallèsSpain
- Dr.NilüferPembecioglu ÖcelE-Mail
- Istanbul UniversityFaculty of CommunicationIstanbulTurkey
Project Members
- Dr.AnnaZalewskaE-Mail
- Warsaw School of Social PsychologyQuality of Life PsychologyWarsawPoland
- ProfessorErol NezihOrhonE-Mail
- Anadolu UniversityFaculty of Communication SciencesEskisehirTurkey
- Dr.Miquel AngelEssombaE-Mail
- Autonomous University of BarcelonaFaculty of EducationCerdanyola del VallèsSpain
- Dr.MariaVillanuevaE-Mail
- Autonomous University of BarcelonaFaculty of EducationCerdanyola del VallèsSpain
- Dr.AntoniLunaE-Mail
- University Pompeu FabraFaculty of EducationHumanities DepartmentBarcelonaSpain
- Dr.CarmenTaberneroE-Mail
- University of CordobaFaculty of EducationDepartment of Social PsychologyCordobaSpain
- Mr.NadiGülerE-Mail
- BodrumTurkey
- Dr.WojciechSiegienE-Mail
- University of Warmia and MazuryDepartment of Special Needs and PsychologyOlsztynPoland
- Dr.AgnieszkaPyrkaE-Mail
- Warsaw School of Social PsychologyInstitute of Social Problems of Health and EducationWarsawPoland
- Dr.MonsterratOllerE-Mail
- Autonomous University of BarcelonaFaculty of EducationDepartment of DidacticsBarcelonaSpain
06_ECRP_FP009 The short and long range dynamics of attention
Abstract: Human attention research forms one of the cores of cognitive neuroscience. It investigates the limitations and selection mechanisms behind the human brain’s information processing capacity. However, most research has focused on what the brain selects and where it directs its attention. Relatively little is known about when certain processes operate; in other words, about the dynamics and time course of attention in response to both a changing environment and changing behavioural goals. Such changes may occur at several different time scales, from automatic processes on the level of milliseconds, to longer range drops in one’s vigilance on the level of minutes to hours. The CRP seeks to provide a comprehensive framework for pan-European investigations into the short and long-range dynamics of attention. These are tackled from different methodological backgrounds, such as accuracy and eye movement measurements, computational modeling, psychopharmacology, neuropsychological assessment and brain imaging techniques. The findings are likely to have important implications for theories of how the brain selects its input, and possibly also for clinical populations such as those suffering from attention disorders as a consequence of parietal brain damage or ADHD. For more information, go to website.
Project Leader
- Dr.ChristianOliversE-Mail
- Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamFaculty of Psychology and EducationDepartment of Cognitive PsychologyAmsterdamNetherlands
Principal Investigators
- ProfessorRikVandenbergheE-Mail
- Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenAfdeling Klinische en Experimentele NeurologieLeuvenBelgium
- Dr.JenniferCoullE-Mail
- CNRS CR1Université de ProvenceLaboratoire de Neurobiologie de la CognitionMarseilleFrance
- Dr.IngridScharlauE-Mail
- Paderborn UniversityFaculty of Cultural SciencesDepartment of PsychologyPaderbornGermany
- ProfessorIanRobertsonE-Mail
- Trinity College DublinInstitute of NeuroscienceDepartment of PsychologyDublinIreland
- ProfessorGlynHumphreysE-Mail
- The University of BirminghamSchool of PsychologyBehavioural Brain Sciences CentreBirminghamUnited Kingdom
Project Members
- Dr.UlrichAnsorgeE-Mail
- Osnabrueck UniversityDepartment of HumanitiesOsnabrueckGermany
- Dr.MiekeDonkE-Mail
- Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamFaculteit Psychologie & PedagogiekCognitieve PsychologieAmsterdamNetherlands
- ProfessorJanTheeuwesE-Mail
- Vrije UniversiteitFaculty of Psychology and EducationDepartment of Cognitive PsychologyAmsterdamNetherlands
- Dr.KatherineJohnsonE-Mail
- University of DublinInstitute of NeuroscienceSchool of PsychologyDublinIreland
- Dr.IsabelleDombroweE-Mail
- Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamCognitive PsychologyAmsterdamNetherlands
- Mr.FredericHilkenmeierE-Mail
- Paderborn UniversityFaculty of Cultural SciencesDepartment of PsychologyPaderbornGermany
- Mr.Heinz-WernerPriessE-Mail
- Paderborn UniversityFaculty of Cultural SciencesDepartment of PsychologyPaderbornGermany
Associated Partners
- ProfessorClausBundesenE-Mail
- University of CopenhagenDepartment of PsychologyCenter for Visual CognitionCopenhagenDenmark
- Dr.SørenKyllingsbækE-Mail
- University of CopenhagenFaculty of Social ScienciesDepartment of PsychologyCenter for Visual CognitionCopenhagenDenmark
- Dr.ThomasHabekostE-Mail
- University of CopenhagenDepartment of PsychologyCenter for Visual CognitionCopenhagenDenmark
06_ECRP_FP022 Constructing Regional Advantage: Towards State-of-the-Art Regional Innovation System Policies in Europe?
Abstract: Globalisation pressures force European regions to enhance their competitiveness. Regions are considered a key level where innovation processes are shaped, coordinated and governed through localized capabilities. Often competitive advantages do not emerge spontaneously, but are the results of collective actions and initiatives taken by firms, research organizations and governments at various levels.
Policies for constructing regional advantage cannot be based on one “best practice” model but should reflect the different conditions and problems of the respective regions. These vary between types of Regional Innovation Systems (such as institutionally “thick” or “thin”; networked or fragmented) as well as the dominating knowledge base of local industries (analytical, synthetic, symbolic). So far very little is known about how policies for constructing regional advantage can work in such different settings. The project aims at filling this gap by comparing policy initiatives in different regional, institutional and sectoral settings in seven European countries. For more information, please go to website.
Project Leader
- ProfessorBjørn T.AsheimE-Mail
- Lund UniversityDepartment of Social and Economic GeographyCIRCLE (Centre for Innovation Research and Competence in the Learning Economy)LundSweden
Principal Investigators
- Dr.FranzTödtlingE-Mail
- University of Economics and Business AdministrationInstitute of Regional Development and EnvironmentViennaAustria
- Dr.JiriBlazekE-Mail
- Charles UniversityFaculty of ScienceDepartment of Social Gography and Regional DevelopmentPrague 2Czech Republic
- ProfessorMarkkuSotarautaE-Mail
- University of TampereDepartment of Regional StudiesTampereFinland
- ProfessorRonBoschmaE-Mail
- University of UtrechtFaculty of GeosciencesDepartment of Economic GeographyUtrechtNetherlands
- ProfessorArneIsaksenE-Mail
- University of AgderFaculty of Economics and Social SciencesDepartment of Working Life and Innovation GrimstadNorway
- ProfessorSedefAkgungorE-Mail
- Dokuz Eylul UniversityFaculty of BusinessDepartment of EconomicsIzmirTurkey
Project Members
- Dr.LarsCoenenE-Mail
- Lund UniversityDepartment of Social and Economic GeographyCIRCLE (Centre for Innovation Research and Competence in the Learning Economy)LundSweden
- Dr.JerkerMoodyssonE-Mail
- Lund UniversityDepartment of Social and Economic GeographyCIRCLE (Centre for Innovation Research and Competence in the Learning Economy)LundSweden
- Dr.MichaelaTripplE-Mail
- University of ViennaInstitute for Regional Development and EnvironmentViennaAustria
- Dr.LukasLengauerE-Mail
- University of ViennaInstitute for Regional Development and EnvironmentViennaAustria
- ProfessorHans ChristianGarmann JohnsenE-Mail
- University of AgderFaculty of Economics and Social SciencesDepartment of Working Life and InnovationGrimstadNorway
- Dr.JamesKarlsenE-Mail
- University of AgderFaculty of Economics and Social SciencesDepartment of Working Life and InnovationGrimstadNorway
- ProfessorRobertHassinkE-Mail
- University of OsloDepartment of Sociology and Human GeographyOsloNorway
- Dr.ToniSaarivirtaE-Mail
- University of TampereFaculty of Economics and AdministrationDepartment of Regional Studies/SenteTampereFinland
- Dr.Kati-JasminKosonenE-Mail
- University of TampereDepartment of Regional StudiesTampereFinland
- Dr.PavlaZízalováE-Mail
- Charles UniversityFaculty of ScienceDepartment of Social Geography and Regional DevelopmentPrague 2Czech Republic
- Dr.KarelSkokanE-Mail
- Technical University of OstravaFaculty of EconomicsDepartment of European IntegrationOstravaCzech Republic
- Dr.PetrRumpelE-Mail
- University of OstravaDepartment of Social Geography and Regional DevelopmentOstravaCzech Republic
- ProfessorYaprakGülcanE-Mail
- Dokuz Eylul UniversityFaculty of BusinessDepartment of EconomicsIzmirTurkey
- ProfessorYesimKustepeliE-Mail
- Dokuz Eylul UniversityFaculty of BusinessDepartment of EconomicsIzmirTurkey
- Dr.TomBroekelE-Mail
- University of UtrechtFaculty of GeosciencesDepartment of Economic GeographyUtrechtNetherlands
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06_ECRP_FP026 Political Communication Culture in Western Europe – A Comparative Study
Abstract: The objective of the study is to analyze the attitudes, norms, and values that drive the relationship between political elites and the media and thereby detect the underlying patterns of political communication behaviors in seven Western democracies. The orientations of actors in political communication are conceptualized as political communication culture, which in turn is seen as part of the general political culture of a country. While it is a general feature that political communication culture is to be understood as the orientations that guide the interaction between political actors and political journalists, we must note that it is related to country specific national contexts engrained in the political and media systems. By surveying the top 300 members of the political and media elite in each country, the study aims to systematically map out the existing types of political communication cultures in Western Europe and detect similarities and differences across countries. For more information, please go to website.
Project Leader
- ProfessorBarbaraPfetschE-Mail
- University of HohenheimInstitute of Social SciencesFG. Communication Science/Media PolicyStuttgartGermany
Principal Investigators
- ProfessorFritzPlasserE-Mail
- University of InnsbruckInstitut für PolitikwissenschaftDepartment of Political ScienceInnsbruckAustria
- Dr.AndersEsmarkE-Mail
- Roskilde UniversityDepartment of Social SciencesRoskildeDenmark
- ProfessorTomMoringE-Mail
- University of HelsinkiSwedish School of Social ScienceHelsinkiFinland
- ProfessorJuanDiez MedranoE-Mail
- University of BarcelonaFaculty of Economics and Business SciencesDepartment of SociologyBarcelonaSpain
- Dr.NicklasHakanssonE-Mail
- Halmstad UniversitySchool of Social and Health ScienceHalmstadSweden
- ProfessorOtfriedJarrenE-Mail
- Universität ZürichInstitut für Publizistikwissenschaft und Medienforschung (IPMZ)ZürichSwitzerland
Project Members
- Dr.GüntherLengauerE-Mail
- Media Watch Institut für Medienanalysen GmbHInnsbruckAustria
- ProfessorGüntherPallaverE-Mail
- University of InnsbruckDepartment of Political ScienceInnsbruckAustria
- Mr.MiikaVähämaaE-Mail
- University of HelsinkiSwedish School of Social ScienceHelsinkiFinland
- Ms.EvaMayerhöfferE-Mail
- University of HohenheimInstitute of Social SciencesFG. Communication Science/Media PolicyStuttgartGermany
- Mr.PeterMaurerE-Mail
- University of HohenheimInstitute of Social SciencesFG. Communication Science/Media PolicyStuttgartGermany
- Ms.ClaudiaKrauterE-Mail
- University of BarcelonaFaculty of Economics and Business SciencesDepartment of SociologyBarcelonaSpain
- Dr.PatrickDongesE-Mail
- Universität ZürichInstitut für Publizistikwissenschaft und Medienforschung (IPMZ)ZürichSwitzerland
- Ms.StephanieSchwabE-Mail
- Universität ZürichInstitut für Publizistikwissenschaft und Medienforschung (IPMZ)ZürichSwitzerland
- Ms.LilliWeberE-Mail
- Halmstad UniversitySchool of Social and Health SciencesDepartment of Political ScienceHalmstadSweden
Associated Partner
- ProfessorGianpietroMazzoleniE-Mail
- Università degli Studi di MilanoDipartimento di Studi Sociali e PoliticiMilanoItaly
- Dr.KatrinVoltmerE-Mail
- University of LeedsInstitute of Communications StudiesLeedsUnited Kingdom