Theme 1
Cultures of Competitiveness: Discourses and Knowledge Brands
Theme 2
Financialization of Competitiveness
Theme 3
Competitiveness, Global Production and Labour Relations
Theme 4
Changing Cultures of Competitiveness in Education
Theme 5
Changing Cultures of Competitiveness: Social and Environmental Dimensions
Theme 6: Social Exclusion and Socially Creative Spaces
Short description
EU competition policy is increasingly linked with cohesion policy and thereby affects innovation policy at regional level. This produces a narrowly economic interpretation of creativity and creative spaces (Moulaert & Sekia 2003; Moulaert & Nussbaumer 2005), restricting opportunities for socially excluded groups to develop economic practice. Building on EU Framework 5 and 6 projects (SINGOCOM, KATARSIS) coordinated from Newcastle , we address the development of Socially Creative Spaces oriented to 'social innovation' (Hillier, Moulaert & Nussbaumer 2004; Harris & Klein 2006).
Date: Monday 13th July 2009
Venue: University of Newcastle, School of Architecture , Planning and Landscape
Abstracts/Papers
Social Innovation: Institutionally Embedded, Territorially (Re)produced
Frank Moulaert
“Social creativity and postrural places: the case of Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal”
I André & I A Abreu
The transformational power of the cooperative movement in the UK
Len Arthur
Friday Adejoh
Social Innovation and Governance: initiatives and processes
Governance, economic and social innovation in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region
Marisol Garcia, Marc Pradel and Santiago Eizaguirre
“The lessons from the anarchist experiences on urban social cohesion”
André Carmo
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