The amount of the grant is 925.200 Euros, the duration of the grant is 36 months (January 2019 – December 2021). The project is coordinated by the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL) in Leipzig, Germany. For further information see the website of the project.
The research consortium includes the following project partners:
Dr. Markus Grillitsch, Linda Stihl, Lund University (Sweden)
Dr. Vladan Hruška, Jan Píša, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (Czechia)
Dr. Nadir Kinossian (PL), Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (Germany)
Dr. Erika Nagy, Dr. Melinda Mihály, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Prof. Kevin Morgan, Ani Saunders, Cardiff University (UK)
The final report is available online here.
More information about the project on the IfL web site:
https://leibniz-ifl.de/en/research/project/agents-of-change-in-old-industrial-regions-in-europe-acore
More information about the funding scheme:
https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/our-funding-portfolio-at-a-glance/challenges-for-europe
More information about projects funded through the 2017 call:
https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/news-press/press/herausforderungen-f%C3%BCr-europa-wissenschaftlich-erforschen-6-5-mio-euro-f%C3%B6rdermittel-f%C3%BCr-sieben-kooperative-vorhaben
Research Gate:
https://www.researchgate.net/project/Agents-of-Change-in-Old-industrial-Regions-in-Europe
A summary of the research results of the project can be found in the publication below:
Erika Nagy, Luca Sára Bródy and Melinda Mihály’s article ‘Locked In: Reindustrialisation and the Production of Multiple Marginalities in an Old Mining Town of Hungary’ was published in Antipode, the Radical Journal of Geography, issue 56/6 (November 2024). The full text is available on the journal’s website.
The research project is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation
Duration: 01.01.2019 – 12.31.2022
Leader of the project: Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (Germany)
Head of Hungarian research group: Erika Nagy
Website of the project
