The organizational concept of Social Polis is based to a large extent on a dialogue involving the ‘Scientific community’, consisting of the ‘Scientific Core’ (all Social Polis partners) the broader Researchers Network, and the ‘Practice and policy community’ involving different types of stakeholders, practitioners and users.

Stakeholders, practitioners and users are divided into the Stakeholders Network 1 - i.e. Stakeholders with whom the core partners have traditionally worked together through joint research, action oriented research, policy analysis, consulting, etc. - and Stakeholders Network 2 whose members have a looser relationship with the Scientific Core or/and have been involved through indirect contacts of the Researchers Network and the Stakeholders Network 1.

The organizational concept for the Social Polis platform starts from the ‘Scientific community’, which unrolls its relations and fields of interest to other communities (communities of practice, policy communities, etc). This approach is used because the Social Polis consortium strongly believes in a continuous learning process in which both communities of research and policy/practice play a significant role. All partners in Social Polis have a strong and long tradition of cooperation with different types of users, practitioners and stakeholders. These represent strong voices with regard to problems, opportunities and policy/strategy exchanges within those urban sectors and communities where cohesion issues are experienced and addressed in practice.
 

Coordination and Support Action – CSA (supporting)

Work programme topics addressed:  FP7-SSH-2007-2.2.3
Grant agreement n°:  217157 – Social Polis
Coordinator: Prof. Frank Moulaert, Newcastle University; KU Leuven.
Starting date: 1 December 2007 Duration: 24 months.