BePart - Participation and partnerships in structural change

Participation and partnerships in structural change. Penetrating social innovations in Lusatia and strengthening them in practice (10/2022 - 09/2025)

In addition to the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences(TRAWOS Institute, headed by project coordinator Prof. Dr. Nadine Jukschat), the University of Siegen (headed by Dr. Franz Eckhard) and Neo.NET e.V. are involved in the project.

Project description

Using two contrasting ethnographic case studies in Lusatia, the research network is investigating the possibilities as well as the favorable and inhibiting conditions of various forms of innovation in structurally weak regions and testing control potentials on a model basis. The focus is on social innovations.

In a first step, under the guiding principle of "exploring the living environment" , the question is asked as to how, in view of historical experiences of transformation, the fractures and challenges of their region are presented to those affected locally and what role they ascribe to themselves in relation to innovation and change. Building on this, in a second step, social innovation formats will be developed and tested together with local practice partners under the guiding principle of "shaping change" , in which the ability to shape structural change is made tangible. In a final step, under the guiding principle of " Ensuring sustainability"   , the aim is to ensure the continuity of the tested formats in the region and to develop generalizable procedural knowledge that can also be applied beyond the specific case studies in the promotion of sustainable innovations in structurally weak regions.

Documentation/Events
  • Publication: Erhard, F./Jukschat, N. (2023): Social innovations: implicit assumptions and analytical potential. Behemoth - A Journal on Social Dis/Order. 16 (2), pp. 109-122. 10.6094/behemoth.2023.16.2.1102
  • Kick-off workshop on 28.04.2023 at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences with the cooperation partners Kulturbüro Sachsen e.V. and Volkshochschule Görlitz e.V.. More information can be found here.
     
  • ZSM method workshop on qualitative educational and social research at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg from May 05-06, 2023
     
  • Emilia Socha and the BePart project at the 7th Federal Congress Interkultur 2023, in the expert forum "Grenzräume", from 13-15.09.2023 in Potsdam. More information can be found here.
     
  • The BePart research team presented the challenges and opportunities of linking online and offline data in community research at the Open Conference of the Cultural Sociology Section at the Bauhaus University Weimar, from September 21-22, 2023. More information can be found here.
     
  • As part of the Open Annual Conference of the Section for Media and Communication Sociology of the German Sociological Association in Essen, from October 5 to 6, 2023, the BePart research team also presented the challenges and opportunities of linking online and offline data in community research. More information can be found here.
     
  • Presentation of the project entitled "Participation in structural change - Understanding social innovations in Lusatia from a life-world perspective" during the ACC Forum on 19.+20.10.2023 in Görlitz. More information can be found here.
     
  • TRAWOS research colloquium on 18.01.2024. More information can be found here.

Project funding

The joint project BePart is funded for a period of 3 years by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the funding line "REGION.innovativ. Researching regional factors for innovation and change - strengthening society's capacity for innovation".

Prof. Nadine Jukschat
Projektleiterin
Prof. Dr. phil.
Nadine Jukschat
Faculty of Social Sciences
02826 Görlitz
Furtstrasse 2
Building G I, Room 2.11
2nd upper floor
+49 3581 374-4854
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
M.A.
Emilia Socha
Institute for Transformation, Housing and Social Spatial Development
02826 Görlitz
Parkstrasse 2
Building G VII, Room 319
3rd upper floor
+49 3583 612-4283
Assoziierte Wissenschaftlerin
M.A.
Cordula Lasner-Tietze
Faculty of Social Sciences
02826 Görlitz
Furtstrasse 2
Building G I, Room 1.06b
1st floor
+49 3583 374-4970
Research assistant
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