ABOUT ESSPIN
Economic, Social and Spatial Inequalities
in Europe in the Era of Global Mega-trends
DONOR
REA
BUDGET:
€ 2.674.000,00
TIME FRAME:
October 2022
September 2025
OUR GOAL
Is to re-examine the nexus
of social, economic and spatial inequalities in the EU
The rapidly changing environment of the first two decades of the new century was characterized by the emergence of new factors or dynamics that exerted multiple pressures on welfare and socio-spatial cohesion in Europe and elsewhere and raised new challenges for policy and collective action. EU integration processes, the financial crisis, the pandemic, the digitisation of the economy, unbalanced patterns of globalization, the refugee and migration crisis and climate change disasters and threats have increased the vulnerability of significant social groups and places, triggered discontent and populism and raised new challenges for development and social policy.
The goal of ESSPIN is to re-examine the nexus of social, economic and spatial inequalities in the EU, the various typologies and the arrangements and mix of policies addressing them, in the light of emerging and highly interacting mega-trends and challenges, threatening to increase pressures and make policy choices even more difficult. As new and older drivers of change are projected to create a rather unfavorable environment for balanced growth and socio-spatial resilience, this research will focus on the analysis of policy responses, aiming to make them more proactive, inclusive and effective.
