Cost Actions
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) creates open spaces where people and ideas can grow.
COST funds interdisciplinary research networks called COST Actions.
These Actions bring together researchers, innovators and other professionals including industry specialists, who are based in Europe and beyond, to collaborate on research topics for a period of 4 years.
Are you interested in joining Cost Action CA22149 CHANGECODE?
Visit the Action CA22149 – COST site.
Step 1: Register and create your own e-Cost profile.
Step 2: Apply to join your Working Groups of interest.
To be able to select the correct Working Group please revise the MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) or the next section of the site.
Cost Actions main goals are:
- Funding networking events
- Enabling mobility of researhcers
- Stimulate mobility and visibility of scientif research
- Enable oportunities for Young Researchers and Innovators
- Promote excellence of research
- Advocate for inclusivity and gender equality
Working Group 1: Past practices of deliberation
In this Working Group we explore the various manifestations of patterns of deliberation and conflict resolution that emerged in the modern era. The purpose of this analysis, based on a hermeneutic reading of the available corpus, is to investigate how, when and why particular patterns of deliberation arose, modified, disintegrated, and perhaps reappeared in different historical settings. On this basis, broader insights into the cognitive and socio-cultural matrices of contemporary societies in Europe and beyond will be obtained.
Working Group 2: Culture, cognition and narratives of legitimization
In Working Group 2 we will analyse different forms of practices of deliberation in contemporary societies. This set includes the analysis of traditionally cultural-bound patterns of deliberation in the classic public spheres, in subaltern counter-publics, in the political, legal, and economic spheres, in art, civil society, in the digital sphere. The aim is also to shed new light on how different patterns of deliberation and notions of the common good are perpetuated and modified in the face of political, cultural, social and other tensions that mark contemporary societies.
Working Group 3: Past deliberative practices and contemporary risks
In this working group we will harmonise a wider spectrum of research fields and disciplines essential for the analysis of “embedded” practices pf deliberation to discuss future development. In this respect, the aim of this WG is to move towards formulating a common research framework to study the impact of historical deliberative practices on contemporary decision-making.
Management Committee:
The Manamegent Committee (MC) is responsible for the coordination, implementation and management of an Action.
For each COST Action, up to 2 representatives per COST Member Country can be nominated to be in the Management Committee.
The Action MC is the decision-making body of the Action.
The Action MC shall oversee the strategy of the Action, coordinate the open network and its activities in line with the MoU and the approved Work
and Budget Plan(s) and contribute to COST mission and strategic priorities.
If you are interested in becoming a Management Committee member in CHANGECODE, please contact your COST National Contact Point in your country of Affiliation to learn more about the Management Committee roles and positions.
The role of the Action Management Committee shall be to:
- Take necessary actions to meet the aims and objectives of the COST Action by assuring
all relevant aspects of the management of the network, stakeholder engagement and
dissemination of results, - Contribute to the COST mission and strategic priorities.
The Action MC Members or Observers shall:
- Actively participate to the work of at least one WG,
- Serve and represent their COST Member or Specific Organisation’s community in order to:
- coordinate the input to the Action at national level or inside a Specific Organisation,
- disseminate opportunities arising within the Action at national level or inside a Specific Organisation; and
- report to the Responsible for nomination as required
More about Action Management Committee in Annotated Rules, pages 32-38.