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Consortium

Who we are

Our Partners

The FIERCE consortium consists of 11 partners from 8 different countries (Greece, Denmark, Italy, Spain, France, Poland, Slovenia, Turkey), with multidisciplinary expertise in intersecting and complementary research areas.

Geographically the partners cover all the main regions of Europe, ensuring that the project outcomes will be adaptable across the Union.

The consortium includes

Universities

Aalborg University, DENMARK
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, ITALY
Complutense University of Madrid, SPAIN
University of Gdansk, POLAND
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE
Koç University, TURKEY
University of Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

NGOs

SMEs

Vilabs (SME) provides a wide range of research, development, and consulting services to national and international enterprises and organisations. VIL is the project coordinator, with a great experience in relevant projects in the field of ICT and social inclusion. VIL is also the dissemination manager of the project’s results, ensuring the exploitability of its outcomes.

Aalborg University team has previously worked on European research projects involving data collection (mainly interviews) among politicians, policymakers, feminist and migrant subjects and movements, as well as with radical right actors. Moreover, the Danish political system itself provides relatively easy access to political institutions for researchers.

The Centre of Social Movement Studies (COSMOS) of Scuola Normale Superiore has a long-lasting
experience in social movements research, which includes involvement with civil society organizations and their
relation with institutional political actors.

Complutense University of Madrid has close contact with civil society actors in Spain, through their participation and research in social movements, among them the feminist movements. Moreover, they also have personal contacts in both political parties (e.g., Ahora Madrid, Más Madrid, Podemos) and institutions (e.g., Ministry of Equality) relevant to the development of the project.

Smart Venice has a wide network of partners at the EU level, mostly universities and research organizations active on promoting gender in research and innovation, and cities/local authorities working on gender sensitive urban policies (i.e Gender Equal Cities URBACT Network). Contacts and collaborations are active with a variety of feminist think tanks and NGOs (Gender5Plus, WECF, WEDO) etc.

European Alternatives has created a wide network of civil society organisations throughout Europe in the area of civil and democratic rights, notably mobilised on women rights, gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights and migrants and minority rights. EA is in discussion regularly with members of the European Commission in the areas of civil and fundamental rights and democratic engagement, for instance in what concerns the process of the Conference on the Future of Europe , with MEPs, as well as with other EU institutions, such as the EC.

Both members of the University of Gdansk have very strong ties with a local NGO – Fundacja Zatoka and with other NGOs from Gdańsk. They also participated in several small research and social projects financed by the local municipality of Gdańsk, provided them with auditing services and participated in networking events. Through these connections they have close connections with the regional authorities and with municipalities from the Tri-city area- Gdańsk, Sopot, and Gdynia.

AUTH (University), through the department of political sciences, provides the theoretical and empirical tools for the scientific analysis of relations, ideologies, and policies, supporting decision‐making processes in the public sphere. The team has a great expertise in feminist movements from an intersectional point of view.

The Peace Institute already developed regular contacts with various civil society organizations and have included them as resources for research and as partners in research and advocacy activities. They also invite experts from civil society as lecturers at seminars, conferences, study courses.

Koç University team members in Turkey, as part of KOÇ-KAM and UNESCO Chair on Gender Equality and Sustainable Development, work with civil society organizations, local authorities, the UNESCO and the UNWomen Europe and Central Asia Regional Office located in Istanbul. They provide training and workshops on gender-based violence; collaborate with stakeholders in civic action and academic projects on women’s economic empowerment, employment, and gender-sensitive approaches to collective decision making.

University of Ljubljana team uses scientific research and advocacy activities aimed at creating and preserving open society capable of critical thought and based on the principles of equality, responsibility, solidarity, human rights, and the rule of law. The team is engaged to projects related to gender issues and social exclusion, including anti-gender attitudes.