Research on governance and institutional performance at the ESOC-LAB
ESOC-LAB has been from the beginning in the forefront of research on multi-level governance and institutional performance. The projects undertaken have successfully expanded upon and incorporated the concept of ‘social capital’ that the core team contributed to develop during the 1980s and early 1990s. Extensive research at the regional and local levels has been carried out in Southern and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. More recently ESOC-LAB has added a research focus on South America and the Middle East.
ESOC-LAB's experience on governance and institutional performance has focused on two lines of research: multi-level governance and social capital and institutional performance.
Below is a list of selected projects in both lines of research.
Selected projects on governance and institutional performance
A study of the 50 years of regional governments in Italy: analysis and assessment. (2021-2022) Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Rome
Principal Investigators: Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti
Assessment of innovation policies: comparing American and European cities. (2018) ESOC-LAB and GCI
Principal investigator: Raffaella Nanetti
A sustainable city turnaround: the resurgence of Taranto through its civic and cultural roots. (2017)
Principal investigators: Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti
Innovation policies and growth. (2016)
Principal investigator: Raffaella Nanetti
Means to conflict transformation: social capital as a force for Palestinian communities. (2015) AAUJ
Principal investigator: Raffaella Nanetti
The promotion of sustainable development: programmatic investment by the Universities of the Adriatic Region (2015)
Principal investigators: Robert Leonardi and Francesco Manfredi
Network members: LUM Jean Monet University and the Consortium of Universities of the Adriatic Region
Education for peace leveraging social capital in the Jenin Governorship (JG), its municipalities and selected Palestinian communities in Israel. (2014) EU Partnership for Peace Programme
Principal Investigator: Raffaella Nanetti
Social capital in regional performance in the 2007-2013 programming period (2014)
Principal investigators: Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti
Network members: ISSRFA - CNR, Rome
Social Capital in the Palestinian Context and Peace Process. (2013) AAUJ
Principal investigator: Raffaella Nanetti
Promoting human rights and civic participation and representation in Montenegro. (2013) LUM
Principal investigators: Raffaella Nanetti
Social Capital, institutional performance and the reconstruction of communities in Colombia's post-conflict areas. (2013) Colombian Reintegration Agency -ACR, Bogota, Colombia
Principal investigators: Raffaella Nanetti and Catalina Holguin
The Challenge if the re-integration process in Colombia. (2013) Colombian Reintegration Agency -ACR, Bogota, Colombia
Principal investigators: Raffaella Nanetti and Catalina Holguin
Models of governance in the fair trade industry: the cases of China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guandong, McCormick Place in Chicago, Messe Stuttgart in Baden-Wurttemberg, and Fiera di Milano in Lombardy (2012)
Principal Investigators: Raffaella Nanetti and Tingwei Zhang
Network member: University of Illinois at Chicago
Urban policies, territorial development and the role of cities in the new 2014-2020 Cohesion Policy programming. (2012) Eurosportello. EU-Florence
Principal investigators: Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti
Regional governance of the fair trade industry: assessing concepts and approaches (2011)
Principal investigator: Raffaella Nanetti
Un capitale di fiducia da ricostruire per le elite europee: il caso del Regno Unito (2010)
Principal investigators: Raffaella Nanetti and Robert Leonardi
Network members: LUISS; Associazione Management Club; Fondirigenti; University of Illinois at Chicago
For a list of past projects in this research area, please click here
For a complete list of projects, please contact us
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