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. 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 the last decade in both lines of research. For each project the principal investigator(s) and the institutional members of the network comprising Esoc-Lab are identified.
Selected recent projects on governance and institutional performance
Social capital in regional performance in the 2007-2014 programming period
Principal investigators: Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti
Network members: ISSRFA - CNR, Rome
The promotion of sustainable development: programmatic investment by the Universities of the Adriatic Region
Principal investigators: Robert Leonardi and Francesco Manfredi
Network members: LUM Jean Monet University and the Consortium of Universities of the Adriatic Region
Regional governance of the trade fair industry: assessing concepts and approaches
Principal investigator: Raffaella Nanetti
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
Principal Investigators: Raffaella Nanetti and Tingwei Zhang
Network member: University of Illinois at Chicago
Multi-level governance in the Venice City Region
Principal investigator: Raffaella Nanetti
Network member: University of Illinois at Chicago
Un capitale di fiducia da ricostruire per le elite europee: il caso del Regno Unito
Principal investigators: Raffaella Nanetti and Robert Leonardi
Network members: LUISS; Associazione Management Club; Fondirigenti; University of Illinois at Chicago
SOCCOH: The Challenge of Socioeconomic Cohesion in the European Union
Principal Investigators: Robert Leonardi and Christos Paraskevopoulos
Network members: Warsaw University, Academy of Science in Prague, Central European University in Budapest, Pompeu Fabra University, Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Babes-Bolaya University in Cluj, Darmstadt University, University of Illinois at Chicago
La regione che incide: rendimento istituzionale, sviluppo economico, e capitale sociale in Basilicata
Principal investigators: Robert Leonardi and Raffaella Nanetti
Network member: University of Illinois at Chicago
SCSP NETWORK. Social Cohesion, Trust and Participation: Social Capital, Social Policy and Social Cohesion in the European Union and Candidate Countries. European Observatory on the Social Situation -SSO
Principal Investigators: Raffaella Nanetti and Robert Leonardi
Network members: Warsaw University; Academy of Science, Prague; Central European University, Budapest; University of Barcelona; Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia; Babes-Bolya University, Cluj; Darmstadt University; University of Tartu; Censis, Rome; LSE; Institute for Social Research of Sweden; University of Illinois at Chicago
Sixty Years of the Italian Constitution
Principal Investigators: Robert Leonardi, Valeria Termini, Anna Chimenti
Network members: SSPA; University of Foggia; University of Illinois at Chicago
ENBR. European Network for Better Regulation
Principal investigator: Andrea Renda
Network members: CEPS, Brussels; College of Europe
PRO-CHANGE. Innovative Pan-European Structures for Managing Economic Change and Restructuring at the Local Level
Principal investigator: Vicky Valikouira
Network members: Prefectural Authority Thesaloniki; TREK Consulting, Province of Lucca; Open Europe NGO
ADAPT. Learning from Abroad. Regionalization and Local Institutional Infrastructure in Cohesion (Greece, Ireland, Portugal) and CEE (Hungary, Poland) Countries
Principal investigator: Christos Paraskevopoulos
Network members: Hellenic Greek Observatory, LSE; Limerick University; Panteion University, Athens; University of Lodz; Hungarian Academy of Sciences; National Administration Institute, Lisbon
Comparative Social Capital Project. Building the Virtuous Loop: Social Capital, Development Planning, Institutional Performance, Community Well-being
Principal investigator: Raffaella Nanetti
Network member: University of Illinois at Chicago
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