Objective The present proposal aims to revitalize and to reinforce the Europe-Arab World exchange in the field of research and training in Social Sciences, during a peculiar historical moment, characterized by the socio-political changes that have taken place in the last year in the Southern Mediterranean Arabic societies. Paying attention to the new context, the proposal will especially focus research on social and political movements in the frame of change dynamics and applying a comparative approach, taking particularly into account the experience of Eastern European countries. The proposal objectives are to contribute to the enrichment of the analytical interpretation and to the monitoring of the social, political ans cultural processes that have taken and are taking place in the arabic World, through the collection of new empirical materials and the development of innovative analytical tools from different disciplines (political science, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, religious studies, media) in an interdisciplinary and comparative approach. These tools will be developped through the active participation of early researchers in the implementation of the proposal, articulating fields surveys and conceptual appoach: structuring exchanges through interdisciplinary training sessions to be followed by mixed groups of junior researchers from the Arab and European universities; implementing a joint doctoral program; organizing conferences, workshops and managerial meetings in different universities of Europe and Maghreb.Consequently, the outcomes of the proposal will contribute to the ongoing international academic and political debate on social and political change to reach a best governance. It will also contribute to bring fresh knowledge in the study of concepts and theories concerning political mobilisation, social movements, youth movements; democracy, citizenship, identity policy. Finaly the proposal will support critical and autonomous social sciences Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancesocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionsrevolutionssocial sciencespolitical sciencesgovernment systemsdemocracysocial sciencessociologyanthropology Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES - Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IRSES - International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES) Coordinator UNIVERSITE PARIS 8 VINCENNES SAINT-DENIS EU contribution € 245 100,00 Address RUE DE LA LIBERTE 2 93526 Saint-Denis France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Seine-Saint-Denis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Aissa Kadri (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Italy EU contribution € 247 000,00 Address Piazza San Marco 4 50121 Florence See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Firenze Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Giovanna Campani (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI Poland EU contribution € 142 500,00 Address UL GOLEBIA 24 31-007 Krakow See on map Region Makroregion południowy Małopolskie Miasto Kraków Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ewa Szczepankiewicz-Rudzka (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI Spain EU contribution € 245 100,00 Address CARRER DE ESCORXADOR 43003 Tarragona See on map Region Este Cataluña Tarragona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Enric Olivé Serret (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data