Objective The scientific objective is to analyse the individual and societal factors that affect active civic participation. "Active civic participation" includes electoral and non-electoral participation and participation at national and supranational levels. W ithin this spectrum of civic participation, the project devotes special attention to participation in European Parliament elections and in referendums dealing with European issues. The project also aims to make policy recommendations designed to improve the extent and the quality of active civic participation. The resources needed to achieve the scientific and policy objectives include Sixth Framework funding and a programme of research co-operation with the European Commission and the European Parli ament that is designed to inject substantial scientific added value into the policy-oriented research efforts currently undertaken by the Commission and the Parliament. In pursuing the objectives just outlined, the research project will (1) identify the effects of four basic variables (gender, age, class and disability) on civic participation; (2) identify the effects of two key actors (political parties and the media) on civic participation, with particular reference to the effects of these two actors on participation in the European Parliament elections of 2004; (3) identify the effects on participation of the different socio-political contexts that characterise different European societies; and (4) identify the ways in which the three sets of vari ables just outlined interact and thus determine the level and quality of civic participation. Successful completion of this research agenda will constitute a major advance in our scientific understanding of the factors promoting and inhibiting active ci vic participation and provide the basis for designing policy responses with a high probability of making a difference. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionselections Keywords civic participation disability gender political culture socio-political determinants Programme(s) FP6-CITIZENS - Citizens and Governance in a knowledge-based society: Thematic Priority 7 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research Programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) CITIZENS-2002-7.2 - STREPs and Coordination Actions within the area of New forms of citizenship and cultural identities Call for proposal FP6-2002-CITIZENS-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STIP - Specific Targeted Innovation Project Coordinator NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN EU contribution No data Address Belfield DUBLIN Ireland See on map Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AARHUS UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution No data Address Nordre Ringgade 1 AARHUS C See on map Total cost No data CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY, BUDAPEST FOUNDATION Hungary EU contribution No data Address Nador utca, 9 BUDAPEST See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Rue Michel Ange 3 PARIS See on map Total cost No data EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE - Italy EU contribution No data Address Via dei Roccettini 7, Badia Fiesolana SAN DOMENICO DI FIESOLE (FIRENZE) See on map Total cost No data NORSK SAMFUNNSVITENSKAPELIG DATATJENESTE AS Norway EU contribution No data Address Hans Holmboesgate 22 BERGEN See on map Total cost No data OTTO-FRIEDRICH-UNIVERSITAET BAMBERG Germany EU contribution No data Address Kapuzinerstrasse 16 BAMBERG See on map Total cost No data POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK -INSTYTUT STUDIOW POLITYCZNYCH Poland EU contribution No data Address Polna 18/20 WARSAW See on map Total cost No data QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address University Road BELFAST See on map Total cost No data THE VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Oxford Road MANCHESTER See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution No data Address Campus Universitari BELLATERRA (CERDANYOLA DEL VALLES) See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT GENT Belgium EU contribution No data Address Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 25 GENT See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Drienerlolaan 5 ENSCHEDE See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Drake Circus PLYMOUTH See on map Total cost No data