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Cross-disciplinary Approach to Research European Neighbourhoods – Facilitating the Acceleration of NEB principles for Resilience in Cities

Objective

The project addresses a central question for Europe’s green and just transition: how can cultural participation transform the way citizens care for their cities and how can this collective care drive climate, social, and spatial transformation? Grounded in the NEB principles of sustainability, inclusion, and beauty, CareFabric introduces the concept “CARE-IS-MORE”, advancing an innovative integration of culture, knowledge, and environmental transition towards a culture of care as the true currency of transformation. CareFabric’s main objective is to strengthen the social fabric and civic engagement of European neighbourhoods as a cornerstone for a fair and inclusive green transition, leveraging cultural participation as a driver of collective empowerment and resilient urban transformation. Thus, CareFabric positions 4 city pilots as urban laboratories where technical and social innovation converge, transforming climate objectives into shared local narratives that foster ownership and trust, bringing together a multidisciplinary consortium of 17 partners bridging science, culture, and governance, including leading universities, municipalities, cultural institutions, civil-society actors, and European networks. Its methodological framework fuses 3 thematic strategies (Cultural participation, Social capital, and Green transition), with 4 transversal strands (New Knowledge, New Narratives, New Spaces, and New Connections) that guide research, co-creation, testing, and scaling. Building on the overarching CARE-IS-MORE approach and a matrix shaped methodological framework, CareFabric advances three complementary and evidence-based methods of participatory, creative, and connected neighbourhood transformation. This way, CareFabric creates a replicable European model of neighbourhood transformation, participatory, transdisciplinary, and rooted in the lived experiences of citizens, and aligned with the values and principles of the NEB.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-NEB-2025-01

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Coordinator

RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB
Net EU contribution
€ 553 001,76
Address
BRINELLGATAN 4
501 15 Boras
Sweden
Region
Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län
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Participants (16)