Agents of Change in Old-industrial Regions in Europe (ACORE) is an international joint research project funded by the Volkswagen Foundation through Challenges for Europe funding scheme. The amount of the grant is 925.200 Euros; the duration of the grant is 36 months (January 2019 – December 2021). The project is coordinated by the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL) in Leipzig, Germany. The research consortium includes the following project partners:
- Dr Markus Grillitsch, Lund University (Sweden);
- Dr Vladan Hruška, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (Czechia);
- Dr Nadir Kinossian (PL), Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (Germany);
- Dr Erika Nagy, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences;
- Prof Kevin Morgan, Cardiff University (UK)
More information about the project on the IfL web site:
https://leibniz-ifl.de/en/research/project/agents-of-change-in-old-industrial-regions-in-europe-acore
More information about the funding scheme:
https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/our-funding-portfolio-at-a-glance/challenges-for-europe
More information about projects funded through the 2017 call:
https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/news-press/press/herausforderungen-f%C3%BCr-europa-wissenschaftlich-erforschen-6-5-mio-euro-f%C3%B6rdermittel-f%C3%BCr-sieben-kooperative-vorhaben
Research Gate:
https://www.researchgate.net/project/Agents-of-Change-in-Old-industrial-Regions-in-Europe