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Our project results will presented at the Final Conference, which will take place in Geneva, 17-18 November 2016.
LIVEWHAT project
LIVING WITH HARD TIMES
How Citizens React to Economic Crises and Their Social and Political Consequences
The economic crisis that hit Europe since 2008 is without precedent in post-war economic history. The ongoing recession is likely to leave deep and long-lasting traces on economic performance and entails social hardship of many kinds. Those hardest hit are those most likely to “exit” the political sphere and withdraw from political engagement. Falling political participation and the rise of populist groups and rhetoric in various European countries is only one side of the story. Understanding how citizens develop resilience in difficult times – rather than opting for fatalism or rejecting any involvement in public life – is crucial for scientists, policy-makers, stakeholders and society at large. It is in this context that LIVEWHAT was born.
LIVEWHAT is a research project that brings together research partners and an international advisory board of leading scientists from nine European countries – Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, Poland, Sweden, Spain and France. The project, with a 36-month duration, started in December 2013.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 613237.
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external_link_new_windowOur documentary film on ‘Citizens and the Crisis’ is NOW OUT: !!!!
Out now: LIVEWHAT Synthesis of Findings
Read our Handbook of Good Practices
Check out our Wikisite on Alternative Solidarity Practices here: http://www.livewhat.unige.ch/?incsub_wiki=livewhat... FIXME
Our Special Issue is now out with P&P! Citizens’ Responses to the Economic Crisis: http://bit.ly/1UsfsSF
Our data features in The Economist on how Europeans view each other: http://econ.st/1UMEnBe
New paper in European Journal of Political Research using our unique WP4 survey data
Check out our NEW article ”Path dependency and convergence of three worlds of welfare policy during the Great Recession: UK, Germany and Sweden”
EVENT ARCHIVE
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When:
Thursday, 24 November 2016 — SAVE THE DATE!!
Where:
Flagey (Studio 5), Rue du Belvédère 27, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels
Registration:
This is a public event. No registration required.
Download the Conference program
LIVEWHAT Seventh Consortium Meeting
November 2016, BRUSSELS
LIVEWHAT Sixth Consortium Meeting
May 2016, UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW
LIVEWHAT Fifth Consortium Meeting
December 2015, SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE
LIVEWHAT CONFERENCE
October 2015, UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA
LIVEWHAT SUMMER SCHOOL
July 2015, FLORENCE
LIVEWHAT Fourth Consortium Meeting
April 2015, UNIVERSITY OF CRETE
LIVEWHAT Third Consortium Meeting
November 2014, SCIENCES PO
New report on individual responses to crises. The 
