Welcome to the EU collaborative project SocIEtY
SocIEtY is an international, interdisciplinary and collaborative research project funded by the Europeans Union’s Seventh Framework Programme.
Thirteen partners from 11 European countries are working on the development of innovative social and institutional ways of improving the quality of life of young disadvantaged people.
Project duration: January 2013 – December 2015
The FINAL CONFERENCE took place on 9 December 2015 at the EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT!
Final Conference Photo Gallery
Topics and objectives
• The overall goal of SocIEtY is to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged young people through social innovation. In doing so the aim of SocIEtY is not only to identify opportunities to reduce inequalities, but also to extend and builds knowledge and tools for the ultimate policy goal of a ‘good life for all’.
• The project consequently takes the perspective of how young people aged 15-24 live in different European countries today; and examines what can be done to create social and institutional opportunities which will better enable them to live lives they have reason to value. This will include the participation, voices and aspirations of the young people themselves.
• One main issue of SocIEtY is the development of a broad knowledge base to foster socially innovative policymaking which avoids some of the unnecessary shortcomings of current policies.
