The SUSPLACE consortium recruited 15 talented Early Stage Researchers (ESR) for a three year period starting April 1, 2016. The 15 ESR are contracted by the six academic partners and take secondments at the seven non-academic partners in the second and third year of their contract period. Below an overview of the 15 projects and the ESR appointed with a link to the respective pages:
- Inclusive Places:
1. Sustainability awareness and agency in food, Marie Quinney
2. Eco-villages and sustainable living, Siri Pisters
3. Sense of place, Sara Grenni - Resilient Places:
4. Managing the commons, Marta Nieto Romero
5. Regrounding of practices, Alessandro Vasta
6. The energetic society, Diogo da Silva - Connected Places
7. Place ambassadors, Cátia Rebelo
8. Connected learning spaces, Malin Backman
9. Leadership of place, Kelli Pearson - Greening Economies
10. Circular economy, Anastasia Papangelou
11. Place branding, Elgars Felcis
12. Social economy and social entrepreneurship, Alanna Higgins - Pathways to Sustainability
13. Nature as pathway, Angela Moriggi
14. Sustainable city-regions, Lorena Axinte
15. Place-based policies and pathways, Omer Husain
SUSPLACE offers an extensive Research, Training and Networking programme to the ESR, to enhance their scientific and professional skills and enable them to pursue an academic or high-professional career after completion of the programme. The first SUSPLACE Training Session will take place in Wageningen from April 18 till May 12 2016.