Date and time
Regional Studies Association Research Network on Citizen Entrepreneurship (RSARNCE) Online Workshop, Jun 26, 2020
You can watch a recording of the workshop here:
Who might benefit from watching this Workshop?
The workshop was open and benefitted researchers who wished to explore new ground in regional entrepreneurship, regional economics and economic geography, regional innovation, and other social science disciplines. The workshop should also be of value to policy makers and practitioners engaged in working with and involving citizen engagement in local projects.
Workshop Objectives
This is the first of 5 planned workshops. The first workshop is being offered virtually because of the COVID-19 crisis. The main objectives of the first workshop was:
- Developing the idea of CE: Commons, Collective Action Efficacy, and Capabilities for sustainable Entrepreneurship at the regional level (addressing theoretical and conceptual framework issues);
- Case Study Presentation and Development: From Theory to Practice and Re-exploration
- Development of plural case methodology development, and citizen inclusion in research projects, plus identification of measurement indicators;
- Development of CE Research and Project Practitioners’ Network
Outline Workshop Programme (on Zoom)
- 10.00 am: Welcome and Introductions to CE project Team
- 10.15 am Introduction to the Conceptual Model for CE for understanding CE
- 10.45 am Introduction to Cases
- 11.30 am Break for virtual networking in Zoom Breakout Rooms or alternative
- 11.45 am Emerging Questions and Methods for Research, Policy and Practice
- 12.30 pm Q&A, Networks Development
- 1.00 pm Close of Workshop
Project Team Contacts
- Professor Jay Mitra (University of Essex, UK): jmitra@essex.ac.uk
- Professor Ursula Weisenfeld: (University of Leuphana, Germany) weisenfeld@leuphana.de
- Dr Mariusz Sokolowicz: (University of Lodz, Poland) mariusz.sokolowicz@uni.lodz.pl
- Dr Agnieszka Kurczewska (University of Lodz, Poland) agnieszka.kurczewska@uni.lodz.pl
Project Website: https://www.regionalstudies.org/network/citizen-entrepreneurship/