Inequality, Urbanization and Territorial Cohesion

Abstract

The Social Research Centre of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) Faculty of Social Sciences organised the final conference of the international research project "Inequality, Urbanization and Territorial Cohesion". The conference summarised the results of the European Commission's Horizon 2020 research and innovation funding programme (H2020) project "Inequality, Urbanization and Territorial Cohesion: Developing the European Social Model of Economic Growth and Democratic Capacity ("Nelygybė, urbanizacija ir teritorinė sanglauda: Europos socialinio modelio plėtra, skatinant ekonominį augimą ir demokratinius gebėjimus“)”. The research project, which runs from 2017 to 2021, aims to assess the impact of economic, demographic and political factors on the implementation of cohesion policy in different areas of European countries facing the greatest territorial disparities. The project analysed different local level policy and social investment policy responses aimed at reducing territorial disparities in urban and rural regions.