Welfare and Values in Europe (WaVE)
Welfare and Values in Europe: Transitions related to Religion, Minorities and Gender (WaVE)
Aim
The project aims to generate new insights into religious, minority and gender related values which impact on social change in European society. WaVE starts from the assumption that concepts such as "cultural identities" and "values" can best be understood by looking at the ways in which they are expressed and developed in practice. The project therefore studies the interactions between diverse value systems as seen from the perspective of values. Who offers what to whom and for what reasons are understood in the project as critical markers of values in a given context. 35 researchers in 12 countries participated in the project. Project period: 2006-2009. For a full project outline see the Final report.
Funding
The project was financed by the European Commission (EU) through the 6th Framework programme and managed by Uppsala University as the coordinator. The research has been regularly reported to the European Commission.
Publications
The main working reports, ”State of the art reports” och ”Case study reports”, are published online at the website of Uppsala university library. A full list is presented here, under Publications. A final report was also completed. As this was a EU framework 6 programme, one outcome was Policy Recommendations. Results from the WaVE project will be published in forthcoming articles and also be further developed in interplay with results from the WREP project, as part of the work in the IMPACT programme, Theme 5.
Researchers at Religion and Society
Anders Bäckström, Ninna Edgardh Beckman, Martha Middlemiss, Annette Leis Peters, Per Pettersson.
Complete list of researchers
- Anika Albert, Heidelberg University, Germany
- Dr. Olav Helge Angell, Associate Professor of Sociology, Diaconal Research Centre, Oslo, Norway
- Ilona Biendarra, Wurzburg University, Germany
- Irena Borowik, Jagellonian University, Poland
- Dr. Anders Bäckström, Professor of the Sociology of Religion, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Adriano Cancellieri, University of Padua, Italy
- Dr. Douglas Davies, Professor of Theology, University of Durham, England
- Dr. Grace Davie, Professor of the Sociology of Religion, Exeter University, England
- Agnieszka Dyczewska, Jagellonian University, Poland
- Dr. Ninna Edgardh, Doctor of Theology in Ecclesiological Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Maria Essunger, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Ms. Effie Fokas, Doctoral Student, London School of Economics, England
- Ms. Anna- Lisa Frisina, Doctoral Student, University of Padua, Italy
- Marija Geiger, Croatia
- Raimonds Graudins, Latvia
- Henrietta Grönlund, Helsinki university, Finland
- Martin Hauser, Switzerland
- Dr. Eila Helander, Professor of Church and Social Studies, Helsinki University, Finland
- Dr. Danièle Hervieu-Léger, Professor of the Sociology of Religion, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France
- Elina Juntunen, Helsinki University
- Dr. Nikos Kokosalakis, Professor of Social Policy, Panteion University, Athens, Greece
- Ms. Annette Leis, Doctoral Student in Diaconal Studies, Heidelberg University and Uppsala University
- Dr. Lina Molokotos Liederman, Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Groupe de Sociologie
- Eliza Litak, Jagellonian University, Poland
- Valentina Longo, University of Padua, Italy
- Miss Martha Middlemiss, Doctoral Student in the Sociology of Religion, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Zaneta Ozolina, Latvia
- Dr. Per Pettersson, Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion, Uppsala and Karlstad University, Sweden
- Pål Repstad, University of Agder, Norway
- Dr. Chantal Saint-Blancat, Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Padua, Italy
- Dr. Heinz Schmidt, Professor of Practical Theology and Diaconal Studies, Protestant University of Heidelberg, Germany
- Ms. Anne Yeung, Doctoral student in Church and Social Studies, Helsinki University, Finland
- Nicoleta Zagura, Romania
- Dr. Hans-Georg Ziebertz, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Würzburg, Germany
- Siniša Zrinščak, Croatia