ESRC RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES

‘Changing Cultures of Competitiveness’

2007-9

Sixth Seminar on "Spaces of Competitiveness, Spaces of

Social Innovation"
(co-organised with KATARSIS)

Monday 13 July, 2009

Newcastle University, Beehive, Room 2.22

Programme
9.30 am: Welcome Ngai-Ling Sum and Frank Moulaert (Coffee provided)

9.45 am- 12.00 am: Morning session "Social Innovation and Governance" chaired by
Jean Hillier

Speakers:
Frank Moulaert "Spaces of social innovation: State of the Art in international research"
(15')
Marisol Garcia, University of Barcelona "Social Innovation and Governance: initiatives
and processes" (25')
Marc Pradel, University of Barcelona "Governance, social and economic innovation in
Europe: the cases of Vallès Occidental and West Midlands" (25')

Discussant: Sara Gonzalez, Leeds University.

Lunch

01.00 pm - 02.30 pm: Afternoon session "Arts and Creativity in Socially Innovative
Spaces" chaired by Diana MacCallum, Griffith University, Australia

Speakers:
Isabel André, Lisbon University "Arts and Creativity in Socially Innovative Spaces"
Jai Redman, Leeds University "Art practice and graphic communication in social change"
projects

Discussants: Armelle Tardiveau and Daniel Mallo, Newcastle University

Coffee break

03.00 pm - 04.30 pm: Afternoon session "Spaces of resistance, spaces of social

change?" chaired by Bob Jessop, Lancaster University, UK.

Speakers:
Len Arthur 'The transformational power of the cooperative movement in the UK'
Friday Ogwu 'Petroleum Pipe Distribution System: the Case of the Oil and Gas Pipeline
Network in Nigeria - An environmental justice approach'
André Carmo Lisbon University 'The lessons from the anarchist experiences on urban
social cohesion'

Discussant: Andy Pike, Newcastle University

04.30- 05.30 pm: This ESRC seminar series: Retrospect and prospect (Ngai-Ling Sum,
Lancaster University, UK)