Polish teams among the winners of the international NORFACE Governance Call


Wednesday, 13 May 2020

We are pleased to announce that four projects involving Polish researchers have been awarded funding in the NORFACE (New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Co-operation in Europe) call for proposals. Within the call entitled Democratic governance in a turbulent age  over EUR 17,8 million have been granted to 14 research projects.

Polish projects awarded within the call:

CrimScapes: CrimScapes: Navigating citizenship through European landscapes of criminalisation. Polish Principal Investigator: dr Agata Dziuban, Jagiellonian University in Cracow. The project will involve research teams from Finland, France and Germany.

UNDPOLAR: Threat, identity, and dissent: Understanding and addressing political polarization in European democracies. Polish Principal Investigator: dr Marta Marchlewska, Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The project will involve research teams from Belgium, France, Spain, Netherlands and United Kingdom.

THREATPIE: The Threats and Potentials of a Changing Political Information Environment. Polish Principal Investigator: prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Stępińska, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. The project will involve research teams from Belgium, Denmark, France, Spain, Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom.

POPBACK: Populist Backlash, Democratic Backsliding and the Crisies of the Rule of Law in the European Union. Polish Principal Investigator: prof. dr hab. Barbara Maria Błaszczyk, Institute of Economics, Polish Academy of Sciences. The project will involve research teams from z Austria, Germany, Slovenia and United Kingdom.

More information and the full list of the projects recommended for funding are available on the NORFACE web page.

Congratulations to all the laureates!