Applied Research
Applied Research Projects, conducted under Priority 1 of the ESPON 2013 Programme, are thematically defined by the demand of policy makers. The projects create European wide, comparable information and evidence on territorial potentials and challenges focusing on opportunities for success for the development of regions and cities. Cross-thematic applied research is a major activity integrating existing thematic analysis and adding future analysis of new themes. Territorial impact studies of EU policies will be another focus under this priority.
The TPGs of the Applied Research Projects are assisted by Sounding Boards in an interactive process. Sounding Boards provide, in an advisory role, continuous feedback and guidance for the implementation of each action, ensuring a sound scientific base and high scientific quality of project results.
The following Applied Research Projects are available:
- Attractiveness: ATTREG - Attractiveness of European Regions and Cities for Residents and Visitors
- Cities: FOCI - Future Orientation for Cities
- Climate Change: ESPON Climate - Climate Change and Territorial Effects on Regions and Local Economies in Europe
- Demography: DEMIFER - Demographic and Migratory Flows Affecting European Regions and Cities
- Economic crisis: ECR2 - Economic Crisis: Resilience of Regions
- Energy: ReRisk - Regions at Risk of Energy Poverty
- EU Directives: ARTS - Assessment of Regional and Territorial Sensitivity
- EU 2020 Strategy: SIESTA - Spatial indicators for a Europe 2020 Strategy Territorial Analysis
- Globalisation: TIGER - Territorial Impact of Globalization for Europe and its Regions
- Governance: TANGO - Territorial Approaches for New Governance
- Green Economy: GREECO - Regional Potential for a Greener Economy
- Growth Poles: SGPTD - Secondary growth poles in territorial development
- Innovation: KIT - Knowledge, Innovation, Territory
- Land use: EU-LUPA - European Patterns of Land Use
- Neighbour Regions: ITAN - Integrated Territorial Analysis of the Neighbourhood
- Poverty and exclusion: TIPSE - Territorial Dimension of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe
- Rural areas: EDORA - European Development Opportunities in Rural Areas
- Scenarios: ET2050 - Territorial Scenarios and Visions for Europe
- Seas: ESaTDOR - European Seas and Territorial Development, Opportunities and Risks
- Services of general interest: SeGI - Indicators and Perspectives for Services of General Interest in Territorial Cohesion and Development
- Specific types of territories: GEOSPECS - Geographic Specificities and Development Potentials in Europe
- Territorial Cooperation: TERCO - European Territorial Cooperation as a Factor of Growth, Jobs and Quality of Life
- Territorial impact assessment: TIPTAP - Territorial Impact Package for Transport and Agricultural Policies
- Town: TOWN - Small and Medium-Sized Towns
- Transport: TRACC - TRansport ACCessibility at regional/local scale and patterns in Europe