The economic crisis in Europe has placed solidarity at the top of public and policy agendas. But how strong is solidarity amongst Europeans, after almost 60 years of European integration? What do we know about beneficial and detrimental factors? And what should be done to safeguard or enhance European solidarity at the level of citizens, non-governmental organisations and policies? The aim of this roundtable is to discuss these and other questions with activists from different european countries.
Confirmed facilitators: Maria Grasso and Simone Baglioni
Maria is a professor at the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK. Maria’s research focuses on political participation and social movements in Western Europe.
Simone is professor of Politics in the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. His main research interests include (un)employment politics and policy; the role of civil society organizations in labour and social policies in Europe; social innovation; social exclusion and poverty; political participation and social capital of the European youth.
Their project, TransSOL, examines European paths to trans-national solidarity in times of crisis.
