Territorial Dimension of Poverty and Social

Exclusion (TiPSE)

Dr. Sabine Weck

Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung (ILS)

Population at-risk of poverty and social exclusion, 2011

Data is on NUTS2 or even NUTS1 level only,

thus masking considerable disparities within countries or regions.

We know little about processes and patterns at a micro-regional level across the European territory as regards poverty,

and even less when it comes to social exclusion as a multidimensional process.

TIPSE – Project Overview

Policy questions • Which territories are confronted with high degrees of poverty or social exclusion?

• What policy recommendations follow from a territorial analysis of poverty and social exclusion?

• How can poverty and social exclusion be monitored at territorial level?

Project‘s lifetime February 2012 – November 2014

Project Partner Nordic Centre for Spatial Development, SE (Lead Partner); University of the Highlands and Islands, UK; Newcastle University, UK; Research Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, HU; ILS - Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development, DE; National Centre for Social Research, EL

Research financed by ESPON 2013 Programme, the European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion

Case Studies

Poverty Mapping:Spatial Microsimulation

Social Exclusion Mapping:• Earning a living• Access to Services• Social environment• Political participation

Set of 10 Case Studies:

In-depth analysis• Education• Access to services in

rural regions• Unemployment• Segregation• Ethnic minorities.

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Stockholm

Banskobystrický kraj

Case Studies – Some Preliminary Findings

Porto

Albacete

Izmir

Stockholm

Banskobystrický kraj

• Urban - rural and central - peripheral trends and patterns

• Common challenges – migration patterns

• Consequences of the fiscal and economic crisis

• The role of regions and cities

• Need for standardised data on micro-scale level (being aware of their locally specific meaning and significance)