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Conoscenza e Innovazione –Scuola di sociologia e di ricerca interdisciplinare

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Citizenship and Governance Development Energy Environment Extreme poverty Governance Habitat Migration Science and Technology Social Development Women/gender Equality Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Capacity building Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Research Women and poverty Women in power and decision-making Social Development: Poverty Social policy Peace and Development in Africa: Development in Africa
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Finland Belgium France Netherlands Brazil Germany Italy Portugal Malta Greece United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Kenya
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Knowledge and Innovation’s mission is to use research to increase – through research, training and interdisciplinary dialogue – the relevance and effectiveness of social sciences, in general, to interpret the profound processes of change that are affecting contemporary societies, to understand how they are evolving over time, to identify the stress phenomena that they produce and to investigate available options for their effective governance. For Knowledge and Innovation, this translates into a commitment to work to strengthen the interpretative capacities of social research, by both broadening its sphere of action (incorporating “new provinces” of objects not yet taken into account) and strengthening its capacity to probe deeply into social phenomena (to penetrate the newest and most hidden layers of reality, which, at present, tend to escape analysis). Knowledge and Innovation is the last stage in a research and training process which began more than thirty years ago, involving a large group of people from various research and civil commitment organizations, in dialogue with many academics of different disciplines. This process involved different phases, beginning in 1977 with some seminars exploring the epistemological foundations of social sciences and the logic behind them. In the following years, the spheres of study were expanded, while efforts also focused on giving continuity to this commitment. The establishment of Knowledge and Innovation saw the beginning of a new phase, marked by the pursuit of two objectives. First, to strengthen basic research while consolidating, formalizing and making available the many findings reported in these decades of activity, especially as regards the governance of social processes. Secondly, to engage other researchers and other institutions in joint projects, strengthening an interdisciplinary approach developed not only within the social sciences but also in a dialogue with disciplines usually not associated with them, such as materials development, energy and biomedicine. K&I is characterized by two modes of action. On the one hand it is engaged in theoretical research activities geared to contribute to the production of new knowledge on contemporary societies and their transformations. On the other hand, it carries out applied research to test its theoretical acquisitions, either directly or through the research bodies that fostered its establishment (ASDO, LSC and CERFE; CERFE is already in General Consultative Status with ECOSOC; ASDO is already in Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC).
Year established:	2014
Year of registration:	2014
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Fees for providing consulting or research services Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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