Stakeholder Position Jens S. Dangschat, Vienna University of Technology, ISRA Social Polis

1. Stakeholder Position Jens S. Dangschat, Vienna University of Technology, ISRA Social Polis Vienna conference Vienna, May 11-12, 2009

2. Content • Three main topics • Trans-disciplinary work: easy to claim, but not easy to satisfy – the challenge of new roles • What really are the driving forces of social des-integration? – the needed open mindedness • Shift from the fordist to the postfordist triangle • Reflections on residential segregation • Cities as a whole – the challenge for the ‚European City‘ (research)

3. Trans-Disciplinary Work Dichotomy ‚practise‘ vs. ‚theory‘ is outdated as both sides have the same academic education (= same starting point of knowledge)  new roles for both in applied research and scientific based practise  challenge for the transfer of knowledge  challenge of organising the secure finding within knowledge processes New role for the academic consultancy: based on excellent research proper reduction of complexity (drqgma) New role for administrations: not to reduce the interest on variables that can easily impacted by the administration / politics (= steering variabels) to better understand the interrelations and driving forces (awareness of impact power)

4. Driving Forces of Social Des-Integration • (Global) labour market in its local/regional regulation • Social processes of economic polarisation, cultural hetero-genisation and demographic change • Welfare state conditions / discrimination of groups • Regional Policies of EU – strengthening the strength • Recent competitive economic growth policies (like intensi-fied concentrations in the metroplises centres) are • positively correlated to economic growth (GNP), but • negatively correlated to social cohesion and • negatively correlated to environment protection goals (ESPON 111, pp. 80-81) • Thus: • Recent competitive growth policies (supported by the EU) are contradicting the Lisbon goals and are not sustainable

5. corporate social responsibility strategic planning: conversion of the fordist triangle in a post-fordist triangle postfordist triangle economy enterprises social sponsoring public private partnerships work & salaries  safeguarding the demand taxes & duties  safeguarding the economic system taxes & duties  safeguarding the welfare state private households (local) state intermediate organisation A civil society participation co-operation intermediate organisation B

6. Reflections on Residential Segregation Main thesis: Residentail segregation is one of the main hindrance for social cohesion! This only holds for discriminatory housing and environ-mental conditions and/or dangerous neighbourhoods ( ghettoistaion) – but these are the scarce exceptions in EU countries Residential segregation (as an overall figure) has no practical meaning  interest for “problematic concentrat-ions” Structural figures like share of uneployed or housholds with migrational background have more or less no impact on social inclusion – but social processes to bridge social cleavages

7. Cities As A Whole • Competition between cities/regions is about proper regulation  mayor challenge to reflect the interplay of different policies • Within cities there are existing different forms of govern-ment/governance cultures between policy fields and administrative branches at the same time • Is there a benchmark of successful integration policies at the urban/regional level? • How these results can be translated into diversity management policies to safeguard equal opportunities? • What about transfers of rich to poor parts (neighbour-hoods, branches, social groups) within cities?

8. Thank you for Your Attention Contact: Vienna University of Technology Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Planning Department of Spatial Development, Infrastructure and Environmental Planning Section Sociology (ISRA) Karlsplatz 13 / Mezzanin 1040 Vienna Tel.: +43 (0)1 58801 27311 http://isra.tuwien.ac.at