ABOUT
SAGES
is
grounded
in
a
novel
conceptual
and
operational
framework
that
goes
"beyond-GDP"
to
encompass
well-being
approaches, which include economic growth, inclusiveness, and sustainability, analysed from a place-based perspective.
SAGES
project
will
provide
an
in-depth,
evidence-based,
and
conceptual
understanding
of
sustainable
well-being
determinants
and
patterns,
will
address
the
limitations
of
conventional
approaches
to
happiness
research
by
addressing
key
environmental
and societal constraints, and introduce a new interconnected “place-based” framework, culminating with the Smiley Index.
The
project
will
create
a
novel
multi-layered
analysis
framework
and
methods
for
well-being
assessment,
focusing
on
the
identification
and
evaluation
of
place-based
inequalities
within
the
paradigm
of
sustainable
and
inclusive
well-being
and
will
support the collaboratively design of spatial-based policy recommendations for future 'beyond GDP' scenarios.
Specific SAGES objectives:
•
To
provide
an
in-depth
evidence-based
and
conceptual
understanding
of
the
current
sustainable
well-being
determinants
and
patterns
at
different
geographical
scales,
from
the
perspective
of
the
place-people
inter-conditionalities
and
the
relationships between economic growth, environmental quality, and social capital at community level
•
To
address
the
limits
of
the
conventional
approaches
in
order
to
capture
the
critical
environmental
and
societal
constraints
on
happiness
research
and
to
provide
a
new
interconnected
“place-based”
framing
culminating
in
a
novel
and
replicable
index (Smiley index)
•
To
collect
new
geo-localised
data
(NUTS2
level
for
EU;
LAU2
level
for
Romania)
and
construct
an
open-access
large-scale
spatial
database
as
well
as
to
provide
new
quantitative
and
qualitative
methods
and
tools
for
collecting
data
and
ecological
transformation monitoring
•
To
develop
an
innovative
multi-layered
analysis
framework
and
innovative
methods
(based
on
the
Smiley
index)
for
well-
being
assessment,
and
to
identify
and
assess
the
critical
factors
of
place-based
inequalities,
based
on
the
new
paradigm
of
sustainable and inclusive well-being
•
To
model
the
impact
of
new
drivers
of
change
(Green
Deal,
4.0
technologies,
security
risks,
post-COVID)
on
people
and
places,
in
order
to
identify
new
human-based
resilience
approaches
to
Just
Transition
strategies
and
the
well-being
patterns dynamics
•
To
co-design
spatial-based
policy
recommendations,
in
the
context
of
prospective
‘beyond
GDP’
scenarios,
including
the
well-being “dematerialisation” and the de-growth paradigms
•
To
overcome
the
current
research
barriers
of
the
Alexandru
Ioan
Cuza
University
of
Iasi
(with
a
wider
impact
of
the
Romanian
research
performance),
increasing
the
excellence,
international
visibility
and
competitiveness,
while
providing
new international cooperation opportunities
"SAGES: Spatial Analysis of Growth, Environment and Sustainable Well-being", project code CF 20/27.07.2023, financing contract
no. MCID - DGGCPNRR 760275/26.03.2024, project financed by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan [Planul Național de
Redresare și Reziliență], PNRR-III-C9-2023 - I8_round 2, Component C9. Support for Private Sector, Research, Development and
Innovation, I8. Development of a program for attracting highly specialized human resources from abroad in research, development
and innovation activities.
The project implementation period is from 27th of March 2024 to 30th of June 2026. The total value of the project is 5.653.582,00
lei, of which the PNRR funding amount is 5.518.599,00 lei and the VAT amount of 134.983,00 lei corresponding to the amount
financed by PNRR, ensured from the budget of the coordinator of reforms and/or investments, in accordance with the legislation
in force.
