An anthropological and mixed-methods study of the cultural and motivational factors underlying participation, social innovation and community-based social entrepreneurship in processes of territorial regeneration.

The work will take place within the framework of the Horizon Europe SOCIAL NEST project, with particular reference to Task 2.2 ‘Behavioural and Motivational Studies’, coordinated by UNIROMA1, which aims to conduct an anthropological analysis of the behavioural, cultural and motivational factors that influence engagement in social entrepreneurship and community-based innovation processes.The successful candidate will contribute to the definition and implementation of the research methodology protocol, using an anthropological, ethnographic, participatory and mixed-methods approach. Of particular importance in this work will be the comparative analysis of the relationships between local communities, social innovation, cultural and biocultural heritage, territorial regeneration and participatory governance.