The IntUne project was one of the few Integrated Projects on the theme of Citizenship financed by the European Union within the scope of the 6th Framework Programme. IntUne was a four year project, running from September 2005 to November 2009 and coordinated by the University of Siena. It involved 29 European Institutions and over 100 scholars across Eastern and Western Europe.
The major aim of the project was to study the changes in the scope, nature and characteristics of citizenship presently underway as an effect of the process of deepening and enlargement of the European Union. It focused on how integration and decentralization processes, at both thenational and European level, have affected three major dimensions of citizenship: identity, representation, and practice of good governance.[1]
Its geographical and disciplinary integrating capacity as well as the joint effort of many scholars and practitioners specialised in different fields (political science, sociology, public policy, media, linguistics and socio-psychology) clearly represent a step forward in the strengthening of the European Research Area in social sciences and humanities in general.
Project home page: http://www.intune.it
[1] IntUne project Description, available at: http://www.intune.it/file_download/29