2010. gada 29. sept.

Updates on ongoing research

Here are some updates on three research projects that I will be working on during next 2-3 years.

Potential of Rural Regions. ESPON project (2010-2012). Developing methodologies of assessing territorial potential of small rural areas. Partnering institutions: Norwegian Institute of Urban and Regional Research, London South Bank University, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences.

Project "Political identities and capacity: Latvian experience in international context," (2010-2013), University of Latvia (Faculty of Social Sciences), Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences. Examining political behavior, participation, the impact of political advertising in the age on the internet. My students are currently working on on-line profile data base of political candidates.

Large Scale Choreographies for the Future Internet (CHOReOS) (2010-2013). EU 7th framework project. Building sustaining decentralized service choreographies in the Future Internet. Introducing dynamic development process and associated methods, tools, and middleware for the software systems that implement and coordinate the services in the Ultra Large Scale Future Internet. I will be working on acceptance and sustainability assessment methodologies in this project.