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In the past few years the Shared Space – concept turned out to deliver valuable insights in how to improve the quality of public space. Shared Space views public space as representing the heart of society. The way in which public space is designed reflects our view of humanity: what does our society look like, who belongs to it, how do we interact, and what is important to us?
However, the quality of public space is not a goal in itself. We think it’s important to create ‘people spaces’, places where people can meet, engage and communicate. Space only has quality if it contributes to the quality of life. So, public space is about people and their living environment. And it is also about the quality and justice of society.

At the moment, our societies are experiencing a transition process: towards new co-operation alliances, towards new governance, towards new citizenship. the Shared Space – concept delivers knowledge to manage and to guide this transition. The way we design and use public space, provides insights into our view on society. can we move freely? Do we interact? Are we responsible members of society? Do we care for each other? Are we able to take own initiative? Or are we just directed by signs and regulations?
This goes for practical situations in public space, but also for problem solving in general. Can we empower ourselves, whether as citizens or as professionals, to find new co-operative approaches of planning, realising and maintaining? In this sense, Shared Space is not only a concept for working in public space, but also for many other policy fields.
In order to analyse and further develop this crucial innovation, important changes are required in our understanding of policy, spatial quality, self-regulation, risk, safety and responsibility. And we must start up a dynamic process from interactions between people – professionals as well as laymen – to exchange existing perspectives as a basis of knowledge creation.
Our research process will concentrate two angles:
Research subjects