Evaluation of Fair Play Teams

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Public spaces serve as places for people to meet, linger, and communicate, and are available to all residents and visitors to the city. Since 2010, Fair Play Teams have been deployed in 15 districts to professionally address communication in Vienna’s public spaces. A framework concept defines the goals the teams are to pursue. As the representative of the client (City of Vienna), MA 13 is now interested in determining the impact Fair Play Teams have on communication and perspectives regarding public spaces.

Research Center

Research Center Social Work

Department

Social Sciences

This research project evaluates the work of the Fair Play Teams with regard to their contribution to a socially inclusive, accessible, and livable public space. The focus is on promoting participation, constructively addressing conflicts over use, and strengthening people’s opportunities to help shape public spaces.

The project also has the following subgoals:

As many people as possible use public space or have access to it, especially if they are dependent on it.
The enjoyable and learning-orientated use of public space is possible.
Deficiencies with regard to the availability or equipment of public spaces are addressed and can therefore be dealt with.
Differences of interest and conflicts in public spaces are used to draw attention to underlying social problems.
People deal with the different demands in and around public spaces as independently as possible and participate in negotiation and communication processes.
People take as much responsibility as possible for shaping and living together in public spaces.
People expand their room for manoeuvre as well as their individual and collective options for action, particularly with regard to the use of public space.

Research Goals

Provider and improvement of the Social Work qualities of public space.
Strengthening people's participation in the design and coexistence of public spaces.