Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet CHARMA (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

This project (CHARMA) is a study of the political importance of the concept of personal character in Victorian England. CHARMA will be developed through a 24-month European Fellowship with the University of Manchester. The overarching goal of this project is understanding the relationship between the cultivation of individual character and the plans for building a peaceful society, at a time when Britain was experiencing rapid socio-economic and political change. To achieve this overarching goal, I divided my project into two sub-goals. My first sub-goal is understanding the Victorian discourse of character and its political importance through texts of early and mid-Victorian political thought. This study will be pursued by textual analysis. My second sub-goal is demonstrating that this concept influenced actual plans for educational and social reform. To do so, I will focus on a case-study: I will analyse the reform practices and institutions of a highly influential group of Dissenters, the Unitarians, in Victorian Manchester. This study will be pursued through archival research, using the vast collections in the University of Manchester Archive. I will also used social network analysis to trace the connections of Unitarians with different social groups and represent them graphically. This project will contribute to the fields of intellectual history, history of political thought and political philosophy. CHARMA's methodology is interdisciplinary, as it combines different fields, different kind of sources and a practice-based, bottom-up approach with a contextualist study of published texts. CHARMA also uses a mixed-methods approach and provides methodological innovation by introducing a new method, social network analysis, into the field of intellectual history.

Mots clés : history of the idea of character victorian age social reform unitarianism

Participants :
- Université de Manchester (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260347.92 €
Projet SoHRI67 (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

SoHRI67 retrieves the unexplored social history of Red Internationalism (i.e.: internationalism informed by Marxism-Leninism and Third-Worldism) in the Arab Region during the long-1960s. It approaches internationalism as both ideological framing for action and militant political practice, to explore the transformative power of the new normative commitment to socialism and anti-imperialism matured by a new generation of Arab radicals in the wake of the Arab defeat of the 1967 war against Israel (the so-called Naksa). It focuses on the inter-Arab dimension of internationalism, to overcome – in the words of Bardawil – «the colonial divide assigning the Global South as locus of “concrete facts” and the North the manufacturer of “abstract theory», and re-cognize the South as site of original militant theorization. It specifically centers on the Lebanese-Gulf trajectory, to challenge the canonical historiographical representation of the Naksa as the inexorable end of the Arab revolutionary hopes unleashed by independence and decolonization, and retrieve, instead, its underexplored generative impact on the grammars, practices, and agendas of emancipatory political action. It adopts the vantage point of social history to move away from de-materialized, diffusionist, top-down approaches to the study of political theory and practice and relocate the latter’s genealogies, developments, and articulations in the lived experiences, contingent urgencies, and aspirations of the people who elaborated and embodied it. In so doing, it breaks new ground to: a) expand the knowledge of the Arab secular radical political traditions, b) further scale up the historical rethinking of the Naksa; c) further enlarge the understanding and recognition of the role of subaltern actors as agents of change in the Arab region; d) provide new empirical and theoretical-methodological instruments for the study of popular politics; e) add-up to the entangled, revolutionary geographies of the Global 1960s

Mots clés : arab lefts lebanon gulf global 1960s

Participants :
- Université Rice (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université américaine de Beyrouth (Liban) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- London School of Economics and Political Science (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 396991.08 €
Projet OCHRE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

This MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship will bring the excellent young researcher, currently a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University, to promote the synergy between water vapour condensation and hydrogen recirculation to improve proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) performance. The outcome of the project will contribute to the improvement of hydrogen recirculation efficiency, thus achieving higher fuel cell power in PEMFC systems. The researcher will integrate numerical simulation and experimental visualisation approaches to study the interaction between water vapour condensation and hydrogen recirculation and develop a multi-objective collaborative optimisation strategy for hydrogen utilisation in PEMFC systems. The project has been carefully designed to match the researcher's expertise in transonic mixing flow and performance improvement of ejectors, the expertise of the host institute, University of Reading in numerical modelling and thermodynamics, and the expertise of the secondment institute, University of Kent in experimental studies in fuel cells. In addition to the scientific goals, the researcher will contribute her expertise in transonic mixing flow and will provide important training to EU researchers, industrial contacts and undergraduates by hosting a series of seminars, lecturing in industrial and public dissemination events, giving fluid mechanics courses, and participating in outreach activities.  By involving research topics from different fields and collaborations with academic partners, this is a truly interdisciplinary project. The research activities and training in the project will develop the researcher’s expertise in numerical modelling and collaborative optimisation, significantly strengthening her career perspectives to find a tenure-track position in the EU. The proposed project will provide new knowledge and technology for hydrogen recirculation in PEMFC and contribute to the sustainable development of European society.

Mots clés : hydrogen, fuel cell, pemfc, hydrogen recirculation, ejector, heat transfer, condensation

Participants :
- Université de Reading (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276187.92 €
- Université du Kent (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet ForM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

According to a number of sources of diverse typology and different historical reliability - hagiography, historiography, epistles, ecclesiastical documents -, the Church of the Late Antique Iran, also known as "Church of the East", turned to the West searching for political support and ecclesiastical legitimation. In these sources, "West" is to be understood as a composite reality, including both the Roman political power, often represented through symbolic, even salvific, figures (Constantine, Helena), and the entire Church located west of the Iranian state. This search for diplomatic pressure from the Roman State and hierarchical legitimization from the "western" Church particularly took place during the 4th-5th century, a period in which the Church of Iran bloomed as an autonomous entity, but nevertheless a religious minority, persecuted from time to time by the Sasanian authorities. Through the edition of unpublished documents and the investigation about the reliability of known ones, the project aims at analyzing the circumstances and reasons of this longed-for intervention of the Western Church and Roman political power in both the dramatic circumstances of the persecution of Christians in the Sasanian Empire and the internal problems of the Church of East itself: to what extent and in what way does the ideological and literary re-elaboration affect the representation of this relation? What are the narrative devices adopted, and what is the role of some forged documents in that? In particular, the internal hierarchical controversies on the Patriarchal authority should receive new light through the online edition, translation, and analysis of a probably fake epistolary attributed to the 4th century Seleucian patriarch Papa Bar Aggai, that is, eight letters exchanged with exponents of the Western political and religious panorama (among them, e.g., Helena mother of Constantine).

Mots clés : eastern christianity syriac studies late antique history hagiography church history christianity in iran religious minority church in a non christian political contex political theology

Participants :
- École pratique des hautes études (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Marquette (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265099.2 €
Projet GWStrings (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Cosmic strings are motivated by simple extensions to the Standard Model of particle physics (BSM), including dark matter axion models (axion cosmology), superstring theory and grand unified theories. If present, cosmic strings will radiate gravitational waves (GWs) which could be detected by current and future GW experiments, such as LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK), LISA and the Einstein Telescope. Detection or bounds placed on cosmic strings provide deep insight into BSM particle physics models, and are a potential discovery channel for new fundamental fields.  Searches for cosmic strings in LVK data have to date used analytic waveforms predicted using the Nambu-Goto (NG) approximation. This is problematic, as the NG model is known to be inaccurate in precisely the high-curvature regions from which the strongest GW signals are emitted. These waveforms have never been verified by numerical simulation, so current matched template searches may not provide useful information or constraints. GWStrings will address this by producing the first waveforms for cosmic string cusp configurations in full numerical relativity (NR) and using them to perform a matched template search in the LVK data. GWStrings will also match these waveforms to current analytic models to determine their validity. Simulations will be implemented using the adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) NR code, GRChombo.  GWStrings will require crucial input from researchers in two key areas: theoretical understanding of fundamental fields in the strong gravity regime, and GW source modelling and data analysis. The first will be provided through a secondment at Sapienza University of Rome in the world-leading gravity theory group of Prof Paulo Pani. The second will be provided by the HECAP group at ICTP, the host institute, whose foundational focus lies in connecting astroparticle physics, high energy physics and cosmology, where the project supervisor Prof Giovanni Villadoro, is an internationally-recognised expert in high energy physics theory and phenomenology, particularly BSM axion strings.

Mots clés : gravitational waves, axion cosmology, numerical relativity, cosmic strings, adaptive mesh refinement, gravitational waveforms, dark matter, axions

Participants :
- Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 172750.08 €
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet OPTDEM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Economic Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

A novel line of research suggests that financial assets react to demand similarly to other products; in contrast with the classical view of inelastic demand for financial products. This new paradigm implies that data on holdings is extremely useful for predicting price changes and creating counterfactual scenarios. Until now, empirical evidence focused on equities and, to a lesser extent, bonds supports the new paradigm. This project focuses on a different asset class, option derivatives. This financial product has grown exponentially in the last decade due to financial market improvements; therefore, demand has boomed, potentially elevating prices. The main question of this proposal is how much option prices rise due to an increase in demand. A high increase will make these instruments less attractive as hedging devices. Consequently, the investor base has shifted towards a more speculative base, including retailers whose participation has sky-rocketed in the last decade despite having realized enormous losses over the last few years. We need two main ingredients to assess the effect of demand on prices. First, we need investors' holdings. In contrast to equities and bonds, regulators in most countries do not require detailed derivative positions. This grant will use a novel dataset from Brazil, where the regulator forces funds to report all positions on any asset they hold (or short). Second, we need a method to disentangle which price movements are due to changes in demand. This grant will adapt the recently developed method of granular instrumental variables to options. I will develop this action at Nova SBE in Portugal under the supervision of Prof. M. Ferreira, where I will also receive training and career development to improve my skills. By joining Nova SBE, I will expand my network and strengthen complementary skills. In turn, I will bring my expertise in financial econometrics to significantly expand their research capacity.

Mots clés : options, demand based asset pricing, derivatives

Participants :
- Université nouvelle de Lisbonne (Portugal) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 191343.12 €
Projet Folie (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Folie: FOLly and the feminine in the RenaissancE A woman rhetor, vituperating society’s vices and errors, destined to be misunderstood, self-ironic and suave, then harsh and moralizing, at last ecstatic and preaching: Erasmus’ Folly is an imposing figure, who has interrogated scholars for centuries with her unfathomable speech, presented as a joke but of momentous relevance. The orator’s gender, which has received very little attention by scientific literature, is, instead, crucial in answering from a new perspective the construction of the feminine in Christian literature and theology and revealing a possible expressive outlet and role for women writers and theologians. The fool’s mask, as donned by Erasmus’ protagonist and by many actual female writers of the Renaissance, is at the same time revelation and refuge, epiphany and hiding place; a symbol, in its insignificance and ridicule, of the very same scandal of the Christian religion, in Pauline terms. My project will therefore study how Erasmus and other key figures of the Renaissance-influenced by Erasmus' writings and located in the same theological tradition, such as Marguerite of Navarre, Louise Labé, and others- used the mask of the fool as a tool to express and reveal truths, such as the scandalous announcement of the Gospel, and to allow women’s expression. This approach will redefine the construction of the “feminine” in Renaissance Europe, focusing on the French Italian context, by reflecting on the revelatory, positive value of “folly”, intended theologically as the language of simple, scandalous truths. My project will thus contribute to the definition of the representation and self representation of the feminine in the Renaissance and, through the permanence in the USA and the according supervision, I will be able to present an innovative and much-needed profile of expert.

Mots clés : gendered culture christian theology biblical humanism

Participants :
- Université de Franche-Comté (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université d'État de Floride (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265099.2 €
Projet COFAM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Population genetics has undergone a major revolution over the past thirty years thanks to the development of controlled microbial experiments to test the respective roles of randomness, selection, and ecological processes in evolution. For instance, it was shown that, when cell division drives the growth of dense bacterial colonies, fluctuations at the colony's edge generally lead to the emergence of spatial genetic segregation. Most organisms, however, do not spread out because of cell division but instead follow complex nonequilibrium dynamics characterized by self-propulsion and motility-induced collective behaviors. Although such nonequilibrium dynamics have been extensively studied within the new field of physics called active matter, their role in shaping microbial evolution remains largely unknown. The aim of this proposal is to address this issue and investigate the interplay between active matter physics and spatial population genetics. To do so, I will put forward an interdisciplinary theoretical framework that integrates coarse-grained descriptions of active-matter systems with evolutionary and ecological processes. By combining stochastic calculus, field-theoretical methods, and numerical simulations, I will then characterize the emergent phenomenology of such systems. To this aim, the project delves into four consecutive objectives: 1) understand the fate of genetic segregation in motile cellular colony; 2) Study the interplay of motility-induced pattern formation and genetic segregation; 3) incorporate ecological interactions in the framework developed in previous stages; 4) generalize our findings to address highly heterogeneous communities. By achieving these tasks, I aim to unravel the complex dynamics of motile cell colonies, setting the stage for a theory of spatial eco-evolutionary changes in active populations.

Mots clés : non equilibrium statistical physics active matter soft matter living systems disordered systems thermodynamics bacterial communities population dynamics

Participants :
- Institut de technologie du Massachusetts (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265099.2 €
Projet TransIslam (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The project aims to bring to light the only planned venture financed by a European country to explore Ottoman culture before the development of 19th century orientalism and colonialism. Through the analysis of the French translation of a high-value group of 10 religious-themed Ottoman manuscripts, I aim to contribute to the combat of today’s Islamophobic societal sentiments - still largely conditioned by outdated Christian stereotypes and generally unaware of peaceful Christian-Muslim relations documented in recent scientific studies - by encouraging widespread societal re-education initiatives designed to improve an objective and unprejudiced understanding of Islam. The body of texts, selected from a collection of around 120 translations on various topics (still completely unknown to the scientific community) commissioned in 1730-1750 by the French government to dragomans (the official interpreters of the embassy in Istanbul) and “jeunes de langues” (dragoman apprentices), and conserved at the Parisian Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) since the first half of the 18th century, will be the principal field of inquiry to examine whether, to what extent, and in what way dragoman translations contributed to the spread of such European perceptions of Islam, and eventually impacted the inter-religious relations between Christians and Muslims.

Mots clés : inter religious dialogue,  mis understanding of others , islamophobia, translation cross cultural transfer, oriental studies, linguistic and intercultural mediation, history of the book and reading

Participants :
- Université Ca' Foscari de Venise (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 188590.08 €