Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet AsFoRESEEN (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Soil resources in semi-arid regions are rapidly degrading, posing an imminent threat to food, water and livelihood security. Caveats in our understanding of geomorphological responses to extreme events are a major hindrance for attributing soil erosion and sediment flux dynamics to environmental drivers. Using the Burdekin and Makuyuni catchments as natural laboratories for semi-arid regions, the AsFoRESEEN project will assess feedback dynamics in soil erosion through the lens of variable sediment connectivity to test the hypothesis that extreme events can trigger regime shifts towards highly connected ephemeral gully networks. The proposed knowledge transfer strategies will bring the researcher’s scientific and analytical skills to the international standard, underpinning his ambition to combine academic and consultancy work within a leading European research institution. The researcher's unique skillset will be applied to develop novel approaches and integrate them with established techniques in an open-access diagnostic toolkit to support targeted soil- and water management interventions. Temporal dynamics in fine sediment and Phosphorous transport will be quantified using high-frequency sensors and sediment dating techniques. We will be the first to evaluate the use of secondary weathered metal species as tracers, providing a new pathway for attributing the contribution of gully erosion in deeply weathered or alluvials soils. Stream monitoring and sediment source tracing outputs will be integrated in a dynamic sediment budget to elucidate non-linear geomorphological responses to extreme events and land use changes. As a source of innovation, we will couple a machine-learning gully quantification tool with a dynamic catchment model, wherein gullies are both a direct source of sediment and a driver of changing sediment connectivity. The hybrid model will be used to test the efficacy of gully remediation strategies under current and future climatic conditions.

Mots clés : gully remediation fluvial geomorphology regime shifts water quality high frequency sensors sediment tracing machine learning hydrochemical catchment models great barrier reef lake manyara

Participants :
- Université Griffith (Australie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Gand (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 288737.28 €
Projet COSMOPOET (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

COSMOPOET aims to rethink the relationship between poetry and astronomy and ultimately, it investigates medieval Greek solutions to the question as to how to explain the cosmos through literary means. This is a project about the interaction of science and literature and about interpreting scientific literature as literature in the context of the intellectual space of the Byzantine schools and the multiple curricula coexisting at the higher educational level. COSMOPOET studies the medieval Greek and early modern manuscript tradition of the didactic poem "Phaenomena" by Aratus of Soli (d. before 239 BCE) and compares it to transmission of the introductory astronomical treatise "The Heavens" by Cleomedes (first century CE). Both texts introduce the reader-student to elementary cosmology and astronomy and prompted the production of commentaries of textual and of diagrammatic nature, as their popularity in Byzantium increased from the late thirteenth century onwards. COSMOPOET studies 1) the textual dimension of both discourses (especially the didactic use of formal literary features such as verse and rhythm); 2) their respective graphic features (e.g., layout and diagrams); 3) the associated paratexts (e.g., epigrams, scholia, marginal and interlinear annotations) and 4) standalone commentaries, and 5) how they change as evidenced in manuscripts copied from the tenth to the sixteenth century. Thus, COSMOPOET formulates and tests the hypothesis that the examination of both paratexts and graphic features of scientific discourse, and of their respective variations through time can answer questions concerning the practices of teaching and learning cosmology and elementary astronomy in Byzantine advanced education.

Mots clés : byzantium, cosmos, manuscript culture, astral sciences, education, didactic poetry, paratexts, diagrams, book epigrams, cleomedes, aratus

Participants :
- Université de Gand (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 175920.0 €
Projet SPECO (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Sperm conjugates, where multiple sperm cells attach to each other and move as a group, have been described in a wide range of taxa and could have significant impacts on the fertilization process, but understanding of their function is limited. Effective sperm cooperation through these conjugates could have evolved as an adaptation to sperm competition between multiple males, but this hypothesis has not been tested in insects, which have some of the largest reported sperm conjugates in animals. Bushcrickets have been well studied regarding species-specific variation in the level of polyandry and sperm competition. Large sperm conjugates (‘spermatodesms’) are also a common feature of this taxon, making it an ideal system to test the link between sperm conjugates and sperm competition. I will investigate this connection using within-species approaches, with controlled mating trials and sperm staining, as well as phylogenetic controlled studies, testing the link between the level of polyandry and spermatodesm traits between species. Finally, guided by the insight from these results I will construct a theoretical model to gain understanding into selection pressures that may have led to the evolution of conjugated sperm. The results will significantly improve our understanding of the evolutionary importance of collaborative behaviour of sperm, which has been largely unstudied until now. My supervisor, Dr Jussi Lehtonen, is an internationally renowned researcher who is experienced in developing mathematical models on sexual selection and sperm competition. The project includes a secondment hosted by Prof. Leigh W. Simmons, a leading expert in insect sperm biology. I, the candidate, am an expert on behavioural ecology, experienced in conducting mating trials in bushcrickets and phylogenetic analysis on insects. The project will strengthen my scientific skills and the future career prospects, as well as expand and complement the research of the host institution.

Mots clés : sperm competition

Participants :
- Université d'Australie-Occidentale (Australie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Jyväskylä (Finlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 226276.8 €
Projet GREEKPOP (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

GREEKPOP is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary research project aimed at redefining the study of European populism by redirecting attention from contemporary political developments to the historical and cultural legacy of populist mobilization on the continent. While populism has garnered global attention, prompting scholars in other regions of the world to grapple with the historical roots of the phenomenon in their respective nations, European scholarship has lagged behind. This project seeks to begin bridging this gap by providing a case study of the early legacy of populism in Greece, a notable hub of populist movements in the European South. Employing a mixed-methods approach that combines Natural Language Processing and collective action frame analysis, GREEKPOP leverages an extensive dataset of parliamentary debates, campaign speeches, and newspaper editorials to offer a comprehensive examination of Greek populism from the nation's inception to the late 1960s. By embracing historical, social, political, and cultural perspectives in an interdisciplinary manner, GREEKPOP ushers a nuanced understanding of populism's profound impact on Greek society, enriching our grasp of populism's enduring influence on political culture and institutions. Ultimately, GREEKPOP aims to inspire similar initiatives at the wider European level by showcasing its theoretical and methodological model as a basis for a comparative research agenda that will encompass several national case studies to produce a comprehensive History of European Populism. GREEKPOP’s findings and dissemination approach will inform and educate policymakers, the media, and the wider public, assisting them in acquiring a broad, historically and culturally-conscious, understanding of the populist phenomenon and enabling them to reflect better on how to mitigate its adverse effects on European societies, thus securing the resilience and inclusivity of our democracies.

Mots clés : populism, democracy, political rhetoric, party system, social movements, greek history, modern greece

Participants :
- Ethniko kentro koinonikon erevnon (Grèce) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 169326.72 €
Projet BACH (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Molluscs adorn their shells with an incredible diversity of colours and patterns which were highly appreciated since ancient times. Shell biochromes encode important biological information - they may play a role in immunity, shell strengthening, protection from thermal stress and UV radiation. They are also extremely durable in time – pigments can be found in fossil shells dating to millions of years. Could shell biochromes be among the most promising ancient biomolecules? Despite the great diversity and complexity of shell colours, there is no complete molecular understanding of shell pigmentation in any mollusc system. The studies are limited and our knowledge how biochromes are mineralised (not to mention how they preserve) remains patchy. BAch will carry out an in-depth study of mollusc shell biochromes. The work will focus on a model species Littorina fabalis which displays colour polymorphism and are abundantly found in archaeological record, since they were used in prehistory. I will employ cutting-edge ‘ShellOmic’ techniques - transcriptomics and proteomics, coupled with the first application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool to elucidate the chemical nature of shell biochromes and associated proteins. Gene editing will help to verify genes that are involved in shell coloration and biomineralisation. The research and training will provide me with a novel set of skills reinforcing my position as an expert shell research. Finally, I will use palaeoproteomics, the analysis of ancient proteins by mass spectrometry techniques, to investigate the preservation potential of ancient biochromes, i.e. archaeochromes. In the future, we could use these as biomolecular colour markers to answer archaeological questions. BAch will address decades long query – what are the shell pigments and what biological information do they encode? My unique expertise, multidisciplinary network, international background and expert team on board will guide me to answer these questions.

Mots clés : mollusc shells gene editing shell proteomics, mollusc transcriptomics, shell pigments, palaeoproteomics, archaeological shells

Participants :
- Université de Copenhague (Danemark) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Göttingen (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Vilnius (Lituanie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 142757.76 €
Projet SMALL-6G (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Radio localization is the process of estimating the state (position, orientation, and possibly velocity) of a user equipment with the assistance of one or several base stations within a wireless communication system. With the increased carrier frequency (such as mmWafve and THz band), angle and delay estimation can benefit from the large array size and wide bandwidth, and hence improve localization performance. The estimated position and orientation can, in return, assist communication to increase beamforming gain and reduce delay via proactive resource allocation. As a result, simultaneous localization and communication (SLAC) in the 6G systems will support new use cases that require low latency, high data rate, and high localization accuracy, such as digital twins, virtual reality, and tactile networks. To support SLAC systems, reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a key technique that can provide increased channel gain and coverage for communication, which can also act as a passive anchor to enable/enhance localization. However, the system models used in existing localization works are either too simple or too ideal. To fully exploit the potential of RIS-aided localization, the impairment factors need to be considered, including the near-field effect, multipath, anchor calibration error, and hardware impairments. In this project, we will first develop a RIS-aided SLAC system model with performance analysis on the effect of the impairment factors. Then, a localization pipeline will be formulated with corresponding model-based algorithms designed by treating the dominant factors as unknowns. Benchmarked by the model-based methods, the learning-based method will also be developed to solve the challenging localization subtasks. Finally, based on the improvement of new SLAC performance metrics with localization information, we will propose a structured model- and learning-based localization (SMALL) solution to support RIS-aided 6G systems.

Mots clés : 6g, ris, localization, optimization, near field, hardware impairment, calibration, slac, 3d orientation, crb, mcrb, deep learning, thz, beam focusing, slam, mobility

Participants :
- University College de Londres (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276187.92 €
- Université nationale et capodistrienne d'Athènes (Grèce) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet CREACAL (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

CREACAL will realise an unprecedented study of chemical reactions from the perspective of causation and lawhood, with the aim to establish a rigorous framework for the philosophical investigation of chemical reactions. Chemical reactions are fundamental to science and engineering as they identify the causes of the transformation of a specific set of chemical substances, while at the same time representing lawlike generalisations about transformations of types of chemical substances. However philosophers have neglected chemical reactions; they have not examined them either with respect to causation or with lawhood. This is a clear lacuna in the philosophical literature given that reactions are the main means with which scientists explain chemical transformation. CREACAL will synthesise these two fields to offer an account of laws and causation that not only does justice to the rich yet under-explored knowledge of reactions, but that also deepens our understanding of causation and laws themselves. CREACAL’s results will contribute to science by illuminating the intricate features of chemical reactions that are revealed by viewing them as causes and laws. Moreover, it will fill a significant gap in philosophy by introducing a new case study for the investigation of causation and lawhood, while also achieving genuine progress in philosophy of chemistry that will further consolidate the latter as an important field within philosophy.

Mots clés : metaphysics of science, philosophy of science, philosophy of chemistry

Participants :
- Université nationale et capodistrienne d'Athènes (Grèce) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 167786.72 €
Projet SIASSB (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

With higher energy density and better safety, all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are considered as an important direction for the next generation of lithium batteries, as well as part of the EU's battery program. The replacement of liquid electrolytes with solid electrolytes (SEs) has led to an unprecedented level of research on Li metal anodes. However, uneven deposition of Li-ions leads to lithium dendrites and interfacial gaps, which is an unavoidable electrochemical behavior and unavoidable. Silicon (Si) materials are underappreciated due to the large volume change during cycling. Nevertheless, Li-ions inserting and extracting within the Si-based electrode causes volume changes and a local separation from the SE, which is a mechanical behavior and prospectively avoidable. This proposal aims to provide a comprehensive solution for Si-based ASSBs that achieve stable long-cycle performance without excessive external stack pressure. Achieving this goal involves not only investigating SEs but also tackling issues such as low expansion Si-based materials, strain mismatch between the anode and SE, and managing complex interfaces. Specifically, the flexible conductive network in the anode electrode will provide some cushioning against volume changes of Si-based materials, and provide a long-lasting conductive environment for the electrode, which is an important guarantee for the long-term cycle of the battery. At the same time, a complex electrolyte with a certain degree of elasticity will mitigate the strain mismatch of thin-film bonding between the Si-based anodes electrode film and the SE film. The results of SIASSB provide a foundation for advancing the commercial viability of ASSBs.  SIASSB will be expected not only to advance the scientific understanding of ASSBs but also to lay a solid foundation for enhancing their commercial viability.

Mots clés : si based all solid state battery, strain mismatch of thin film bonding, amorphous si nanomaterials, physical vapor deposition, low expansion si c composites, composite solid electrolytes, in situ form

Participants :
- Université du Minho (Portugal) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 207183.12 €
- Umicore (Belgium) (Belgique) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet INSEQU (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The intergenerational transmission of social inequality follows several pathways throughout one’s life. Scholars have investigated the role of parental education, social class, income, and employment status. However, less is known about the effects of precarious jobs, albeit it is a common experience in post-Fordist societies, to the extent that, on average, one in four workers held a temporary contract in Europe. Moreover, workers experience disruptive levels of work-schedule instability and work-hour volatility. Employment uncertainty has been linked to lower income, job prospects, and health of the worker and their partner. Emergent literature has linked parents’ non-standard jobs to children’s development and educational path.   In this project, I plan to analyze the link between parents’ employment trajectories and children’s outcomes, from perinatal to mental health and educational trajectory. I aim to make the following contributions. First, in the life-course framework, I integrate work and family trajectories of the adults acting in a parental role using multichannel sequence analysis. This approach allows us to focus on the timing, order and cumulative dimensions of disadvantage, both between the parents and over time. Second, I investigate the patterns at the intersection of social class, gender and migration background, using the Kitagawa-Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. This method will help us disentangle the roles of composition and returns to life courses. Third, I explore how causally ordered multiple mediators —such as income, parental stress and health behaviour —can explain the observed patterns, by estimating path specific effects. Fourth, comparing different welfare regimes can provide insight on how to mitigate the effect of precarious work trajectories on the intergenerational transmission of inequality. In particular, I aim to compare the Finnish case with those of the Netherlands and the United States.

Mots clés : intergenerational inequality, employment uncertainty, sequence analysis, education inequality, health inequality, family sociology

Participants :
- Université de Turku (Finlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 226276.8 €
Projet MIS-5e (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The world ocean currently absorbs about 30% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and is therefore an important source of solutions to fight the climate crisis. However, the development of ocean-based mitigation strategies requires improved representation of climate processes in Earth system models. In particular, modelling the effects of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) weakening on the ocean’s ability to absorb CO2 remains a challenge, primarily due to a lack of understanding of climate feedback mechanisms. This project draws on high-resolution paleo-archives from the North Atlantic and a novel combination of geochemical tracers to determine how the AMOC varied during the Last Interglacial period, 129 to 115 thousand years ago, which is considered the best historic analog of the global climate state projected for the end of this century. The project will not only provide crucial constraints on magnitude of natural AMOC variability, but will allow, for the first time, a systematic investigation of AMOC-CO2 feedbacks in a warm climate, helping quantify the mechanisms that influence the ocean’s effectiveness in sequestering CO2 from the atmosphere. The results will move us forward in unraveling the ocean-climate nexus and help reduce uncertainties in climate projections, which will benefit the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The multi-faceted public engagement activities will maximize the project's contribution to the climate emergency and daily climate action, contributing to the EU Adaptation Strategy, the EU Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Mots clés : paleoceanography, climate reconstruction, marine sediments, ocean climate nexus, amoc, carbon cycle, co2, last interglacial, mis 5e

Participants :
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 289407.84 €