Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet DISCOVERING (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Exploring the effect of School Ethical Culture (SEC) on students' science achievements is the goal of this study. The integrative model that I propose demonstrates the impact of both external and internal school factors on the TIMSS 2011 assessments. The originality of this proposal is rooted in three points: (A) The fact that the focus on SEC as a predictor of student achievement in science is currently unnoticed in international assessment studies; (B) No previous study has investigated the differences in SEC among participating countries; and (C) This study focuses on ethical perceptions from the viewpoints of principals, students, and teachers. Addressing the study's objective, I will conduct a multi-international disciplinary study that will draw on data from approximately 45 countries, including much of Europe and others. The study will examine the dimensions of SEC separately for teachers, students, and principals by calculating the factor loadings of the latent SEC for each questionnaire and applying hierarchical linear modelling to estimate the effect of student-, school- and country-level on science achievement. The hope is that the findings will prompt a rethinking of analytical models of schooling and facilitate the design of ethical policies that could narrow achievement gaps. This approach could establish a new research field in education. The proposed study will draw on Prof. Benavot’s supervision (outgoing host, SUNY at Albany), and his close contacts with many European researchers, as well as on Dr. Klein's (supervisor, return host, BIU) expertise in effective learning and national assessments. I see great potential for using this study to establish long-term collaborations with European and American scientists through my experience and contacts with other European researchers. Moreover, this fellowship will deepen my research, facilitating my advancement to the next stage of my academic career.

Mots clés : organisational ethics, school ethical culture, international learning assessment, teachers, students, schools

Participants :
- State University of New York (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Bar-Ilan University (Israël) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 177319.8 €
Projet CARINGTrauma (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Exposure to war-related traumatic events as well as displacement have been found to increase refugee children’s vulnerability for the development of mental health problems. However, there is substantial variability, with some presenting with mental health disorders, while others show remarkable resilience. One reason for this observed variability is the complex interplay between individual traits, such as genetic factors, and characteristics of the environment in determining mental health outcomes. However, the extent and nature to which individual and environmental factors causally interact to determine mental health outcomes in children remains unclear as most studies rely on correlational designs. Hence, we propose the development of an innovative statistical approach, combining advanced machine learning techniques and concepts of statistical causality, to investigate the complex and interactive causal relations between the various determinants of mental health across multiple domains. In order to achieve our objective, this new statistical approach will be applied to recently collected data from a unique longitudinal study on Syrian refugee children based in Lebanon (BIOPATH). The available data includes comprehensive demographic, genetic, epigenetic, neuroendocrine, social, psychological, and environmental variables collected from Syrian refugee children and their caregivers at two time-points (N=1600 at the baseline and N=1009 at a one year follow-up). The Experienced Researcher, Dr Claudinei Biazoli, a trained psychiatrist expertise in developing innovative models and analysing complex data, will acquire knowledge and skills in Developmental Psychology, Behavioral and Psychiatric genetics under the supervision of Prof Michael Pluess, a leader researcher in the field of Differential Susceptibility and Principal Investigator of the BIOPATH study, with additional support from Dr Robert Keers, with expertise in the analysis of whole-genome data.

Mots clés : refugee children mental health, differencial susceptibility

Participants :
- University of London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 224933.76 €
Projet SHADOW (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Economic Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Extending from Eastern Europe to Eastern Asia, from the Caucasus to Central Asia, the post-USSR region, occupying almost one sixth of the world’s territory, has an immense potential for the EU as source of natural resources and potential market for EU companies. In spite of this, the region is often seen as a highly hazardous one to deal with, given its “uncertain business and investment climate with widespread opportunism and corruption, misuse and misappropriation of state assets and conflicting information flow” SHADOW is a research and training programme with the goal of producing strategic intelligence on the region and train a generation of specialists on informality in post-Soviet spaces. Our goals are two-fold: 1) we intend to construct an index to provide an accurate measurement of the level of shadow activities in our target countries; 2) we aim to conceptualise a taxonomy of shadow practices in the post-USSR region in a cross-country and cross-regional perspective. Both goals are intended to contribute to a much better understanding of the threats and opportunities that the former USSR region, of fundamental importance for the EU, offers.

Mots clés : informality, post soviet, central asia, caucasus, russia, business

Participants :
- Dublin City University (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 180000.0 €
- Kiev international institute of sociology llc (Ukraine) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 90000.0 €
- Lund University (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 45000.0 €
- Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 67500.0 €
- Tallinn University of Technology (Estonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 112500.0 €
- University of World Economy and Diplomacy (Ouzbékistan) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Center for Social Sciences (Géorgie) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 90000.0 €
- Siar research and consulting llc (Kirghizistan) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Messina (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 90000.0 €
- University of Bucharest (Roumanie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 135000.0 €
- Independent non governmental organization yuri levada analytical center (Russie) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet SMArtPlate (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Extending the service life of reinforced concrete structures not only represents an economical advantage to owners, but also significantly contributes to the sustainability of the built environment, through the saving of natural resources and reduction of green gas emissions. In view of the shortcomings of the most commonly used strengthening techniques, such as FRP systems, the state of the structural retrofitting art demands a robust retrofitting solution feasible of rapid installation and easy post-tensioning applications along with a high energy dissipation capacity (e.g. independently of the quality and thickness of concrete cover, no need of mechanical devices for the post-tensioning applications and an adhesive free connection system) for specific cases such an strengthening against earthquake, impact and blast due to either accidents or terrorist attacks. This product-oriented proposal aims to develop an innovative element, herein after designated SMArtPlate to meet these requirements. Such a thin prefabricated plate will be precisely tailored to utilize the synergistic advantages of two advanced materials for the retrofitting of RC structures: ductile fiber reinforced geopolymer mortar and shape memory alloys (SMA). Following an interdisciplinary approach, experimental and numerical investigations will be conducted to develop and assess strengthening performance of the SMArtPlate.

Mots clés : repair and retrofitting, seismic strengthening, fibre reinforced concrete, engineered geoploymer composites, shear strengthening, reinforced concrete, bridge, infrastructure, bond slip analysis

Participants :
- Queen's University Belfast (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 160522.95 €
- Brunel University London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 22931.85 €
Projet FEINART (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

FEINART is an extensive collaboration between degree-awarding research-centres in political philosophy, art theory/practice and curatorial studies/cultural management, and the independent European art sector, as the basis for the first interdisciplinary and holistic investigation of the democratic role and function of socially engaged art in Europe. In this it will train 11 Early-Stage Researchers in order to provide the relevant academic and non-academic skills to engage with the challenges of this new artistic and cultural landscape. The 11 ESRs will be spread across four academic Beneficiaries (University of Wolverhampton University of Iceland, University of Edinburgh, Zeppelin University, Germany) and 7 Partner Organizations (Tensta Konstall, Sweden; BAK, Netherlands; State of Concept, Greece; W-Est, Italy; Tranzit.ro, Romania; Teatr Scena Prezentacje (Biennale Warsawa), Poland; and Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Iceland). The selected POs represent an exemplary cross section of small-scale and larger independent spaces - projects spaces, cultural centres, art labs/research hubs - working under different demands and expectations, yet all providing invaluable support and resources for artists working in the area of socially engaged practice. The training programme, as such, will provide invaluable data about the distribution, impact, and role of socially engaged art, as a future contribution to funding policy recommendations on state support of art beyond the museum’s traditional functions, and debates on art and public culture.

Mots clés : art theory and practice, curatorial studies, art and political philosophy, socially engaged art, democratic participation, art and the public domain

Participants :
- University of Iceland (Islande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 822993.48 €
- Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 1011153.6 €
- University of Edinburgh (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 303172.56 €
- University of Wolverhampton (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 909517.68 €
Projet FEMSAG (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

FEMSAG is a cross-disciplinary and methodologically novel research action that will subject prevailing assumptions about the nature-nurture issue within feminist theory to close scrutiny. Such an endeavour is highly pertinent in light of a persistent interest – and often belief – in “essential” sex differences not only among the wider public, but also among practicing scientists focusing on the “biological basis” of behaviourally expressed sex differences. Instead of producing yet another critical review of research methods and unexamined assumptions underpinning such essentializing accounts, however, FEMSAG seeks to tighten up and strengthen the conceptual apparatus that is usually deployed by feminist scholars in their critical engagements with such accounts. This objective will be pursued by examining key bodies of work within feminist theory and science studies through the lens of Developmental Systems Theory (DST), which is an approach in the philosophy of science/philosophy of biology that foregrounds the active role of the organism in the interactive and multi-dimensional constitution of its developmental trajectory. The three bodies of feminist scholarship to be examined through this approach are contemporary feminist science studies (especially the new field of so-called “neurofeminism”), the naturalist turn in feminist theory (epitomized by the work of the Hungarian-Australian feminist philosopher Elizabeth Grosz), and Simone de Beauvoir’s classical existential-phenomenological approach to feminist theory.

Mots clés : developmental systems, emotions, enactivism, feminist theory, nature nurture debate, sex and gender

Participants :
- University of Bergen (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276330.6 €
- Duke University (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet FINSEIS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

FINSEIS is a global fellowship addressing the challenge of induced seismicity (IS) caused by human underground activities. The project will explore the original idea that the magnitude of fault-related IS is significantly controlled by the geometry of pre-existing faults, integrating structural geology rather than the different approaches used in previous studies. The project will be based on numerous, best-in-class IS data secured in the Microseismic Industry Consortium (MIC) in University of Alberta (UofA), Canada (Third Country Host) and will integrate advanced knowledge in fracture analysis from the Fault Analysis Group (FAG), University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland (Host). By combining interdisciplinary approaches of structural geology, seismology, statistics and computational science, the project aims to (1) identify the structural controls on the initiation and arrest of induced earthquakes; (2) deliver a unique empirical basis for IS that isolates the effect of fault geometry; (3) generate a model for fault controls on IS and for IS Mw prediction in faulted rocks. Through these objectives, FINSEIS will deliver fundamental scientific outcomes on the links between faults and seismicity and will de-risk strategic geo-energy developments in the European Union. The project will build on the fellow’s previous Post-doc collaborations with FAG and MIC, with the fellow’s research expertise in IS and fault analysis as pre-requisites for the project. During FINSEIS, the fellow will transfer FAG knowledge in structural geology to MIC, and then return knowledge in IS analysis that are strategic to FAG and to Europe. In turn, the project will provide the fellow with a unique profile as a world leader in structural analysis of IS, with international visibility, an excellent record of publications, and broad connections. Furthermore, the fellow will reinforce and widen his complementary skills which will greatly improve its employability in academia and beyond.

Mots clés : induced seismicity, fault geometry, structural geology, earthquake magnitude, algorithm, geo energy

Participants :
- University of Alberta (Canada) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- National University of Ireland (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 244326.72 €
Projet FINSYS RECOVERY (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Economic Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

FINSYS RECOVERY i) provides a detailed view of how European financial systems (FS) evolved in the period 2005-2020; and ii) quantitatively investigates how shocks in the shape of crisis events (e.g. the global financial crisis, the EURO crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic) and related policy responses influenced FS trajectories across European countries in this period. The project seeks to generate new ways of understanding FS and their transformations by drawing on an interdisciplinary framework based on financial economics, political economy and corporate governance. By regressing panel data on macroeconomic outcomes and policy responses of different crises on an innovative country-based FS metric, it applies methods that are uncommon in research on FS. The FS metric enables the construction of a spectrum of FS across countries that can be tracked over time. This, in turn, allows for looking beyond the extant literature’s dichotomous conceptualization of FS as either bank- or market-based. In addition, it sheds light on issues that are often neglected in FS research, such as the role of cross-border listings or borrowing and the role of non-bank financial intermediaries. By using a large European panel dataset, the project seeks to generate new insights on the direction, speed and lag by which shocks influence FS. FINSYS RECOV thereby complements earlier research that typically focuses on how outcomes of shocks vary between different FS, or case-based research on how select small numbers of FS have responded to particular shocks. Generating insights on how FS respond to shocks, and if EU FS are converging or diverging, could hardly be timelier. There are ongoing political initiatives to promote deeper integration of EU FS, while at the same time counterfactors such as Brexit and nationalism appear to pull the EU apart. And this occurs against the backdrop of another major economic crisis, as the grip COVID-19 has tightened over our economies.

Mots clés : comparative capitalism, varieties of capitalism, crises, economic policy, institutional change, corporate funding and governance

Participants :
- Copenhagen Business School (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 219312.0 €
Projet FIREFELM (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

FIREFELM – fast ions, radial electric field and edge localized mode – is an interdisciplinary project aimed at getting a better understanding of the basic mechanisms responsible for the energetic particle transport in fusion as well as in astrophysical plasmas making use of advanced diagnostic systems and state-of-the-art numerical tools. The main goal of this proposal is to control the dynamics between energetic particles, radial electric fields and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) perturbations in the plasma edge and its impact on the overall plasma confinement. The mechanisms underlying the fast ion transport induced by MHD instabilities, such as Edge Localized Modes (ELMs) and externally applied Magnetic Perturbations (MPs) will be studied through innovative diagnosis techniques developed at the University of Seville and the Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA) in Seville, Spain and employed in different fusion devices such as ASDEX Upgrade (Germany) and MAST Upgrade (UK). This project consists of three main research lines which follow a bottom up approach: the first research line is dedicated to fusion technology and aims at the development of the new generation of fast ion loss detectors (FILDs). New FILD systems will be able to provide absolute fluxes of escaping ions, their poloidal distribution and critical information on the wave-particle momentum and energy exchange. These advanced FILDs will be employed to characterize the interdependence between fast ion losses and radial electric fields and to study the role of fast ions in plasma edge stability and in the ELM cycle. Unraveling the interaction between MHD instabilities and energetic particles in tokamak plasmas will advance our understanding of the observed particle acceleration and transport in the solar corona and help to identify similarities between tokamak and astrophysical plasmas. This third research line will shed light on the anomalous heating of the solar corona and generation of the solar wind.

Mots clés : plasma physics, solar physics, energetic particles, particle transport and acceleration, magnetohydrodynamics, electric fields, magnetic confinement

Participants :
- Universidad de Sevilla (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 158121.6 €
Projet FLUORODRUGS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

FLUORODRUGS is a highly interdisciplinary project encompassing the design, synthesis and biological validation of novel smart chemical agents for highly sensitive diagnosis and specific treatment of cancer. I will prepare novel drug-fluorophores conjugates by combining macrophage-specific fluorophores with cytotoxic drugs using smart cleavable linkers. The activation of these smart agents in the tumour microenvironment will allow to not only to visualise in real-time but also to selectively ablate tumour-associated macrophages, which are essential for cancer progression. Further derivatization of the agents with specific ligands (i.e. chemokine CCL2) will yield probes for specific subpopulations of macrophages (i.e. CCR2+ macrophages) that are critical in tumour metastasis. This strategy will minimise two of the major limitations of conventional cancer therapies: 1) drug resistance from cancer cells, and 2) toxic side effects derived from low cell specificity. Notably, the visualisation of immune cells in the tumour microenvironment will allow to monitor cancer progression in real-time and to run profiling studies to discover new biomarkers for cancer therapy. Initial in vitro studies to confirm the activity and selectivity of FLUORODRUGS will be performed in bone marrow-derived macrophages. Further, relevant mouse cancer models will be used to validate the theranostic agents in vivo. FLUORODRUGS will involve multidisciplinary training in biology, spectroscopy, pharmacology and imaging, and will render a unique generation of smart chemical tools to enhance diagnosis and treatment of cancer. This project will open a whole range of opportunities for my future career development in cancer biology and medicinal chemistry.

Mots clés : imaging, fluorescent probes, cancer therapy, theranostics

Participants :
- University of Edinburgh (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €