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

The purpose of FEMAT is to conduct a philosophical study of both new and ‘old’ materialist feminisms, examining their contributions to contemporary debates. Despite the convergences between these currents, the dialogue between Materialist Feminism (MF) and New Materialist Feminism (NFM) has not yet been fully explored. FEMAT argues that a comparative analysis of MF and NMF can chart new paths for feminist theory. One of FEMAT's main insights is to illuminate the role and significance of a highly controversial form of materiality: biological materiality, which has become a watershed in contemporary feminist debates. This project aims to develop a critical materialist feminist approach to the category of 'sex,' treating biological materiality as one form among many, rather than as the sole determinant. In doing so, FEMAT seeks to address two significant challenges in feminist theories: linguistic or discursive reductionism, which impedes the analysis of the economic and material dimensions of sexist violence, and the essentialism or ontologization of sexual difference, which tends to re-naturalize the category of sex. The implications of these debates extend beyond philosophy and directly impact pressing social issues. The re-naturalization of sex has had a regressive effect on various human rights issues, notably including the increasing refusal to recognize trans identities, not only among conservative sectors but also within feminist circles. By developing a materialist epistemological framework, FEMAT aims to create critical categories and arguments that can enhance public policies from a more inclusive and democratic human rights perspective, emphasizing the interrelation between theory and practice.

Mots clés : materialist feminism new materialist feminism materialism neomaterialism trans materialism postconstructivism feminist philosophy feminist theory

Participants :
- École des hautes études en sciences sociales (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 242260.56 €
Projet NATFOX (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The EU goal of cutting greenhouse gas to zero net emissions by 2050 will put particular pressure on energy conversion and storage systems. Reversible Solid Oxide Cells (rSOCs) capable of efficiently operating in two modes: as solid oxide fuel cell and as solid oxide electrolyser cell, are of particular interest. To operate the cells with high efficiency and long duration, scrutiny of potential oxygen electrode materials and development of novel materials for intermediate temperature (IT)-SOCs is essential. However, a methodology to screen the oxygen surface exchange and bulk diffusion kinetics with a ubiquitous, easily accessible and reliable technique is still in high demand. The fellowship aims to address these urgent demands towards a green economy. Two chemical vapour deposition methods, metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD), will be wisely combined for obtaining thin film preparation with improved nano-morphology. Pr-doped La2NiO4±δ thin films (LPNO) with surface modification will be prepared, to improve the electrochemical properties while maintaining good ionic conductivity. The development of the unique in situ isotopic exchange Raman spectroscopy (IERS) technique and apparatus, will be the second core task of this project. This novel Raman technique will be used as an alternative and complementary technique to the conventional approach, proving more efficient, accessible and nondestructive in situ measurements. For the candidate, as part of her continuing interest in electroceramics, the project will link perfectly with her previous experience and will provide her with the opportunity of applying her in depth knowledge to develop novel new skills in the area of solid state ionics, especially for nanoscale thin films. On the long term she will be able to extend and broaden her existing academic and industrial network and advance her career prospects.

Mots clés : nano thin films, pr doped la2nio4, oxygen diffusion, oxygen isotopic exchange and raman spectroscopy, reversible solid oxide cells

Participants :
- Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut polytechnique de Grenoble (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195914.88 €
Projet GLAL (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Children learn how subjects, objects, and verbs combine into sentences irrespective of the language. The cognitive mechanisms underlying this incredible flexibility, however, are still poorly understood. Current theories suggest that pattern tracking and cognitive biases underlie grammar learning, but fail to account for the full breadth of grammatical diversity. In this project, I will set aside common theories and assumptions, and use a data-driven approach to investigate the mechanisms for grammar learning by sampling a diverse set of twenty languages. From this larger, representative perspective, I will re-characterize the roles of (1) pattern tracking and (2) cognitive biases to advance theory, and synthesize my findings into (3) a database to facilitate cross-linguistic research. I leverage cutting-edge technological advances in natural language processing and online experimentation to provide a window into the early flexibility of human cognition.

Mots clés : language acquisition, developmental cognition, grammar, cross linguistic, computational modelling

Participants :
- Aix-Marseille Université (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195914.88 €
Projet UCARE1945 (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

UCARE1945 focuses on unaccompanied minors in Germany in the period 1945-1950, exploring the impact of the postwar experience through institutional accounts, contemporary personal records, and oral history. This will be divided into five case studies per occupation zone (British, French and American, 15 case studies in total) to examine the life experience of individuals. UCARE1945 posits that three major factors affected the immediate needs of unaccompanied minors in the postwar era: gender, age, and social background. In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, between 42 million and 60 million people were displaced. Children witnessed atrocities and lost family members, leaving thousands of children without a wider kinship network. Displaced persons camps, and international organisations such as the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) and the IRO (International Refugee Organisation) had three main objectives – document the displaced population, find accommodation, and provide much needed healthcare. The aim is to analyse the impact of healthcare crises in the aftermath of the Second World War, and to understand how differences in state policies and practices impact the experiences of unaccompanied child refugees. In post-WWII Europe, access to emigration and compensation was mediated through medical care; doctors were tasked with verifying the health of survivors before they were granted emigration papers, and attesting to medical harm when claiming compensation for unethical experimentation during the war. Many doctors continued to hold antisemitic views and anti Sinti and Roma bias after the war. In the years following the war, many Nazi doctors continued to practice medicine and their perceptions of the ‘worth’ of patients continued to impact the care they provided. UCARE1945 will question how governmental policies and institutional actors impacted childrens' access to care.

Mots clés : history of the holocaust, postwar histories, history of migration, history of medical care, histories of childhood

Participants :
- University College Cork (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 252728.64 €
Projet ECL-FARM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

There are no quantitative electronic diagnostic devices for early and rapid detection of infectious animal diseases on-farm. ECL-FARM proposes the development of a highly novel sensor technology, i.e., a coreactant-free, on-chip electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunosensing technology to deliver a simple-to-use, portable, rapid and multiplexed detection system for disease detection on-farm. In this project, Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD), a worldwide disease with severe financial and welfare implications for the beef and dairy industries is selected to demonstrate the efficacy of reagent-less ECL detection on-farm. Current lateral flow tests for BVD typically rely on a single target, either virus or antibody (not both) within an individual test sample.  ECL-FARM will use the complementary and distinct skillsets of the team to achieve three key project objectives: (1) development of on-chip ECL at nanoelectrode arrays to provide a sensitive co-reactant free solid-state ECL system suitable for reagent-less on-farm disease diagnosis (2), implementation of multiplexed ECL competitive off-on mode immunoassays of BVD virus and antibodies: multimodal diagnosis with very low detection limits and (3), benchmarking and demonstration of a fully integrated phone-based ECL device for on-farm testing of serum (existing samples) and milk samples: a farm-friendly application. The sensor format will be adaptable, offering potential application in other animal and human diseases in the future, and will be scalable to facilitate inclusion of additional assays for diseases associated with other viral, parasitic or bacterial pathogens. Along with technical learning, a range of transferable skills will be acquired through the designed career development plan. As a result of my holistic growth in this project, I will be able to mature professionally and become an independent leader in the field of smart nano-ECL devices for point-of-care diagnostics applications.

Mots clés : electrochemiluminescence silicon chip nanoelectrode arrays immunosensors on farm viral animal disease rapid detection virus and antibody multiplexed phone based ecl coreactant free solid state

Participants :
- University College Cork (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 215534.4 €
Projet IMPACT (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims 17.9 million lives and costs the European economy €210 billion annually. New, innovative strategies are needed to address this health crisis. IMPACT takes a systems medicine approach to extend our understanding of the factors that contribute to cholesterol metabolism and to develop innovative therapeutic approaches for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD). IMPACT has three objectives: 1) Develop an LP algorithm that analyzes models of human and microbiome metabolism to identify optimal microbes and nutrients that may influence metabolic pathways of interest. 2) Develop a detailed model of cholesterol metabolism, that is trained and validated using human data, by synergistically merging FBA models with an ordinary differential equation (ODE) model of cholesterol transport. Simulations and statistical analysis on the in-silico results will be conducted to identify metabolic pathways related to ACVD and to investigate how variables such as microbiome composition, sex, obesity, and diet influence cholesterol metabolism and ACVD risk. 3) Metabolic pathways related to ACVD risk will be targeted by the LP algorithm to identify optimal microbial and nutritional therapies that can treat and/or diminish the progression of ACVD. Promising bacterial strains and nutrients will be tested with in-vivo gut simulators in an intersectoral secondment with International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. Results of the proposed research will be effectively disseminated and exploited to maximize IMPACT. While the action serves to extend the state-of-the-art and address a health crisis, IMPACT will simultaneously expand my technical knowledge and transferable skills, bolster my credentials and enhance my career competitiveness through intersectoral exposure.

Mots clés : flux balance analysis, ordinary differential equations, gastrointestinal microbiome, probiotics, cholesterol transport

Participants :
- International flavors & fragrances inc. (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université nationale d'Irlande à Galway (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 199694.4 €
- University College Cork (Irlande) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet MOTOBOOM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

During the last century, the indigenous South American Lowlands have been colonized by steamboats, railways, trucks, chainsaws, fire-weapons and electric generators introduced by missionaries, extractive industries, armies, development projects, and NGOs. However, anthropological and historical research has largely neglected this mechanic colonisation of indigenous life by focusing on topics such as ideologies of personhood, kinship, cosmology, and relations with animals, religious missions and non-human spirits. Aiming at understanding social change, some studies have dealt with some of the new materialities that model everyday experience: t-shirts, outboard motors, solar panels, and cell phones. Nevertheless, not even a single study has analysed a conspicuous fact of the modernization of these marginal territories: the current tide of motorcycles that during the last few decades altered dramatically the interethnic landscape, and its social, economic and environmental repercussions which are significantly reshaping current indigenous reality. Therefore, the goal is to develop a ground breaking and interdisciplinary analysis of the effects of motorcycle dissemination among the indigenous peoples of Bolivian Amazonia, and to achieve practical impact regarding public policies on road safety and prevention of accidents in marginal contexts. By accomplishing the Work-Packages in my host institution Ca’ Foscari University (UNIVE), the project will therefore fill a significant gap in anthropological studies regarding indigenous modernity, while at the same time consolidating my position as a professor and researcher with updated capacities on visual and environmental anthropology, gender issues, science and technology studies, and digital humanities.

Mots clés : anthropology indigenous peoples mechanisation motorcycles social change interethnic relations gender relations technology appropriation

Participants :
- Université Ca' Foscari de Venise (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 188590.08 €
- Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet DiGloss (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

After centuries of research, scholars have deciphered most ancient Mesopotamian languages, but a few are still not fully understood. One of these last frontiers is Hurrian. The biggest problem for researchers today is that the meaning of many words is still unknown. The texts from Nuzi (c. 15th-14th BC, modern Yorghan Tepe, in Iraq) are key for the decipherment of Hurrian. They were written in a context of diglossia: by people who spoke Hurrian but wrote in Akkadian, and, as is usual in such contexts, Nuzian scribes used Hurrian loanwords. Although the Nuzi corpus is the largest of its kind, a systematic study of Nuzi Hurrian has never been undertaken. DiGloss aims to make a significant contribution to the comprehension of the Hurrian lexicon and bring the knowledge of this language to the next level. To achieve this goal, all Hurrian words in Nuzi texts will be compiled in an online database. I will apply an interdisciplinary methodology that combines contextual and morphological analysis to (1) understand how the scribes adapted the cuneiform writing system to record Hurrian and (2) determine the meaning of specific lexical items. The project will be based at Paris 1 University and will be supervised by Prof. Brigitte Lion, a world-leading expert in the study of Nuzi. Her expertise and the multidisciplinary environment at the host institution provide the ideal context for the development of DiGloss. The project will produce indispensable tools for future research in Hurrian, thus boosting my academic career. Clarification of the Nuzi Hurrian lexicon will bring us closer to the complete decipherment of Hurrian, and will allow scholars to fully understand texts that are only partially comprehensible today. As written texts are the cornerstone of the study of ancient historical societies, the results of the project will have an impact on Ancient Middle Eastern studies at large, while also contributing to the preservation of linguistic and cultural heritage.

Mots clés : assyriology, cuneiform, ancient middle east, hurrian, akkadian, ancient languages, lexicography

Participants :
- Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 242260.56 €
Projet RISE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

From the late 3rd to the 10th c. CE, Egypt transitioned from a Roman province to an Arab Muslim state. Despite much work, the societal and political changes in Egypt’s Western Desert oases (the Roman westernmost districts along the Libyan Sahara) remain poorly understood. RISE aims to fill this gap. By challenging the view of the oases as merely peripheral to the Nile Valley, RISE focuses on overlooked historical actors: the nomads in the Western Desert and their interactions with the oasis settlers. The working hypothesis is that these relations lie at the basis of the region's historical evolution. Nomads were often invisible, but in this transitional era, nomad-settler interactions evolved persistently, leaving records that let us trace them from the perspective of oasis settlers and in literary portrayals. Based on bibliographical data, RISE’s analysis is conducted on 2 corpora (100 documentary texts and 126 literary passages, respectively), including Greek, Latin, Coptic, Arabic texts, complemented by archaeological evidence. Combining expertise in the history of literature, papyrology, archaeology, and digital humanities, RISE adopts a socio-anthropological approach to interpreting socio-cultural dynamics. RISE is the first systematic study of nomad-settler interactions in Egypt’s Saharan frontier, late 3rd-10th. This broadens the debate on the oases, exploring an overlooked period and on nomad-settler relations in Rome’s Desert Frontier, including Egypt’s Saharan one. An international workshop (part of RISE) will foster a comparative discussion on Rome’s desert frontiers from Africa to the Levant. This interdisciplinarity needs a host like the UP1 - ArScAn unit, where I will be integrated and trained in digital humanities, archaeology, and papyrology, developing a distinctive expertise in Late Antique desert frontiers from a comparative view. New career opportunities in France and abroad will open. Dissemination will use various channels to maximase impact.

Mots clés : late antique egypt early islamic egypt nomadic groups western desert of egypt desert frontiers

Participants :
- Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 226420.56 €
Projet PIONEER (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Phononic integrated circuits (PnICs) have significant potential in information and communication technology (ICT), with a key challenge being the reduction of phonon transmission losses. Energy or information propagation without losses, as predicted by the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou Recurrence (FPUT-R), has not yet been experimentally demonstrated in nanomechanical oscillators due to three key challenges: the dominance of linear interactions in PnICs, sensitivity to dissipation, and the difficulty of measuring small displacements necessary for FPUT-R analysis. To address these challenges, PIONEER will leverage recent advancements in nonlinear phononic resonators and nanophononic crystal structures. Building on the applicant’s theoretical predictions and the cutting-edge nanotechnology available at the host institution, PIONEER will design, construct, and test FPUT-R in phononic circuits using nonlinear nanomechanical oscillators. The project is driven by the EU's urgent need to reduce energy consumption in ICT and nanoelectronics for energy-efficient smart edge devices, while also aligning with the goals of shaping Europe’s Digital Future. PIONEER represents an extraordinary training opportunity on complementary scientific and soft skills for the applicant and has the potential to enable phononic and photonic integrated energy-efficient smart edge devices for optical data processing, quantum technologies, and Shaping Europe’s digital future and beyond.

Mots clés : nanophononic crystals, fermi pasta ulam tsingou recurrence, nonlinear coupled resonators

Participants :
- Université de Barcelone (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Centre de recherche technique de Finlande (Finlande) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Portugal) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 207183.12 €