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

SCIMER aims to demonstrate strong dipole-dipole coupling of molecular dimers with a long-term goal of establishing rationally synthesized molecules as a reliable resource for quantum optics. Molecules embedded in crystalline matrices have long been used as bright single emitters beginning with the first observation of single molecule absorption by the Nobel laureate Prof. W. E. Moerner in 1989. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) have proven to be robust single photon sources with near unity quantum yield, lifetime-limited linewidths, and indefinite photostability in cryogenic conditions. Two of these PAH molecules then can coherently interact to create bimolecular quantum states that can emit two photons within short intervals with enhanced radiative rates. However, the major challenge in realizing strongly coupled PAH molecules has been locating suitable pairs of molecules within randomly doped matrices, leading to only two PAH molecules that have been shown to exhibit strong dipole-dipole coupling in the past two decades. In order to directly place molecules in spatial configurations suitable for strong coupling, rational synthesis of dimers connected with an inert chemical linker can be used to fix monomers in close proximity and specific orientations to each other with atomic precision. The rational synthesis of these dimers is a novel field that can make an impact in quantum optics, specifically in the development of strongly coupled dimers. With her background in optical spectroscopy and physical chemistry, the fellow is uniquely equipped to lead this interdisciplinary project. She will collaborate with organic chemists and perform advanced single molecule spectroscopy herself with support from the nano optics division at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light. The success of SCIMER will lead to the first observation of strong dipole-dipole coupling in molecular dimers, leading to a coupling regime that has never been seen before.

Mots clés : rational organic synthesis, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, single molecule spectroscopy, strong dipole dipole coupling, single photon source, cryogenic spectroscopy

Participants :
- Société Max-Planck pour le développement des sciences (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 202125.12 €
Projet GROUPFORM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Theoretical and experimental research has significantly advanced our understanding of the economic and psychological factors underpinning human group conflict. Yet, a critical gap persists: nearly all existing research assumes that competing groups are fixed. This neglects the fact that conflict actively and dynamically affects group formation and that this can have a crucial impact on competitive success. Here, I propose to examine key drivers and consequences of such group formation processes under conditions of conflict.  Specifically, I contribute to answering three related research questions: (i) How do people choose which groups to join under conditions of conflict? (ii) How do group size and social identity interact to influence these choices? And (iii): How do such group formation processes impact groups’ competitiveness and success?  I tackle these questions via two independent yet complementary work packages (‘WPs’):  WP1 combines game-theoretic analyses with a series of experiments to systematically examine how key group characteristics impact group choice under conditions of conflict. Specifically, it tests for the influence of structural aspects such as group size and psychological factors tied to social identity.  WP2 uses agent-based simulations to investigate how individuals' preferences for group choice evolve over time in response to the adoption of group-level strategies aimed at resolving collective action problems. Part 1 will assess how variations in the type and effectiveness of these strategies affect group choice, size, and success. Part 2 provides a theoretical analysis of the role of social identity in group formation, complementing WP1’s empirical findings.  This project advances a novel line of inquiry into the precursors and mechanisms underlying intergroup conflict, contributing significant insights into how structural and psychological factors drive group formation in this context.

Mots clés : group formation, alliance formation, group conflict, social identity, intergroup relationships

Participants :
- Société Max-Planck pour le développement des sciences (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 202125.12 €
Projet SECS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

'I did not accuse him because I am his enemy, but because I demand justice. He raped me and then said I should have married his nephew Lorenzo to cover this [the pregnancy] up (Maria Taboni v. Don Gauci). 'He groped me, asking for my pubic hair and a pezza [cloth] damped in menstrual blood -I was horrified!' (Margherita Caruana v. Don Fabbri). This work is inspired by all the women's and young girls' voices found in the inquisitorial records. They recounted assaults and harassment with vigor and supported one another in seeking justice. They condemned the predatorily actions and the system of impunity; their disturbing depositions convey an outstanding narrative. They show how women can be vocal, and no longer take the blame for sexual violence against them. To date, their voices have been neglected by the historiography on sexual violence and the Church. In Mediterranean cities, women and children often endured sexual violence whilst confessing to their priests. Hundreds of reports about assault and abuse were sent to the Roman Inquisitors between 1600 and 1750. However, what is remarkable is that the survivors, and their families, stood up to the perpetrators and called for punishment, irrespective of the clergymen's social standing. Despite the power dynamics at play and the gender roles, women took an active role in defending themselves, both by opening up to their families and, with other females' support, speaking up to the authorities. The Inquisition took the denunciations seriously and demanded the culprits be questioned and punished. Unlike what we might expect, mothers, husbands, fathers and friends were overwhelmingly supportive by corroborating the assaults in court. As such, women were able to circumscribe the authority of the Church and its abusive men; they did not endure abuse quietly, they spoke up and demanded justice.

Mots clés : sexuality violence catholicism mediterranean

Participants :
- Institut universitaire européen de Florence (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 164950.08 €
Projet SATHSCIF (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Since WWII, global politics has developed a heightened sensitivity to state violence. Although this sensitivity contributed to a reduction in state violence, it also constructed an economy of state criminality that situates sex crimes as the worst atrocity while normalising other forms of violence. This logic is further exacerbated when state security agents (SSAs) stand trial for crimes committed during service. These trials require the public to come to terms with the cost of security and renegotiate the boundaries between legitimate and illegitimate state violence. Studying SSAs’ trials as sites of contention over the state’s legitimate use of violence, I will explore: (1) What hierarchies are at work in shaping conceptions and reactions to state criminality? (2) What do these hierarchies teach us about social and political tolerance of state violence? and (3) Which political, social, and moral factors are at work in transforming hierarchies of state criminality? Conducting qualitative research based on archival work, I will explore how legal-normative infrastructures facilitate hierarchies of state crime in Israel and France from WWII to the end of the 20th century. By studying SSAs’ trials in these sites, the project will develop a model to assess hierarchies of state criminality based on three categories of felonies: crimes against body and life and property and sex crimes. I hypothesise that a different hierarchy is at play when SSAs commit such felonies compared to ordinary citizens. When SSAs are the perpetrators, I expect to find that property and sex crimes are judged more harshly than crimes against life and body that can be justified as a security necessity. If so, it is essential to design policies that break down these hierarchies, treating state criminality holistically. This research will therefore produce recommendations for human rights organisations to promote new methodologies and theoretical approaches to state criminality.

Mots clés : sexual violence, palestine israel, politics of care, critical criminology, critical security studies, comparative politics, legal and political anthropology

Participants :
- Sciences Po (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- The independent international commission of inquiry on the occupied palestinian territory, including east jerusalem, and israel (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut universitaire européen de Florence (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 225987.6 €
Projet HERO (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The monumental Victorian edition of The Works of Francis Bacon ('Works') appeared some 150 years ago, in the midst of the 'Second Scientific Revolution'. With the Oxford Francis Bacon project yet to be completed, it is still the standard edition of Francis Bacon's (1561-1626) collected works. The edition itself, however, has never been studied in any detail. This is remarkable since, by presenting the most up-to-date Baconian canon, it played a key role in the creation of 'Baconianism', an outlook crucially formative of 19th-century British science and philosophy. A major intellectual event, the Works climaxed the emergence of serious Bacon scholarship and propelled the search for a single scientific method, shared across disciplines, in the work of Baconians like John Herschel, William Whewell and John Stuart Mill. At the same time, it marked the start of a decades-long process of revisionism which made that Bacon eventually lost of his status as legislator of modern science and induction seized to be seen as the motor of scientific progress. This project provides the first-ever history of the making, reception and extraordinary legacy of the Works, revealing its centrality to 19th-century philosophical debates on science as well as its significance for 20th- and 21st-century Bacon scholarship. It will combine fresh archival research, historical contextualization and philosophical analysis, carried out at the world-leading Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage at Ca' Foscari University of Venice (host) and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge (secondment). The project's original results will be disseminated through a monograph and peer-reviewed articles, and communicated through various targeted outreach activities. It will enable the researcher to acquire significant new skills and expertise that will further strengthen his position as a leading scholar of the history of science and philosophy in the 19th century.

Mots clés : nineteenth century history of philosophy nineteenth century history of science history of philosophy of science victorian studies bacon studies

Participants :
- Université Ca' Foscari de Venise (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 188590.08 €
- Université de Cambridge (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet POST-EMPIRE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : TERMINATED

The project POST-EMPIRE will analyse the ideas and cultural representations that shaped the interventionist foreign policy deployed by the Spanish Monarchy in the republics of Chile, Peru and Ecuador during the Elizabethan period (1833-1868). I will reconstruct the doctrinal developments of pan-Hispanism, free trade imperialism, (anti)republicanism and navalism to understand how they structured the political culture of post-imperial interventionism, legitimising and guiding Spain's attempts to establish a sphere of influence in its former possessions. By studying a little-considered example of post-imperial interventionism, I aim to stimulate discussions at the academic and media levels that allow comparison with other analogous cases. POST-EMPIRE will achieve the following Research Objectives: RO.1: To explain the geopolitical imaginaries that gave rise to Spanish post-imperial interventionism. RO.2: Assess the weight that the examples of the British Empire, France and the United States had in the strategic culture of informal Spanish imperialism. RO. 3: To gain access to an interdisciplinary training experience that will allow me to enrich my knowledge as a historian of European-American relations with the perspectives of trans-Pacific historiography, political theory and socio-constructivist international relations theory. RO. 4: To contribute to elaborating an interdisciplinary theorisation of the dynamics that have characterised post-imperial conflicts throughout contemporary history. RO. 5: To enrich general social knowledge about the dynamics that govern post-imperial conflicts, seeking to raise awareness among public decision-makers and civil society of their importance for the Strategic Compass for the EU and European Security and foreign policy.

Mots clés : informal imperialism interventionism spain latin america pacific transatlantic imaginaries post imperial conflicts

Participants :
- Université libre de Berlin (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Conseil supérieur de la recherche scientifique (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 181152.96 €
- Université de Cambridge (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet MEDIAN (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The role of fluids as agents of mass transfer within terrestrial planets and moons has become a rapidly expanding area of research in Earth and Planetary Sciences. This work builds on very recent advances in thermodynamic modelling which have provided predictive models suggesting that carbon-rich fluids are powerful mass transfer agents. The primary objective of MEDIAN is to challenge the framework within which mantle geochemistry operates and the assumption that diamond inclusion geochemistry reflects the formation environment. MEDIAN will perform a comprehensive and innovative suite of high-pressure, high-temperature multi-layer experiments to constrain the mass transfer power of fluid metasomatism in Earth’s silicate mantle. Additionally, a recalibration of the Deep Earth Water model thermodynamic database will result in an improvement in the accuracy and precision of predictive computational models to predict the outcome of fluid-rock interaction in high-pressure systems. This recalibration will facilitate a comprehensive investigation of environmental conditions that are otherwise challenging to replicate experimentally. In conclusion, MEDIAN will investigate the ability of fluids to precipitate mineral assemblages traditionally associated with magmatic processes, providing new exciting insights into the behaviour of metasomatic fluids and deciphering the important messages trapped in diamond inclusions regarding Earth’s tectonic evolution. MEDIAN will speak to one of the most pressing questions in planetary science: how exactly has the sustained injection of aqueous fluids into the mantle at convergent plate boundaries changed Earth since the onset of plate tectonics?

Mots clés : fluid metasomatism, diamond formation, experimental petrology, thermodynamic modelling, deep carbon cycle

Participants :
- Université de Milan (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 193643.28 €
Projet 3DMemBio (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water bodies has adverse impacts on human health and ecosystems and is one of the main concerns regarding the EU green economy's growth based on zero pollution. Because PFAS can resist conventional water treatment processes, it is essential to develop alternative technologies based on advanced materials for their complete mineralization into CO2 and H2O. Among several approaches, photocatalysis using nanoparticles can degrade many recalcitrant pollutants but presents a lower capacity for their mineralization and a time-consuming and expensive recovery process of particles. In contrast, bioremediation has successfully achieved the defluorination of some PFAS compounds, but it is a relatively slow process. In this context, this proposal intends to apply 3D printing technology to produce novel and reusable multilayered polymer membranes incorporating photocatalysts and then develop a forefront hybrid water treatment technology combining for the first time photocatalysis and bioremediation to solve the urgent environmental threat, ensuring the effective degradation and maximum mineralization of PFAS in different aquatic matrices. Hence, this project aligns with the European Green Deal, 2030 Agenda, and EU Missions to reach a non-toxic environment. It will be completed in multidisciplinary research environments such as nanotechnology, additive manufacturing, photochemistry, and environmental biotechnology, using interdisciplinary efforts to engineer a revolutionary environmental remediation technology. The applicant brings photochemistry, environmental, and materials science knowledge to the research group and will acquire expertise in 3D printing technology, bioremediation, and ecotoxicity. The proposed work will expand the applicant´s experience, competencies, and professional networks, enhancing her career development as an independent environmental remediation researcher.

Mots clés : water remediation, 3d printing, membranes technology, photocatalysis, bioremediation, contaminants of emerging concern, per and polyfoulroalky substances

Participants :
- Université du Minho (Portugal) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 156778.56 €
- Gesellschaft für umweltsanierungstechnologien mbh (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Milan (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet PRISTINE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Ensuring sustainable fisheries is one of the key issues to address the conservation of marine biodiversity and socio-economic development. Such approaches usually operate based on fisheries records from the last decades, which are proved to be inappropriate reference criteria for evaluating long-term impacts of fish exploitation whereas archaeological data is increasingly admitted as an essential source of information. One of the most severely threatened marine regions is the Indo-Pacific, which also holds a rich history of marine resources exploitation since, at least, the Neolithic. Specific taxonomical identification of Indo-Pacific fish remains is still a pending task mainly due to the high diversity of fishes exploited and to difficulties in species identification from morphological analysis. This situation impedes acquiring a deep understanding of the prehistoric fisheries and their impacts over time. Through the analyses of archaeological and modern fishes from the Indo-Pacific, PRISTINE will implement a back to the future approach to provide reliable ecological baselines and enhance our current understanding of fish exploitation from a long-term perspective by identifying and quantifying the range of fish species exploited dating back 5,000 years. To this aim, PRISTINE will apply cutting-edge proteomic methodologies to 1) develop a finger-print Collagen Reference Database of representative modern Indo-Pacific fishes, 2) obtain the taxonomical identification of Neolithic fish remains, and 3) achieve a long-term evaluation of Indo-Pacific fisheries. This research will contribute to attempts on the identification of healthy tropical reef fisheries and evaluation of anthropogenic impacts over time to assist in ensuring efforts to conserve the present and manage the future of marine scenarios.

Mots clés : ichthyoarchaeology, palaeoproteomics, ecological baselines, ancient fisheries, indo pacific, conservation

Participants :
- Université Harvard (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 211754.88 €
- Université de Cambridge (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €