Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet HarassEU (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Supranational organizations working on street harassment face the challenge of developing initiatives to address this issue around the world, while considering local specificities in what exactly is locally understood to be the problem. An ethnographic study of the production and circulation of policy frames of and solutions to street harassment, HarassEU contributes to our understanding of how policies and frames travel, and how governmental and non-governmental organizations operating on a local, national, and supranational level negotiate the nature of a problem and how to address it. Based at KU Leuven’s Centre for Sociological Research, the project is supervised by Prof. Giselinde Kuipers, a renowned scholar in comparative and cultural sociology. It includes a secondment at the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies at Sciences Po Paris supervised by Prof. Anne Revillard, an expert in public policy and gender. The empirical investigation concerns the production of policy initiatives within supranational organizations working on this issue in Europe, as well as how supranational, national, and local organizations interact through case studies of four national contexts: the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Italy. Relating research in gender studies to scholarship in pragmatic sociology and political science on processes of politicization allows HarassEU to deliver innovative results not only with respect to our understanding of the problem of street harassment, but also to provide original contributions to scholarship on public problems and policy agenda formation, globalization and international circulation, and gender and ethnicity. The analysis of tensions that organizations operating on different levels encounter in interacting with each other provides the basis for policy recommendations on how to more effectively build transnational coalitions to combat street harassment and other social problems.

Mots clés : policy, social problems, social movements, gender, pragmatic sociology, street harassment, eu, globalization

Participants :
- KU Leuven (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 191760.0 €
- Fondation nationale des sciences politiques (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet DeNovoMeristem (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Meristem formation is essential for continuous and organised growth in all land plants. The meristem is a multicellular generative centre that produces the plant body and is maintained by spatially restricted gene expression domains throughout a plant’s lifespan. However, little is known about how these stable patterns are established de novo from a single cell. This is because embryonic meristem formation in flowering plants is enclosed within the seed and fruit and therefore live imaging, chemical treatments and gene interaction studies are technically difficult. The bryophyte Marchantia polymorpha has emerged as a powerful model to investigate meristem formation in real time. The single-celled Marchantia haploid spore is exposed and undergoes defined patterns of cell division to ultimately produce a highly organised meristem. In the proposed project, spatial and temporal gene expression changes will be observed live during meristem formation, and the molecular interactions driving these changes will be identified. As well as revealing how gene expression patterns and feedback loops can form de novo, this work will reveal key innovations during meristem evolution and identify the fundamental requirements for meristem formation in land plants.

Mots clés : plants, meristems, stem cells, patterning, gene expression, marchantia, spores

Participants :
- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (Autriche) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 183600.96 €
Projet SCALE-ICE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Lattice structures are ubiquitous in nature, which determine diverse physical and chemical properties of materials. Exploring and controlling crystal structures is a central task of material engineering. Lattice phase transition is considered as a significant approach to manipulate and control functionalities, and thus, understanding the underlying mechanism of phase transition is a basic premise and guarantee for technological applications. A fundamental understanding of the cooperative interplay between charge, spin, orbital and lattice is required to manipulate this process. The emergence of magnetic Van der Waals (vdW) crystals opened up new horizons for engineering phase transition with magnetic orders together beyond the reach of existing materials. Traditional investigation of magnetic phase transition requires neutron diffraction, which requires nuclear reactor to generate neutrons. In this project, I propose to use three-dimensional electron diffraction (3DED) to study the 3D magnetic orderings, which will serve as a complimentary method to neutron diffraction. I will also study the dynamical behaviour of magnetic ordering in vdW crystals under different electric bias conditions. In addition, I will study the 3D magnetic field distribution at the interface of heterostructures constructed by vdW crystals. I will develop continuous fast holographic tomography (CFHT) with much lower dose and higher speed compared to traditional step-wise tomography. I will also apply a special 3D reconstruction algorithm to reveal and visualize the 3D magnetic field at the heterostructure interface. The outputs of this project will provide insight into the synergy effects of charge, spin and lattice in magnetic materials and greatly facilitate the discovery of novel magnetic materials.

Mots clés : magnetic phase transition, 2d magnet, van der waals crystal, tem, 3ded, electron holography, fe3gete2, heterostructure, interface, continuous fast holographic tomography, 3d magnetic field

Participants :
- Forschungszentrum Jülich (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 189687.36 €
Projet BioKIN (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The BioKIN project aims to engineer a biomimetic in vitro platform for the non-destructive, remote, and real-time monitoring of laboratory-grown skin. The project is focused on developing a seamless device to interface with bioengineered skin tissue. Strategies will be established to integrate the device with skin cells to mature hybrid functional skin, where electronics and tissue grow alike. The obtained hybrid functional tissue will provide a powerful tool to study skin biological processes, which will be used early by monitoring wound healing in vitro. Every year, over 50 million patients suffer from severe skin injuries such as burns and chronic wounds and need effective therapies to restore skin function. Fueled by this need, researchers have developed advanced skin substitutes for skin regeneration and replacement by tissue engineering techniques. Despite the incremental improvement of bioengineered skin and its use to regenerate damaged injuries, in situ, non-destructive, and real-time monitoring of their performance has not been sufficiently addressed. BioKIN will equip bioengineered skin tissue with advanced, non-biological capabilities, thus providing a promising platform that supports the understanding of epidermal biology, tissue formation, and skin diseases. The multidisciplinary skills gained during this action BioKIN will significantly enhance the applicant’s future career prospects in bringing bioelectronics to skin tissue engineering.

Mots clés : bioelectronics, electronic biointegration, skin tissue engineering, cell electronics interface, tissue electronics interface, biomimetic devices, skin substitutes, mesh electronics, nanotechnology

Participants :
- Forschungszentrum Jülich (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 189687.36 €
Projet SIRENseek (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Distal regulatory elements in the genome play a key role in orchestrating tissue- and context- specific transcriptional programs. While activating elements (enhancers) have been broadly studied in the last decades, repressive elements (silencers) remain a ‘mysterious’ class of regulatory regions of the genome, whose characteristics have never been systematically elucidated. In the "seeking the SIlencer-associated REpressive protein Network” (SIRENseek) project, I aim to identify and functionally characterize silencers and silencer-binding proteins (SBPs) to gain insight into their mechanism of action and ultimately unlock their untapped potential for gene regulation and targeted therapy. To this aim, I will combine state-of-the-art proteomic analyses and high-throughput epigenomic profiling to identify SBPs and assess their relevance in shaping the chromatin landscape. First, I will focus on a repressive transcription factor known to bind silencers and I will use novel proximity labeling technologies to isolate its interacting proteins, thus unveiling other chromatin factors involved in silencer functions. Then, I will interrogate multiple candidate SBPs via a CRISPR screening and test their ability to rewire the chromatin landscape via ATAC-seq. Finally, by integrating this information with epigenomic data, I will identify SBPs with a functional role at silencers and test their ability to establish long-range chromatin interactions via 3D genomic approaches. Together, this interdisciplinary proposal will allow me to map for the first time silencer elements, their associated chromatin factors and the potential 3D interactions that they mediate to repress target genes, thus addressing the existing gap in our understanding of repressive elements.

Mots clés : gene regulation chromatin silencers transcription factors epigenetic complexes

Participants :
- Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 209483.28 €
Projet PREGNANCYBENEFIT (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Economic Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The proposed action contributes to tackling of a pressing challenge faced by the EU, which is finding new birth policies that would be effective in countering demographic decline. It does so by evaluating the impact of a new type of family policy (pregnancy benefit) on fertility behaviour (births and abortions) and on child health at birth. This is a unique research opportunity as pregnancy benefits are very rare. The evaluation will be conducted using high-quality, population-wide, administrative microdata and state-of-the-art microeconometric models. The project is inherently interdisciplinary, as it connects economics with demography, public policy, sociology, and women’s reproductive rights. The action includes intersectoral transfer of knowledge. First, the secondment institution conducts policy-relevant research tailored for the needs of the government and other public bodies. Second, the non-academic placement will occur in an NGO promoting gender equality and women's rights. The novelty of this research is threefold. First, it evaluates the impact of a novel prenatal cash transfer on fertility (as opposed to traditional postnatal policies). Second, it contributes to understanding of abortion-seeking behaviour (which is rarely done). Third, it evaluates the impact of an earmarked, non-means-tested transfer, on child health at birth (which has not been done previously). The proposed policy evaluation is important in the context of: [1] tackling demographic decline in the EU – a threat to long-term sustainability of public finances; [2] supporting cost-effective policy-making – evaluating effectiveness of costly family policies and choosing the best ones is useful for the tax-payer; [3] fostering gender equality – the evaluated anti-abortion policy is not restricting women’s reproductive rights. This project will strengthen the ERA, as it will be executed in a low R&I performing country. Currently, no economists in Slovak academia specialize in family policies.

Mots clés : pregnancy benefit, policy evaluation, family policy, fertility, cash transfer, anti abortion policy, pro natality, births, abortion, child health at birth, prenatal period, women s reproductive rights

Participants :
- Moznost volby (Slovaquie) — Partner, associated partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Comenius de Bratislava (Slovaquie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 186524.4 €
- Institute for Labour and Family Research (Slovaquie) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
Projet ExtinctRecov (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Drastic global climate change during the Permian resulted in two of the greatest mass extinction events of all time, one around 260 Ma ago and the other around 252 Ma ago. Arguably the best record of these events on land is preserved in the main Karoo Basin (MKB) of South Africa, which was situated in higher latitudes (~60° S) at those times. Because of the relatively poorer fossil record from lower (0-15°) palaeolatitudes, latitudinal differences in faunal assemblages, and lack of precise radiometric dates, global applicability of extinction and faunal recovery patterns observed in the MKB has long remained elusive; we simply lacked the necessary data. As such, stratigraphic correlations between basins are tenuous. Moreover, it is not known whether the terrestrial expression of the two greatest mass extinction events of the Permian, and subsequent ecosystem recovery, are preserved in western Europe. ExtinctRecov is a novel interdisciplinary project that aims to, for the first time, combine palaeontological, sedimentological, stratigraphical and geochronological data to correlate the Permian-Triassic Spanish and French basins and the MKB. ExtinctRecov will also explore patterns of faunal turnover, extinction, and recovery during the mid-to-late Permian and across the Permo-Triassic boundary i.e. between 265 and 250 Ma ago. The proposed project draws on the geological, geochronological, and palaeontological advances and work undertaken during the past two decades in the Pyrenees and Lodéve basins (Spain and France) and the main Karoo Basin (South Africa), which finally makes this ambitious project possible. Implications of the results from the proposed project include new and key insights on the faunal communities present in this part of Pangea and a better understanding of how terrestrial ecosystems were affected by and recovered from the late Capitanian and Permo-Triassic extinction.

Mots clés : mass extinction permian triassic pangea

Participants :
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut català de paleontologia fundacio privada (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 184933.87 €
Projet LR-SLIDE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Long-runout landslides pose a growing global threat to the safe development of tectonically active regions, but are difficult to prevent technically. Risk mitigation is crucial to avert catastrophic losses from such severe geohazards, but is constrained by an incomplete understanding of physical mechanisms behind long-runout landslides, largely due to the absence of direct physical observations of the long-runout process. To bridge this gap, integrating advanced optical and mechanical sensing techniques into hypergravity centrifuge modelling offers a promising avenue for detailed physical observations. This project aims to achieve three key objectives: (1) Establish a geological conceptual model for long-runout landslides, (2) Develop a high-ratio climatic chamber model under hypergravity centrifuge condition, and (3) Quantify physical mechanisms of the fluidized transition process driving long-runout movement. To accomplish these goals, remote sensing techniques combined with advanced data-processing methods will be employed to enhance data-collection completeness for geological conceptual model. Hypergravity climatic centrifuge modelling will be utilized to elucidate the coupled triggering effect and complicated fluidized transition process of rock mass. A predictive physical model, involving initiation and runout phases of landslides, will incorporate infrastructure resilience perspectives, thus complementing physics-based risk scenarios development. This project will be co-supervised by Prof. Madabhushi at the University of Cambridge and Prof. Jaboyedoff at the University of Lausanne. Our interdisciplinary team, encompassing geodetic, geological and geotechnical engineering, is well-positioned to advance geohazard risk management. This work will enhance the fellow’s career prospects, facilitate knowledge transfer between the fellow and host institutions, and deliver significant scientific and socio-economic impacts for global geohazard reduction.

Mots clés : natural hazard landslides centrifuge modelling hypergravity climatic chamber remote sensing

Participants :
- Université de Cambridge (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276187.92 €
- Université de Lausanne (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet JHCEDI (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

John Hume and the Creation of the European Dimension in Ireland will investigate how John Hume helped to create the conditions for a diverse constituency in Northern Ireland to reimagine its political and cultural identity in Europe. The kernel of JHCEDI is a research question that has not been adequately addressed in the literature on Hume, or on Ireland in Europe: How did Hume’s reconceptualisation of Ireland in Europe facilitate the peace process in Northern Ireland? This project could hardly be more timely: a thorough public awareness of the history of Northern Ireland in Europe through the lens of its key political actor, Hume, over the past half-century could provide a vital contribution to public discourse and attitudes towards the future. Today three pillars of considerable geopolitical significance – the threat to the Good Friday Agreement, the disruptions of Brexit, and the ongoing controversies that surround the Northern Ireland Protocol – give urgency to JHCEDI. No work yet exists that fully transcends the paradigms in which Hume has been framed by situating Hume’s project in the paradigm of nation formation in a European tradition as well as in ethnic studies. This is the gap in the literature that JHCEDI will address. The vision he shared with t of a Europe of regions and of shared sovereignty was at once a transnational priority for Hume and a strategy to resolve Ireland’s internal dilemmas. The objective of JHCEDI is to investigate how Hume helped to create the conditions for a diverse constituency in Northern Ireland to reimagine their political inheritance. The outputs of JHCEDI will be the articles and the public dissemination of my findings, being essential actions to lay the groundwork for my monograph in this subject.

Mots clés : democracy, human rights, transnational history, international history, european construction, brexit, ireland, peace process, pluralism, diversity, shared future

Participants :
- Fondation nationale des sciences politiques (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 211754.88 €
Projet RELIGIOMICS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : TERMINATED

RELIGIOMICS aims at capturing new forms of religion and spirituality represented and experienced in comics by both artists and audiences. Considering the growth of comics production and consumption, this project is crucial to understand the transformations of religious phenomena in Western societies and their connections with popular culture. RELIGIOMICS investigates the relationship between comics and religion, by studying: 1) the artists’ subjectivities and biographical paths, 2) the intertwined influences between the artistic production and religion, 3) audiences’ receptions and 4) the transformation of the comics field. RELIGIOMICS proposes a cross-national comparative perspective focusing on artists and audiences, with different religious and cultural backgrounds in Europe and the USA. It is innovative in considering comics as a medium for religious expression and not only as an instrument of commodification and banalisation of religion. It is multidisciplinary as it combines and connects sociology of religion, comics studies, media studies, and sociology of art. The fellow will be hosted at the University of Lausanne (outgoing associated partner), the University of Harvard (secondment), and the University of Bologna (host institution). The fellow, an expert in sociology of religion, will gain the expertise to carry out the research: in Lausanne, on the relationship between contemporary art and religion, at Harvard, on comics studies and spirituality and pop culture, and in Bologna on sociology of art and discourse analysis. RELIGIOMICS will address the following questions: (RQ1) How do comics artists live and represent religion and spirituality? (RQ2) How does the comics medium shape, and how is it shaped by, religion and spirituality? (RQ3) How are religious narratives and symbols experienced by the audiences of comics? (RQ4) How did religion favour the emergence of the semi-autonomous artistic field of highbrow comics in tension with commercial comics?

Mots clés : comics, popular culture, religion, spirituality, esotericism, graphic novels

Participants :
- Université Harvard (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Bologne (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 320924.16 €
- Université de Lausanne (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €