Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet PORTAL (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The objective of the PORTAL project is to fabricate direct bandgap, hyper-doped, thin, and strain-tailored GeSn:Sb- and GeSn:Al-on-Ge layers, with enhanced carrier transport properties and light emission and absorption efficiency. To achieve this goal, a combination of deposition and pulsed-laser melting processes will be used. Taking advantage of the ultrafast liquid to solid phase transition will enable the fabrication of high-quality GeSn alloys, doped with Al or Sb above their respective solid solubility. This process methodology is expected to yield fully relaxed or even tensely strained alloys with residual defects. Such materials could bring a new step forward in photonics, particularly for infra-red optical detectors. To acquire an in-depth understanding of the doped-GeSn alloys properties, an interdisciplinary study will be led by applying different laser and deposition conditions, collecting data from several characterization techniques and running simulations. The final outcome of this project aims to build a complete, reproducible and large-scale transferable process for hyper-doped GeSn materials, that could be integrated in high-performance and low-cost devices. In addition to the significant socio-economic impact the PORTAL project is expected to bring, it has been ensured that all possible efforts will be made in favour of environmental considerations. This study will be conducted in a multi-disciplinary research group of the University of Padova under the supervision of Prof. Enrico Napolitani. A two-way transfer of knowledge and savoir-faire between the host organization and the experienced researcher will be favoured by their respective fields of expertise and established collaborations as well as the wide range of equipment provided by the University of Padova. This individual fellowship will enrich the applicant’s management and technical skills and expand his professional network, improving the development of his career.

Mots clés : germanium tin, pulse laser melting, doping, strain, band engineering, mobility, gesn sb, gesn al

Participants :
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172750.08 €
Projet SAIL (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

SAIL analyses early migration from Sicily to Louisiana between 1865 and 1901. It sheds light on agents of migration who enrolled peasants in Sicily and on their transnational connections with labour recruiters based in Louisiana, who were looking for a labour force after the abolition of slavery at the end of the US Civil War in 1865. On the other side of the Atlantic, the Italian government considered emigration as an issue to be managed or opposed: the 1901 law restricted the activity of agents of migration, who were regarded as people smugglers and used as a scapegoat to justify migration, rather than being studied as one of the interrelated factors triggering it. This simplistic view permeated the public debate in Italy, has not been challenged by scholarship on Sicilian migration, and resonates with current populist and xenophobic narratives. SAIL offers the first comprehensive study of early Sicilian migration to Louisiana by adopting an interdisciplinary approach combining social, economic, and cultural history with literature. Thanks to a thorough investigation and cross-referencing of untapped Italian and US archival sources and literary works, SAIL maps the presence of agents of migration in Sicily, analysing their identity, background, methods, organisation, and the transnational connections with labour recruiters in Louisiana, gauging their effectiveness in disseminating a dreaming image of the USA among Sicilian peasants and examining the extent to which their activity impacted the migration flow alongside other factors (economic depression, political turmoil, chain migration, remittances). SAIL will fill a scholarly gap, develop tools for researching migrations, and reflect on Sicily’s past and its present as one of the main gateways into Europe. Through activities involving academic and non-academic audiences, SAIL will stimulate a debate and raise awareness around one of Europe’s most pressing concerns: safeguarding the right to safe migration.

Mots clés : migration history history of italian migration history of labour migration

Participants :
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172750.08 €
Projet StAr-Doc (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

To this date, documentation of materials from archaeological sites varies greatly from project to project. There are several reasons for this: 1) lack of experts and/or funds, 2) difficulties in accessing data, 3) and the long time necessary to collect and document information. In addition, the recent application of Artificial Intelligence to archaeological documentation has highlighted the need for further standardisation in data collection and, consequently, in the results obtained. The StAr-Doc project, therefore, intends to address and solve these problems by applying technologies available on the market today in a systematic and standardised manner. In particular, the project aims to build a pipeline that provides experts in the study of archaeological materials with a functional method to scientifically document artefacts from archaeological contexts. The specific goals of the project are to construct 3D models using photographs obtained with low and medium-budget devices. These models will enable the extrapolation of the physical characteristics of each object, including sections, dimensions, and, in the case of pots, diameter and correct orientation. The second specific objective will be the documentation of the pottery fabrics. In particular, the focus will be on pottery fabrics, which will be recorded with 2D images at varying degrees of magnification. Specifically, several classes of materials will be selected, such as Late Roman Amphora 1, Aswan Red Slip Ware, and African Red Slip Ware; their fabrics will be documented and processed with mathematical quantification programmes, a technique that enables to identify groups with similar physical and technical characteristics. The characteristics of these groups will then be compared with those of materials from production sites. The last specific objective will be to publish the collected material (2D images), the virtual models, and the fabric database on an open access virtual repository.

Mots clés : roman period, sustainability, virtual models, open sources, computational photography, 3d models, data repository, pottery, fabrics, objects, egypt

Participants :
- Université de Londres (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université américaine au Caire (Égypte) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 222549.12 €
Projet DOMYNOS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

At the heart of this project is the study of transport phenomena in soft matter systems, a field that has seen large and fast development over the last decades due to its fundamental role for many biological, industrial and technological applications. The combined effort of experimentalists, theorists and computational physicists has unveiled recurring deviations from the so-called Brownian Motion (BM). The latter dates back to the 19th century and represents the canonical model for the study of diffusion in fluids. The two central properties of BM are the linear growth with time of the mean squared displacement and the Gaussian distribution of displacements. The main motivation behind this project is the fact that more and more studies have proved that non-Gaussian diffusion appears to be the standard rather than the exception when dealing with disordered soft matter systems. Analytical and numerical works have demonstrated that non-Gaussian diffusion emerges due to the presence of different kind of heterogeneities in the systems. Then, this project aims at providing a quantitative description of the spatio-temporal environment heterogeneities leading to non-Gaussian statistics in soft matter systems. More specifically, the research will focus on the diffusion of colloidal nanoparticles through polymer matrices. At first, a detailed study to quantify and characterise the polymer matrix heterogeneities will be carried out. Then, state-of-the-art data analysis technique will be employed to provide a full characterisation of the tracers diffusive dynamics in polymer matrices. Finally, a direct mapping will be established between matrix heterogeneity and the emergence of non-Gaussian statistics in the tracers dynamics. By bringing together concepts from polymer physics, transport theory and computational physics, this project is meant to finally clarify the role of non-Gaussian diffusion in soft matter systems and beyond.

Mots clés : non gaussian diffusion, polymer matrix, single particle trajectory, microrheology

Participants :
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172750.08 €
Projet TRIFLOW (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The ability to accurately predict both the magnitude and direction of fluid flow within fractured rocks is paramount for the secure injection of fluids into the subsurface—an essential operation for geothermal energy production and CO2 storage. Even though the stress conditions at depth control the creation of fractures and the transport of fluids through them, technical difficulties have impeded the replication of crustal conditions in the laboratory, and the knowledge of fracture development comes primarily from experiments conducted under simplified two-dimensional stress conditions. This limited perspective has restricted the understanding of the interplay between three-dimensional stresses, the geometry of developed fracture networks, and the direction of fluid flow within fractured rocks. Furthermore, a key challenge for large-scale fluid flow prediction is the extrapolation of results obtained at the laboratory scale (centimetres) to actual reservoir scale (hundreds of meters to kilometres). This project, TRIFLOW, will use for the first time a novel apparatus to deform samples under representative crustal conditions to establish how 3D stresses influence fracture geometry and directional permeability. These results will be combined with innovative 3D mapping methods applied to natural examples of fossilised fluid flow in the form of vein networks, and numerical analyses, to study the dynamics of tridimensional fluid flow across scales. The outcomes of this project are expected to bring substantial advancements to our comprehension of fluid flow dynamics under genuine crustal conditions. This improved understanding will, in turn, enhance the precision of fluid flow simulations for applications involving the injection of fluids into fractured rocks, thereby contributing to the safety of processes such as geothermal fluid injection for energy generation and CO2 storage, both of which are crucial solutions for reducing greenhouse emissions to the atmosphere.

Mots clés : fracture permeability fluid flow rock mechanics rock physics brittle deformation mechanical anisotropy fractured media

Participants :
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172750.08 €
Projet THiMe (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

“Temporalities, Histories, and Methods of Philosophy” (THiMe) intends to contribute to the studies on the critique of the Western Canon, through specific reflection on the History of Philosophy and its political nature. The objective is to produce a new methodology of the History of Philosophy and Political Thought to deconstruct and rethink the consolidated canon that determines the way the History of Philosophy is taught and studied nowadays. The ambition is to produce a method capable of fostering emancipatory practices, through the recovery of interrupted histories and neglected legacies of thought, challenging the intrinsic limits of the logic of the Western canon and encouraging a reformulation of the History of Philosophy in inclusive and emancipatory terms. Through the comparative synthesis of M. Gueroult’s, G. Deleuze’s, L. Strauss’ and R. Koselleck’s methods and categories, THiMe’s will provide an innovative conceptuality to renew the idea of History of Philosophy and challenge the exclusionary nature of the canon. It will craft a methodology to investigate the problem of plural temporalities and alternative histories on the specific level of the production of philosophic-political concepts. This approach will produce a knowledge framework that will detect exclusionary biases and flaws hidden in the assumption of a linear and progressive history of philosophical-political thought in general. This framework will be able to unearth and empower philosophical-political possibilities concealed within historical contexts, ultimately proposing a Politics of the History of Philosophy, capable of bolstering emancipatory endeavors in contemporary society. THiMe’s innovative methodology will result from an original combination of the historical-conceptual method and dialectical method, which will make visible the production of concepts and philosophical historiographies as polemical products of socio-political historical conjunctures.

Mots clés : history of philosophy, critique of western canon, history of political thought, deleuze, gueroult, strauss, koselleck, temporalities, conceptual history, neglected legacies, alternative pasts

Participants :
- University of California System (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265099.2 €
Projet ShareWind (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

On the framework of the energy transition in Europe, new technologies are under research, development and implementation. One of the targets of the European Commission is by 2030 to achieve a 32% of energy capacity based on renewable sources . Offshore wind energy is one of the renewable energy sources contemplated in the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) as part of the actions for research and innovation. New potential areas with more intense and stable wind conditions and minimized visual impact on the coastline have been identified (deep waters of >60 m depth). This motivates the idea of implementing floating wind turbines as an alternative to reach deep water locations with a great potential as a step further in the offshore wind industry. One of the main challenges for this technology is the cost associated with the construction of the platforms for the wind turbines and the mooring systems to anchor the turbines in deep water. One of the solutions to optimize offshore floating wind farms costs is sharing the anchors connected to the mooring systems that secure the wind turbines when subjected to the ocean environmental laods. The research proposed here "Shared anchors for floating wind turbines- ShareWind", aims to provide design guidelines and evaluate the loading capacity of shared anchors installed in clayey seabed profiles as most of the research on this topic has been adressed in sands. As part of ShareWind, the applicant will (i) develop physical models of shared anchors to be tested at theUniv.Eiffel (France) geotechnical centrifuge, (ii) perform numerical simulations and parametric studies to provide design guidelines and failure envelopes of anchors subjected to multidirectional cyclic loading. The results of ShareWind will be integrated in design frameworks to predict the loading capacity and displacements of shared anchors with impacts in their long-term performance and in the optimization of costs of floating wind farms.

Mots clés : geotechnical, offshore engineering, soil mechanics, physical modelling, wind turbines

Participants :
- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (Norvège) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Southampton (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Gustave Eiffel (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 211754.88 €
Projet TRAUMA (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

TRAUMA examines the transnational and trans-medial circulation of key discourses regarding mental health and violence that emerged in interwar Europe (1918–39). I argue that, although the conflict between competing ideologies (Fascism; Liberal Democracy; Communism) undermined the construction of European identity, discourses about mental health and violence played a vital role in fostering the formation of ideas, practices, and values that would later become a central part of the fabric of Europe. Focusing on Britain and Italy and combining cultural studies, medical, legal, and transnational history, TRAUMA explores the depiction of mentally traumatized World War I (WWI) servicemen committing violence. Analyzing sources such as medical and legal texts, novels, periodicals, war memoirs, and handbooks for soldiers, TRAUMA tracks the negotiation of transnational discourses about veterans’ mental health and violent behavior across Britain and Italy. Due to their antithetical nature, nationally, politically, and medically, and the opposite roles played by their veterans after WWI, these two contexts offer a unique window into the European experience of war trauma and its effects (e.g. post-traumatic stress disorder; domestic violence) and allow to trace the cultural shifts and historical processes (e.g. the de-mythization of the soldier; the rejection of the war) that informed the later socio-cultural construction of Europe. Conducted within three leading universities – Padua (return phase), Georgetown (outgoing phase), and Hamburg (secondment) – TRAUMA promotes debates on how cultural studies can address Europe’s most pressing concerns, as testified by the EU4HealthProgramme 2021–27, and fosters international collaborative research on mental health, trauma, violence, and European commonality. Through a range of outreach activities involving academic and non-academic audiences and institutions, TRAUMA will have major impacts at cultural, social, and educational level.

Mots clés : transnational literary studies cultural history history of medicine history of law interwar europe mental health violence veterans

Participants :
- Université d'Hambourg (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université George-Washington (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265099.2 €
Projet NARRATIVEss (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Economic Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Narratives – the stories people formulate to make sense of the world – contain at their core cause and effect relationships that people use to connect the events they observe. These relationships are crucial for interpreting data, forming expectations, and evaluating policy proposals. This project aims at improving our understanding of the role of economic narratives, their interaction with policy proposals, and how they can be manipulated by economic actors. The ultimate goal of this project is to suggest strategies to follow when faced with contexts in which struggles over policies might generate polarized views of how the world works.  The project is divided into three areas and combines ideas and methods at the intersection between economics, sociology, psychology, and computer science. The first area of research involves behavioral experiments in which I will study how narratives react to the cost of policies available to agents. In particular, I will investigate whether agents tend to adopt narratives that are self-serving, that is, compatible with the policies they find least costly. The second area of research focuses on the role that narratives played in shaping political preference in the second half of the XX century. I will consider labor unions to study the factors behind the emergence in the United States of a narrative highlighting their mischiefs. These results could highlight the magnitude and importance of the consequences generated by those that become prevailing narratives in a society. The last area of research will involve a methodological study on how to measure narratives from text. I will work to extend the available methods with the goal of explicitly capturing causal relationships. This contribution could favor the emergence of new work in the field by other researchers who could easily analyze large corpora of text.

Mots clés : economic narratives, experiment, behavioral bias, mental models, text as data, labor unions, political economy, machine learning

Participants :
- Université de Sienne (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172750.08 €
Projet FROM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

I propose to examine the importance of water microdroplets sprayed from geysers as a reaction medium in prebiotic chemistry, with the goal of providing evidence for CO2-reduction to formaldehyde and following synthesis of carbohydrates from formaldehyde via the formose reaction. Water microdroplets have recently been proven to be a unique reaction medium, but the importance of microdroplets for the origins of life remains largely unexplored. This fellowship application proposes geysers as a catalyst for synthesis of complex organic molecules at the origin of life – a new hypothesis which has previously not been explored. This is a high risk, high gain proposal and the new scientific skills obtained during the fellowship will be highly valuable for a research career at the interface of organic synthesis and microdroplet chemistry. The project will be carried out over two years with Prof. Michael Pittelkow at the University of Copenhagen where all synthetic chemistry, kinetic experiments and characterization of products will be performed.

Mots clés : prebiotic chemistry, microdroplets, formose reaction

Participants :
- Université de Copenhague (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 230774.4 €