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

The sustainable development (SD) paradigm focuses on addressing the needs of current generations without jeopardizing future generations by balancing sustainable development pillars (SDPs) (economic, social, and environmental). International trade, a key driver of SD and inclusive growth, often favors developed nations, increases socio-economic inequality, and harms the environment, despite the UN 2030 agenda’s emphasis on a balanced approach to SD. Moreover, there are conflicting theories and empirical findings on trade-SDPs linkages. Existing studies focused on developed nations, failed to assess all SDPs, have methodological limitations, overlook econometric tests, dynamic relationships, and gender aspects, and are limited in scope, perspective, and case studies. The existing trade trajectory in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) does not align with the UN agenda, and trade’s impact on SDPs has not been examined well. Therefore, a comprehensive econometric analysis is needed to develop better trade policies. The project will use multi-country secondary panel data collected from international databases, address prior study limitations, use descriptive statistics and an integrated sustainable framework, and employ a simultaneous equation model, notably seemingly unrelated regression. It will offer insights into trade-SDP linkages, inform policymakers of balanced trade policies, and lay the groundwork for further studies. The project also aims to develop optimal trade policies that align with the UN agenda. The fellowship provides a unique opportunity to undertake an interdisciplinary project, contribute to the UN agenda, improve career development, gain international exposure, access world-class resources, network with experts, enhance employability, and attract future research funding. It will also strengthen VU’s global research networks, build internal capacity, promote interdisciplinary research, attract funding, boost academic reputation, and foster cultural exchange.

Mots clés : international trade, development, economic growth, social economics, natural resources and environmental economics, econometrics, statistical methods

Participants :
- Université de Vilnius (Lituanie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 196976.16 €
- Lithuanian Social Research Centre (Lituanie) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet DEFMOD-LiMA (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The Eastern Mediterranean-Anatolian region presents a complex tectonic environment characterized by the interaction of the African, Arabian, and Eurasian plates. This area exhibits a unique interplay of subduction, continental collision, and backarc extension. The DEFMOD-LiMA project (Deformation Modelling of the Lithosphere in the Eastern Mediterranean-Anatolian Region) aims to elucidate mechanisms of lithospheric deformations in this intricate setting through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates geophysical and geodynamic methods. The project involves mapping high-resolution 3D isotropic, radially- and azimuthally anisotropic shear-wave velocity models of the crust and mantle, including detailed mapping of crustal and lithospheric thickness variations. The resulting models will be integrated with geological, geophysical, and geodetic observations to construct comprehensive 3D geodynamic models simulating the present-day lithospheric dynamics and their interplay with the underlying asthenosphere. This research is critical for quantifying lithospheric deformation and associated seismic hazards observed across the area and its active margins. DEFMOD-LiMA will contribute to improving seismic risk assessment in the area but also refining our knowledge of continental collisions in other regions of complex geodynamic evolution globally (e.g., Himalaya, the Appalachians in eastern North America, Tonga Fiji region in southwest Pacific Ocean). Accurate seismic risk assessment leads to well-defined strategies for earthquake risk reduction and emergency preparedness, supporting societies in developing and implementing sustainable development plans.

Mots clés : seismology, surface wave tomography, receiver functions, gravity and geodynamic modelling, lithospheric deformation, seismic hazard, eastern mediterranean anatolian region

Participants :
- Université Johannes-Gutenberg de Mayence (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Malte (Malte) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 189474.24 €
- Université Christian Albrecht de Kiel (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet DEMANS24-26 (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a globally disproportionate impact on the well-being of people living with dementia – particularly those who are community-dwelling – who have seen reduced access to healthcare and increased risk of loneliness, isolation, and depression. Consequently, the 'home' has become a vital space of care that remains lesser-researched in dementia studies. This can be richly explored in the country of Türkiye, which borders the West, East, and Global South, and has a distinctly blended modern and collectivistic outlook regarding familial ties and gender roles. Focusing on Türkiye’s capital city, Ankara, this project will explore the physical (natural, built, material, biophilic) and social (spousal, familial, communal) features of home environments, examining the relations between dementia, place-based experiences, daily living, and well-being. Inspired by integrated theories on relational and in-the-moment well-being, this project adopts a mixed methods case study design and asks the overarching research question: "How do everyday interactions with both physical and social features of home environments promote or hinder the health, well-being and identity of older women living with dementia?". This timely holistic project seeks to develop new scientific knowledge about the complex relations between, and intersectionality of, dementia, gender, landscapes, socio-economic status, familial dynamics, and daily living in the context of Türkiye. The research has strong interdisciplinary links across architecture, human geography, anthropology and gerontology, with exchange of knowledge between the candidate and host, Bilkent University's Interior Architecture and Environmental Design department. The findings coincide with UN and EU research plans, will fulfil an existing knowledge gap on people living with dementia in Turkish urban landscapes, and will lead to outputs on future dementia-friendly designs of urban-based apartments and housing.

Mots clés : ankara, alzheimer s, covid 19, dementia, everyday geographies, family dynamics, home environment, identity, interior, moments, landscape, older women, relational, socio material, t rkiye, well being

Participants :
- Université Bilkent (Turquie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 132638.4 €
Projet Morpho-POS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Public open spaces (POS) offer multifaceted social and ecological benefits for public health and environmental sustainability. Urban form conditions, namely the arrangement of buildings and streets, significantly influence POS accessibility, necessitating a shift from simple metrics to a holistic understanding of how morphology promotes or hinders POS access. This project investigates the influence of urban morphology on POS accessibility and the alignment between objectively measured accessibility and the perceptions of various users. Despite growing research on POS, significant knowledge gaps remain: 1)lack of morphological focus on POS, 2)limited integration of objectively measured and perceived accessibility, and 3)scarcity of research in developing cities. To address these, this study aims to: 1)explore how urban form qualities influence POS accessibility, 2)investigate alignment between objectively measured and perceived POS accessibility across user groups, and 3)develop policy recommendations for equitable POS-oriented retrofitting strategies in rapidly developing urban contexts, using Turkey's capital Ankara as a case study. The project employs an innovative mixed-methods approach, integrating cutting-edge urban morphometrics, GIS-based accessibility analysis, and qualitative go-along interviews. Advanced machine learning techniques and statistical analysis will identify distinct urban form types (UFT) and their relationship to POS accessibility. This data-driven analysis will be complemented by nuanced insights into users’ perceived accessibility, bridging quantitative measurements with lived experiences.The project offers a novel integrative framework to understand POS accessibility and evidence-based policy recommendations for POS-oriented urban retrofitting. The project contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goal 11.7, emphasizing inclusive and accessible public spaces, and offers valuable insights for urban planning practices across EU and globally.

Mots clés : public open space, accessibility, urban morphology, urban form typology, morphometrics, machine learning clustering, spatial analysis, perceived accessibility, equitable accessibility, urban policy

Participants :
- Université Bilkent (Turquie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 149365.2 €
Projet KiTE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Kiel University is a mid-sized and research-intensive university offering the full spectrum of academic disciplines, which at the same time has pursued a path of internal differentiation. The concentration and interconnection of disciplinary knowledge spaces has given rise to four interdisciplinary Priority Research Areas (PRAs): Nano, Surface and Interface Science; Life Science; Marine Science; and Societal, Environmental and Cultural Change. Their trans-faculty research cultures integrate knowledge from different fields and actors to study complex challenges and contribute to their solution. Kiel University is convinced that knowledge at interfaces will shape future generations of researchers. The KiTE fellowship programme offers an excellent training programme with the highest standards of research integrity in the truly interdisciplinary environments of the PRAs to 16 experienced, internationally mobile researchers post their doctorate. Fellows will be recruited in open topic calls applying merit-based criteria, gender-fair and transparent selection procedures. Chosen according to the interdisciplinary potential of their project and their individual excellence, they will find competitive working conditions and excellent infrastructure in Kiel. The fellows will be awarded a three-year full-time employment contract with a training programme that will broaden their skills through hands-on research experience and integration within the university’s international and intersectoral networks. They will each complete two secondments of three months at partner institutions from the PRAs' networks to gather new work experience inside and outside academia. Accompanied by an advanced training programme to broaden their transferable skills, they will be given outstanding opportunities to develop their careers further. KiTE will set new standards for and thus transform postdoc training at Kiel University, and as a best-practice example enrich the European Research Area.

Mots clés : training, career development, interdisciplinary, international, intersectoral, gender, diversity, research integrity, transferable skills, ethics, mobility

Participants :
- Université Christian Albrecht de Kiel (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 2292480.0 €
Projet BIENVENUE PLUS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Offering the best conditions to postdoctoral fellows for their bottom-up, self-built research projects, within a consortium that gathers all the research units based in Brittany, with training and career development aimed at internationalisation, intersectoriality and interdisciplinarity, and a unique 6-month placement opportunity: such are the ingredients of the BIENVENÜE+ project, that aims at strengthening regional excellence through the recruitment of 75 high-level international postdoctoral fellows (24-month fellowships). BIENVENÜE+ represents a central pillar for the better articulation of funding opportunities for international post-doc fellows at regional level. It ambitions to promote the implantation and integration of new skills in Brittany and to develop excellence and international visibility of regional research in contribution to Région Bretagne Research and innovation smart specialisation strategy (RIS3). With this approach, BIENVENÜE+ is open to any discipline.  BIENVENÜE+ is strongly innovation-oriented and, as such, it offers, in addition to non-academic secondments, an optional unique additional 6-month placement in a non-academic institution, at the end of the 24-month fellowship. In terms of training plan, BIENVENÜE+ includes arising key issues for researchers such as Open Science, science outreach and environmental aspects of research.  The BIENVENÜE+ consortium, coordinated by Région Bretagne, is composed of 20 complementary Host Institutions (HI). This large consortium, embracing the entire regional R&I academic community, widens research and career development opportunities for the fellows relying, among others, on the participation in 6 European Universities Alliances.

Mots clés : regional development smart specialisation strategy self built and innovative research and training projects otm r career development non academic placement

Participants :
- Conseil régional de Bretagne (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 8460000.0 €
- SATT Ouest Valorisation (France) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
Projet SmartBRAIN3 (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The economic crisis and the lack of resources devoted to research and development (R&D) in Spain is a pressing issue, affecting the Basque region too, and it is aggravated by the European crisis provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine invasion. The R&D expenditure (% of GDP) in Spain has been reduced in the last decade. Currently, it is half of the European Union average, which is critical. The stabilization of long-term research lines led by experienced researchers, as proposed by SmartBRAIN3, is an unmet challenge that Ikerbasque (beneficiary) proposes to address with the present programme. SmartBRAIN3 aims to offer 30 research contracts for experienced researchers within 2 calls, offering 15 positions in each call. The current programme offers permanent contracts as “Ikerbasque Research Professors” (tenure track positions) to all researchers to be recruited, although each fellowship will last 36 months within the SmartBRAIN3 programme. The impact of such a workforce for the Basque region is welcomed as internal assessments by the Basque research institutions show the lack of experienced researchers in the region. SmartBRAIN3 offers an outstanding research, innovation training and career consolidation programme, with specific focus on the triple-I dimension (international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary), as well as providing an impactful, innovative and inclusive research environment. The 24 implementing partners recruiting and hosting the fellows are leading international institutions within their respective fields. SmartBRAIN3 includes mandatory international secondments, which enhance the researchers’ networks and let them explore intersectoral career paths as well, in support of their career progress. SmartBRAIN3 ultimate impact is to contribute to the challenges and priorities set out in the RIS3-Smart Specialization Strategy of the Basque Country, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Horizon Europe.

Mots clés : experienced researchers, excellence, mobility, training, international and intersectoral secondment, transfer of knowledge, interdisciplinarity, tenure track positions, permanent contract

Participants :
- Fundacion ikerbasque-ikerbasque fundazioa (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 4298400.0 €
Projet IberusINTERDOC (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Cofund Doctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

IberusINTERDOC is an International Doctoral Programme of 4 Interconnected Universities of Campus Iberus aimed at recruiting 23 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) of excellence to develop Interdisciplinary PhD projects for 48 months in Campus Iberus territories. Campus Iberus is the Consortium of International Excellence of the Ebro Valley bringing together four public universities from neighbouring regions in northeast Spain: Universidad de Zaragoza, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Universitat de Lleida and Universidad de La Rioja. Campus Iberus strategy is set on the principles of aggregation, internationalisation and specialisation on five strategic areas, in line with the priorities of the smart specialization strategies (RIS3) of the four regions involved (Aragon, Navarre, La Rioja and Lleida in Catalonia): 1) Agri-Food & Nutrition; 2) Health Technologies; 3) Energy & Sustainability; 4) Social & Territorial Development; 5) Circular Bio-Economy. DCs will be recruited in 2 calls open for 2 months to apply for a variety of research topics across those 5 areas. Appointments will be no later than M12 (1st call) and M19 (2nd call) to offer 48 months contracts. The last 6 months of the contracts will be fully financed by own funds of Campus Iberus universities to cover 4 years even if exceeding the programme (M60+6). The programme will offer DCs excellent supervision and professional development, counting with preidentified potential supervisors proving experience and work in multidisciplinary projects and large networks of collaborators. A total of 116 academic (48%) and non-academic partners (52%) have associated to this programme to provide secondments, trainings and career enhancing opportunities, besides the networking events and special training programme organised by Campus Iberus. This programme will make an imprint on the internationalisation and excellence that is long lasting at the institutional, regional, national and international levels.

Mots clés : sustainability, environment, agro, food, nutrition, health, technology, energy, circular, economy, social, territorial, development

Participants :
- Consorcio campus iberus (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 2704800.0 €
- Gobierno de Aragón (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Departament de recerca i universitats_generalitat de catalunya (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Direccion general de formacion y empleo gobierno de la rioja (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Servicio Navarro de Salud (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
Projet enzymeCOMP (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Nature has the unique ability to program macroscopic functions via the morphology of nano-scopic systems. One way the cell can control a certain metabolic pathway is by spatial separation of functional macromolecules. Transferring this high level of control to artificial materials would allow not only to study the influence of spatial effects on biochemical pathways, but also to develop new technologies for non-cellular applications. These include the environment-friendly and high-yielding preparation of valuable chemicals or synthetic intermediates. To address this task, the proposed project will exploit the power of controlled block copolymers phase-separation in the confinement of nanoparticles. Nanoparticles can provide structural support and spatial proximity that could ultimately increase product formation. In this context, nanostructured particles are ideal candidates providing unique domains for enzyme compartmentalization by external post-assembly functionalization. In this research project we propose to use poly(styrene)-block-poly(butadiene) nanoparticles as a matrix for post-assembly and domain-selective anchoring of enzymes. For this, two new functionalized polymeric surfactants will be obtained: poly(styrene)-block-poly(ethylene glycol)-"X" and poly(butadiene)-block-poly(ethylene glycol)-"Y". Where "X" and "Y" represent orthogonal reactive groups, which should allow selective attachment of any two enzymes. We proposed the synthesis of striped ellipsoidal nanoparticles where each domain will contain one type of enzyme of a cascade system. We aim for this tandem configuration of one enzyme next to the other to increase the rate of the overall enzymatic reaction. The success of this project could ultimately change the paradigm of the conventional chemistry industry to an environment-friendly approach.

Mots clés : phase separated nanoparticles, enzyme conjugation

Participants :
- Freie Universität Berlin (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 174806.4 €