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The relevance of judicial (dis-)trust for the legal integration of the European Union (CURIAFIDES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1994875.0
EU funding (EUR): 1994875.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The functioning of the European Union (EU) legal system is ensured through an intricate interdependent and non-hierarchical judicial system, where judges at the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) and national courts must rely on the willing cooperation with each other to enforce decisions on EU law matters. Scholars have pointed to the relevance of legal, historical, sociological and political factors in explaining why courts cooperate within the EU judicial system. However, recent scholarly and policy debates underline the relevance of trust-enhancing solutions in addressing some of the current challenges facing the EU legal system: specifically that of judicial defiance of national courts to the authority of the CJEU. These concerns have been aggravated in the context of democratic and rule of law backsliding in Hungary and Poland, which have raised serious doubts about the correct application of EU law within a network of thousands of national courts. Despite this incipient interest, we still lack adequate theorising about the truly sociological and relational nature of this phenomenon, which is crucial for the development of a more fine-grained account of inter-judicial relations and for answering: what is trust between judges? Which factors make judges trust other judges? What are the implications of judicial trust for cooperation in multi-level systems? The CURIAFIDES project is an interdisciplinary and ground-breaking research project, aiming at investigating the relevance of trust between judges for the cooperation and, subsequently, the legal integration of the EU. The project will articulate a novel socio-legal theory of judicial trust within the EU, which will be based on strong empirical evidence collected from experiments, surveys, and interviews with CJEU and national judges. The purpose of which being is to define and explain judicial trust and its impact on judicial cooperation, which ties into a broader aim of offering new policy and legal solutions.

Keywords: judicial trust trust between judges courts judicial cooperation european union eu legal system court of justice of the european union cjeu national judges courts empirical methods
The integration of Ion caloric refrigeration with Peltier cooling technology represents a promising avenue for the development of next-generation cooling systems. (ION TECH)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4800000.0
EU funding (EUR): 4800000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The integration of ion caloric refrigeration with Peltier cooling technology represents a promising avenue for the development of next-generation cooling systems. By combining the high-efficiency, phase-change capabilities of ion caloric systems with the solid-state reliability of Peltier devices, this hybrid approach seeks to establish new benchmarks in both performance and environmental responsibility. Ion caloric refrigeration introduces a new paradigm in solid-state and eco-friendly cooling, offering an innovative alternative to conventional mechanical compression systems. It enables safer, more compact, and energy-efficient designs. The ion caloric effect operates through the insertion or extraction of ions—typically via a liquid electrolyte—to induce phase transitions in a solid material, resulting in temperature modulation. Expected Outcomes Enhanced entropy change efficiency Temperature control without moving parts or harmful gases Reduced energy consumption The successful development and implementation of this hybrid cooling approach could significantly influence residential, commercial, and industrial applications, directly supporting global sustainability initiatives. The increasing worldwide demand for efficient and environmentally responsible cooling underscores the need for such innovative technological advancements. Traditional vapor-compression systems, which rely on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), are known contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. This proposal advocates for a hybrid ion caloric–Peltier cooling system designed to enhance efficiency while minimizing environmental impact. We propose to utilize the ion caloric effect and its associated thermodynamic cycle as a caloric-based, all–condensed-phase cooling technology. Both theoretical and experimental studies have demonstrated higher adiabatic temperature and entropy changes per unit mass and volume compared to other caloric effects, even under relatively low applied field strengths.

Keywords: ion caloric thermoelectric technology development environmental clima changes cooling
Cultured Emotions: A Conceptual History of Alexithymia and the Imperative of Emotional Certainty (CULTEMO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Denmark,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-09-01
End date: 2029-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 355549.68
EU funding (EUR): 355549.68
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

CULTEMO’s aim is to examine a set of implicit norms about human emotional life that took shape in the mid-twentieth century and which continue to dominate scientific frameworks and clinical practices to the detriment of patients and progress in the science of emotion. Since the 1970s, researchers and psychiatrists have used the concept of alexithymia to assert that individuals who lack words (lexis) to communicate emotions (thymos) have a potential risk factor for several affective disorders. But not all cultures and languages share the same understanding of human emotional life, or even have equivalent linguistic terms for emotions and feelings, leaving some patients vulnerable to mistreatment in encounters with the psychiatric system. By projecting its perspective as the universal, natural norm for all human beings, the alexithymia construct marginalizes and even pathologizes the diverse ways that individuals make sense of their bodily sentience and the world around them. With alexithymia as a lens, CULTEMO will apply recent evidence and methods from the affective sciences, cross-cultural psychology, social ontology, and the medical humanities to reveal the faulty assumptions of a view of emotions as natural and universal. CULTEMO’s working hypothesis is that an understanding of emotions as situated, relational, and historical can help clinicians practice epistemic humility in encounters with patients who do not operate with the same kinds of emotion scripts or norms as themselves, minorities especially. Building on these historical, philosophical, and scientific insights, CULTEMO will produce educational material for the general public and clinical practice.

Keywords: philosophy of emotion,philosophy of psychology,history of psychiatry,social ontology,minorities
The Politicization of Low-Carbon Technologies (PolTech)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2030-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1746875.0
EU funding (EUR): 1746875.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Achieving climate change targets requires the rapid adoption of low-carbon technologies (LCTs). Many LCTs, such as solar PV and wind turbines, have experienced major cost reductions. However, their adoption is impeded by high politicization: meaning their salience and polarization in political and public debates is strong. Interestingly, while the climate issue is divided along ideologically lines, it is puzzling that this is not the case for LCTs. To date, the drivers and impacts of LCT politicization remain poorly understood. PolTech addresses this gap by asking: What drives LCT politicization, and how does it impact policies, adoption, and industry development around LCTs? Drawing from political science and innovation studies, PolTech develops a new theory of technology politics. It argues that inherently different LCT traits – such as complexity, adverse effects, or user visibility – shape how symbolic and material costs and benefits are distributed across groups over time. These dynamics interact with institutional contexts, explaining cross-country differences in LCT politicization and its impacts. Adopting a comparative mixed method design, PolTech covers 44 OECD and G20 countries, responsible for 80% of GHG emissions: 1. PolTech constructs a politicization index for 15-20 key LCTs by applying natural language processing to media and parliamentary speeches; 2. PolTech uses machine learning to generate new datasets on LCT policy design and econometrics to study how politicization shapes LCT policy, adoption, and industry trends across countries. This is complemented by case studies on green industrial policies in the EU, US, India, and China; 3. PolTech assesses with quasi-experiments how LCT investments feed back into later politicization, voting behaviour and policy design. In sum, PolTech develops a novel theory of technology politics, testing it with new datasets and comparative analyses, to derive context-specific strategies for accelerating LCT adoption.

Keywords: climate change mitigation low carbon technologies politicization technology politics technology traits institutional context comparative mixed method research design oecd and g20 countries natural language processing machine learning panel regression multilevel event history analysis quasi experimental methods comparative case studies process tracing climate policy design datasets technology adoption datasets industry development datasets voting behaviors policy design and framing strategies
Concentrations and Fine Properties of PDE-constrained measures (ConFine)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Mathematics
Panel description: All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2029-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1439816.0
EU funding (EUR): 1439816.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The interaction between microscopic and macroscopic quantities lies at the heart of fascinating problems in the modern theory of nonlinear PDEs. This phenomenon, modeled by weak forms of convergence, entails the formation of oscillations, concentrations, and fine geometric patterns ubiquitous in geometric, physical, and materials science models. ConFine will investigate the nature of concentrations and fine geometries arising from longstanding conjectures and novel questions of the calculus of variations. The goals comprise two themes. Theme I examines the qualitative and quantitative nature of PDE-constrained concentrations. Building upon results recently pioneered by the PI, its purpose is to prove a novel interpretation of Bouchitte's Vanishing mass conjecture, and novel compensated integrability results, with profound implications for the compensated compactness theory. Theme II investigates the fine properties of PDE-constrained measures from three different perspectives. Via potential and measure theory methods, it will attempt to produce substantial advances towards solving the sigma-finiteness conjecture in BD spaces. It will also investigate the structure integral of varifolds with bounded first-variation. The goal is to prove that these measure-theoretic generalizations of surfaces possess an underlying BV-like structure. Lastly, Theme II conjectures a complementary result to the ground-breaking De Philippis--Rindler theorem, which asserts that the regular part of an A-free measure is essentially unconstrained. This set of problems comprises significant theoretical obstacles at the forefront of the calculus of variations and geometric measure theory. In this regard, the proposed methodology gathers novel ideas oriented to overcome such paramount challenges. Consequently, far-reaching implications beyond the proposed objectives are expected, in the development of new methods and applications, in diverse fields of Analysis.

Keywords: calculus of variations,geometric measure theory,compensated compactness,fine properties
Strategies for just and equitable transitions in Europe (ST4TE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Netherlands,Sweden,France,Greece,Belgium
Call: Tackling inequalities in the green and digital transitions (HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2999593.75
EU funding (EUR): 2999593.75
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

ST4TE adopts a multidimensional approach to study the relationship between the green, digital and twin transition (TT) and inequalities. The project aims to investigate the impact of the TT on inequalities among individuals and territories and explore how existing inequalities affect the transition paths creating cycles of inequalities. ST4TE uses both quantitative methods (econometrics, machine-learning and agent-based modelling) and qualitative methods (narrative interviews, case studies and workshops) to analyse different patterns of inequalities and envisage custom made policies to counterbalance the unequal effects of the TT. ST4TE objectives are: 1) Understand the different drivers of the TT and measure the progress in European regions to identify the level of regional readiness and existing or potential vulnerabilities; 2) Identify types of inequalities including income, skill- job- and health- related inequalities, as well as age/gender and other intersecting inequalities and investigate new forms of social inequality that emerge or widen due to the TT; 3) Examine how the TT can increase existing inequalities leading to a vicious cycle between higher inequality and unequal impacts of the transition. The focus will be on four drivers: policies, consumption, education and STI; 4) Model the effects of TT policies, assess their territorial impact, develop forward looking scenarios, and define pathways for knowledge-based policymaking using tools and recommendations, that will ultimately address negative socio-economic effects caused by the TT; 5) Maximise the project’s visibility by communicating and disseminating ST4TE activities and progress and support the exploitation of its results, with emphasis on policy engagement and co-design of recommendation. Overall, ST4TE will go beyond the state-of-the-art as it can have significant implications on the twin transformation of cities and regions and the design of social cohesion and place-based innovation policies.

Keywords: green,digital and twin transition,sti,regional policy,skills,jobs,intersectionality
Introspective Movement: Hula Lessons about Social Transformation through Ecosomatic Practice (STEP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: United Kingdom,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2028-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 454103.4
EU funding (EUR): 454103.4
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

This project examines Hawaiian hula dance as a decolonial spiritual practice, which expands the possibilities of living a sustainable and fulfilling life at old age. While traditional Hawaiian ways of living and relating with the land serve as an inspiration for environmentally conscious groups, there is little awareness of the reality of native Hawaiians, who have been expropriated and marginalised in their own land since the annexation of Hawaii by the USA in 1898. Ethnographic fieldwork in California and Hawaii will allow to understand how Hawaiians have used cultural practice to challenge the USA impositions and to transform stereotypical views about Hawaiian culture, gender, and sexuality. I will combine collaborative ethnomusicology and learning to perform as a research method with ecosomatics – the study of the subjective experience of self in relation with the natural world – to learn how hula practice responds to the pressing need of embedding personal transformation and spiritual experience in social reality and struggle. This study will constitute a significant step in advancing the research on gender and sexuality to include understudied experiences of older people. In particular, I will explore the impact of creative self-expression and gendered movement of the physical and mental wellbeing of older women practitioners. Contributing to timely conversations in ecomusicology, I conduct ecosomatic analyses of hula and highlight the socio-environmental relevance of introspective movement. Inter-institutional support of Royal Holloway and University of California will allow to realise this innovative research, which will share a new understanding of human-nature relationships with the academic community and the broader society. Research and training with adherence to high-quality EU standards will enhance the career of the researcher and contribute to the academic excellence of both institutions.

Keywords: dance,ethnomusicology,ecomusicology,hula,hawaii,pacific studies,indigenous studies,gender,sexuality,spirituality,nature
“Restorative Justice in Magdalene Cultural Production from Western Europe, North America, and Oceania (1836-2023)” (Magdalene Trauma)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 268568.64
EU funding (EUR): 268568.64
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The project assesses the intertwinement between Magdalene cultural production and restorative justice in transnational contexts. By analysing a corpus produced in three distinct geographical, historical, linguistic, and cultural areas, the research interrogates the cultural specificities of Magdalenism across space and time, beyond the frame of Irish studies. The project explores the spectrum in which genres convey and publicise traumatic experiences, from empowering survivors, to sometimes financially exploiting their tragic narratives. Culturally sensitive trauma-reading methodologies will be used to read texts from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand. The process of restorative justice will also be analysed with regards to the decolonisation of Magdalene trauma studies, as Indigenous women’s experiences will be examined with care, and not retraumatise nor recolonise their communities. Narratives testifying to systemic racism, sexism, classism, ableism, and homophobia will be excavated to question the treatment Magdalene women and their children endured in modern nations and in settler colonies. Ireland, Northern Ireland, Australia, Canada, and Aotearoa have set up Truth and Reconciliation Commissions covering the issue of Magdalenism in addition to wider institutional histories. Magdalene fiction and non-fiction contribute to restoring survivors’ credibility in patriarchal structures, by contesting official and hegemonic writings of history which erased or minimised them from national narratives. They are also valuable documents in the way they highlight how the Magdalenist heritage continues to fashion femininity, single motherhood, and female sexuality in the twenty-first century, as Magdalene cultural production resonates with contemporary public debates on women’s rights, sexual education, abortion, Indigenous people’s civil rights, and the legal apparatus surrounding the protection of children.

Keywords: magdalene trauma restorative justice transnational,intercultural,and interdisciplinary approach to magdalenism decolonising trauma studies medical humanities and gender the baby scoop era