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Developing humour literacy: analysing production, content and reception of humour to bring positive change in the public sphere (HUMLIT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Poland,Estonia,Belgium,Czechia,Finland,Greece,Ireland,Spain,Romania,Kosovo,North Macedonia,Bulgaria,Norway,Slovenia,Denmark
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 611800.0
EU funding (EUR): 611800.0
Participants: 26
Project status: SIGNED

The goal of the project is to find out how humour literacy can be used to reframe the conflicts and controversial issues in the public sphere and bring benefit to European society by promoting dialogue rather than conflict. Humour literacy is understood to be an ability to decipher the signs, references and messages that humorous discourse evokes, and an awareness of the benefits and risks of presenting these messages in humorous form to different audiences, public and private, such as a risk of humour failure, humour scandal, or discriminatory humour. Humour literacy has not been systematically and cross-culturally studied before. We plan to fill this gap by employing a comprehensive analysis of humour on all levels of the communication process: production, content and reception, which corresponds to the three R&I work packages of the project. We want to reach our goal by conducting interviews with humour producers (artists, standup comedians, cartoonists), collecting and analysing humorous content, as well distributing questionnaires and conducting focus group discussions with humour recipients (e.g. visitors of humour or cartoon museums). The staff exchange between 23 partner institutions (15 academic and 8 non-academic ones) from 11 EU and 3 non-EU countries over the period of 48 months. It will be organized in such a way as to create synergy by combining the professional and culture-specific expertise of the academic project participants, who represent diverse fields of study including linguistics, folkloristics, sociology, critical literacy, second language teaching, political communication and computational analysis, with that of practitioners. This will ensure the knowledge exchange between academic and non-academic partners as well between EU and non-EU partners. The project results will be disseminated among academic and non-academic institutions with the specific focus on educational activities which aim at promoting humour literacy.

Keywords: humour,literacy,public sphere,cross cultural
LinkIng and QUantifying the Impacts of climate change on inlanD ICE, snow cover, and permafrost on water resources and society in vulnerable regions (LIQUIDICE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Climate
Destination: Climate sciences and responses for the transformation towards climate neutrality
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Poland,Italy,Denmark,Norway,United Kingdom,France,Spain,Germany,Sweden,India
Call: Inland ice, including snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets and permafrost, and their interaction with climate change (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D1-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2029-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7498531.25
EU funding (EUR): 7498531.25
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

Recognising the central role played by snow, ice and permafrost in the global climate system, the LIQUIDICE project joins expert cryospheric observers and modellers to: i) comprehensively re-assess the past and future century-plus of climate-induced high impact changes to the Greenland ice sheet and climate vulnerable locations across the Alps, Norway, High Mountain Asia (HMA) and Svalbard, including permafrost areas and their ecosystems; ii) develop new, expanded and harmonised data from satellite Earth Observation (EO) and ground stations; iii) use these data to improve and test a hierarchy of ice sheet and glacier models with Earth System Models (ESMs); iv) through these steps, yield new process understanding, and ultimately v) inform water resource, hydropower, and socio-economic strategies through clear and transparent communication of results and uncertainties. The project's strengths lie in new multidisciplinary collaborations across 18 research institutions, from eight European countries (Poland, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom) and India, encompassing expertise in field observations, satellite EO techniques, ESM development and application, and socio-economic analysis. Key deliverables include a) FAIR-principled new multi-decade data catalogues of multi-regional snow water equivalent and a 44-year EO-derived albedo record; b) assessments of impact of model resolution and degree of coupling on results; c) refined past and future glacier, ice cap and Greenland ice sheet freshwater fluxes to oceans and global sea level rise with indirect constraint on Antarctica; d) new hydrological simulations for HMA; e) a new framework for a Water Discharge Impact Assessments; f) socio-economic integrated risk and adaptation assessments; g) all with comprehensive dissemination and communication outputs. Ultimately, by advancing snow and ice climate assessment, LIQUIDICE advances EU efforts toward resilience to high impact climate changes.

Keywords: inland ice,snow,glaciers,ice sheets,permafrost,water resources,earth system modelling,remote sensing,earth observation
Loveability as the fresh interdisciplinary approach to enrich the quality of living experiences in European cities through creative cultural spaces. (LIVE-LOVE)

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: Austria,Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-07-01
End date: 2025-01-31
Duration (months): 31.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183600.96
EU funding (EUR): 183600.96
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

My project investigates the phenomenon of ‘loveability’ and the capacity of creative cultural spaces to facilitate it by comparing six museum-gallery-exhibition spaces in Vienna, Austria and Barcelona, Spain. Timely in addressing paradoxical impacts of rapid urbanisation and pandemic-driven urban exodus in European cities, my research aims to advance (i) loveability (which goes beyond material dimensions by prioritising minds and souls) as a design principle for spaces to support high quality living experiences and (ii) creative cultural spaces in supporting loveability to facilitate positive inner wellbeing of people living in cities. Through targeted research on aesthetics, the goal is to contribute ways of enriching living experiences in major European cities for transformational impact on science, society, and economy by producing three research outputs: Monograph, Matrix, and Handbook. Six research activities (thinking, knowing, feeling, doing, making, and sharing) bind architecture, neuroaesthetics, and human geography in my interdisciplinary 24-month project. I, Dr Mizan Rambhoros, will use existing specialisations in architectural design and theory and gain new skills in psychological/empirical aesthetics under placement supervision (Asst. Prof. Matthew Pelowski, University of Vienna, Austria) and geocreativity/creative landscapes under secondment supervision (Adj. Prof. Rosa Cerarols Ramirez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain).

Keywords: architecture,design,psychology,aesthetics,arts,geocreativity,wellbeing,quality of life,cultural spaces,heritage,cities,vienna,barcelona,urban europe
ERA-Chair in Tree Bioengineering (TreeBioTEC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Estonia
Call: ERA Chairs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2030-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499080.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499080.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Advancing biotechnological innovation in the forest biorefining sector is crucial for Europe to meet climate objectives and driving the shift towards a carbon-neutral economy. However, challenges such as preserving natural forest ecosystems and promoting sustainable development practices offer opportunities for growth. Recent geopolitical events like the Russian invasion of Ukraine highlight the need to explore alternative supply chains and build industry resilience. The decline of the fossil-based industrial region in North-East Estonia acts as a catalyst for transitioning towards forest biorefinery solutions, prompting proactive measures to address environmental concerns and historical pollution from past mining activities. TreeBioTEC will innovate alternatives led by Prof. Jaakko Kangasjärvi, an ERA Chair holder, by establishing a research group for tree bioengineering at the Institute of Bioengineering (UT). This initiative aims to enhance photosynthesis, growth rates, and resilience of birch trees, fostering reforestation, carbon capture, and soil bioremediation of contaminated mining areas for the wood industry. Furthermore, TreeBioTEC strives to capitalize on public interest in bioengineering through a public awareness campaign, engaging stakeholders and fostering dialogue on biotechnological advancements. Leveraging geographic proximity and industry connections between Estonia and Finland, the project cultivates a collaborative ecosystem accelerating bioengineering efforts. Additionally, the initiative fosters creativity by drawing inspiration from programs like Gingko Bioworks Creative Residency. Collaboration among scientists, architects, landscaping artists, and experts will create an innovative living laboratory exploring bioeconomy solutions. Through TreeBioTEC, the Institute of Bioengineering positions Estonia as a leader in forest biotechnology, catalyzing advancements and fostering collaboration to address global challenges.

Keywords: carbon capture,forest biotechnology,bioremediation,carbon neutral economy
Probing and controlling ultrafast electron and ion dynamics in operating battery electrodes and interfaces (FemtoCharge)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Panel description: Analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1830605.0
EU funding (EUR): 1830605.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Charge dynamics lie at the crux of electrochemical energy devices, and in-particular batteries, impacting everything from durability to capacity. On mesoscopic time (ns to s) and length scales (nm to mm) we have a good understanding of charge transport related phenomena in batteries. However, when it comes to faster femtosecond/picosecond processes and those at nanoscopic interfaces, our insight remains limited. This is a critical problem. In this regime lie: (a) the individual electronic/structural steps in the redox chain that can cause electrode capacity loss via charge-transfer to inactive/unstable states (b) (de)solvation processes that inhibit fast charging through chemical imbalances at electrode/electrolyte interfaces (c) sluggish ionic hops limiting the use of many solid-electrolyte and electrode materials In FemtoCharge, I will take the conceptual leap needed to elucidate ultrafast interfacial dynamics in batteries, by merging femtosecond spectroscopy/microscopy and operando battery science. My novel approach is based on my pioneering work to optically image ultrafast spatio-temporal dynamics, and their coupling to structure, in nanomaterials, and probing in the complex solid/liquid environment of batteries. I will leverage this approach to: 1. uncover optimal electronic/structural pathways for charge-transport in current and developing electrode materials 2. quantitatively reveal potentials and solvation mechanisms at electrode/liquid electrolyte interfaces 3. use lattice vibrations to manipulate ion-hopping in solid electrodes/electrolytes I will deliver blueprints for building new electrode/electrolyte battery materials, strategies for external stimuli-based tuning of battery charge-transport and game-changing operando tools for characterising charge-dynamics, particularly when they are stochastic or deeply buried. Ultimately, the fundamental insights and new techniques of FemtoCharge will make controlling charges the future of electrochemistry.

Keywords: ultrafast spectroscopy,batteries,inorganic materials,electrochemistry,optical microscopy,optical control,phonons,electron transport,ion transport,lasers,nanomaterials,transition metal oxides
INteractive robots that intuitiVely lEarn to inVErt tasks by ReaSoning about their Execution (INVERSE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: AI-DATA-ROBOTICS (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Italy,Austria,Finland,Spain,Türkiye,Germany,Estonia,Lithuania
Call: Novel paradigms and approaches, towards AI-driven autonomous robots (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7999873.5
EU funding (EUR): 7999873.5
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

Despite the impressive advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), current robotic solutions fall short of the expectations when they are requested to operate in partially unknown environments. Most of all, robots lack the cognitive capabilities to understand a task to the point of being able to perform it in a different domain. As humans, during the learning process we gain deep insights on the execution of a process, which allows us to replicate its execution in a different domain with a little effort. We are also able to invert the task execution and to react to contingencies, by focusing the attention to the most critical prediction phases. However, replicating these cognitive processes in AI-driven robots is challenging as it needs a profound rethinking of the robot learning paradigm itself. The robot needs to understand how to act and imagine, like humans do, the possible consequences of its actions in another domain. This demands for a novel framework that embraces different levels of abstraction, starting from physical interaction with the environment, passing through active perception and understanding, and ending-up with decision-making. The INVERSE project aims to provide robots with these essential cognitive abilities by adopting a continual learning approach. After an initial bootstrap phase, used to create initial knowledge from human-level specifications, the robot refines its repertoire by capitalising on its own experience and on human feedback. This experience-driven strategy permits to frame different problems, like performing a task in a different domain, as a problem of fault detection and recovery. Humans have a central role in INVERSE, since their supervision helps limit the complexity of the refinement loop, making the solution suitable for deployment in production scenarios. The effectiveness of developed solutions will be demonstrated in two complementary use cases designed to be a realistic instantiation of the actual work environments.
Synthesis of pi-Magnetic Molecular Materials (SpiM)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 211754.88
EU funding (EUR): 211754.88
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

On-surface generation and characterization under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) of π-conjugated graphenic frameworks that have open-shell electronic structure, π-magnetism, have been an advanced and active area of research since the successful nanoscale fabrication of triangulene in 2017. However, the stability afforded by on-surfae techniques under UHV carries its own bane: products remain on the solid substrate support, limiting yields, and thus their incorporation to more complex functional molecules and devices. Synthesis of pi-magnetic molecular materials (SpiM) aims (1) to contribute new π-magnetic molecules realizable in bulk by solution-phase methods and; (2) to explore their incorporation into functional molecular architectures and devices. SpiM will take advantage of chemistries of closed-shell polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, that use bulky functional groups for solubilization—the same functional groups which protect otherwise reactive π-radicals in these open-shell structures—in order to realize π-magnetic molecules in bulk outside the UHV. This would facilitate their incorporation into stimuli-responsive molecular materials (SRMs), complex functional molecular architectures that could allow modulation of spin, or magnetic state, by an external stimuli. Lastly, SpiM will explore their feasibility for OLEDs and Faraday rotators, applications hitherto unexplored in nanoscale on-surface studies under UHV. SpiM will use a combination of synthetic chemistries from different fields; chemical, photophysical, and electrochemical characterization techniques; and device testing/measurement, in order to realize the immense potential of these molecules for applications outside the UHV chamber.

Keywords: pi magnetism,organic radicals,diarylethene,polyoxometalate
SAFE authentication through PRInted and Non-reproducible drop-based Technology (SAFEPRINT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2025-POC, 2025)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214285.71
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

SAFEPRINT introduces a transformative approach to product authentication by developing cost-effective, high-entropy Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) based on ink droplet deposition. Building upon breakthroughs obtained in the ERC projects PEP2D and PREPRINT, this technology leverages the inherent randomness of drop deposition to create unique, unclonable security features that can deliver way higher entropy than current market solutions while reducing implementation costs. The project advances this promising technology from laboratory demonstration (TRL 2-3) to validation in a relevant environment (TRL 4) through five interconnected activities. These encompass technical optimization of printing parameters for maximum entropy and environmental stability, development of a smartphone-compatible reader system, integration with a secure authentication framework, and comprehensive market validation. The project benefits from Quantavis (QVS) existing authentication infrastructure, its participation in other EU-funded projects and market access. SAFEPRINT addresses the critical challenge of counterfeit goods. Our solution enables robust product authentication across multiple industrial sectors, from luxury goods to pharmaceuticals, without requiring specialized semiconductor fabrication facilities or complex implementation processes. The technology ability to be printed on several substrates using modified standard equipment, combined with straightforward smartphone-based verification, removes significant barriers to adoption while maintaining enterprise-grade security. Through structured engagement with leading companies across target sectors, we will validate the technology commercial potential and develop a comprehensive business plan for market entry.
Partition and accumulation of ENtropy in infinite-dimeNSIONs (PENNSION)

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: Mathematics
Countries involved: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-08-01
End date: 2025-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 211754.88
EU funding (EUR): 211754.88
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The foundation of today’s information-oriented society is based on Information Theory. Entropy is a fundamental concept in both classical and quantum information theory, measuring the uncertainty and the information content present in the state of a physical system. The Asymptotic Equipartition Property (AEP) asserts that the entropy of smaller parts accumulates to produce the total entropy of the entire system, under the assumption that the individual parts are identical and independent. A remarkable generalization of this property is the Entropy Accumulation Theorem (EAT) which states that entropy accumulation occurs more generally without an independence assumption, provided one quantifies the uncertainty about the individual systems by the von Neumann entropy of suitably chosen conditional states. These two results are central in the asymptotic analysis of entropy measures in finite-dimensional quantum systems with a wide range of applications in data compression, source coding, and Quantum Key Distribution. Despite major advances in the study of entropy in quantum information theory, the fundamental limitations of extending the above concepts to infinite-dimensional systems are far from being understood. The main objective of this project is to develop novel mathematical tools to overcome these difficulties and extend these ideas in the framework of abstract von Neumann algebras. In particular, our essential goal will be to establish two main concepts- Asymptotic Equipartition and Entropy Accumulation in von Neumann algebras acting on infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. As a consequence, the generalized version of these two concepts will have direct applications in continuous variable Quantum Key Distribution and other cryptographic protocols, representing a small but important contribution to the European Commission’s Quantum Technologies Flagship supporting pioneering research on quantum science.

Keywords: von neumann entropy,asymptotic equipartition property,entropy accumulation,von neumann algebras,quantum channels,quantum key distribution,hilbert space