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Seminal Sufism in Motion: The Oldest Extant Arabic Encyclopedia of Islamic Mysticism and its Dissemination (SEMENSUF)

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: Italy,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 254979.84
EU funding (EUR): 254979.84
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

SEMENSUF is an interdisciplinary and collaborative project at the crossroads of philology, intellectual history, and material culture that adopts basic tools of digital humanities for Arabic literary and religious studies. It aims at providing an open-access scholarly edition and lucid, knowledge-sharing English annotated translation of the oldest extant encyclopaedia of Islamic Mysticism, the Book of Flashes in Sufism by Abū Nasr al-Sarrāj (d. 988). Through its innovative method, SEMENSUF aims at laying the foundations for a new historical and textual approach to the editing of early Sufi sources: the philological atomization of the work in textual units, the study of the manuscript transmission and material culture, and the digitization of later related sources are critical for shedding light on channels of knowledge transmission, centers of learning, and scholarly networks in early Sufism and more broadly in Islamic culture. SEMENSUF strongly believes that editing and translating a 1000-year-old work of mysticism can have a major impact on European multicultural and multifaith societies. In fact, the Book of Flashes tackles several intra- and extra Islamic issues that are still very much relevant to today’s Europe: it highlights how mysticism is and should be considered a genuinely component of Islam, invalidating most contemporary Neo-Salafi claims to the contrary; more importantly, the Book of Flashes reflects a strong concern for and appraisal of heterogeneity and pluralism within Islam. It is a hymn to diversity and to coexistence of different practices and sensibilities which collaborate rather than compete, resulting in a shared spirituality. SEMENSUF thus aims at having an impact on European pluralistic society by making available, to a wide audience, a universal text which will stimulate a reflection on mysticism as a safe space for intercultural and interfaith pluralism, dialogue, and inclusivity.

Keywords: premodern arabic literature sufism islamic mysticism islamic studies arabic codicology material culture intellectual history,digital humanities
Walking while Talking: A Cross-Linguistic Study of the Moving Speech Situation among Mobile Foragers (Walk and Talk)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Human Mind and Its Compl exity
Panel description: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics
Countries involved: Sweden,Spain
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): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

This project investigates human language in the very environment in which it has evolved, is acquired, and very frequently is used: while walking. Yet, moving communication contexts differ significantly from static ones, as they are dynamic: it is in this moving realm where the speech situation is fluid, where reference and topic environments unfold, and where our bodies interact in ever-changing ways with each other and with the environment. This unique fleeting character of walking and the challenges it yields for perception and experience is prone to impact grammar, lexicon, and verbal interaction profoundly. While linguistics extensively studies how humans talk about motion, the impact of motion on language remains underexplored. To bridge this gap, I ask: how can language be shaped by the unique perceptual nature of mobility, and how does this affect our understanding of language once we factor mobility into explanations of linguistic phenomena? Walk and Talk breaks new ground in the language sciences by introducing mobility as an underexplored realm to linguistic research. To this end, I and my team of language specialists will conduct a cross-linguistic investigation into grammar and lexicon as they unfold in real time when traditionally mobile Indigenous foragers are walking. My approach involves innovating methodologies for studying language in motion and a data collection from a diverse language sample to reach Walk and Talk’s overarching goal. That is, the development of an explanatory model describing how language takes shape in dynamic speech contexts. To accomplish these objectives, the research agenda is tailored to: describe, explore, and compare language use in moving speech settings, explain the relationship between mobility and language, and document language practices in moving contexts.

Keywords: indigenous languages mobility hunter gatherers language of space typology action cameras language documentation
Investigating Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus nerve stimulation as a strategy to prevent Cognitive Aging. Tackling 3 basic questions. (TAVCA)

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: Belgium,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 266684.16
EU funding (EUR): 266684.16
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The number of people with Alzheimer’s disorder (AD) and other dementia is expected to triple worldwide by 2050. To tackle the global burden of AD, the European Parliament acknowledges and points to the urgent need to develop interventions that can prevent or delay AD. The locus coeruleus (LC) in the brainstem plays a key role in determining late-life cognitive decline and is considered a promising therapeutic target to prevent AD. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a neuromodulation tool hypothesized to increase LC activity and, in turn, prevent cognitive aging. Evidence for an effect of taVNS on the LC is mixed which undermines the discovery of taVNS as a preventive strategy for AD. The current project aims to reveal whether taVNS increases LC activity in young and older adults. To this end, I will address 3 research questions. First, do short bursts of taVNS increase LC activity in a parametric-dependent manner in both young and older adults? Second, does the effect of taVNS on LC activity depend on the individual’s background arousal state? Third, does a short taVNS intervention improve a cognitive function that relies on LC activity? Addressing these questions is key to learn how to effectively activate the LC through taVNS and validate the mechanism through which taVNS may prevent AD. The project adopts a novel interdisciplinary approach integrating knowledge from psychophysiology (sub-field: respiratory psychophysiology), gerontology (cognitive neuroscience of aging), and neurostimulation (taVNS). As a taVNS and LC expert, I am particularly suited to successfully conduct the project. The fellowship will provide an exceptional chance to expand my expertise and receive top-quality training from internationally established experts in the fields of cognitive neuroscience of aging and respiratory psychophysiology. It will also allow me to establish my independent research line, develop my career, and expand my scientific network.

Keywords: vagus nerve stimulation,locus coeruleus
Animals and Society in Bronze Age Europe (ANSOC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
Countries involved: Ireland,France,United Kingdom
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2021-ADG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499998.5
EU funding (EUR): 2499998.5
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

This project will create a new vision of Bronze Age ontologies by exploring the role of animals as active participants in Bronze Age social worlds. The impact of contemporary Capitalist ideology on archaeological understanding of the European Bronze Age has been profound. Dominant narratives describe a world in which economic intensification, the accumulation of wealth and the emergence of chiefly hierarchies were predicated on the objectification of the ‘other’. This project will critically re-evaluate models that view animals as objects of exploitation. Drawing on work in animal studies that highlights how living with animals involves intimate interaction and interdependency, it will investigate the intertwining of human and animal identities, and will consider how the social and cultural significance of animals affected how they were farmed, managed and consumed. The appearance of field-systems and houses incorporating byres for cattle indicates major changes in animal management in the Bronze Age. Yet, animal iconography and the presence of animal remains in graves and votive deposits suggest that animals had cultural significance. The project will bring together contextual, zooarchaeological, isotope, organic residue and aDNA analysis to investigate human-animal sociality, examining herd management; patterns of human-animal interaction; animal mobility and exchange; the role of animals in feasting and ritual; and their location in cultural taxonomies. By examining the ontological position of animals not as passive objects but as active subjects, this project will radically reframe the theoretical basis on which wider interpretations of the Bronze Age are based, including how political authority, gender relations and economic activities were structured. By illuminating alternate modalities of power and agency, and different ways of living with non-human others, it will also contribute to current debates around issues such as sustainability in the present.

Keywords: bronze age,animals,depositional practice,settlement,landscape,zooarchaeology,adna,isotope analysis
EQUBUILD (EQUBUILD)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: MSCA other
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: HORIZON-MSCA-SNLS-2021-IBA (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SNLS-IBA, 2021)
Start date: 2022-08-01
End date: 2024-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 31249.68
EU funding (EUR): 31249.68
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions pay particular attention to physical accessibility and inclusion and foresee financial support for the additional costs entailed by recruited or seconded researchers with disabilities.
Fundamental biological adaptations underlying persister formation and multi-stress tolerance in Mycobacterium abscessus and their impact on host-pathogen interactions (MabADAPT)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 226420.56
EU funding (EUR): 226420.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The rapid spread of bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major global health threat, leading to treatment failures. Beyond resistance, bacteria employ also other strategies to counteract antibiotics. Persisters represent a bacterial subpopulation that can survive transient exposure to different stresses, such as nutrient depletion, low pH or the presence of antibiotics. Increasing evidence suggests clinical importance of persister formation, since their ability to regrow after termination of antibiotic treatment is a cause for prolonged and relapsing course of many bacterial infections. Formation of persisters also accelerates the emergence of antibiotic resistance, worsening the problem of bacterial AMR. Recent research indicates that mechanisms involved in persister formation may also enhance the overall adaptability of bacteria to antibiotics and stresses imposed by host immune system. Targeting these dual mechanisms could represent a unique two-pronged strategy to improve treatment efficiency, preventing resistance development and decreasing bacterial survival within the host. However, our understanding of these mechanisms is very limited. Combining microbiology, molecular biology and infection models, together with cutting-edge techniques such as metabolomics and transcriptomics, I propose to identify key biological adaptations underlying the formation of bacterial persisters and to explore their impact on host-pathogen interactions and infection outcomes. As an emerging pathogen known for its high antibiotic resistance and ability to endure harsh conditions during infection, I selected Mycobacterium abscessus (Mabs) as a clinically relevant model for this study. Discovery of such adaptations can lead to the development of innovative treatments tackling not only Mabs infections, but also the broader challenge of AMR.

Keywords: mycobacteria,persistence,stress tolerance,antimicrobial resistance
Circular and Dynamic Manufacturing Supply Chain Orchestration and OptimiSation (CIRCULOOS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Climate neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: Made in Europe (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Luxembourg,Greece,Germany,Cyprus,Hungary,Ireland,Spain,Netherlands,Switzerland,Italy
Call: ICT Innovation for Manufacturing Sustainability in SMEs (I4MS2) (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9372562.49
EU funding (EUR): 7949362.5
Participants: 23
Project status: SIGNED

CIRCULOOS aims to deliver circular manufacturing tools which orchestrate and continuously optimise the supply-chain end-to-end and comprehensively integrate planning and execution. Combining these with direct calculation of the product sustainability and circularity profile, both internally and with external partners, this environment will enable them to configure and execute disruptive circular manufacturing processes for sustainable production that cover the entire life cycle of products which become waste and are recycled in the same or other life cycles. To achieve this objective the project aims at deploying: Circular end-to-end supply chain orchestration of collaborative workflows and connecting planning and execution metrics with advanced and multimodal visualisation -DT of supply chains formulated, factory processes and product design- and analytics. Supply Chain Optimisation that monitors the global (across the supply chain) and local (within the factory) processes and execution. Dynamic Sustainability Assessment functionalities that ponder the alternative supply-chain scenarios (varying in terms of materials used, processing technologies, suppliers involved and/or activated circular economy practices). Supply Chain Data Spaces for seamless, multi-level data flow across the supply chain partners. Cybersecure and trustworthy data sharing across the supply chain by employing a distributed, trusted and efficient Identity and Access management system together with the associated trust framework. Novel circular business processes will be demonstrated supporting reusing, reducing, and recycling material in production and consumption systems. Skills upskilling and reskilling will be provided in RAMP and through online courses.

Keywords: supply chain orchestration,sustainability assessement,circular manufacturing
Building a European Network for the Characterisation and Harmonisation of Monitoring Approaches for Research and Knowledge on Soils (BENCHMARKS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Soil health and food
Destination: Soil health and food
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,Austria,Germany,Italy,Spain,Czechia,Portugal,France,Slovenia,Finland,United Kingdom,Switzerland,Norway
Call: Validating and further developing indicators for soil health and functions (HORIZON-MISS-2021-SOIL-02, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11610406.25
EU funding (EUR): 11502963.25
Participants: 29
Project status: SIGNED

Soil health is crucial for challenges related to climate, environment and society. As such, this Soil Health and Food Mission proposal directly links in to the other HE missions, as well as to the European Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategies. Both public and private sectors are proposing a sustainable vision, that depends on a reliable assessment of the effects of management and policy innovations on soil health. Therefore, there is an urgent need to ensure that the EU sets the benchmark of a reliable cost-effective framework for measuring soil health. In alignment with existing initiatives such as EU Soil Observatory, EJP Soil and the LUCAS Topsoil survey, and using open science approaches, the BENCHMARKS consortium will co-design an Integrated Soil Health Monitoring Framework. This framework will build upon the assessment of soil-based ecosystem functions to co-develop an interactive soil health dashboard for (1) the selection of appropriate soil health indicators, (2) soil health assessment and indexation, and (3) recommendation of management practices to support soil health. The dashboard will be suitable at local, landscape, regional and European scales for a variety of stakeholders in urban, agricultural and forestry land use systems. BENCHMARKS indicators will be relevant to the stakeholder’s objectives, applicable to the different land use systems and pedo-climatic zone and appropriate in terms of logistical, financial and sensitivity requirements. To inform on the appropriate spatial resolution of indicators, the Soil Health Mission and BENCHMARKS proposed indicators (sample-based measurements, stats (data and model derived measurements), space (earth observation techniques)) and citizen science observations will be tested in 24 Living Labs across Europe. Finally, BENCHMARKS will support policy development and value-chain innovation through increased evidence on the links between soil health, functions and ecosystem services.

Keywords: soil health european benchmark indicator framework forestry,urban and agricultural land use systems sample,space and statistical measurements local,landscape,regional and european scale
Humanitarian Observatories: Building a Knowledge and Advocacy Network on Humanitarian Governance (HUM GOV HUM OB)

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: Netherlands
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2024-POC, 2024)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2026-07-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

This project aims to test, demonstrate, and validate the effectiveness of country-based Humanitarian Observatories as a way for localized knowledge-building and reform in the humanitarian field can be advanced: from crisis-affected places. As a development of the ERC-funded HUM-GOV project, Humanitarian Observatories are envisioned as a locally embedded knowledge and advocacy network – a means through which humanitarian governance can be understood, reimagined, or reformed from ‘below’. Humanitarian needs stemming from various forms of crisis are escalating, with over 301 million people—or more than 1 in 27 individuals worldwide—relying on humanitarian assistance for survival. As the demand for humanitarian aid rises, collaborative efforts with local and national partners are crucial. Yet, it has been a long-standing critique that humanitarian programming is most often top-down. Despite efforts for reform within the sector, the influence of actors from crisis-affected countries remains limited and the voices of affected populations are often left out of policy development and strategy, reinforcing unequal power relationships between international aid providers and local actors. Humanitarian Observatories contribute to addressing this challenge. Contextually rooted, multi-actor, and self-governing, Humanitarian Observatories, established in areas affected by crises, create space for relevant actors to come together and research, advocate, and work on priorities that they set for humanitarian action and reform in their context. Building on the groundwork laid by the HUM-GOV project, this proposal seeks to test and refine the potential of Humanitarian Observatories through research and network-building activities. Over 18 months, the project will focus on refining methodologies and partnerships, connecting Observatory-generated knowledge with policy/practice realms, and developing strategies to maximize innovation potential while overcoming organizational inertia.