Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Prospective Analysis for the Mediterranean Region (MEDPRO)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Foresight activities
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Italy,France,Poland,Greece,Netherlands,Germany,Spain,Italy,Tunisia,Cyprus,Morocco,Egypt,Palestine, State of,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2009-A, 2009)
Start date: 2010-03-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3550937.2
EU funding (EUR): 2647330.0
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

In response to SSH-2009 – 7.1.2, the MEDPRO project will undertake a deep foresight analysis of the development issues in eleven countries in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean participating in the Barcelona process and in the Union for the Mediterranean. The project will undertake an analysis of the current state and prospective development in main areas of socio-economic development: Geopolitics and governance; demography, ageing, migration, health and gender issues; sustainable development, management of resources, adaptation to global warming; energy and climate change mitigation; economic development, trade and investment; financial services and capital markets and human capital, education and development of skills. It will then bring the partial foresight analyses in these areas into a broader framework of quantitative general equilibrium modelling, and be completed with qualitative scenarios for regional and broader integration within the region and with the EU and policy conclusions for the EU approach. Given the broad scope of the research to be undertaken, the consortium has been composed with the aim of ensuring three equally important qualities: scientific excellence, multidisciplinary structure and deep insight into Mediterranean affairs. The coordinating institute is therefore collaborating closely with three other institutes with deep insight in Mediterranean affairs and European Neighbourhood Policy. Whereas the main objective is to provide targeted scientific support to the future development of the relations between the EU and the Mediterranean region, the impact of this project will be underpinned by an exceptional effort of dissemination in both the EU and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries.

Keywords: mediterranean,foresight,med11
Towards Women In Science and Technology (TWIST)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: Strengthening potential, broadening horizons
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Sweden,Slovenia,Israel,United Kingdom,Ireland,Italy,Belgium,Denmark,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2009-1, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3048097.6
EU funding (EUR): 2755692.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The gender dimension of research implicates that the share of women in research is extremely low in all European countries and associated countries. Throughout Europe there is a fear that interest in science and technology is declining, at the same time as demands for science and technology graduates grows. The TWIST project will address this challenge with an ambitious programme of coordinated activities targeted young people and their teachers and parents as well as the general public. A major aim of the project will be to create and develop innovative activities and exhibitions in the science centres targeting the general public and schools in order to create debates and ignite on-going discussions. A structured use of scientific role models via databases will be introduced and a new national way of focusing on the gender theme in each country will be established. Another important aim will be to build on already established collaborations between the informal and formal learning sectors in order to develop new methods and ways of approaching gender issues in schools and to ensure the project’s sustainability after the end duration. The project will work closely with teachers in order to develop a method of awareness where teachers become catalysts, sparking an interest in science and technology in young people. The main focus will be on helping girls to see themselves as the scientists of tomorrow. Girls tend to undervalue their own performance, and thereby their ability to pursue careers in science and technology. The reasons are many, complex and varied but a lack of role models and self-efficacy seem to be part of the problem. Methods that can help build self-efficacy and create self-esteem will be employed. Young people and specifically girls will be targeted on their own terms in order to successfully strive to change outdated gender stereotypes. In raising the gender question the TWIST project will seek to build gender awareness in both genders.

Keywords: gender stereotypes. science learning activities. women in science women as scientists parents and students/pupils as target group dialogue and debate teachers as catalysators
Consumer sentiment regarding privacy on user generated content services in the digital economy (CONSENT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Major trends in society and their implications
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Malta,Denmark,Netherlands,Germany,Germany,Germany,Romania,United Kingdom,Czechia,United Kingdom,Poland,Spain,Italy,France,Slovakia,Bulgaria,Romania
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2009-A, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2013-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3105260.2
EU funding (EUR): 2599570.0
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

One of the key changes in societal trends and lifestyles witnessed over the past few years has been the move on-line of many consumers and the way they have become increasingly sophisticated in their media consumption habits. Have these recent changes to consumer and commercial practices developed in such a way that consumers are (in)voluntarily signing away their fundamental right to privacy? This project (CONSENT) seeks to examine how consumer behaviour, and commercial practices are changing the role of consent in the processing of personal data. While consumer consent is a fundamental value on which the European market economy is based, the way consumer consent is obtained is questionable in popular user-generative/user-generated (UGC) online services (including sites like MySpace, YouTube and Facebook), whose commercial success depends to a large extent on the disclosure by their users of substantial amounts of personal data. There is an urgent need to study and analyse the changes in consumption behaviour and consumer culture arising from the emergence of UGC online services and how contractual, commercial and technical practices and other factors affect consumer choice and attitudes toward personal privacy in the digital economy. CONSENT’s multidisciplinary team intends to carry out a status quo analysis of commercial practices, legal position and consumer attitudes, identifying criteria for fairness and best practices, and then create a toolkit for policy makers and corporate counsel which will enable them to address problem identified in the analysis. CONSENT will advance the knowledge base that underpins the formulation and implementation of policies and corporate procedures in the area of privacy and consumer protection with a view to informing policy-making in the European Union and to contribute to the development of European research communities in these areas.

Keywords: consent,privacy,data protection,consumer protection,user generated services,digital economy,consumer choice,consumtion behaviour,interoperability,competition
The FIBONACCI Project - Large scale dissemination of inquiry based science and mathematics education (FIBONACCI)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: Strengthening potential, broadening horizons
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Germany,Germany,Greece,Ireland,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Portugal,Romania,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Czechia
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2009-1, 2009)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5343519.52
EU funding (EUR): 4784597.0
Participants: 27
Project status: CLOSED

European authorities and the international scientific community acknowledge the importance of Inquiry-Based Science and Mathematics Education (IBSME) to develop an integrated strategy for scientific literacy and awareness from primary to secondary school, reinforcing scientific careers. Scienceduc and Pollen FP6 projects as well as SINUS-Transfer have successfully implemented IBSME in a large number of European cities. Europe is now facing the urgent need to disseminate such approaches and enable all member States to have access, understand and implement them in a way that fits their own specificities. To go beyond best practices sharing and to provide effective know-how transfer at European level requires a dissemination model based on a systematic approach of IBSME at grassroots level, ensured by intermediary structures with successful experience in local IBSME implementation. The FIBONACCI project defines a dissemination process from 12 Reference Centres to 24 Twin Centres, based on quality and global approach. This will be done through the pairing of the former, selected for their large school-coverage and capacities for transfer of IBSME, with 12 Twin Centres 1 and 12 Twin Centres 2. These will receive training and tutoring for 2 years in order to become in turn Reference Centres and start disseminating. Transversal work between partners is organised through 5 major topics which will be explored through European training sessions and will lead to European guidelines in order to structure a common approach at European level. An external evaluation will be done to check achievement and quality. FIBONACCI will thus lead to the blueprint of a transfer methodology, valid for further Reference centre building in Europe. The project will be coordinated for 36 months by the Superior Normal School (France), with a shared scientific coordination with Bayreuth University. The Consortium will include 24 members over 21 countries, with endorsement from major institutions.

Keywords: inquiry education,science education,mathematics education,primary education,secondary education,innovative educational methods,dissemination model
Effective use of ecosystem and biological knowledge in fisheries (ECOKNOWS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Finland,Denmark,Philippines,Greece,Spain,Ireland,United Kingdom,Canada,France,France,Sweden,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2009-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3793490.8
EU funding (EUR): 2993607.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

The general aim of the ECOKNOWS project is to improve the use of biological knowledge in fisheries science and management. The lack of appropriate calculus methods and fear of statistical overparameterisation has limited biological reality in fisheries models. This reduces biological credibility perceived by many stakeholders. We solve this technical estimation problem by using up-to date methodology supporting more effective use of data. The models suggested will include important knowledge about biological processes and the applied statistical inference methods allow to integrate and update this knowledge in stock assessment. We will use the basic biological data (such as growth, maturity, fecundity, maximum age and recruitment data sets) to estimate general probabilistic dependencies in fish stock assessments. In particular, we will seek to improve the use of large existing biological and environmental databases, published papers and survey data sets provided by EU data collection regulations and stored by ICES and EU member countries. Bayesian inference will form the methodological backbone of the project and will enable realistic estimations of uncertainty. We develop a computational learning approach that builds on the extensive information present in FishBase (www.fishbase.org).The developed methodology will be of fundamental importance, especially for the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management. It has been a difficult challenge even for target species with long data series, and now the same challenge is given for new and poorly studied species. We will improve ways to find generic and understandable biological reference points, such as the required number of spawning times per fish, which also supports the management needs in the developing countries. ECOKNOWS applies decision analysis and bioeconomic methods to evaluate the validity and utility of improved information, helping to plan efficient EU data collection.

Keywords: data collection,fish stock assessment,bayesian methodology,risk assessment
Growth And Sustainability Policies for Europe (GRASP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Belgium,Italy,Germany,Norway,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2009-A, 2009)
Start date: 2009-11-01
End date: 2013-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3035200.0
EU funding (EUR): 2358800.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Growth And Sustainability Policies for Europe (GRASP) addresses European policy concerns associated with growth within a comprehensive yet coherent analytical framework. This framework is built on Aghion’s version of the Schumpeterian growth approach. It emphasizes quality-improving innovation in imperfectly competitive markets, but suggests optimal growth policy may depend as well on levels of technological (and financial) development, and on seemingly unrelated, yet relevant policies. The approach provides a multi-layered vision of the policy drivers of growth. The five layers address gaps in current European research on growth: R&amp;D (the Lisbon focus); structural economic reform; legal, institutional and organizational reforms; global commitments, and the fiscal policy. The first layer focuses on economic assessments of innovation (property rights and incentive issues). The structural economic reform layer focuses on sectoral (infrastructure, education and social) and regional policies. The third layer examines the interactions between the law, institutions, and the drivers of innovation. Global commitment looks at trade policies and global environmental commitments. The fiscal layer focuses on government finance of any public good component of these layers and their effectiveness in contributing to growth. Each layer provides a multidisciplinary diagnostic of the quality of growth-related policies. Combining them allows us to construct a full “Schumpeterian growth diagnostic” to assess the effectiveness of public policies, and the adequacy and sustainability of growth in Europe. The GRASP consortium brings together theorists, applied econometricians, and institutional (law, politics and economics) researchers to pursue complementary, state-of-the-art analyses. CEPR’s unrivalled expertise in organizing pan-European research collaboration further strengthens the GRASP consortium.

Keywords: taxation,government expenditure,public institutions,regulations,including ipr regimes,other measures related to public policies
The Role of Sorting for Estimation, Market Design and Development (SORTING)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Individuals, institutions and markets
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (ERC-2007-StG, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 550000.0
EU funding (EUR): 550000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Sorting is prevalent in many economic environments. High skilled workers match with the most productive managers, men marry women with similar education levels, experienced venture capitalists finance more successful start-ups. As a returning European investigator, my objective is to continue and expand my research program developed in the US. Using equilibrium theory, the objective is to provide testable hypotheses for the role of sorting in development and market design. In the process of development, there is occupational sorting in the allocation of workers to managers. Due to increased openness and improved communication, managers now have access to a broader labor market. For example, Apple managers in California design the iPod, and workers in Taiwan produce it. Some preliminary analysis shows that in this environment most of the gains from trade are due to sorting. This has substantial implications for inequality and poverty. The main beneficiaries turn out to be both the lowest and the highest skilled workers. I present new evidence on occupational sorting: richer countries have added 20% managerial jobs while poorer countries have added only 5%. A second strand of this proposal facilitates the testability of two-sided matching markets. I purport to derive general conditions for unique assortative matching. This theoretical finding enables identification of model estimates. Because in the presence of various characteristics of a matched agent the well-known condition of supermodularity is typically violated, this result is important for its general applicability. This result also turns out to be important for market design questions in two-sided markets where uniqueness is a key requirement for incentive compatible mechanisms. In another related market design problem, the focus is on the role of the price mechanism itself as a force towards sorting. Finally, an application of two-sided matching to biomedical research labs is explored.

Keywords: sorting. matching. selection. market design. distribution.
The genetics of enduring isolation: diversity, gene flow and offspring performance in glacial relict tree populations (RELICTOAK)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-2-ERG, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-10
End date: 2011-06-09
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 45000.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The response of species to changing environments is likely to be determined largely by population responses at range margins. In contrast to the expanding edge, the low-latitude limit of species ranges remains understudied, and the critical importance of its populations as long-term stores of species’ genetic diversity and foci of speciation has been little acknowledged. Here we propose to study a set of 23 low-latitude marginal populations of the widespread European forest tree Quercus robur (Pedunculate oak) in central Spain in order to elucidate how these were able to sustain their genetic diversity and viability through multiple glacial cycles. For this purpose, we investigate how genetic diversity is distributed and transmitted across populations. Because gene dispersal plays a central role in this process, we examine patters of historical and contemporary gene flow involving three levels: within populations, among populations, and between species. Finally, germination and growth experiments under controlled conditions will be used to assess whether low levels of genetic variation actually result in reduced fitness and resistance to abiotic stress. This study should help improve our understanding of how glacial relict populations manage to persist under adverse conditions and provide valuable background information for developing appropriate strategies for their conservation and management in a changing climate.

Keywords: climate change,conservation genetics,drought stress,inbreeding depression,introgression,long-distance dispersal,mating patterns,population connectivity,range margins,regeneration
Modeling cytoplasmic trafficking and molecular delivery in cellular microdomains (DANSEINCELL)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Mathematical foundations
Countries involved: France
Call:  (ERC-2007-StG, 2007)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 750000.0
EU funding (EUR): 750000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Cytoplasmic motion is a key determinant of organelle transport, protein-protein interactions, RNA transport and drug delivery, to name but a few cellular phenomena. Nucleic acid trafficking is important in antisense and gene therapy based on viral and synthetic vectors. This proposal is dedicated to the theoretical study of intracellular transport of proteins, organelles and DNA particles. We propose to construct a mathematical model to quantify and predict the spatiotemporal dynamics of complex structures in the cytosol and the nucleus, based on the physical characteristics and the micro-rheology of the environment (viscosity). We model the passive motion of proteins or DNA as free or confined diffusion, while for the organelle and virus motion, we will include active cytoskeleton-dependent transport. The proposed mathematical model of cellular trafficking is based on physical principles. We propose to estimate the mean arrival time and the probability of viruses and plasmid DNA to arrive to a nuclear pore. The motion will be described by stochastic dynamics, containing both a drift (along microtubules) and a Brownian (free diffusion) component. The analysis of the equations requires the development of new asymptotic methods for the calculation of the probability and the mean arrival time of a particle to a small hole on the nucleus surface. We will extend the analysis to DNA movement in the nucleus after cellular irradiation, when the nucleus contains single and double broken DNA strands (dbDNAs). The number of remaining DNA breaks determines the activation of the repair machinery and the cell decision to enter into apoptosis. We will study the dsbDNA repair machinery engaged in the task of finding the DNA damage. We will formulate and analyze, both numerically and analytically, the equations that link the level of irradiation to apoptosis. The present project belongs to the new class of initiatives toward a quantitative analysis of intracellular trafficking.

Keywords: diffusion,asymptotic analysis,cellular trafficking,dna trafficking