Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
The Structure of Relative Clauses (RC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-4-3-IRG, 2007)
Start date: 2008-08-01
End date: 2011-07-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 75000.0
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project focuses on relative clause (RC) formation in Slavic languages (for example, dialects of Slovenian, Croatian), Romance languages (mainly North Italian dialects), as well as dialects of South German. The choice is not accidental: all three language groups have interesting idiosyncratic properties as far as RC formation is concerned. Furthermore, these three language families are in contact near the region where the researcher is located. Components of the project: 1. Contrastive study of semantic/syntactic properties of RCs (relation between the head noun and RC): - Reconstruction properties; - Semantic interpretation (amount, restrictive, appositive readings); - Types of RC markers; - Extraction properties; - Extraposition and coordination; - Interaction with VP ellipsis. 2. Examination of micro-parametric variation (using criteria from 1): - The influence of Slavic, Germanic and Romance dialects on each other with respect to RC structure; - Unique properties of hybrid constructions. Part (1) consolidates new and existing data to test prevailing theories of RC formation. Part (2) forwards the development of a unified theory of RC formation, and provides a testing ground for it. Methodology: Language surveys, and grammaticality judgment tests. Overall impact: Provides new insight into the syntax of RC constructions, expands our knowledge of potential universal syntactic principles responsible for clause formation, subordination, and long distance dependencies. Educational impact: Contributes to the development of a new graduate program in Linguistics by engaging students in hands-on research. Long term (future pursuits): Contribute to the understanding of subordination, complementation, the structure of the Left Periphery, the overall interaction between syntax and semantics. Provide input to novel ways of testing models of language acquisition, comprehension, and of language disorders. All of which utilize RC data.

Keywords: humanities,linguistics,language contact,syntax,semantics
Development of Serbian Network of Mobility Centers (SER-MORE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: MSCA other
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Serbia
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2011-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 218347.22
EU funding (EUR): 200000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

This project aims at streamlining and institutionalization of existing efforts in development of infrastructure for encouraging and facilitating the mobility of researchers in Serbia – Serbian mobility network. The proposal results from the experience that the proposal coordinator gained by taking part in the FP6 SSA project WEB-MOB – Development of researchers’ mobility policy guidelines for the region of Western Balkans, in the period of 2005-2007. Main project objectives are: a) to establish structured network of service and information providers, enabling practical assistance to researchers in all issues related to their experience of mobility; b) to develop organizational framework, comprised of organizational structure, communication strategies, data requirements and procedures for providing of best performance in information and services delivery; and c) to promote ERA-MORE values through the awareness campaign, including promotional events, dissemination of printed material with valuable information and delivery of information and services through the national researchers’ mobility portal, linked to pan-European Mobility Portal. The fulfillment of the above objectives, in accordance with European standards and values, will be ensured by a four-level organizational structure of the network, consisting of the steering, coordination, operational and beneficiary (contact points) layer. As such, Serbian mobility network will provide a backbone for involvement and concentration of all relevant actors – policy stakeholders, industry, public and private university representatives and researchers’ community. The network is guided by the steering committee, providing high-level support, coordinated by the bridgehead organization and operated by four regional mobility centers, with geographical coverage of universities and one specific mobility center for private universities and faculties as well as other research organizations.

Keywords: era-more,researchers' mobility,incoming mobility,outgoing mobility,inter-sectoral mobility,mobility center
Modeling and Implementation of Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy Algorithms in Multi-Country Econometric Models (MONFISPOL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Growth, employment and competitiveness in a knowledge society
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,Spain,European organisations area,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-10-01
End date: 2011-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1676468.6
EU funding (EUR): 1350000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

This project contributes to the evaluation of macroeconomic policy by advancing the analysis of optimal fiscal and monetary policy in monetary union such as the European one. This work will result in the addition of new numerical tools, specially designed for the computation of optimal policy in large macro-econometric models. Such multi-country models are necessary to take into account the diversity of the countries making now the European Union. These new tools for the computation of optimal policy will be added to DYNARE, a public domain platform for the simulation and estimation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGE), that is increasingly used in policy making institution and in academic research alike. New models are proposed to analyze the contribution of optimal policy to smooth shocks in a union of heterogeneous countries with rigidities in labor and financial markets. In that framework, special attention is given to the dynamics of public debt. Systematic models comparison is made possible thanks to a database of macroeconomic models currently in use in policy making institutions around the world. New numerical tools are added to DYNARE that provide the computation of optimal policy, either under commitment, in a timeless perspective or under discretion, for a general class of nonlinear models. Particular attention is given to correct linear quadratic approximation of these models. Extensions are proposed to deal with partial information. These tools shall also permit to perform Bayesian estimation of models under the assumption that the policies followed were optimal. Special emphasis is placed on the definition of priors. Given the complexity of the numerical computations, we stress speed of computation and the development of parallel algorithms. Altogether, this project should represent a very significant step forward towards better models and better tools for the formulation of macroeconomic policies.

Keywords: macromodeling,econometric models,optimal policy,fiscal policy,monetary policy,dsge models,bayesian estimation,var,imperfect information
Citizen Visions on Science, Technology and Innovation (CIVISTI)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Foresight activities
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Denmark,Finland,Malta,Bulgaria,Austria,Belgium,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2011-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 909570.0
EU funding (EUR): 714292.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The CIVISTI project will identify new emerging issues for European Science and Technology by uncovering European citizens' visions of the future and transform these into relevant long term science, technology and innovation issues, which are of relevance for European policies of S&T and for the development of FP8. The CIVISTI project will do this by a) consult national citizen panels through an informed deliberation process, focussing on long term visions, needs and concerns of the citizens; b) develop an analytical model for transformation of the visions into relevant issues for future science and technology; c) by use of the analytical model, through stakeholder and expert participation processes, analyse the citizen visions and transform them into posible priorities for research programmes; d) validate the priorities through a second round of citizen consultation. The project will develop a novell citizen participation process with the aim of making cost-effective citizen participation possible in foresight processes. CIVISTI will include new European actors in the foresight processes in order to expand the experience and capacity of foresight among the member states, institutions and researchers.

Keywords: emerging priorities foresight citizen participation methodology
Evolutionary microfluidics (EFLUX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and emerging technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,France,France,United Kingdom,Spain,Netherlands,Greece
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-C, 2007)
Start date: 2009-02-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3098287.0
EU funding (EUR): 2300000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Ever since the insightful suggestion of John von Neumann, self-reproducing automata are considered to be a main long-term goal of IT. Biologists are dealing with such systems that arose in the course of evolution by natural selection. The future realization of technological artefacts that will mimic, or be inspired by biological automata, will face many problems that biological evolution had to solve. e-Flux will develop droplet-based digital microfluidic systems for the manipulation of reproducing artificial compartments and natural cells (including the analysis of adaptive pathways and molecular cooperation). The project combines cutting-edge technological development with high-level theoretical analysis of the experimentally realized systems. By the application of a large population of electronically controlled microdroplets we shall select for RNA replicator-based molecular networks that can learn from experience. The same method will be used to reconstruct a hypothetical interim stage of early biological evolution where protocells harboured a bag of competing catalytically active RNA genes. These achievements need technological development of our microfluidic machinery. As an example of unconventional biotechnology, we will put bacteria into the droplets, and select for various traits in a novel kind of ‘evolution machine’. Theoretical analyses will complement the experimental work, especially in order to develop a better understanding of evolvability (the genetically controlled capacity to respond to directional selection) in artificial and natural molecular systems.

Keywords: self reproducing automata,microfluidics,molecular cooperation,evolvability,robustness
Governance of shrinkage within a European context (SHRINK SMART)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Combining economic, social and environmental objectives in a European perspective
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,Czechia,Poland,Italy,Romania,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Ukraine
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2012-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1990588.2
EU funding (EUR): 1496091.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

It is the aim of SHRINK SMART to study the role of policies and governance systems in different types of shrinking urban regions. It is based on comparative case studies from seven urban regions throughout Europe with a focus on disadvantaged urban regions in Eastern and Southern Europe that will provide a basis for analyzing different trajectories of shrinkage, understanding main challenges for urban planning and elaborating alternatives for urban governance. Firstly, the impact of shrinkage for urban and regional development that are caused by population losses will be identified focusing on different fields; the main challenges will be elaborated in a comparative perspective. Secondly, the relation between local institutional structures and modes of decision making on the one hand and the challenges of shrinkage on the other will be analysed. Here, the focus will be on strategies and instruments, on the relation of public and private actors and on institutional frameworks and cross-scale interactions. As a result, different trajectories of shrinkage processes within Europe will be defined and a set of policy recommendations for different constellations of shrinking cities will be developed. Furthermore, with the aim of providing practicable knowledge for decision-makers, SHRINK SMART will engage in extensive dissemination activities and develop a set of tools and policy recommendations. Summarizing, SHRINK SMART embarks on the following key objectives: • to identify main challenges caused by shrinkage for urban and regional development, • to develop an analytical framework for understanding the challenges of development in different types of shrinking urban regions, • to draw lessons and develop sustainable and transferable policy-recommendations, • to establish a network of experts on the phenomenon of shrinking urban regions, • to discuss the findings with practitioners and policy-makers in order to improve transferability of knowledge into action.

Keywords: governance,shrinking cities,european context
Multilateralism and the EU in the Contemporary Global Order (MERCURY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Europe in the world
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Czechia,Italy,France,South Africa,China,United Kingdom,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-02-01
End date: 2012-04-30
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1975910.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

This project seeks to understand the EU’s contribution to effective multilateralism. We consider evolving and conflicting (culturally-defined) meanings of multilateralism; its uncertain future on a global scale; the EU system of external relations in the light of the Reform Treaty and its implications for the Union's ability to shape multilateralism; and whether and how multilateralism is compatible with the EU’s shift towards inter-regionalism and strategic partnerships. Arguably, the EU has done more than most of its partners to acknowledge new global challenges and rising demand for multilateralism. Its own positions frequently become focal points for international negotiations on conflict resolution. Nevertheless, essential questions remain unanswered about the viability of a European ‘way’ of multilateralism. Can multilateralism be defined in a way that transcends divisions within as well as beyond Europe, between states, nations and cultures, strong and weak, rich and poor? Is there a concept of multilateralism that overcomes theoretical schisms? Is it possible for the EU or its member states (or anyone else) to define and pursue a selfless, benign, credible doctrine of multilateralism, as opposed to one that serves its own interests? The problem of matching supply to demand for effective multilateralism will be the leitmotif for MERCURY, a research programme that will elaborate and clarify forms of multilateralism, develop specific theses about the EU’s contribution to multilateralism, and test them in line with best scientific practice. Its remit extends to the interactions of the EU and its member states with regions outside Europe, strategic partners, and global organisations. It is interdisciplinary, drawing on expertise in law, politics, economics, and international relations. It advances a clear intellectual agenda – to explore, explain, and evaluate different conceptions of multilateralism – while aiming to achieve practical policy relevance.

Keywords: effective multilateralism,ir theory,eu external relations,regionalism,strategic partnerships
Institutional Changes and Trajectories of Socio-Economic development Models (ICATSEM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Combining economic, social and environmental objectives in a European perspective
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,France,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,United Kingdom,Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2012-03-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1572456.9
EU funding (EUR): 1188000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the project is to analyse, within a comparative institutionalist analytical framework, the trajectories of socio-economic development models. Comparative analyses of forms of capitalism have underlined the diversity in institutional configurations. Within the EU, it is assumed that four types of socio-economic models exist: market-oriented, continental, Nordic, and Southern, with the position of transitional CEEC under discussion. The project will reconstitute the historical trajectories of these socio-economic models, in order to understand how their institutional configuration mediates the synergies and trade-offs between the economic, social and environmental dimensions of development. By focusing on complementarities and conflicts as well as changes in socio-political compromises, by contesting the hypothesis of convergence towards a specific European model and by analysing the impacts of globalisation and structural reforms, the possible future for these models will be discussed. The project will combine three approaches Firstly, a quantitative analysis of the trajectories of socio-economic models. Using long-term data bases for industrialized countries, statistical and econometrical analyses will allow for a quantitative historical analysis of trajectories for the period 1975-2005. The analysis will be completed with analysis of CEEC and emerging countries for the period 1990-2010. Secondly, a comparative analysis of socio-political dynamics and institutional changes. Twelve European and four non-European countries will be examined in order to identify, from an historical perspective, the evolution of socio-political compromises and their influence on the dynamics of institutional changes. Thirdly, sectoral analyses of institutional configurations and industrial dynamics, which will combine statistical and socio-political approaches in order to analyse the long term dynamics of four industries within different socio-economic models.

Keywords: institutional changes - socio-economic models - variety of capitalism - european countries - emerging countries
Promotion of Participation and Citizenship in Europe through the “Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs)” of Transparency International (ALACS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: The Citizen in the European Union
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,Czechia,Germany,Belgium,Germany,Azerbaijan,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Romania,Finland,Hungary,Ireland,Lithuania
Call:  (FP7-SSH-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-09-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1191644.0
EU funding (EUR): 999804.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The ALAC-project will generate better scientific knowledge and a “best practice”-model of civil society activities in the anti-corruption coalition. With the focus on the “Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALACs)” of Transparency International, the leading CSO against corruption, the research project aims at a) enhancing civil society participation, b) raising anti-corruption effectiveness and c) developing the advocacy for legal change at the national and EU level. Based on the insight that citizens’ participation and the values of integrity, accountability and transparency are crucial components of fighting corruption the project is designed to promote the ALACs both as a management tool of a ‘bottom-up’ anti-corruption work and citizens’ participation mechanism. The goal of developing an advanced ALAC-methodology as a new model for co-operation between citizens, CSOs and researchers is to meet the challenge of devising policies that raise the level of citizens’ participation and empowerment. Combining action-research and practical implementation the project – itself designed as a process of organisational learning – will have direct impact on the work of Transparency International and its partner organisations in Europe and all over the world. Furthermore the “empirical grounded theory of the practice of the anti-corruption coalition” in different EU- and EU-affiliated countries, intended by the project, will establish an innovative paradigm for scientific research as well as for the design of all kinds of civil society actors and non-governmental organisations.