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embracing change overcoming obstacles and advancing democracy in the european neighbourhood

embrace analyses blockages to democratisation in the european neighbourhood identifies ways to overcome them and suggests new policy tools for eu democracy promotion eudp embrace takes stock of developments in democracybuilding assessing eudp instruments ambitions and concepts embrace investigates episodes of political deadlock and opening to identify analyse and explain behavioural institutional and structural blockages and the conditions under which they can be overcome embrace is sensitive to variation in democratisation trajectories and the cultural historical and geopolitical context in which blockages emerge it also keeps an eye on the blockages from within the eu embrace surveys the local needs for an improved eudp and develops new policy tools eg digital platform eudp mapping tool eudp bestpractices collection policy papers video clips podcasts training webinars for eudp practitioners and prodemocracy activists embraces approach to empirical research combines a quantitative largen with a qualitative middlen comparative research strategy quantitatively embrace analyses the larger trends of eudp and its effects on democratisation over the last two decades in all 23 neighbours qualitatively embrace investigates episodes of deadlock and opening from 12 selected countries in eastern europe south caucasus western balkans northern africa and the middle east intra and crossregional comparison is systematically included in embraces research design and wp structure for data collection and analysis consortium partners located in eu and in noneu countries team up six stakeholder committees monitor the entire research process assuring that local needs and narratives are considered in doing so embrace provides the eu with indepth knowledge and an innovative policy toolkit enhancing partnerships for a stable and secure european neighbourhood and incentivising resilient political actors to embrace democratic change
understanding predicting and enhancing the stability of organic photovoltaics

photovoltaics is a major pillar in tackling climate change one of the biggest current threats to humankind organic photovoltaics opv could significantly contribute to this as organic solar cells can be manufactured in efficient and lowcost rolltoroll processes and are already reaching power conversion efficiencies above 19 however in order to have a large impact the longterm stability opv has to be improved to obtain lifetimes of many yearstherefore opvstability aims to develop i an indepth understanding of the degradation mechanisms and stabilitypromoting factors of organic photovoltaic materials and solar cells ii tools to predict the lifetime of organic solar cells and to identify stable structural motifs as well as device architectures and iii innovative strategies to significantly enhance the stability of efficient opv of the next generationopvstability combines partners from academia and industry with a strong background in opv andor specialized scientific methods including theoretical calculations and simulations experimental degradation studies on single materials materials combinations and interfaces accelerated aging and outdoor stability measurements advanced synchrotronbased analytics highthroughput experiments and machine learning approacheswithin opvstability ten phdstudents work on this timely and interdisciplinary research project accompanied with an excellent training program comprising scientific skills as well as a comprehensive set of soft and transferable skills
the stressed cell as a physical aging problem

statistical physics successfully accounts for phenomena involving a large number of components using a probabilistic approach with predictions for collective properties of the system while biological cells contain a very large number of interacting components proteins rna molecules metabolites etc the cellular network is understood as a particular highly specific choice of interactions shaped by evolution and therefore not amenable to a statistical physics description my premise is that when a cell encounters an acute but nonlethal stress its perturbed state can be modelled as random network dynamics rather than as a regulated response strong perturbations may therefore reveal the dynamics of the underlying network that are amenable to a statistical physics description based on the striking similarity between our data on stressed bacteria and physical aging in disordered systems my goal is to develop an experimental and theoretical framework for the statistical physics description of cells exposed to strong perturbations we will critically probe the predictions of the statistical model using a multidisciplinary approach combining three frontline methodologies 1 dynamics of single bacteria under acute stress in microfluidic devices and single cell transcriptomics 2 theoretical framework and simulations for cellular networks under acute stress and 3 new biophysical measurements of the transition from the regulated to the disrupted cellular network this approach should provide a paradigm shift in the analysis of cells under stress differentiating between conditions described by the regulation of gene networks from those that can be quantitatively predicted by a statistical physics framework the new knowledge should lead to innovative ways of controlling the cellular network under strong perturbations with implications ranging from new methodologies for synthetic biology to new avenues for treating bacterial infections and cancer
when keystone species converge a transdisciplinary study of humanbeaver interactions in atlantic northwest europe 60003000 bc

the european beaver castor fiber is central to rewilding schemes in northwest europe today due to its role as a keystone species however its engineering feats are also an increasing source of humanwildlife conflict while these challenges are unique to our time prior to nearextinction beavers interacted with humans and their environments for over 10000 years yet there is little systematic data on these dynamics in the past keycon comparatively investigates the changing interactions between humans and beavers two keystone species during the atlantic period 60003000 bc in denmark and the netherlands across the pivotal transition from foraging to farming and a period of changing climate few studies have considered how the critical changes in human land use and subsistence impacted humanwildlife relationships beyond diet achieving new understanding of these issues is hampered by the lack of knowledge of how human and wild fauna domains intersected in the past a lack of focused studies of wild fauna remains and a persevering anthropocentric perspective on past humannonhuman relationships to address these challenges keycon integrates computational ecological modelling and zooarchaeological techniques in a transdisciplinary approach encompassing archaeology multispecies anthropology and conservation biology utilising the rich yet untapped dataset of prehistoric beaver assemblages from denmark and the netherlands keycon provides a novel perspective on humanbeaver interactions in the past using the resulting insights keycon seeks also to contribute a datadriven deeptime perspective on current rewilding schemes the success of which is predicated on how the socioecological dynamics between humans and wild animals are addressed and on robust ecological baselines mobilising a unique archaeological dataset keycon will provide essential longue dure data and perspectives on both of these aspects
neurotropic flavivirus dsrnaprotein interface in humans mosquitoes and ticks

neurotropic flaviviruses zika virus zikv and tickborne encephalitis tbev represent major emerging arthropodborne viruses transmitted by two different vectors either mosquitoes or ticks in humans they use cells of the immune system to spread throughout the organism and can lead to severe encephalitis during their replication viruses produce doublestranded rna dsrna structures which is not only a necessary byproduct but also performs key regulatory functions and acts as a pathogenassociated molecular pattern recognized by the host innate immune response however viral adaptation to such divergent host cells and organisms and their immune response especially in arthropods is poorly understood in this project i propose to investigate and compare how neurotropic flaviviruses interact through their rna in humans and arthropods first i will identify host factors involved in proteindsrna complexes using antidsrna antibodies in a highthroughput proteomic approach from infected live arthropods and human models for immune and neuronal cells and compare the protein networks between each host second i will select the most significant and relevant hits for a functional screening further define the function of the best candidates that are either proviral or antiviral confirm their importance in most relevant models and characterize the molecular functions of the best candidates finally i will identify the dsrna structures and rna species interacting with the best candidates and determine the evolutionary pressure imposed on the viral genomes in each host altogether this project will contribute to unravel the adaptation of neurotropic flaviviruses to their hosts throughout their cycles both from a mechanistic and evolutionary perspective help understand the role of the rna in crossing species barriers and lay the grounds for new therapeutics and disease control strategies against viruses that represent an everincreasing threat in europe
bridging epidemic modelling and phylogenetic methods to understand avian influenza transmission in poultry trading networks

poultry production has risen as the main livestock sector worldwide with this growth being primarily driven by low and middle income countries such as bangladesh unfortunately the high circulation of avian influenza in domestic flocks undermines economic and societal benefits of poultry production in this country and raises significant concerns for human health nonetheless avian influenza transmission in bangladeshi poultry remains poorly characterised to fill this gap the ephyflu project will shed light on the transmission patterns of h9n2 avian influenza virus the most common strain in bangladesh by combining stateoftheart mechanistic models and high quality sequence data in particular this project will develop novel methods to leverage genomic data to inform epidemic models which will be used to assess the effectiveness of a range of veterinary public health interventions aiming to reduce h9n2 avian influenza transmission this program will result in novel policy recommendations for avian influenza control in bangladesh and contribute to the integration of phylogenetic and mechanistic modelling
the foreign soldiers transnational experience in the nazi military sphere a biographical study of conscripts and volunteers from benelux and their military and individual experience in wwii

over two million foreigners served in the ranks of the wehrmacht and waffenss they came from different occupied territories and war zones or even from uninvolved and neutral countries these men had a significant impact on the war itself and how it was experienced and conducted how these men from more than 40 countries experienced the war in german uniform as transnational soldiers remains a black box transwarsoldierwwii will trace the experiences of these soldiers by focusing on those who originated from the benelux to determine the framework of the european war experience from a new angle this research will deepen understandings of individual biographies of foreign soldiers in wwii from a transnational perspective this new angle will open up the academic and public discussion on the involvement of nongerman soldiers and their entanglement in the war and aims at a profound and critical analysis beyond nationstate narratives i will be hosted at the netherlands institute for war holocaust and genocide studies niod in amsterdam where professor ismee tames will supervise and mentor me the research is premised on responsible research and innovation it will result in a symposium on transnational war experiences two scientific articles in peerreviewed journals and dissemination activities in public lectures and a podcast the projects overall aim is to strengthen my research capacity and skills to assist in securing a leading research position that will enable me to contribute my knowledge and make a crucial impact on this field in military and social history
commercialization of aerial tools aps cat

aerial tools aps at is a copenhagen based deep tech startup at develops its own hardware and software intellectual property ip to produce a revolutionary unmanned aerial system uas capable of unique inspection methodologies for remote and large infrastructure with initial focus on maintenance inspection of solar parks the aim is to improve aerial data acquisition in b2b commercial inspections and monitoringduring this project we target to accelerate commercialization boost our product and business development and attract private funding we expect to achieve product market fit and validation of our inspection specification by performing pilot projects with potential customer finally we expect to expand our team by attracting sales experts and automation engineersone of our scope troughs the women techeu program is to attract and inspire other women to follow our passion into deep tech by getting in touch with women role models we would like also to better understand gender equality policies and how to apply them within our organizations to promote women within a safe space that enable further possibilities for them with the women leadership programme wlp we expect to learn from experts in the same environment with similar challenges mentoring and coaching is something that we really value to improve our business plan define the company strategy and reach commercialization before the end of the program in addition we are currently looking for investment
the role of base molecules in aerosol formation

aerosol formation and growth mechanisms need to be better understood to improve air quality and weather prediction models and reduce uncertainty of radiative forcing in climate change projections globally half of the aerosol population is formed via gastoparticle conversion and the fraction exceeds 90 in high latitudes in many locations the initial molecular cluster forms from sulphuric acid and ammonia or dimethylamine growth to an aerosol particle is often explained by the condensation of sulphuric acid methanesulfonic acid and highly oxygenated organic compounds while the roles of strong acids and organic compounds and their oxidation channels are quantified in laboratory and field studies cation detection and neutral atmospheric base measurements are notably underrepresented an important innovation of this project will be the direct measurement of cations and neutral base molecules and clusters based on mass spectrometry ammonia a base predominantly emitted by agriculture is a key air pollutant in the formation of fine particulate matter pm25 in western europe up to half of pm25 is attributed to ammonia pollution because of its ability to form aerosols in reactions with common atmospheric acids current atmospheric models do not include amines which can form aerosol particles at a 1000times faster rate than ammonia to uncover the composition and level of toxicity of pm25 as well as the scattering and absorption of sunlight by aerosol particles it is critical to understand the atmospheric chemistry and molecular pathways that control their formation and growth the project will focus on the role of base molecules in the formation of new particles and their fate in the atmosphere and is led by an established pi with a demonstrated history in ground breaking nanoaerosol and precursor studies it will underpin the modelling of atmospheric aerosol processes which are subject to major precursor emission changes in europe and beyond
chipscale optical frequency combs for communications and sensing a toolkit for system integration

chipscale kerr comb generators have emerged as a novel class of light sources with disruptive potential for a variety of applications such as hyperscale optical communications lidar highresolution spectroscopy or ultrabroadband signal processing still kerr combs have not yet found their way into commercially relevant applications this is mainly caused by the fact that highperformance comb generators are currently not available as commercial products another obstacle is the lack of additional tools that are needed for combbased signal processing combtools aims at overcoming these obstacles by establishing a powerful technology base and a corresponding ecosystem for leveraging the full potential of kerr combs in highly relevant application fields on the technology level we will develop coppercontaminationfree siliconnitride photonic integrated circuit with recordlow propagation loss based on this combtools will offer lowbarrier democratized access to comb generators with unprecedented performance thereby preparing the ground for many followup innovations we will further establish dedicated tools for combbased signal processing comprising combline processors arrays of advanced electrooptic modulators and control modules for comb synchronization the performance of the developed technology will be shown in a series of groundbreaking demonstrations combtools brings together a carefully selected consortium that covers proven competences in technology product engineering and business development the project can rely on a strong technology base developed by the group of tobias kippenberg at epfl this technology has been licensed to the hightech startup deeplight bringing kerrcomb technology to the market through its german subsidiary deeplight gmbh the consortium further comprises nokia as a leading international player thereby offering an ideal framework for industrial innovation and entrepreneurial activities in the eu
plants as a window on emergent memory and computation in dynamical distributed multicellular systems

plants are multicellular organisms with no brain yet they respond to external stimuli by coordinating their cells into strategic growthdriven movement termed tropisms specifically local sensory information is encoded processed and propagated across the tissue via stochastic transport of growth hormones and the plant responds by growing notably informationprocessing and growth actuation are merged thus plants are a unique case of morphological computation however they have yet to be studied from this perspective doing so could offer groundbreaking insights into distributed computation in physical and biological systems this research aims to provide such insights by identifying the physical principles governing how plants use stochastic transport of molecules to encode in memory and process sensory information and coordinate optimal movement in a large number of cells enabling complex navigation i propose a 3part multiscale study based on tropisms combining theory and experiments i build on our recent findings based on response theory showing that wheat shoots tropic response depends on a history of stimuliwhere shoots sum and subtract stimuli over different timescales in aim 1 tissue level i interpret memory as both a signalprocessing and movementcontrol function showing it is an emergent property ubiquitous in plants i extract response functions from tropism experiments across species organs and stimuli and analyze them via signalprocessing and control theory identifying computational and movementcontrol capabilities aim 2 reveals the microscopiclevel underpinnings of emergent memory i will identify physical mechanisms relating stochastic properties of biological signaling observed via live microscopy to macroscopic responses aim 3 organism level will reveal how plants combine computation and movement control to solve navigational problems eg gradient detection and identify the physical limits of their capabilities
polar ocean mitigation potential

pomp will advance the scientific understanding of how climate change impacts biodiversity and carbon sequestration potential in emerging and rapidly changing polar marine ecosystems and through these impacts the project will evaluate how resilience and adaptation potential in the polar regions are being altered the aim is to provide new quantitative knowledge of the mitigation potential of blue carbon in emerging coastal and oceanic habitats and to assess the scope for their inclusion in carbon accounting at national and international levels our approach is to study each step in the biological carbon flow from co2capture by primary producers through transformations and intermediate storage to longterm sequestration we will do this by combining analyses of new and existing data at several arctic and antarctic learning sites and use this to develop and validate new ecosystem models and remote sensing algorithms these will then be used to provide largescale assessments of changes in blue carbon habitat distributions and their co2 capture and sequestration potential both now and in the future the new knowledge generated will be presented to the scientific community and to decision makers and managers as policy briefs to guide the designation of marine protected areas that recognize both diversity and blue carbon potential the pomp consortium is highly qualified to meet this task with worldleading experts on blue carbon and climate change impacts in the polar regions and partners that bring together scientific expertise extensive unpublished data polar infrastructure and unique sampling opportunities as well as experience and resources from several national and eu projects directly related to this call participation of three canadian partners eligible for national funding assures excellent opportunities for cross atlantic collaboration with a panarctic focus
mrgoodfish30 cocreating solutions for sustainable seafood consumption

mrgoodfish30 builds on an existing application developed with stakeholder input from the seafood value chain to promote sustainable seafood consumption it aims to upgrade and employ the app within an euwide awareness campaign the app will be part of an ecosystem of tools and activities to be cocreated by stakeholders in three pilot sites and upscaled in two replication sites in europe to raise awareness for responsible consumption of sea freshwater and aquaculture products cocreation will inform content development enriching scientific input with sociocultural and economic considerations and engaging stakeholders throughout the seafood value chain the upgraded app will offer outputs such as individualised decision trees information about health benefits tips and tricks to fight food waste recipes and good practices it will be available in all eu official languages and it will take into account all major eu sea basins and inland waters the awareness campaign will involve social and traditional media a package of material and activities and a call for multipliers with a local focus via our pilot and replication sites as well as euwide dissemination activities the campaign will relate to other european initiatives such as tastetheocea and it will engage adults and the youth via educational activities for promoting the app as a guiding light for consumption behaviour change the existing labelling process will be upscaled to display european providers of sustainable seafood and support the sustainability of the business model of mrgoodfish30 consortium partners display a mix of science centresaquariums and communicators research institutions and europeanwide organizations their expertise and networks in terms of scientific input and content development cocreation processes app development design and implementation of outreach campaigns and science engagement will be fully exploited to promote sustainable seafood consumption