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A New Measure of Socioeconomic Inequalities for International Comparison
ID101130456FromOctober 31, 2023toOctober 31, 2027FunderEuropean CommissionCoordinatorUniversitat Autonoma De Barcelona"The overall objective of the INCASI2 project is to establish a global cross-sectoral network of experts working on a joint research programme aimed at building a new analytical model of socioeconomic inequalities in order to: a) To produce effective advances in the understanding of the complex phen...Family formation decisions and gender attitudes in crisis times: an international, historical and longitudinal comparison.
ID657030FromSeptember 30, 2016toSeptember 30, 2019FunderEuropean CommissionCoordinatorCentro De Estudios DemograficosDuring the last decades, Spain has experienced not only an strong decrease on its fertility levels but also a significant delay in its timing to childbearing, so much so that it has been considered one of the countries with the lowest-low and latest-late fertility in the world. This research aims to..."Urban Regeneration Governance for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Cities: An International Comparison of France and the UK"
ID300614FromAugust 31, 2012toAugust 31, 2014FunderEuropean Commission"This proposal aims to support the career development of an experienced researcher, through an interdisciplinary research project that addresses a crucial policy issue of the 21st century, that of urban governance. The research will take an innovative approach to exploring governance of urban regen...Fostering Regional Innovation and Development through Anchors and Networks: A Cross Regional Comparison in an Evolving International Context
ID225546FromDecember 31, 2008toMarch 31, 2011FunderEuropean CommissionCoordinatorAlma Mater Studiorum - Universita Di BolognaThe FRIDA (‘Fostering Regional Innovation and Development through Anchors and Networks’) project aims to improve regional policy making within the EU, by advancing state of the art understanding of the importance of anchor firms to regional development and cohesion. Anchor firms are known to be incr...Redefining and repositioning public service broadcasting in the digital and multiplatform media scenario: agents and strategies – An international comparison within the European Union
ID237599FromJanuary 31, 2010toJanuary 31, 2012FunderEuropean CommissionThe digital and multiplatform scenario implies important changes in the structure, the business models and the reception patterns of the media. It sets a clear inflection point concerning the position and the role of Public Service Broadcasting. Divergent opinions coexist: On the one hand, free mark...A Global Approach to Paid Domestic Work and Social Inequalities
ID678783FromAugust 31, 2016toMay 31, 2021FunderEuropean CommissionHow does globalisation impact the construction of social inequality? DomEQUAL tackles this question through a study on paid domestic work (PDW). Of the 52.6 million PDWs in the world today, 43 million are women and 7 million are children. The multidimensional transformations brought about by globali...Work stress, well-being, and intention to leave the profession: comparison between European and Chinese nurses
ID220641FromSeptember 30, 2008toSeptember 30, 2010FunderEuropean CommissionThe nurse shortage is an international issue. In USA more than one million new nurses will be needed by the year 2010; and most European countries are in need for large quantity of nurses, too. However, the nurse shortage happens not only in developed countries, but also in developing countries, suc...Promoting Friulian within Multilingual Education: A cross-country, cross-stage, cross-level comparison of Friulian and Basque teachers’ language attitudes and motivation in search of best practices
ID101022752FromOctober 31, 2021toNovember 1, 2023FunderEuropean CommissionThis project focusses on the issue of teachers’ language attitudes, motivation and practices by targeting the promotion of the Friulian minority language in education in multilingual Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG). Although figures for speakers vary between 35% and 49% of the total population of FVG, F...International Migrant Families
ID249266FromSeptember 30, 2009toSeptember 30, 2012FunderEuropean CommissionThe research proposal is called International migrant families. Its objective is to develop a comprehensive analysis of the short- and long-term demographic consequences of international migration on an individual’s life course and on developments and integration of international-migrant populations...Carbon footprint of freight transport
ID265879FromMay 31, 2011toNovember 30, 2014FunderEuropean CommissionCoordinatorDeutsches Zentrum Fur Luft - Und Raumfahrt EvWith foreign direct investments still on the rise and on-going globalization of production and distribution activities, supply chains are often of international nature, encompassing a wide range of various transports and handling elements. The current transport system is powered by 95% petroleum pro...GNSS Monitoring for Critical Applications
ID641613FromJanuary 31, 2015toSeptember 30, 2016FunderEuropean CommissionCoordinatorDW International LtdThe objective of this project is to provide a basis upon which Galileo can be relied upon to the same extent that GPS is currently, especially by the Aviation user community and then beyond. It is proposed that DWI’s existing GNSS Performance Monitoring System (GPMS) is enhanced to include EGNSS an...Maritime Rescue. International Norm Contestation and Seaborne Migration to Italy and Australia
ID892259FromAugust 31, 2020toAugust 30, 2024FunderEuropean CommissionCoordinatorUniversita Ca' Foscari VeneziaBetween 2013 and August 2019, seaborne migration caused over 15,000 casualties in the Southern Mediterranean alone. While crucial to save lives, maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) operations have been increasingly criticized as a hindrance to effective border control. Despite being signatories to all...CRG International Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme in Life Sciences
ID608959FromDecember 31, 2013toDecember 31, 2018FunderEuropean CommissionThe proposed “CRG International Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme in Life Sciences” (ImPuLSe) builds on the existing Fellowship Programme “International Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Programme (InterPod) running from 2010 to 2014, co-funded by the FP7 COFUND scheme. ImPuLSe aims at enabling outstan...Memories and wellbeing in post-industrial communities.
ID101106814FromAugust 31, 2024toAugust 31, 2026FunderEuropean CommissionMemoWb will address how current uses and different levels of community engagement with industrial heritage contributes to build practices of memory making that in turn impact on communities’ well-being in contexts of deindustrialisation. Through Community-Based Action Research (CBAR), qualitative an...Beyond National Models? Managing Immigration and Integration in Systems of Multi-level Governance – a transatlantic comparison
ID273006FromFebruary 28, 2011toFebruary 29, 2012FunderEuropean CommissionThe research project addresses the formation of immigration and integration policies in systems of multi-level governance from a comparative trans-Atlantic perspective. It investigates under what conditions and through what political processes initiatives in this critical field of the EU’s internati...Macaronesia's Researchers' Night
ID955378FromMay 31, 2020toMarch 31, 2021FunderEuropean CommissionMacaronesia is a biogeographical region of five archipelagos in the Atlantic Ocean of which four are inhabited: Azores (Portugal), Canarias (Spain), Madeira (Portugal) and Cape Verde (Cape Verde). These islands share common geographical traits and challenges, and have undergone a similar history sin...The War on Music. Heritage, Islam and Peacekeeping in relation to the Islamist attacks in Mali
ID702725FromDecember 31, 2016toDecember 31, 2018FunderEuropean CommissionThis project offers a critical approach to the recent phenomenon of the Islamist attacks on cultural heritage. Its objectives are to analyze 1) the performative and musical dimensions of Islamic identity during conflicts and 2) the global protection policies of the so-called “intangible heritage”. I...INTEGRATION OF INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGES: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
ID254115FromDecember 31, 2010toDecember 31, 2013FunderEuropean CommissionIncreased international migration had brought the integration of immigrants to the forefront of sociopolitical topics. Although the economic and political aspects of immigrant integration have been scrutinized, little is known about immigrants’ social interactions with the native population. Interet...Preventing Violent Extremism in the Balkans and the MENA: Strengthening Resilience in Enabling Environments
ID870724FromDecember 31, 2019toJune 30, 2023FunderEuropean CommissionCoordinatorNorsk Utenrikspolitisk InstituttDespite the EU having revised its counter-terrorism policies several times since 2001, the destructive impact of violent extremism continues to take its toll, generating negative shocks across international borders. The overarching objective of PREVEX is, therefore, to put forward more fine-tuned an...Why do states seek international organization approval for military intervention?
ID631389FromSeptember 9, 2014toMarch 9, 2018FunderEuropean CommissionWhy do states nowadays typically seek multilateral approval from relevant international organizations (IOs) like the United Nations, NATO, or the African Union before intervening militarily abroad? To-date, research on this question has largely focused on the USA. The proposed study will expand the...Imagining Europe from the outside. On the role of democracy and human rights perceptions in constructing migration aspirations and decision towards Europe
ID244703FromJanuary 31, 2010toJanuary 31, 2013FunderEuropean CommissionBy means of a non-Eurocentric, theoretically and empirically sound cross-country and cross-region research design, EUMAGINE studies the impact of perceptions of human rights and democracy on international migration aspirations and decisions. Special attention goes to human rights (including women’s...International Alliances for Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution: Peace Negotiations and Implemented Resilience Strategies
ID272081FromJune 30, 2011toJune 30, 2014FunderEuropean CommissionGlobal challenges must be met with an emphasis on peace and negotiation, in harmony with other actors, through alliances and international consensus. The literature on psychology applied to international negotiation has been progressing at a theoretical level, but we know much less about how to mast...Western Strategies in East Asia. The Reconfiguration of US, British and French security policies in the Pacific Century
ID752790FromAugust 31, 2017toSeptember 8, 2020FunderEuropean CommissionThe core question that this project tackles is how the three major Western military powers (the US, Britain and France) have adapted their security policies to the shifting center of strategic gravity of international politics from the Euro-Atlantic area to the Asia-Pacific. In addressing this quest...Financial Protection against Health Risks - Evidence from an Emerging Country with Universal Coverage and Methodological Considerations
ID331815FromMarch 13, 2014toMarch 13, 2016FunderEuropean CommissionLacking insurance puts households in many emerging and developing countries at substantial financial risk when faced with severe injury or disease. Often, pre-illness consumption levels cannot be maintained because of high out-of-pocket treatment costs or forgone labor income due to the illness. Wit...Geographic diversity of Neandertals in Europe
ID275901FromJune 30, 2011toJanuary 31, 2012FunderEuropean Commission"Neandertals lived in Eurasia for more than 200,000 years and represent the closest relatives of present-day humans. Their study helps us understand what makes modern humans so unique and evolutionary successful. In this project we will provide new data on Neandertal biological and behavioural diver...