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Nice but incompetent? The eldery stereotype in Europe (ELDERLY STEREOTYPES)
Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,
Europe’s constantly ageing population posits a number of challenges for the European Community. One of the main issues lies in shedding age discrimination that prevents the social inclusion of older people in society. A first step in doing so is to identify negative stereotypes and to uncover the mechanisms that lead to them. Past research has focused solely on psychological factors neglecting the ...
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Enhancing Habitat for the Iberian Lynx and Black Vulture in the Southeast of Portugal (Habitat Lince Abutre)
Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2014,
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Habitat loss - particularly of those habitats crucial for feeding and reproduction - is now one of the greatest threats to most at-risk species. One of the consequences of the loss and deterioration of the Mediterranean scrubland habitat in South-East Portugal is the lack of adequate and undisturbed areas for both Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) a ...
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Improving quality and safety in the hospital: The link between organisational culture, burnout, and quality of care (ORCAB)
Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2014,
To date, relatively little evidence has been published as to what represents an effective and efficient way to improve quality of care and safety in hospitals. This vacuum in the research means there is a significant opportunity to design quality of care and safety interventions in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders, which address the relevant organisational and individual factors in a h ...
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The embodied social cognition and processes of prejudice: Malodours, disgust and prejudice (The scent of bigotry)
Start date: Jan 2, 2012, End date: Jan 1, 2014,
The objectives of the planned activities are (1) to conduct cutting-edge research on physical and psychological conditions that stimulate and maintain good intergroup relations; (2) to develop a trans-national collaborations with experts working in that area; and (3) to provide the experienced researcher (Polish, based in UK) with new knowledge (embodiment, social neuroscience), experience (resear ...
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Food Risk Communication. Perceptions and communication of food risks/benefits across Europe: development of effective communication strategies (FoodRisC)
Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: Oct 31, 2013,
FoodRisC will characterise key configurations of food risk/benefit relationships and the consequent implications for risk communicators, make recommendations about the unique potential of new social media (e.g. social networks and blogging) and provide a systematic understanding of how consumers deal with food risk/benefit information. The FoodRisC consortium is comprised of experts in key fields ...
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SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND EUROPEAN PUBLIC ETHICS (STEPE)
Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Dec 31, 2011,
"This proposal is to establish a Consortium to provide academic input into the planned Eurobarometer Survey on the Life Sciences and Sensitive Technologies in 2008. It is also intended to add value to the survey and thereby enhance its impact and policy relevance with extensions of a conceptual, contextual and a methodological nature. First, we introduce the concept ‘public ethics’, moving beyond ...
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