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Power and Region in a Multipolar Order (PRIMO)
Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,
"PRIMO (Power and Regions in a Multipolar World) starts from the premise that the importance of non-western regions and certain of their leading states – notably Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the so-called BRICS states – for international politics and the world economy is rapidly growing. However, the nature of these processes, the consequences for global governance, and the mater ...
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The development of spatial representations: a prospective and retrospective approach (SpatialDevelopment)
Start date: May 1, 2015, End date: Apr 30, 2017,
In daily life we easily move around in the world, avoiding certain objects while aiming for others. Our brain has to build a spatial representation of our surroundings from the basic perceptual input from our perceptual senses like vision, touch and audition. The scientific goal of the proposal is to disentangle the exact course of the development of this external reference frame, and the influenc ...
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Audio Bracelet for Blind Interaction: a new technology based on sensory-motor rehabilitation for visually impaired children (ABBI)
Start date: Feb 1, 2014, End date: Jan 31, 2017,
The problemThe development of technologies to support the inclusion of adults and children with visual disabilities is a big societal challenges for ICT Research. Vision is essential to build up important cognitive representations and early onset of blindness affects adversely psychomotor, spatial and social development. Moreover, early intervention is fundamental.ObjectivesThe ABBI project aims a ...
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Methods for Health Technology Assessment of Medical Devices: a European Perspective (MEDTECHTA)
Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2015,
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is widely accepted as a multidisciplinary approach studying the clinical, economic, social and ethical implications of development, diffusion and use of health technologies and its role in policy making is increasingly established in EU countries. However, the currently adopted methodological framework for HTA doesn’t fully encounter the challenges rising from in ...
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Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies (IRISS)
Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2015,
"IRISS (Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies) will investigate societal effects of different surveillance practices from a multi-disciplinary social science and legal perspective. It will focus on the effects that surveillance practices introduced to combat crime and terrorism can have on citizens in open and democratic societies. It will review surveillance systems used in fighting cri ...
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The impact of the portrayal of the African continent in textbooks on racism against students of African ancestry in German schools (IMAFREDU)
Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2013,
"The image of Africa in German textbooks and curricula is based on racist stereotypes, which can be traced back to the colonial era when dehumanisation of African people served to justify the colonisation of their continent. Poverty, violence and underdevelopment are the prevailing images of Africa in German history and geography textbooks. Pre-colonial African history, African culture and philos ...
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