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Performance testing, calibration and implementation of a next generation system-of-systems Risk Governance Framework for nanomaterials (caLIBRAte)

Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2019,

The objective of the caLIBRAte project is to establish a state-of-the-art versatile Risk Governance framework for assessment and management of human and environmental risks of MN and MN-enabled products. The framework will be a web-based “system-of-systems” linking different models and methods for: 1) screening of apparent and perceived risks and trends in nanotechnology, 2) control banding, quali ...
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Center of Excellence for Global Systems Science (COEGSS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2015, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

Global Systems Science – GSS – is an emerging research field focused on the risks and opportunities involved in global coordination problems. Examples of global systems include the internet, financial markets, intellectual property rights, global energy use and others. Developing evidence and understanding in view of such systems and of related policies is rapidly becoming a vital challenge for mo ...
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History of Nuclear Energy and Society (HoNESt)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

HoNESt (History of Nuclear Energy and Society) involves an interdisciplinary team with many experienced researchers and 24 high profile research institutions.HoNESt’s goal is to conduct a three-year interdisciplinary analysis of the experience of nuclear developments and its relationship to contemporary society with the aim of improving the understanding of the dynamics over the last 60 years. HoN ...
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Promoting societal engagement under the terms of RRI (PROSO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2016, End date: Feb 28, 2018,

The main objective of PROSO is to foster societal engagement under the terms of RRI in the research and innovation systems in Europe through generation of a policy guide for developing governance for the advancement of societal engagement under RRI in relation to three fields of R&I.The policy guide will be based on the results that PROSO will achieve through an analysis of barriers and incentives ...
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Foresight Tools for Responding to cascading effects in a crisis (FORTRESS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2014, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

FORTRESS will identify and understand cascading effects by using evidence-based information from a range of previous crisis situations, as well as an in-depth analysis of systems and their mutual interconnectivity and (inter-)dependency. FORTRESS will seek to intervene in current crisis response practices by bridging the gap between the over-reliance on unstructured information collection on one s ...
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Engaging Society in Horizon 2020 (ENGAGE2020)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2015,

The Engage2020 project will make an overview of potential praxis in Horizon2020 for societal engagement in research and innovation and related activities, with the aim of increasing the use of such praxis. The overview will cover praxis of existing policies and structures, of methods, approaches, tools and instruments, of promising new or adapted policies/methods, and of praxis which specifically ...
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Towards inclusive research programming for sustainable food innovations (INPROFOOD)

Start date: Nov 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2014,

Over the past decade, most EU Member States have identified food and health as key priorities. This is in response to increases in obesity and diet-related chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases amongst their populations. Also an insufficient nutrient supply in subgroups of the populations and special demands in ageing societies are identified as abiding challenges. Attempts ...
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Development and application of standardized methodology for the PROspective SUstaInability assessment of TEchnologies (PROSUITE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2013,

"The main goal of PROSUITE is to develop a framework methodology, operational methods and tools for the sustainability assessment of current and future technologies over their life cycle, applicable to different stages of maturity. The project will apply the methodology for four technology cases with close consultation of the stakeholders involved, which includes cases from biorefineries, nanotech ...
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POLICY ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND LEARNING ABOUT CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR AND EVERYDAY LIFE (PACHELBEL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

At the heart of this project lies the development, trialling and operationalisation of a tool (STAVE), designed to support the work of policy-making for sustainability in real-world settings. The tool will support processes of knowledge brokerage, promoting the appropriate application of existing research findings, and the generation of new knowledge which is focused on specific policy objectives. ...
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Sound Exposure and Risk Assessment of Wireless Network Devices (SEAWIND)

Start date: Dec 1, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

Public exposure to electromagnetic fields in the radio frequency spectrum has increased dramatically in the last two decades. Although research has mainly focused on the exposure and health risk evaluations of cellular networks and mobile phones in recent years, studies on the effects of the pervasive and prolonged EMF exposure on human health due to the exponential growth of wireless network devi ...
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Social Capacity Building for Natural Hazards: Toward More Resilient Societies (CapHaz-Net)

Start date: Jun 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2012,

The main objectives of CapHaz-Net are to identify and assess existing practices and policies for social capacity building in the field of natural hazards and to elaborate strategies and recommendations for activities to enhance the resilience of European societies to the impacts of natural hazards. This will be achieved by bringing together different scientific disciplines and by enhancing and fos ...
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Food And Health Research in Europe (FAHRE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2012,

FAHRE – Food And Health Research in Europe – aims to increase the structuring of food and health research and support cooperation towards the European Research Area. It will do this by providing a comprehensive map of research funding in the EEA, and identifying the key players and processes involved in research funding and policy at regional, national, and transnational level. Identification of t ...
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Civil Society for Sustainability (CSS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

"Civil society and its organisations (CSO) play a vital role in the implementation of sustainable development (SD). Civil society actors exhibit special features, they are to a large degree driven by visions or ideals, place a focus on common action, participate in and initiate discourses about SD in society, enhance social capital, and share a non-economical (non-efficiency driven) world view. Gi ...
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Judgement and Knowledge in Fisheries including Stakeholders (JAKFISH)

Start date: May 1, 2008, End date: Oct 31, 2011,

"The project will investigate how different actors in the marine sector, including fisheries, make use of scientific knowledge, how the roles that scientists play help formulate policies and how governance approaches can be developed which enable policy decisions to address uncertainty and complexity based on research and with the participation of stakeholders. The project will collect and build o ...
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