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SOURCE - Virtual centre of excellence for research support and coordination on societal security (SOURCE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2018,

The aim of the SOURCE Network of Excellence is to create a robust and sustainable virtual centre of excellence capable of exploring and advancing societal issues in security research and development. The SOURCE Network of Excellence is built upon five types of activities: networking activities, research, information gathering, education and training, and knowledge-sharing. These five areas togethe ...
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Economics of Matching Markets: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations (EcoMatch)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2018,

This project offers a theoretical and empirical investigation of matching markets. Matching is, broadly speaking, the study of complementarities, which explains the formation of coalitions. Matching models are found in many applied fields within Economics: Labour Economics, Family Economics, Consumer theory of differentiated goods (hedonic models), Trade, etc. Desirable properties of these coalit ...
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ACTION PLAN ON SIS RELATED ISSUES IN EPIDEMICS AND TOTAL PANDEMICS (ASSET)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

ASSET (Action plan in Science in Society in Epidemics and Total pandemics) is a 48 month Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Action Plan (MMLAP), which aims to 1) forge a partnership with complementary perspectives, knowledge and experiences to address effectively scientific and societal challenges raised by pandemics and associated crisis management; 2) explore and map SiS-related issues in global ...
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Effective Gender Equality in Research and the Academia (EGERA)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

"EGERA brings together eight research and higher education institutions in seven EU member states (Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain) + Turkey, bound by a same commitment to the dual objective of achieving gender equality in research, and strengthening the gender dimension in research. Made up of five universities covering an ample array of disciplin ...
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Heterogeneity That Matters for Trade and Welfare (HETMAT)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2017,

"Accounting for firms' heterogeneity in trade patterns is probably one of the key innovations of international trade that occurred during the last decade. The impact of initial papers such as Melitz (2003) and Bernard and Jensen (1999) is so large in the field that it is considered to have introduced a new paradigm. Apart from providing a convincing framework for a set of empirical facts, the main ...
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A Political History of the Future : Knowledge Production and Future Governance 1945-2010 (FUTUREPOL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

FUTUREPOL seeks to open up a new field of historical and political enquiry around the history of future governance. As an object of governance, the future is notoriously rebellious: difficult to define, defying notions of objectivity and truth. Nevertheless, a crucial feature of modern societies is their belief in the knowability and governability of the future, the belief that through the means o ...
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From Silicosis to Chronic Respiratory diseases: an approach via epidemiological history (in France, Europe, Southern Africa, from the 1900s until today) (SILICOSIS)

Start date: Jun 1, 2012, End date: May 31, 2017,

Silicosis, a pathology caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust, is the deadly occupational disease in history. Contrary to what some may think, it does not belong to a remote past as it struck massively in the 20th century and is still present in industrial societies, and is growing in emerging countries. SILICOSIS seeks to re-evaluate the epidemiological importance of silicosis by com ...
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Construction and modes of expression of differences in collective action of Afro-Americans and Latinos in a California barrio. Two case studies: One East Palo Alto and San Francis of Assisi (GENIDMOV)

Start date: Nov 4, 2013, End date: Nov 3, 2016,

"GENIDMOV is based on studies of ""unlikely mobilizations"" that are emerging increasingly in a context of global economic crisis and growing social inequality. It focuses on the empowerment process of minority groups (Blacks and Latinos) through their collective action, on the main processes and specific factors allow them to participate in public space. It covers a difficult research field, a ba ...
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Risk Incentives in Financial Institutions and Financial Instability (RIFIFI)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

The main objective of this research project is to develop a new framework for the study of the informational frictions that separate investors from sophisticated traders operating in complete markets. I plan to develop a model of “generalized risk-shifting,” in which traders in complete markets can secretly take fair bets with any arbitrary distribution. The goal is to study the interplay of this ...
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Overseas voting among Arab migrants in the EU (Arab Overseas Voting)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Oct 10, 2015,

The research project ‘Arab Overseas Voting’ aims to contribute to the academic literature and policy discussion on overseas voting by drawing the attention on Arab migrant communities in the EU participating in the elections of their country of origin. It adopts an interdisciplinary and comparative approach that builds on historical and current contrasts between two major Arab labour sending count ...
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Accountability and Public Policy Audit in the European Union (APPLAUD)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

There is growing crisis of confidence among EU citizens in the democratic accountability of the EU and its institutions. There is uncertainty among many political actors about the added vale of EU policies paid for via the EU budget. More than ever, the EU must demonstrate the chains and mechanisms of accountability vis-à-vis its member states and their general publics as to the correct and effect ...
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Transferring Good Governance in the EU´s Neighbourhood (EUTRANSGOV)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Mar 3, 2015,

"EUTRANSGOV concentrates on the transfer of good governance / institution-building (‘soft’ norms) in the EU’s neighbourhood, a topic which has attracted further attention since the revolutions in North Africa. Policy transfer gained momentum in International Relations and EU Studies to highlight changes within and outside the EU. This project complements research on EU enlargement and the European ...
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Building Efficient Models of Governance: the EU Regional Tier and improving Compliance with Global Rules (EURTG)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: May 23, 2014,

"In game-theoretical terms, global models of governance reduce uncertainty and can improve policy coordination, bargaining and predictability. However, despite voluntary commitment to such agreements, certain states are tempted to defect and free ride. The current context of economic crisis and political instability calls for efficient models of global governance and regional coordination. The EU ...
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Socialism and leftist Catholicism in France and Italy (1956-1972) (SOCIALCATH)

Start date: Jan 1, 2012, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"The SOCIALCATH research project deals with the intercultural connection between Socialism and Catholicism in two cases in which this meeting was very evident: the French ""Parti Socialiste Unifié"" (PSU) and the Italian ""Partito Socialista Italiano di Unità Proletaria"" (PSIUP).PSU and PSIUP put together Socialists and Catholics who did not accept the main strategy of their respective political ...
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Micro-dynamics of rebellions: An inquiry into the role of middle level commanders in Chad (MICROREB)

Start date: Aug 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2012,

"This research seeks to extend the literature on the micro-dynamics of civil wars by focusing on a little-studied issue: the role of middle level commanders in unstable armed groups. How do they broker and shape the relationships of politico-military leaders and grassroots combatants? Our contention is that middle level commanders play a crucial role in shaping rebel groups’ profile and conduct ev ...
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Governance and Agents in Institutional Architecture on Climate and Energy (GAIA)

Start date: Aug 1, 2009, End date: Jul 31, 2010,

"The proposed project is aiming at drawing a clear map of the effectiveness of various ongoing initiatives on climate change and energy issues, within and outside the UN framework, by focusing on governance functions and actors performing the functions, including nation states, business and industry, NGOs, scientific networks and international organizations. It further develops scenarios on mid- t ...
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