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Connectors – an international study into the development of children’s everyday practices of participation in circuits of social action (CONNECTORS)
Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 28, 2019,
Participation – defined in this project as the social practice of engaging in personal and social change – links private and public life, biography and history, and forms a mechanism for social action. Twenty years after the ratification of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child (1989) the international community is no closer to identifying what constitutes a ‘good enough’ model ...
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Bionetworking in Asia – A social science approach to international collaboration, informal exchanges, and responsible innovation in the life sciences (Bionetworking)
Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2017,
Bio-medical innovation makes a substantial contribution to Western societies and economies. But leading research organisations in the West are increasingly reliant on clinical research conducted beyond the West. Such initiatives are challenged by uncertainties about research quality and therapeutic practices in Asian countries. These only partly justified uncertainties are augmented by unfamiliar ...
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The sustainable freight railway: Designing the freight vehicle – track system for higher delivered tonnage with improved availability at reduced cost (SUSTRAIL)
Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2015,
"A sustainable and efficient freight transport in Europe plays a vital role in having a successful and competitive economy. Freight transport is expected to grow by some 50 % (in tonne-kilometres) by 2020. However rail has, in many areas, been displaced from a dominant position as road transport services have grown and developed in capability and levels of sophistication that have not been matche ...
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Solutions and Processes to Enhance the Competitiveness of Transport by Rail in Unexploited Markets (SPECTRUM)
Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Apr 30, 2015,
Modern manufacturing techniques and logistics require reliable, time sensitive delivery of lower density and higher value goods. This presents a market opportunity for rail freight to grow, partly due to increasing congestion on roads, and mainly due to the need for reliable and environment friendly transport of goods. At the same time, to meet customer requirements, rail freight has to rise to th ...
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