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"The Individualisation of War: Reconfiguring the Ethics, Law, and Politics of Armed Conflict" (IOW)

Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2019,

"This path-breaking interdisciplinary project critically analyses the impact of the increased prominence of the individual in the theory and practice of armed conflict. The ‘individualisation of war’, while based on powerful normative and technological developments, places enormous strain on the actors most actively engaged in contexts of conflict: the governments and armed forces of states, inter ...
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Bodies across borders: oral and visual memory in Europe and beyond (BABE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2013, End date: May 31, 2018,

This project intends to study intercultural connections in contemporary Europe, engaging both native and ‘new’ Europeans. These connections are woven through the faculties of embodied subjects – memory, visuality and mobility – and concern the movement of people, ideas and images across the borders of European nation-states. These faculties are connected with that of affect, an increasingly import ...
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Tra_Med - patterns of pastoral migrations in the Mediterranean region (TRA_MED)

Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Nov 1, 2017,

The proposed research addresses an important knowledge gap affecting the scientific as well as the policy making communities in the EU and its neighbours. It looks at the interface between migration dynamics and EU policies on agriculture and rural development, two domains that are raising concern amongst EU public opinion and institutions.While it is recognised that different migrant communities ...
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European emigration governance - emigration and diaspora policies and discourses in the post-crisis era (EMIGRE)

Start date: Dec 1, 2014, End date: Oct 10, 2017,

The project breaks new ground in the study of migration governance by looking at the so-called immigration countries from the perspective of emigration governance. The main underlying theme of this research is that emigration and immigration are two sides of the same coin and thus European migration governance should be approached from two angles to understand its full dimension.European Union is ...
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Willing to Pay? Testing Institutionalist Theory with Experiments (WillingToPay)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2017,

The project will combine experimental techniques and methodologies with historically informed institutionalist analysis in order to more fully test and explore the relationships between institutions, policy regimes and citizen’s policy choices in different welfare states. The research will extend the current work in experimental economics and cognitive science by designing experiments that are mod ...
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Addressing demand in anti-trafficking efforts and policies (DemandAT) (DemandAT)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

The project investigates the notion of ‘demand’ for trafficking in human beings (THB) from a range of scientific perspectives and develops an integrated framework that comprehensively addresses and relates demand with alternative framings where appropriate. The findings provide empirical evidence to concrete policy questions on the EU agenda and lay-out the full range of promising policy options. ...
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Borderlands: Expanding Boundaries, Governance, and Power in the European Union's Relations with North Africa and the Middle East (BORDERLANDS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

Challenging the notion of Fortress Europe , the research investigates relations between the European Union and its southern periphery through the concept of borderlands . The concept emphasises the disaggregation of the triple function of borders demarcating state territory, authority, and national identity inherent in the Westphalian model of statehood. This process is most visible in (although ...
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Anticorruption Policies Revisited. Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption (ANTICORRP)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2017,

The central objective of ANTICORRP is to investigate and explain the factors that promote or hinder the development of effective anticorruption policies and impartial government institutions. ANTICORRP directly addresses the objective in the Work Program by examining what the causes of corruption are, how corruption can be conceptualized, measured and analysed, what the impact of corruption on s ...
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Changing families and sustainable societies: Policy contexts and diversity over the life course and across generations (FAMILIESANDSOCIETIES)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

The main objectives of this project are to investigate the diversity of family forms, relationships, and life courses in Europe; to assess the compatibility of existing policies with these changes; and to contribute to evidence-based policy-making. The project will extend our knowledge on how policies promote well-being, inclusion and sustainable societal development among families. Our approach r ...
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Socioeconomic Status and Health: Disentangling causal pathways in a life course perspective (SESandHealth)

Start date: Feb 1, 2013, End date: Jan 31, 2017,

People with lower income or lower educational level have worse health and higher mortality. This project addresses the two basic underlying questions for this finding: How does your socioeconomic status determine your health? And how does your health determine your socioeconomic status? The project aims at studying life courses of persons aged 50+ at the time of the interview who were surveyed pro ...
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The Future of European Citizenship in Comparative Perspective (FutEurCit)

Start date: Jan 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2016,

The European University Institute (Florence, Italy) will host professor Willem Maas (York University, Toronto, Canada) for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie International Incoming Fellowship.As one of the most promising North American scholars in the study of citizenship, professor Maas brings extensive research experience, project management capability, and especially expertise in the emerging area of mul ...
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Mobilizing for democracy: Democratization processes and the mobilization of civil society (Mobilizing4democracy)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

The project addresses the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in democratization processes, bridging social science approaches to social movements and democracy. With a theoretical interest in the interactions between structure and agency, the project starts by revisiting the “transitology” approach to democratization and the political process approach to social movements, before moving tow ...
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Living with Hard Times: How European Citizens Deal with Economic Crises and Their Social and Political Consequences (LIVEWHAT)

Start date: Dec 1, 2013, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

The proposed research deals with citizens’ reactions to economic crises and their social and political consequences. It examines in particular the ways in which European citizens have reacted to the crisis that, at different degree of intensity in different countries, struck Europe since 2008, but also how they deal with economic crises and their consequences more generally. We examine both indivi ...
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Cooperation for European Research in Economics (COEURE)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Oct 31, 2016,

The European Union is the world's largest economic entity, yet its ability to design and implement effective economic policies is not commensurate with its size. While the field of economics has seen an impressive growth, the economic research remains fragmented across the Member States. Developing an efficient research area is essential for growth and to the process of European integration. Howev ...
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Distributive Effects and EU Private Law: Justificatory Practices of EU Institutions in a Constitutional, Methodological and Communicative Perspective (DEandEUPL)

Start date: Oct 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The project examines the role of distributive justice claims in the official discourse of EU private law. EU private law traditionally encompasses a series of Directives and Regulations enacted in order to protect consumers and employees, and the related case law of the Court of Justice of the EU. The project focuses on the use in official EU documents, such as the Commission's policy statements, ...
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Networks, Markets and Organizations (NETWORKS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The complex set of relationships among economic agents has profound effects on individuals’ behaviour and economic outcomes. This premise, which finds strong empirical support, is at the basis of the recent development of the economic theory of networks. Research on networks in the last 15 years has set up a common tool to model and study complex relationships within the economic paradigm. This pr ...
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European Regulatory Private Law (ERPL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

"The focus of the socio-legal project lies in the search for a normative model which could shape a self sufficient European private legal order in its interaction with national private law systems. The project (1) aims at a new–orientation of the structures and methods of European private law based on its transformation from autonomy to functionalism in competition and regulation;(2) suggests the ...
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Transnational networking, knowledge circulation and technological change in early modern East Central Europe. The case of Hutterite artisans (c.1560-1720) (TRANSTEC)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Jul 1, 2016,

My research is focusing on knowledge circulation and technological change in early modernEurope. Drawing on the sociology of ‘sociotechnical’ change, it investigates how various patterns of transnational networking facilitated technological innovation. Using the case of dissemination of faience in East Central Europe in the context of the Anabaptist migration (c.1560-1720), I will explore such que ...
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Education as a Lifelong Process – Comparing Educational Trajectories in Modern Societies (eduLIFE)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2016,

Over the last decades, modern societies have evolved into knowledge-based economies in which the role of education and the organisation of educational institutions have become important in all phases of the life course. More than in the past, today, education is a lifelong process where the individual acquires skills and competences in formal and non-formal learning settings throughout the entire ...
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THE ANTI-POLITICS OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTI-TRAFFICKING POLICY AND PRACTICE IN BENIN AND ITALY (AP-AT)

Start date: May 27, 2013, End date: May 26, 2016,

"During this Fellowship, I will expand my PhD research on the politics and practice of anti- human trafficking policy in Benin, by conducting a comparative study of Benin and Italy. I aim to examine whether the trends I found in Benin apply to the anti-trafficking field more generally, and my hypothesis is that they do. Specifically, I wish to investigate the way anti-trafficking policy and relate ...
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Maximizing the integration capacity of the European Union: Lessons and prospects for enlargement and beyond (MAXCAP)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,

The ‘big bang enlargement’ of the European Union (EU) has nurtured vivid debates among both academics and practitioners about the consequences of ‘an ever larger Union’ for the EU’s integration capacity. The research project MAXCAP will start with a critical analysis of the effects of the 2004- 2007 enlargement on stability, democracy and prosperity of candidate countries, on the one hand, and the ...
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"The (re)construction and formatting of religions in the West through courts, social practices, public discourse and transnational institutions." (RELIGIOWEST)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: Oct 31, 2015,

"RELIGIOWEST is an interdisciplinary endeavour to bring together legal, sociological and political insights in the study of religion in the West. It aims at studying : 1) how different western states (in Europe and North America) are redefining their relationship to religions, under the challenge of increasing religious activism in the public sphere, associated with the spread of new religious mov ...
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Redefining the transatlantic relationship and its role in shaping global governance (TRANSWORLD)

Start date: Mar 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

In an era of global flux, emerging powers and growing interconnectedness, transatlantic relations appear to have lost their bearings. As the international system fragments into different constellations of state and non-state powers across different policy domains, the US and the EU can no longer claim exclusive leadership in global governance. Not only the ability, but also the willingness of the ...
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"Surveillance: Ethical Issues, Legal Limitations, and Efficiency" (SURVEILLE)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

"SURVEILLE systematically reviews the impacts of different surveillance systems, and also helps manufacturers and end-users better to develop and deploy these systems. It is a multidisciplinary project combining law, ethics, sociology and technology analysis in a small number of highly collaborative, cross-cutting work packages. SURVEILLE will assess surveillance technology for its actual effec ...
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Transformations of violence during the decline of insurgencies (Transformations)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 28, 2015,

This research project examines the transformation of violence during the decline of violent insurgencies. It starts from the observation that forms of violence and violent actors change and are re-shaped in various ways over the course of violent conflict, in particular during phases of decline. These processes often contribute to ending insurgent campaigns by weakening, isolating, or fragmenting ...
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Female migrants from developed countries in Southern Europe: A study of integration (FEMIDE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"Women-migrants in Europe often face the ‘double disadvantage’ [as women and as foreigners] in the two main, mutually reinforcing aspects of their migration careers [the socio-political disadvantage and the labour market disadvantage] (Boswell et a. 2004; Boyd & Grieco 2003; CEDAW 2010; Rubin et al. 2008). Their social exclusion is illuminated by their intersecting encounters with racism and xenop ...
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“War of Waves”. European Radio Propaganda in the Arab World: the Experience of Radio Bari (1934-43) (WoW: Radio Bari)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

This project deals with the radio propaganda that Italy, Great Britain, France and Germany carried out in the Arab world between the mid-1930s and the early 1940s. In particular, it focuses on Radio Bari (1934-43), the first radio station to broadcast in Arabic with the purpose of courting the Arabs and challenging the French and British colonial power.This topic has attracted scholarly interest b ...
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Eurosceptic Populist Party Organization and Representation: A Comparative Study (POPREP)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"This proposal can be summed up under the following two headings 'Project' and 'Training'. While separate here for clarity, the conduct and success of each is essentially intertwined with - and dependent on - the other:(1) PROJECT: The project analyzes party organization and representation in six Eurosceptic populist parties: the Northern League (Italy), Sinn Féin (Ireland), the Swiss People's Par ...
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"Cooperating in Complex Environments: Cross-cultural Trade, Commercial Networks and Notarial Culture in Alexandria (Egypt) : 1360-1450" (MEDALEX)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"In the late Middle Ages a constellation of groups shared the commercial spaces of Mediterranean cities. These groups were either formally defined (as the trading nations of Venice, Genoa, Catalonia, Ancona, Naples, Florence, Montpellier, etc.), or were based on ethnic and religious affiliation (as Copts, Cretan Jews, Greek Orthodox, Jacobites, or Mudéjar Muslims). In either case, to different deg ...
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"The comparative analysis of the economic aspects of international migration: EU, Mediterranean, and CIS" (MIGMEDCIS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2014,

"The overall objective of the project is to bring together an international and interdisciplinary research teams for the purpose of forming a center for research and transfer of knowledge in the area of international migration.Migration is an international phenomenon that transcends national boundaries. It is no longer limited to only few areas of the world, with many new migration systems having ...
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"The Invisible Politics of Religion: Catholicism, Third Sector and Territory in Southern Europe" (CATSSE)

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

"This research project aims at contributing to the debate over religion and politics in the EU by considering the role played by Catholicism in shaping civil society mobilizations in Southern European regions. The underlying theoretical issues of this project do refer to the classical debates about a) the weberian perspective on the elective affinities between religious ethics, economic and politi ...
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Puzzled by Policy

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Many Governments today recognise that to deliver effective public policy they need to enhance citizen and community involvement in the policy making process. Unfortunately, many citizens and communities feel that policy development is a process that they do not understand and have little control over.Policy making can be seen by many as an elitist process, taking place only amongst government and ...
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Training Network in Electoral Democracy (ELECDEM)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"This Initial Training Network in electoral democracy will bring together 11 expert teams from 9 European countries, including 1 from an associated country and 2 new Member States and 2 full industry partners. The goals of the ELECDEM network are encapsulated in three linked, inter-dependent themes which evaluate the effects of globalisation, communication and institutions on the quality of electo ...
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Extraordinary Leadership and Radical Change in Democracy (ExtraLead)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

This project aims to study how radical change in democracy is effectuated by political leadership. In the classical liberal view, democracy is associated with ordinary institutional processes, juridical continuity, entrenched interest groups, extensive de-politicization, and gradual change. But democracies do not only develop in evolutionary manner; they also experience breaks and undergo new inst ...
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Market Integration and the Welfare of Europeans (INMARWEL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

"The proposal aims at mapping the long-run process of integration of the European and world markets, from the early modern period to present, and at assessing its effects on the welfare and on institutions. To this aim it will collect a comprehensive data-base on prices, which will then be made available on-line to scholars. These data will be then used to estimate the gains from integration (or l ...
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Circular migration and home care? The case of Romanian and Ukrainian home care workers in Northern Italy (Circular Care)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

In its recent documentation on migration issues, the European Commission has been promoting “circularity” as an effective and efficient way to manage labour migration from both within and outside the EU. But how does the employment of circular migrants exactly work and what are its implications for Europe's societal challenges such as ageing and immigration?To answer to these questions, the presen ...
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"EU Criminal Justice in Comparative Perspective (Council of Europe, European Union, United States)" (EUROCRIMJUS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

"Once part of the realm of the sovereign state, criminal policy has now become a competence of the European Union. The Lisbon Treaty will facilitate the design of arrangements that guarantee mutual recognition between member states’ criminal justice systems. Potentially affecting most aspects of domestic penal procedures, these new developments in European law take place in a domain where cultural ...
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A Think Tank Hosting an Interdisciplinary Network to provide Knowledge support to EU Energy Policy Making (THINK)

Start date: Jun 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,

The three year coordinating action THINK will improve the knowledge support to policy making by the European Commission in the context of the Strategic Energy Technology Plan. THINK is organized around a multidisciplinary group of 24 experts covering five dimensions of energy policy: science and technology, market and network economics, regulation, law, and policy implementation. The Think Tank wi ...
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"Tolerance, Pluralism and Social Cohesion. Responding to the Challenges of the 21st Century in Europe" (ACCEPT PLURALISM)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2013,

"In recent times, Europe has experienced increasing tensions between national majorities and ethnic or religious minorities, more particularly with marginalised Muslim communities. In some countries challenges relate more to immigrant groups while in other countries they refer to native minority claims. It is in this geopolitical context that the ACCEPT project responds to Topic 3.3.1 and notably ...
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European Media Policies Revisited: Valuing and Reclaiming Free and Independent Media in Contemporary Democratic Systems (MEDIADEM)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

"Free and independent media are vital for the workings of democratic systems. Media structures which are free of interference from government, business or other social groups, and in which access of diverse views and opinions is effectively guaranteed, support democratic debate and sustain citizens’ active involvement in political and civic life.Given the strong interconnection between politics, b ...
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