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Going for gold? The intangible effects of the Olympic Games in London, Paris and Berlin – GOGOLD
Exploring the role of the EUin Domestic Change in the Post-Soviet States – EUIMPACTEAST
The question as to the role the European Union plays in domestic change in the post-Soviet states has gained salience since the Union stepped up its role in the post-Soviet region. The EU's approach has sought to facilitate the efforts of these countries to align themselves with EU rules, promoting
Memorials and remains of medical research in Africa An anthropology of scientific landscapes, ruins and artefacts – MEREAF
This project explores the ways in which biomedical research generates memory and how its past practices are remembered, memorialized, commemorated, erased and lived with in African institutions, populations and landscapes. Combining archival and ethnographic methods, we focus on the material forms a
The Body in Embodiment: Specifying the Role of Peripheral Input in Grounded Cognition – EMBODIED
There is increasing scientific attention to the role that the body plays in human mental functioning. The view is bolstered by an exponential growth in supportive evidence revealing that mental contents are often grounded in bodily experiences and that models that rely on symbolic, abstract, and amo
Developing Robust Methods for Evaluating Policies in the Markets for Food and Nutrition – NUTRITION
There is increased interest from both academics and policymakers in understanding how different forms of public policy are likely to affect nutritional outcomes of individuals. The impact of policy on diet will depend crucially on how consumers adapt their food purchasing behaviour in response to th
Probabilistic approach to assessing macroeconomic uncertainties – PRAM
It is standard to assume normality of the errors, but this assumption is not realistic in presence of extreme values. If the distribution is correctly specified, one can accurately evaluate the probability that an economic forecast be far from its actual value. The stable and tempered stable distrib
Mapping the dynamics of emerging technologies – MDET
This proposal aims to deepen our understanding of how new technologies emerge. To do so, we investigate the knowledge communities formed during the process of technology creation, and their institutions, visions and expectations. Understanding these communities is important because they are the main
Grounding Early Time Perception in Motor Activity – GETPIMA
The goal of this project is to investigate the role of embodiment – specifically, infant motor activity – in the early development of time perception. Typically, adults from all cultures and backgrounds can accurately anticipate short-term events, can catch objects thrown to them, and can perform th
Governing 'New social risks'. The case of recent child policies in European Welfare States – POLCHI
Children and parents have become a focal point of debates on ‘new social risks’ and ‘new public policies’ in European welfare states. Policymakers and experts, also those from UNICEF, OECD and the EU, have converged in defining such risks, engaged in mutual policy learning and outlined measures to b
Territories and technologies in an unstable knowledge economy: an evolutionary framework of regional resilience – T-RES
This project aims to develop theoretical and empirical researches on the critical determinants of regional resilience, and to produce some renewed policy implications for the European knowledge economy. Contemporary economic systems are featured by a high rate of technological cycles and an increasi
National Parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty: Domestic Watchdogs or Autonomous Players? – EU-ParlWatch
The role of national parliaments in European integration is a topical issue in current political and academic debates. The Treaty of Lisbon significantly expands the influence of national parliaments in EU policy-making. To this end, the new treaty has introduced “Provisions on Democratic Principles
Varieties of Initial Learners in Language Acquisition : Controlled class-room input and elementary forms of linguistic organisation – VILLA
The project will investigate the very first phases of foreign language acquisition under controlled input conditions. Total beginners (with four different native languages: Dutch, English, French, German) will be exposed to 20 hours of controlled input in a new language (Polish). The language input