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assignment_turned_in Project2019 - 2020 Faculté des sciences sociales Université d'OttawaFaculté des sciences sociales Université d'OttawaFunder: SNSF Project Code: 184074Funder Contribution: 60,862All Research productsarrow_drop_down <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>'); document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=snsf________::bb9cd9b0fa51c51f80c1b658308a282a&type=result"></script>'); --> </script>
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project1995 - 1997 UBCUBCFunder: NIH Project Code: 5R01NS033491-02All Research productsarrow_drop_down <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>'); document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=nih_________::c226dae82e10b0a32cbe44c2a3e914d8&type=result"></script>'); --> </script>
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2009 - 2018 University College London, EDF, Hoare Lea (United Kingdom), GT, Kansas State University +55 partnersUniversity College London,EDF,Hoare Lea (United Kingdom),GT,Kansas State University,Dalhousie University,University of London,Communities and Local Government,Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government,University of California, Berkeley,Barratt Developments PLC,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,Lighting Education Trust,Universität Karlsruhe,Purdue University West Lafayette,Hoare Lea Ltd,DTU,Barratt Developments (United Kingdom),Waseda University,OSU-OKC,BuroHappold (United Kingdom),LBL,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Waseda University,Purdue University,Arup Group Ltd,Lighting Education Trust,CIBSE,Dalhousie University,University of California, Berkely,Johnson Controls (United Kingdom),Ove Arup Ltd,Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers,KU,Électricité de France (France),Pell-Frischmann Consultants,Purdue University System,Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,Norwegian Uni of Science and Technology,University of California, San Diego,National Energy Foundation,Pell-Frischmann Consultants,Technical University of Denmark,Buro Happold Limited,Royal Inst of British Architects RIBA,Faber Maunsell,NEF,Georgia Inst of Tech,Zero Carbon Hub,University of California, Berkeley,Dept for Env Food & Rural Affairs DEFRA,Helsinki University of Technology,Aecom (United Kingdom),Norwegian University of Science and Technology,Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs,Johnson Controls (United Kingdom),Royal Institute of British Architects,Zero Carbon Hub,Helsinki University of TechnologyFunder: UKRI Project Code: EP/H009612/1Funder Contribution: 5,814,410 GBPReducing carbon emissions and securing energy supplies are crucial international goals to which energy demand reduction must make a major contribution. On a national level, demand reduction, deployment of new and renewable energy technologies, and decarbonisation of the energy supply are essential if the UK is to meet its legally binding carbon reduction targets. As a result, this area is an important theme within the EPSRC's strategic plan, but one that suffers from historical underinvestment and a serious shortage of appropriately skilled researchers. Major energy demand reductions are required within the working lifetime of Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) graduates, i.e. by 2050. Students will thus have to be capable of identifying and undertaking research that will have an impact within their 35 year post-doctoral career. The challenges will be exacerbated as our population ages, as climate change advances and as fuel prices rise: successful demand reduction requires both detailed technical knowledge and multi-disciplinary skills. The DTC will therefore span the interfaces between traditional disciplines to develop a training programme that teaches the context and process-bound problems of technology deployment, along with the communication and leadership skills needed to initiate real change within the tight time scale required. It will be jointly operated by University College London (UCL) and Loughborough University (LU); two world-class centres of energy research. Through the cross-faculty Energy Institute at UCL and Sustainability Research School at LU, over 80 academics have been identified who are able and willing to supervise DTC students. These experts span the full range of necessary disciplines from science and engineering to ergonomics and design, psychology and sociology through to economics and politics. The reputation of the universities will enable them to attract the very best students to this research area.The DTC will begin with a 1 year joint MRes programme followed by a 3 year PhD programme including a placement abroad and the opportunity for each DTC student to employ an undergraduate intern to assist them. Students will be trained in communication methods and alternative forms of public engagement. They will thus understand the energy challenges faced by the UK, appreciate the international energy landscape, develop people-management and communication skills, and so acquire the competence to make a tangible impact. An annual colloquium will be the focal point of the DTC year acting as a show-case and major mechanism for connection to the wider stakeholder community.The DTC will be led by internationally eminent academics (Prof Robert Lowe, Director, and Prof Kevin J Lomas, Deputy Director), together they have over 50 years of experience in this sector. They will be supported by a management structure headed by an Advisory Board chaired by Pascal Terrien, Director of the European Centre and Laboratories for Energy Efficiency Research and responsible for the Demand Reduction programme of the UK Energy Technology Institute. This will help secure the international, industrial and UK research linkages of the DTC.Students will receive a stipend that is competitive with other DTCs in the energy arena and, for work in certain areas, further enhancement from industrial sponsors. They will have a personal annual research allowance, an excellent research environment and access to resources. Both Universities are committed to energy research at the highest level, and each has invested over 3.2M in academic appointments, infrastructure development and other support, specifically to the energy demand reduction area. Each university will match the EPSRC funded studentships one-for-one, with funding from other sources. This DTC will therefore train at least 100 students over its 8 year life.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2016 - 2018 SMRE, University of London, Durham University, Newcastle University, Fugro (United Kingdom) +10 partnersSMRE,University of London,Durham University,Newcastle University,Fugro (United Kingdom),UNSW,UCD,Met Office,SFU,University of Bergen,INGV,FLE,Durham University,NOC,Willis LimitedFunder: UKRI Project Code: NE/K00008X/2Funder Contribution: 42,744 GBPSubmarine landslides can be far larger than terrestrial landslides, and many generate destructive tsunamis. The Storegga Slide offshore Norway covers an area larger than Scotland and contains enough sediment to cover all of Scotland to a depth of 80 m. This huge slide occurred 8,200 years ago and extends for 800 km down slope. It produced a tsunami with a run up >20 m around the Norwegian Sea and 3-8 m on the Scottish mainland. The UK faces few other natural hazards that could cause damage on the scale of a repeat of the Storegga Slide tsunami. The Storegga Slide is not the only huge submarine slide in the Norwegian Sea. Published data suggest that there have been at least six such slides in the last 20,000 years. For instance, the Traenadjupet Slide occurred 4,000 years ago and involved ~900 km3 of sediment. Based on a recurrence interval of 4,000 years (2 events in the last 8,000 years, or 6 events in 20,000 years), there is a 5% probability of a major submarine slide, and possible tsunami, occurring in the next 200 years. Sedimentary deposits in Shetland dated at 1500 and 5500 years, in addition to the 8200 year Storegga deposit, are thought to indicate tsunami impacts and provide evidence that the Arctic tsunami hazard is still poorly understood. Given the potential impact of tsunamis generated by Arctic landslides, we need a rigorous assessment of the hazard they pose to the UK over the next 100-200 years, their potential cost to society, degree to which existing sea defences protect the UK, and how tsunami hazards could be incorporated into multi-hazard flood risk management. This project is timely because rapid climatic change in the Arctic could increase the risk posed by landslide-tsunamis. Crustal rebound associated with future ice melting may produce larger and more frequent earthquakes, such as probably triggered the Storegga Slide 8200 years ago. The Arctic is also predicted to undergo particularly rapid warming in the next few decades that could lead to dissociation of gas hydrates (ice-like compounds of methane and water) in marine sediments, weakening the sediment and potentially increasing the landsliding risk. Our objectives will be achieved through an integrated series of work blocks that examine the frequency of landslides in the Norwegian Sea preserved in the recent geological record, associated tsunami deposits in Shetland, future trends in frequency and size of earthquakes due to ice melting, slope stability and tsunami generation by landslides, tsunami inundation of the UK and potential societal costs. This forms a work flow that starts with observations of past landslides and evolves through modelling of their consequences to predicting and costing the consequences of potential future landslides and associated tsunamis. Particular attention will be paid to societal impacts and mitigation strategies, including examination of the effectiveness of current sea defences. This will be achieved through engagement of stakeholders from the start of the project, including government agencies that manage UK flood risk, international bodies responsible for tsunami warning systems, and the re-insurance sector. The main deliverables will be: (i) better understanding of frequency of past Arctic landslides and resulting tsunami impact on the UK (ii) improved models for submarine landslides and associated tsunamis that help to understand why certain landslides cause tsunamis, and others don't. (iii) a single modelling strategy that starts with a coupled landslide-tsunami source, tracks propagation of the tsunami across the Norwegian Sea, and ends with inundation of the UK coast. Tsunami sources of various sizes and origins will be tested (iv) a detailed evaluation of the consequences and societal cost to the UK of tsunami flooding , including the effectiveness of existing flood defences (v) an assessment of how climate change may alter landslide frequency and thus tsunami risk to the UK.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2001 - 2002 UNI: University of British Columbia Vancou ver CDNUNI: University of British Columbia Vancou ver CDNFunder: SNSF Project Code: 64794Funder Contribution: 47,800All Research productsarrow_drop_down <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>'); document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=snsf________::28a84872e16d8aabab1c9e51ff6fe88e&type=result"></script>'); --> </script>
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project Laboratoire dOcéanographie et du Climat, Unité Mixte Internationale Takuvik (UNI 3376), UM, Centre de recherche en géochimie et géodynamique (Montréal, Canada), Laboratoire docéanographie et du climat : Expérimentations et approches numériques +6 partnersLaboratoire dOcéanographie et du Climat,Unité Mixte Internationale Takuvik (UNI 3376),UM,Centre de recherche en géochimie et géodynamique (Montréal, Canada),Laboratoire docéanographie et du climat : Expérimentations et approches numériques,Station biologique de Roscoff,Laboratoire des sciences de l'environnement marin (UMR 6539),Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanographie,Environnement et Paléo-Environnement Océaniques et Continentaux,LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés,Université du Québec à Rimouski et Institut des sciences de la Mer (Rimouski, Canada)Funder: ANR Project Code: ANR-14-CE01-0017Funder Contribution: 800,000 EURClimate change has triggered fundamental modifications of marine biotopes in the Arctic Ocean (AO). The decrease in the extent of the ice pack during summer has led to a 20% increase in pan-Arctic primary production (PP) over the last decade. Phytoplankton blooms now occur earlier in several parts of the AO. In other parts, the structure of the phytoplankton community is shifting toward smaller species, typical of more oligotrophic conditions and some species found in warmer waters now migrate into the Arctic Ocean. Phytoplankton grow in the top tens of meters of both ice-free and ice-covered waters. The phytoplankton spring bloom (PSB) that develops at the ice-edge accounts for >50% of annual primary production in the AO, and is generally associated with both large energy transfer to higher trophic levels and export of carbon to the bottom. As well, the culture, health and economic capacity building of Northerners are closely associated with marine resources supported by the PSB. The Arctic PSB develops in the seasonally-covered ice zone (SIZ), the extent of which is expected to increase significantly during the next years, possibly over the whole AO as early as in 2030. How the PSB will actually evolve in this context is unknown. Will it span over the entire AO, and thereby make the AO ecosystems more productive? Will the ongoing modifications in physical properties of the AO rather limit the PSB and PP in general? How will biodiversity respond to and/or impact on those changes? To be able to answer these questions, it is necessary to understand in great detail and quantitatively the physical, chemical and biological processes involved in the preconditioning, development and decline of the PSB. Because this is a transient phenomenon occurring in a remote, complex and harsh environment, such a detailed understanding has not yet been achieved. The general objective of this research project is to understand the dynamics of the PSB and determine its role in the Arctic Ocean of tomorrow, including for human populations. More specifically, we want to 1) understand the key physical, chemical and biological processes that govern the PSB, 2) identify the key phytoplankton species involved in the PSB and model their growth under various environmental conditions, and 3) predict the fate of the PSB and related carbon transfer through the food web and toward the bottom sediments over the next decades. First, a PSB event will be monitored during 2015 in the Baffin Bay from its onset under melting sea ice in May to its conclusion within the seasonal ice zone in July. The distribution of relevant physical, chemical and biological properties will be described at various time and space scales using a fleet of profiling floats and gliders and an autonomous underwater vehicle, all equipped with a suite of physical and bio-optical sensors. Process studies will be conducted from an ice camp and then from a research icebreaker to document phytoplankton growth, nutrient assimilation and the transfer of carbon through the food web and toward the sediment. Second, key phytoplankton species will be isolated and grown in the laboratory under various conditions to model their response to environmental factors and to understand their succession during spring. Third, a coupled physical-biological model will be optimized for simulating the PSB in the Arctic Ocean and for predicting changes in phytoplankton communities and food web dynamics. In parallel, past and present trends in the intensity and spatial distribution of the PSB will be documented using a paleoceanography approach, and using remote sensing. Finally, interviews and bilateral discussion with local Inuit communities will enable the documentation of changing marine productivity from a social perspective and feed into a multi-scale integrated analysis of environment-human interactions.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2009 - 2012 DLR, TELLIGENCE, APRE, Public Knowledge Canada/Savoir Public Canada, Institut Pasteur +1 partnersDLR,TELLIGENCE,APRE,Public Knowledge Canada/Savoir Public Canada,Institut Pasteur,ICAFunder: EC Project Code: 244422All Research productsarrow_drop_down <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>'); document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=corda_______::8e33da2e41586306f342c2e8390c30fd&type=result"></script>'); --> </script>
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project VISSHE UCHILISHTE PO MENIDZHMANT, ASSOCIATION FOR ACTION AGAINST VIOLENCE AND TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS OPEN GATE SKOPJE, TOOLS OF EMPOWERMENT FOR SUCCESS, ASOCIATIA INITIATIVE SI PROIECTE PENTRU TINERET IMAGO MUNDI, CROSS CULTURE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION CCIFVISSHE UCHILISHTE PO MENIDZHMANT,ASSOCIATION FOR ACTION AGAINST VIOLENCE AND TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS OPEN GATE SKOPJE,TOOLS OF EMPOWERMENT FOR SUCCESS,ASOCIATIA INITIATIVE SI PROIECTE PENTRU TINERET IMAGO MUNDI,CROSS CULTURE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION CCIFFunder: EC Project Code: 618329-EPP-1-2020-1-MT-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALAFunder Contribution: 122,293 EURThe main aim of this project is to train youth workers working in the youth field in learning how to improve their skills, to empower organisations working with youths, and to establish cross-sectoral cooperation between Programme and Partner countries. Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery. It includes both sex trafficking and forced labour. Youth with difficult family situations or histories of trauma, including those with fewer opportunities, can be at greater risk. The victims of human trafficking cannot enjoy any human rights including right to life, right to food, shelter, freedom from torture, freedom of movement, or choice of employment. To prevent the abuse of rights for victims of human trafficking, youth workers can take local level initiative to create awareness against human trafficking and promote ‘safe migration’. Education of youth workers, awareness and cooperation can defeat trafficking and the human rights abuse itbrings to youth. Youth serving organisations are in a unique position to recognise and identify youth who may be on the path to becoming victims and offer assistance to them and reduce the prevalence of human trafficking in their communities. Specific Objectives1. Promote exchange of information and knowledge between partner and programme countriesconcerning the issue of human trafficking; 2. Increase participants’ knowledge on human trafficking from a Human Rights approach; 3. Provide participants with specific knowledge, information and tools that should be used in human trafficking prevention and awareness; 4. Develop and pilot a range of sex trafficking (self)assessment/screening tools and information materials for youth, as well as service providers, law enforcement, and the community at large; 5. Give participants a deep knowledge about human trafficking, through activities which foster better understanding about circumstances, background, reasons of the trafficked people.6. Encourage new partnerships and collaboration between partners; 7. Through the non-formal learning, the development of competences that can be used in future jobs and activities in the youth field;8. Provide opportunities for experiential based learning through job shadowing and9. Sharing of best practices. The activities and mobilities in this project will address the following objectives set by the Erasmus+ Programme Guide, under the funding strand Capacity Building in the Field of Youth: - Foster cooperation and exchanges in the field of youth between Programme Countries and Partner Countries from different regions of the world;- Improve the quality and recognition of youth work, non-formal learning and volunteering in Partner Countries; and- Promote transnational non-formal learning mobility between Programme and Partner Countries.Project will give youth workers tools to carry out their work and thus shall contribute to address the lack of capacity of human resources in youth organisations.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project1989 - 1990 UNI: McGill University CICMA Montréal CDNUNI: McGill University CICMA Montréal CDNFunder: SNSF Project Code: 25093Funder Contribution: 91,000All Research productsarrow_drop_down <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>'); document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=snsf________::c8245970f4b8928346f669bf62dbc288&type=result"></script>'); --> </script>
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2021 - 2023 McGill University, Space For Life Museum Montreal, UK Ctr for Ecology & Hydrology fr 011219, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Aarhus University +13 partnersMcGill University,Space For Life Museum Montreal,UK Ctr for Ecology & Hydrology fr 011219,Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,Aarhus University,UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology,Université de Sherbrooke,AU,Fauna and Flora International,STRI,Naturalis Biodiversity Center,Canadian Forest Service,Naturalis Biodiversity Center,FFI,Space For Life Museum Montreal,CF,McGill University,Université SherbrookeFunder: UKRI Project Code: NE/W004216/1Funder Contribution: 100,310 GBPInsects are the little things that run the world (E.O. Wilson). With increasing recognition of the importance of insects as the dominant component of almost all ecosystems, there are growing concerns that insect biodiversity has declined globally, with serious consequences for the ecosystem services on which we all depend. Major gaps in knowledge limit progress in understanding the magnitude and direction of change, and hamper the design of solutions. Information about insects trends is highly fragmented, and time-series data is restricted and unrepresentative, both between different groups of insects (e.g. lepidoptera vs beetles vs flies) and between different regions. Critically, we lack primary data from the most biodiverse parts of the world. For example, insects help sustain tropical ecosystems that play a major role in regulating the global climate system and the hydrological cycle that delivers drinking water to millions of people. To date, progress in insect monitoring has been hampered by many technical challenges. Insects are estimated to comprise around 80% of all described species, making it impossible to sample their populations in a consistent way across regions and ecosystems. Automated sensors, deep learning and computer vision offer the best practical and cost-effective solution for more standardised monitoring of insects across the globe. Inter-disciplinary research teams are needed to meet this challenge. Our project is timely to help UK researchers to develop new international partnerships and networks to underpin the development of long-term and sustainable collaborations for this exciting, yet nascent, research field that spans engineering, computing and biology. There is a pressing need for new research networks and partnerships to maximize potential to revolutionise the scope and capacity for insect monitoring worldwide. We will open up this research field through four main activities: (a) interactive, online and face-to-face engagement between academic and practitioner stakeholders, including key policy-makers, via online webinars and at focused knowledge exchange and grant-writing workshops in Canada and Europe; (b) a knowledge exchange mission between the UK and North America, to share practical experience of building and deploying sensors, develop deep learning and computer vision for insects, and to build data analysis pipelines to support research applications; (c) a proof-of-concept field trial spanning the UK, Denmark, The Netherlands, Canada, USA and Panama. Testing automated sensors against traditional approaches in a range of situation; (d) dissemination of shared learning throughout this project and wider initiatives, building a new community of practice with a shared vision for automated insect monitoring technology to meet its worldwide transformational potential. Together, these activities will make a significant contribution to the broader, long-term goal of delivering the urgent need for a practical solution to monitor insects anywhere in the world, to ultimately support a more comprehensive assessment of the patterns and consequences of insect declines, and impact of interventions. By building international partnerships and research networks we will develop sustainable collaborations to address how to quantify the complexities of insect dynamics and trends in response to multiple drivers, and evaluate the ecological and human-linked causes and consequences of the changes. Crucially, this project is a vital stepping-stone to help identify solutions for addressing the global biodiversity crisis as well as research to understand the biological impacts of climate change and to design solutions for sustainable agriculture. Effective insect monitoring underpins the evaluation of future socio-economic, land-use and climate mitigation policies.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2009 - 2018 University College London, EDF, Hoare Lea (United Kingdom), GT, Kansas State University +55 partnersUniversity College London,EDF,Hoare Lea (United Kingdom),GT,Kansas State University,Dalhousie University,University of London,Communities and Local Government,Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government,University of California, Berkeley,Barratt Developments PLC,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,Lighting Education Trust,Universität Karlsruhe,Purdue University West Lafayette,Hoare Lea Ltd,DTU,Barratt Developments (United Kingdom),Waseda University,OSU-OKC,BuroHappold (United Kingdom),LBL,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Waseda University,Purdue University,Arup Group Ltd,Lighting Education Trust,CIBSE,Dalhousie University,University of California, Berkely,Johnson Controls (United Kingdom),Ove Arup Ltd,Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers,KU,Électricité de France (France),Pell-Frischmann Consultants,Purdue University System,Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,Norwegian Uni of Science and Technology,University of California, San Diego,National Energy Foundation,Pell-Frischmann Consultants,Technical University of Denmark,Buro Happold Limited,Royal Inst of British Architects RIBA,Faber Maunsell,NEF,Georgia Inst of Tech,Zero Carbon Hub,University of California, Berkeley,Dept for Env Food & Rural Affairs DEFRA,Helsinki University of Technology,Aecom (United Kingdom),Norwegian University of Science and Technology,Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs,Johnson Controls (United Kingdom),Royal Institute of British Architects,Zero Carbon Hub,Helsinki University of TechnologyFunder: UKRI Project Code: EP/H009612/1Funder Contribution: 5,814,410 GBPReducing carbon emissions and securing energy supplies are crucial international goals to which energy demand reduction must make a major contribution. On a national level, demand reduction, deployment of new and renewable energy technologies, and decarbonisation of the energy supply are essential if the UK is to meet its legally binding carbon reduction targets. As a result, this area is an important theme within the EPSRC's strategic plan, but one that suffers from historical underinvestment and a serious shortage of appropriately skilled researchers. Major energy demand reductions are required within the working lifetime of Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) graduates, i.e. by 2050. Students will thus have to be capable of identifying and undertaking research that will have an impact within their 35 year post-doctoral career. The challenges will be exacerbated as our population ages, as climate change advances and as fuel prices rise: successful demand reduction requires both detailed technical knowledge and multi-disciplinary skills. The DTC will therefore span the interfaces between traditional disciplines to develop a training programme that teaches the context and process-bound problems of technology deployment, along with the communication and leadership skills needed to initiate real change within the tight time scale required. It will be jointly operated by University College London (UCL) and Loughborough University (LU); two world-class centres of energy research. Through the cross-faculty Energy Institute at UCL and Sustainability Research School at LU, over 80 academics have been identified who are able and willing to supervise DTC students. These experts span the full range of necessary disciplines from science and engineering to ergonomics and design, psychology and sociology through to economics and politics. The reputation of the universities will enable them to attract the very best students to this research area.The DTC will begin with a 1 year joint MRes programme followed by a 3 year PhD programme including a placement abroad and the opportunity for each DTC student to employ an undergraduate intern to assist them. Students will be trained in communication methods and alternative forms of public engagement. They will thus understand the energy challenges faced by the UK, appreciate the international energy landscape, develop people-management and communication skills, and so acquire the competence to make a tangible impact. An annual colloquium will be the focal point of the DTC year acting as a show-case and major mechanism for connection to the wider stakeholder community.The DTC will be led by internationally eminent academics (Prof Robert Lowe, Director, and Prof Kevin J Lomas, Deputy Director), together they have over 50 years of experience in this sector. They will be supported by a management structure headed by an Advisory Board chaired by Pascal Terrien, Director of the European Centre and Laboratories for Energy Efficiency Research and responsible for the Demand Reduction programme of the UK Energy Technology Institute. This will help secure the international, industrial and UK research linkages of the DTC.Students will receive a stipend that is competitive with other DTCs in the energy arena and, for work in certain areas, further enhancement from industrial sponsors. They will have a personal annual research allowance, an excellent research environment and access to resources. Both Universities are committed to energy research at the highest level, and each has invested over 3.2M in academic appointments, infrastructure development and other support, specifically to the energy demand reduction area. Each university will match the EPSRC funded studentships one-for-one, with funding from other sources. This DTC will therefore train at least 100 students over its 8 year life.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2016 - 2018 SMRE, University of London, Durham University, Newcastle University, Fugro (United Kingdom) +10 partnersSMRE,University of London,Durham University,Newcastle University,Fugro (United Kingdom),UNSW,UCD,Met Office,SFU,University of Bergen,INGV,FLE,Durham University,NOC,Willis LimitedFunder: UKRI Project Code: NE/K00008X/2Funder Contribution: 42,744 GBPSubmarine landslides can be far larger than terrestrial landslides, and many generate destructive tsunamis. The Storegga Slide offshore Norway covers an area larger than Scotland and contains enough sediment to cover all of Scotland to a depth of 80 m. This huge slide occurred 8,200 years ago and extends for 800 km down slope. It produced a tsunami with a run up >20 m around the Norwegian Sea and 3-8 m on the Scottish mainland. The UK faces few other natural hazards that could cause damage on the scale of a repeat of the Storegga Slide tsunami. The Storegga Slide is not the only huge submarine slide in the Norwegian Sea. Published data suggest that there have been at least six such slides in the last 20,000 years. For instance, the Traenadjupet Slide occurred 4,000 years ago and involved ~900 km3 of sediment. Based on a recurrence interval of 4,000 years (2 events in the last 8,000 years, or 6 events in 20,000 years), there is a 5% probability of a major submarine slide, and possible tsunami, occurring in the next 200 years. Sedimentary deposits in Shetland dated at 1500 and 5500 years, in addition to the 8200 year Storegga deposit, are thought to indicate tsunami impacts and provide evidence that the Arctic tsunami hazard is still poorly understood. Given the potential impact of tsunamis generated by Arctic landslides, we need a rigorous assessment of the hazard they pose to the UK over the next 100-200 years, their potential cost to society, degree to which existing sea defences protect the UK, and how tsunami hazards could be incorporated into multi-hazard flood risk management. This project is timely because rapid climatic change in the Arctic could increase the risk posed by landslide-tsunamis. Crustal rebound associated with future ice melting may produce larger and more frequent earthquakes, such as probably triggered the Storegga Slide 8200 years ago. The Arctic is also predicted to undergo particularly rapid warming in the next few decades that could lead to dissociation of gas hydrates (ice-like compounds of methane and water) in marine sediments, weakening the sediment and potentially increasing the landsliding risk. Our objectives will be achieved through an integrated series of work blocks that examine the frequency of landslides in the Norwegian Sea preserved in the recent geological record, associated tsunami deposits in Shetland, future trends in frequency and size of earthquakes due to ice melting, slope stability and tsunami generation by landslides, tsunami inundation of the UK and potential societal costs. This forms a work flow that starts with observations of past landslides and evolves through modelling of their consequences to predicting and costing the consequences of potential future landslides and associated tsunamis. Particular attention will be paid to societal impacts and mitigation strategies, including examination of the effectiveness of current sea defences. This will be achieved through engagement of stakeholders from the start of the project, including government agencies that manage UK flood risk, international bodies responsible for tsunami warning systems, and the re-insurance sector. The main deliverables will be: (i) better understanding of frequency of past Arctic landslides and resulting tsunami impact on the UK (ii) improved models for submarine landslides and associated tsunamis that help to understand why certain landslides cause tsunamis, and others don't. (iii) a single modelling strategy that starts with a coupled landslide-tsunami source, tracks propagation of the tsunami across the Norwegian Sea, and ends with inundation of the UK coast. Tsunami sources of various sizes and origins will be tested (iv) a detailed evaluation of the consequences and societal cost to the UK of tsunami flooding , including the effectiveness of existing flood defences (v) an assessment of how climate change may alter landslide frequency and thus tsunami risk to the UK.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project Laboratoire dOcéanographie et du Climat, Unité Mixte Internationale Takuvik (UNI 3376), UM, Centre de recherche en géochimie et géodynamique (Montréal, Canada), Laboratoire docéanographie et du climat : Expérimentations et approches numériques +6 partnersLaboratoire dOcéanographie et du Climat,Unité Mixte Internationale Takuvik (UNI 3376),UM,Centre de recherche en géochimie et géodynamique (Montréal, Canada),Laboratoire docéanographie et du climat : Expérimentations et approches numériques,Station biologique de Roscoff,Laboratoire des sciences de l'environnement marin (UMR 6539),Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanographie,Environnement et Paléo-Environnement Océaniques et Continentaux,LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés,Université du Québec à Rimouski et Institut des sciences de la Mer (Rimouski, Canada)Funder: ANR Project Code: ANR-14-CE01-0017Funder Contribution: 800,000 EURClimate change has triggered fundamental modifications of marine biotopes in the Arctic Ocean (AO). The decrease in the extent of the ice pack during summer has led to a 20% increase in pan-Arctic primary production (PP) over the last decade. Phytoplankton blooms now occur earlier in several parts of the AO. In other parts, the structure of the phytoplankton community is shifting toward smaller species, typical of more oligotrophic conditions and some species found in warmer waters now migrate into the Arctic Ocean. Phytoplankton grow in the top tens of meters of both ice-free and ice-covered waters. The phytoplankton spring bloom (PSB) that develops at the ice-edge accounts for >50% of annual primary production in the AO, and is generally associated with both large energy transfer to higher trophic levels and export of carbon to the bottom. As well, the culture, health and economic capacity building of Northerners are closely associated with marine resources supported by the PSB. The Arctic PSB develops in the seasonally-covered ice zone (SIZ), the extent of which is expected to increase significantly during the next years, possibly over the whole AO as early as in 2030. How the PSB will actually evolve in this context is unknown. Will it span over the entire AO, and thereby make the AO ecosystems more productive? Will the ongoing modifications in physical properties of the AO rather limit the PSB and PP in general? How will biodiversity respond to and/or impact on those changes? To be able to answer these questions, it is necessary to understand in great detail and quantitatively the physical, chemical and biological processes involved in the preconditioning, development and decline of the PSB. Because this is a transient phenomenon occurring in a remote, complex and harsh environment, such a detailed understanding has not yet been achieved. The general objective of this research project is to understand the dynamics of the PSB and determine its role in the Arctic Ocean of tomorrow, including for human populations. More specifically, we want to 1) understand the key physical, chemical and biological processes that govern the PSB, 2) identify the key phytoplankton species involved in the PSB and model their growth under various environmental conditions, and 3) predict the fate of the PSB and related carbon transfer through the food web and toward the bottom sediments over the next decades. First, a PSB event will be monitored during 2015 in the Baffin Bay from its onset under melting sea ice in May to its conclusion within the seasonal ice zone in July. The distribution of relevant physical, chemical and biological properties will be described at various time and space scales using a fleet of profiling floats and gliders and an autonomous underwater vehicle, all equipped with a suite of physical and bio-optical sensors. Process studies will be conducted from an ice camp and then from a research icebreaker to document phytoplankton growth, nutrient assimilation and the transfer of carbon through the food web and toward the sediment. Second, key phytoplankton species will be isolated and grown in the laboratory under various conditions to model their response to environmental factors and to understand their succession during spring. Third, a coupled physical-biological model will be optimized for simulating the PSB in the Arctic Ocean and for predicting changes in phytoplankton communities and food web dynamics. In parallel, past and present trends in the intensity and spatial distribution of the PSB will be documented using a paleoceanography approach, and using remote sensing. Finally, interviews and bilateral discussion with local Inuit communities will enable the documentation of changing marine productivity from a social perspective and feed into a multi-scale integrated analysis of environment-human interactions.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2009 - 2012 DLR, TELLIGENCE, APRE, Public Knowledge Canada/Savoir Public Canada, Institut Pasteur +1 partnersDLR,TELLIGENCE,APRE,Public Knowledge Canada/Savoir Public Canada,Institut Pasteur,ICAFunder: EC Project Code: 244422All Research productsarrow_drop_down <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>'); document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=corda_______::8e33da2e41586306f342c2e8390c30fd&type=result"></script>'); --> </script>
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project VISSHE UCHILISHTE PO MENIDZHMANT, ASSOCIATION FOR ACTION AGAINST VIOLENCE AND TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS OPEN GATE SKOPJE, TOOLS OF EMPOWERMENT FOR SUCCESS, ASOCIATIA INITIATIVE SI PROIECTE PENTRU TINERET IMAGO MUNDI, CROSS CULTURE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION CCIFVISSHE UCHILISHTE PO MENIDZHMANT,ASSOCIATION FOR ACTION AGAINST VIOLENCE AND TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS OPEN GATE SKOPJE,TOOLS OF EMPOWERMENT FOR SUCCESS,ASOCIATIA INITIATIVE SI PROIECTE PENTRU TINERET IMAGO MUNDI,CROSS CULTURE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION CCIFFunder: EC Project Code: 618329-EPP-1-2020-1-MT-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALAFunder Contribution: 122,293 EURThe main aim of this project is to train youth workers working in the youth field in learning how to improve their skills, to empower organisations working with youths, and to establish cross-sectoral cooperation between Programme and Partner countries. Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery. It includes both sex trafficking and forced labour. Youth with difficult family situations or histories of trauma, including those with fewer opportunities, can be at greater risk. The victims of human trafficking cannot enjoy any human rights including right to life, right to food, shelter, freedom from torture, freedom of movement, or choice of employment. To prevent the abuse of rights for victims of human trafficking, youth workers can take local level initiative to create awareness against human trafficking and promote ‘safe migration’. Education of youth workers, awareness and cooperation can defeat trafficking and the human rights abuse itbrings to youth. Youth serving organisations are in a unique position to recognise and identify youth who may be on the path to becoming victims and offer assistance to them and reduce the prevalence of human trafficking in their communities. Specific Objectives1. Promote exchange of information and knowledge between partner and programme countriesconcerning the issue of human trafficking; 2. Increase participants’ knowledge on human trafficking from a Human Rights approach; 3. Provide participants with specific knowledge, information and tools that should be used in human trafficking prevention and awareness; 4. Develop and pilot a range of sex trafficking (self)assessment/screening tools and information materials for youth, as well as service providers, law enforcement, and the community at large; 5. Give participants a deep knowledge about human trafficking, through activities which foster better understanding about circumstances, background, reasons of the trafficked people.6. Encourage new partnerships and collaboration between partners; 7. Through the non-formal learning, the development of competences that can be used in future jobs and activities in the youth field;8. Provide opportunities for experiential based learning through job shadowing and9. Sharing of best practices. The activities and mobilities in this project will address the following objectives set by the Erasmus+ Programme Guide, under the funding strand Capacity Building in the Field of Youth: - Foster cooperation and exchanges in the field of youth between Programme Countries and Partner Countries from different regions of the world;- Improve the quality and recognition of youth work, non-formal learning and volunteering in Partner Countries; and- Promote transnational non-formal learning mobility between Programme and Partner Countries.Project will give youth workers tools to carry out their work and thus shall contribute to address the lack of capacity of human resources in youth organisations.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project1989 - 1990 UNI: McGill University CICMA Montréal CDNUNI: McGill University CICMA Montréal CDNFunder: SNSF Project Code: 25093Funder Contribution: 91,000All Research productsarrow_drop_down <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>'); document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=snsf________::c8245970f4b8928346f669bf62dbc288&type=result"></script>'); --> </script>
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2021 - 2023 McGill University, Space For Life Museum Montreal, UK Ctr for Ecology & Hydrology fr 011219, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Aarhus University +13 partnersMcGill University,Space For Life Museum Montreal,UK Ctr for Ecology & Hydrology fr 011219,Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute,Aarhus University,UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology,Université de Sherbrooke,AU,Fauna and Flora International,STRI,Naturalis Biodiversity Center,Canadian Forest Service,Naturalis Biodiversity Center,FFI,Space For Life Museum Montreal,CF,McGill University,Université SherbrookeFunder: UKRI Project Code: NE/W004216/1Funder Contribution: 100,310 GBPInsects are the little things that run the world (E.O. Wilson). With increasing recognition of the importance of insects as the dominant component of almost all ecosystems, there are growing concerns that insect biodiversity has declined globally, with serious consequences for the ecosystem services on which we all depend. Major gaps in knowledge limit progress in understanding the magnitude and direction of change, and hamper the design of solutions. Information about insects trends is highly fragmented, and time-series data is restricted and unrepresentative, both between different groups of insects (e.g. lepidoptera vs beetles vs flies) and between different regions. Critically, we lack primary data from the most biodiverse parts of the world. For example, insects help sustain tropical ecosystems that play a major role in regulating the global climate system and the hydrological cycle that delivers drinking water to millions of people. To date, progress in insect monitoring has been hampered by many technical challenges. Insects are estimated to comprise around 80% of all described species, making it impossible to sample their populations in a consistent way across regions and ecosystems. Automated sensors, deep learning and computer vision offer the best practical and cost-effective solution for more standardised monitoring of insects across the globe. Inter-disciplinary research teams are needed to meet this challenge. Our project is timely to help UK researchers to develop new international partnerships and networks to underpin the development of long-term and sustainable collaborations for this exciting, yet nascent, research field that spans engineering, computing and biology. There is a pressing need for new research networks and partnerships to maximize potential to revolutionise the scope and capacity for insect monitoring worldwide. We will open up this research field through four main activities: (a) interactive, online and face-to-face engagement between academic and practitioner stakeholders, including key policy-makers, via online webinars and at focused knowledge exchange and grant-writing workshops in Canada and Europe; (b) a knowledge exchange mission between the UK and North America, to share practical experience of building and deploying sensors, develop deep learning and computer vision for insects, and to build data analysis pipelines to support research applications; (c) a proof-of-concept field trial spanning the UK, Denmark, The Netherlands, Canada, USA and Panama. Testing automated sensors against traditional approaches in a range of situation; (d) dissemination of shared learning throughout this project and wider initiatives, building a new community of practice with a shared vision for automated insect monitoring technology to meet its worldwide transformational potential. Together, these activities will make a significant contribution to the broader, long-term goal of delivering the urgent need for a practical solution to monitor insects anywhere in the world, to ultimately support a more comprehensive assessment of the patterns and consequences of insect declines, and impact of interventions. By building international partnerships and research networks we will develop sustainable collaborations to address how to quantify the complexities of insect dynamics and trends in response to multiple drivers, and evaluate the ecological and human-linked causes and consequences of the changes. Crucially, this project is a vital stepping-stone to help identify solutions for addressing the global biodiversity crisis as well as research to understand the biological impacts of climate change and to design solutions for sustainable agriculture. Effective insect monitoring underpins the evaluation of future socio-economic, land-use and climate mitigation policies.
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