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Horizon 2020 was the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness.

Seen as a means to drive economic growth and create jobs, Horizon 2020 had the political backing of Europe’s leaders and the Members of the European Parliament. They agreed that research is an investment in our future and so put it at the heart of the EU’s blueprint for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and jobs.

By coupling research and innovation, Horizon 2020 helped to achieve this with its emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges. The goal was to ensure Europe produces world-class science, removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and private sectors to work together in delivering innovation.

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Artivism can stimulate community climate awareness and measures ; the WATERFRONT/EU co-design sessions review with a methodology model for artivism

Authors: Fred Sanders, Karel Sant, Panos Chrysovitsinos

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Jo Raphael, Minh-Hoang Nguyen, Susanne Thurow

Published: April 9, 2026
Research Article

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Representations of economic inequality and welfare redistribution in British mainstream party programs, 2005–2024

Authors: Daniel Walsh, Sonja Zmerli

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Cristian Márquez, Efraín García-Sánchez, Hendrik Theine

Published: April 6, 2026
Method Article
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Method development for pancreatic and ovarian cancer baseline ctDNA detection and measurable residual disease monitoring

Authors: Tim Alexander Steiert, Philipp M. Altrock, Axel Künstner, Vishal Dixit, Burkhard Brandt, Pamela Pinzani, Hauke Busch, Andre Franke, Michael Forster

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Myron Best, Yibo Dai

Published: July 13, 2026
Method Article

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Inertial human motion capture with automatic IMU-to-segment position and orientation calibration using JointTracker and deep learning with uncertainties

Authors: Bertram Taetz, Gabriele Bleser-Taetz, Markus Miezal, Didier Stricker

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Elisa Digo, Moein Younesi

Published: March 31, 2026
Software Tool Article

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PySteMoDA: An open source Python package for the analysis of steered molecular dynamics simulations data

Authors: Ismahene Mesbah, Colin Klaus, Marcos Sotomayor, Fidan Sumbul, Felix Rico

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Adolfo Poma, rafael Delgado Buscalioni

Published: March 28, 2026
Research Article

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Automated regulatory compliance for AI systems in the security domain: The case of dual-use deployment

Authors: Giedre Sabaliauskaite, R. Andrew Paskauskas, Evaldas Bružė, Raminta Matulytė, Tomas Lavišius

Funders: Horizon 2020, Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Aryendra Dalal, Florentina-Loredana Dragomir-Constantin, Hewa Majeed Zangana, Stefka Schmid

Published: March 28, 2026
Research Article

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Evidence from over 30 studies suggests the existence of evolved adaptations to war in humans

Authors: Henrikas Bartusevičius, Samira Aminihajibashi, Stefan Goetz, Eric Skoog, Thomas Hagen

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Aaron Sell, Anthony Lopez, Gijs Schumacher

Published: March 19, 2026
Case Study
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Lessons learned starting and running the first phase of the CRANE PCP process

Authors: Nils-Otto Ørjasæter

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Anke-Peggy HOLTORF, Claire Lindsay, Crossman Mayavo, Maximilian Otte, Patricia Julia García Sanz

Published: April 19, 2026
Research Article

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Scaling glucose-based rhamnolipid production with engineered Pseudomonas putida: Environmental and economic challenges from plasmid-based pilot test to antibiotic-free industry simulation

Authors: Sebastian Ospina-Corral, Delphine Devriese, Igor de las Heras, Evelien Uitterhaegen, Karel De Winter, Wim Soetaert, Patricio Cano, Manuel Salvador, Germán Cavero

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: No information provided

Published: March 10, 2026
Research Article

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A study on students' perspectives on participation in a cultural activity and nutrition knowledge in physical education

Authors: Aue Te Ava, Poonam Singh

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Low Jinghong, Wali Muhammad Khoso

Published: March 2, 2026
Essay
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Ethnographic research on digital intimate platforms: a feminist look at ethical and methodological challenges

Authors: Giulia Campaioli, Margherita di Cicco

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Livia Motterle, Lorenza Parisi

Published: October 7, 2026
Research Article

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The Convergence Paradox: Euro Area vs. United States

Authors: Josep Navarro-Ortiz

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Dimitrios Asteriou, Nikolaos Stoupos

Published: February 13, 2026
Research Article

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Characterisation of use-cases and their impact on an innovative tri-generation unit

Authors: Michael Strobel, Uli Jakob, Luca Ziegele

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Sabla Alnouri

Published: January 30, 2026
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Towards a sustainable astronomical data infrastructure: Optimising linking data from the Rucio datalake to the users areas within the SKA Regional Centres Network

Authors: Manuel Parra-Royón, Julián Garrido-Sánchez, Susana Sánchez-Expósito, Laura Darriba-Pol, Jesús Sánchez-Castañeda, M. Ángeles Mendoza, Jeremy Coles, Sean McConkey, Rohini Joshi, Rob Barnsley, Jesús Salgado, Lourdes Verdes-Montenegro

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Alexandra Theodoropoulou, Rana Veer Samara Sihman Bharattej Rupavath, Richard Gebler

Published: August 10, 2026
Research Article

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Investigation of paraffin combustion in a hybrid rocket slab burner

Authors: Riccardo Gelain, Patrick Hendrick

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Kolos Retfalvi, Mathieu Chartray-Pronovost, Rajiv Kumar, Sergio Cassese

Published: January 6, 2026
Review
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Antioxidant properties of nano-formulated carotenoids and natural phenolic compounds against oxidative stress-induced health diseases

Authors: Sotirios Kiokias

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Emine Okumus, Prof. Dr. Neihaya Heikmat Zaki, Shobana C

Published: February 24, 2026
Research Article
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How community-dwelling older adults use positive coping strategies to manage fear of falling: a qualitative study using walking interviews

Authors: Valeriia Yakushko, Kamila Kolpashnikova, Shital Desai

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Toby Ellmers

Published: October 13, 2026
Case Study

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Heroes, villains, and victims: A narrative policy framework analysis of media discourse on CCUS in Greece, Romania and Denmark

Authors: Daniela Panica, Ana Maria Niculicea, Daria Sorescu

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Christian OLTRA, Tara Righetti, Yi-Ming Wei

Published: January 2, 2026
Research Article
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Quaternary aminostratigraphies for the eastern North European Plain.

Authors: Ellie Nelson, Dustin White, Lucy Wheeler, Stefan Meng, Marcin Szymanek, Jaqueline Strahl, Michael Hein, Witold P. Alexandrowicz, Brigitte Urban, Samantha Greeves, Mareike Stahlschmidt, Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke, Tobias Lauer, David Colin Tanner, Kirsty E.H Penkman

Funders: European Research Council (ERC), Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: Darrell Kaufman, Ian Candy

Published: June 17, 2026
Open Letter

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Expertise and Consensus in Evaluation

Authors: Jose V. Die

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Rachel Heyard, River Huang

Published: December 17, 2025
Research Article

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Linear programming-based optimization of renewable energy systems for island decarbonization: The case of Borkum, Germany

Authors: Alfredo GONZALEZ NARANJO, RAFAEL MARTIN SALINAS

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee, Sayeed Hasan

Published: December 10, 2025
Research Article
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NOMEN — A classification of methods used to create odourous compositions with a historical dimension: re-weighing, adapting, reconstructing, transposing, evoking

Authors: Isabelle Chazot, Érika Wicky, Sophie-Valentine Borloz, Chantal Jaquet, Alice Camus, Olivier David

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Peer reviewers: Barbara Huber, Cecilia Bembibre, Neha Khetrapal, Ran Yue, Will Tullett

Published: September 15, 2026
Research Article
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Climate clubs: an experimental study of Nordhaus’ proposal to mitigate climate change

Authors: Alberto Antonioni, Antonio Cabrales, Angel Sánchez

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020

Peer reviewers: DANIEL BALSALOBRE-LORENTE, Florentine Koppenborg

Published: April 24, 2026
Research Article

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The effects of the terms of trade on monetary policy

Authors: Josep Navarro-Ortiz

Funders: Horizon 2020, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Christos Mavrodimitrakis, Paul Castillo

Published: December 1, 2025
Research Article

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Empowering cities through Positive Energy Districts: Strategies and implementations from PED projects of EU climate neutral and smart cities

Authors: Beril Alpagut, Muhyettin Sirer, Zeynep Ozcan, Merve Mermertas, Cecilia Sanz Montalvillo, Xingxing Zhang, Margherita Fabbri, Lorena Sanchez Relaño, Mohaddeseh Maktabifard, Julia Schließauf, Omar Shafqat, Frans Verspeek, Martijn de Vries, Humberto Queiroz, Roeland Keersmaekers, Hannelore Scheipers, Laura Bordo

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Marek Zanker, Paola Clerici Maestosi

Published: November 27, 2025