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Horizon 2020 reflects the policy priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy and addresses major concerns shared by citizens in Europe and elsewhere. The societal challenges programme section brings together resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and disciplines, including social sciences and the humanities. This will cover activities from research to market with a new focus on innovation-related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, and support for public procurement and market uptake. This gateway hosts the articles published on Open Research Europe stemming from the Industrial Leadership programme section supported by Horizon 2020.

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KSEMAW: an open source software for the analysis of spectrophotometric, ellipsometric and photothermal deflection spectroscopy measurements

Authors: Marco Montecchi, Alberto Mittiga, Claudia Malerba, Francesca Menchini

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Lars Korte, Simone Zanotto

Published: January 4, 2023
Research Article
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DARLENE – Improving situational awareness of European law enforcement agents through a combination of augmented reality and artificial intelligence solutions

Authors: Konstantinos C. Apostolakis, Nikolaos Dimitriou, George Margetis, Stavroula Ntoa, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Constantine Stephanidis

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Anastasios DELOPOULOS, Stylianos ASTERIADIS

Published: January 21, 2022
Software Tool Article

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The SUNShINE platform: efficiency, transparency and standardization in the dEEP renovation process of multi-family buildings

Authors: Charlotte Eloise Stancioff, Laila Māra Pesoa, Plamen Penev, Karine Jegiazarjana

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Aliakbar Kamari, Lamberto Tronchin, Massimiliano Manfren

Published: July 28, 2021
Research Article
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A pilot study of risk-stratified cervical cancer screening

Authors: Jiangrong Wang, K. Miriam Elfström, Christer Borgfeldt, Joakim Dillner

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Jean-Luc Prétet, RAUL MURILLO

Published: September 1, 2022
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Study on human subjects – influence of stress and alcohol in simulated traffic situations

Authors: Mobyen Uddin Ahmed, Mir Riyanul Islam, Shaibal Barua, Bertil Hök, Emma Jonforsen, Shahina Begum

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Dario Babić, Lior Limonad

Published: December 7, 2021
Research Article
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Ethyl lactate production by reactive distillation – optimization of reaction kinetics and energy efficiency

Authors: Peter Stipsitz, Michael Mandl, Michael Harasek

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Juan Gabriel Segovia Hernandez, Teresa Sanz

Published: September 23, 2021
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Hydrogen production via aqueous-phase reforming for high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells - a review

Authors: Paranjeet Lakhtaria, Paulo Ribeirinha, Werneri Huhtinen, Saara Viik, José Sousa, Adélio Mendes

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Adolfo Iulianelli, Ying Li

Published: March 23, 2022
Essay
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An agenda-setting paper on data sharing platforms: euCanSHare workshop

Authors: Thijs Devriendt, Clemens Ammann, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Alexander Bernier, Rodrigo Costas, Matthias G. Friedrich, Josep L. Gelpi, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Kari Kuulasmaa, Karim Lekadir, Michaela Th. Mayrhofer, Vaclav Papez, Gerard Pasterkamp, Steffen E. Petersen, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Stefan Söderberg, Mahsa Shabani, Giovanni Veronesi, Darian Steven Viezzer, Pascal Borry

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Bernice Elger, Wendy Lipworth

Published: November 23, 2021
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The future of education equity policy in a COVID-19 world: a qualitative systematic review of lessons from education policymaking

Authors: Paul Cairney, Sean Kippin

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Christina Hadjisoteriou, Elizabeth Farley-Ripple

Published: January 13, 2022
Software Tool Article
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Geniac: Automatic Configuration GENerator and Installer for nextflow pipelines

Authors: Fabrice Allain, Julien Roméjon, Philippe La Rosa, Frédéric Jarlier, Nicolas Servant, Philippe Hupé

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Frédéric Lemoine, Toni Hermoso Pulido

Published: February 21, 2022
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pyam: Analysis and visualisation of integrated assessment and macro-energy scenarios

Authors: Daniel Huppmann, Matthew J. Gidden, Zebedee Nicholls, Jonas Hörsch, Robin Lamboll, Paul N. Kishimoto, Thorsten Burandt, Oliver Fricko, Edward Byers, Jarmo Kikstra, Maarten Brinkerink, Maik Budzinski, Florian Maczek, Sebastian Zwickl-Bernhard, Lara Welder, Erik Francisco Álvarez Quispe, Christopher J. Smith

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Felipe Feijoo, Gauthier Limpens, Matteo De Felice

Published: September 1, 2021
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Knowledge sharing and discovery across heterogeneous research infrastructures

Authors: Siamak Farshidi, Xiaofeng Liao, Na Li, Doron Goldfarb, Barbara Magagna, Markus Stocker, Keith Jeffery, Peter Thijsse, Christian Pichot, Andreas Petzold, Zhiming Zhao

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Industrial Leadership

Peer reviewers: Giacomo Marzi, Rebecca Koskela, Robert HUBER

Published: June 6, 2023
Software Tool Article
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The Salem simulator version 2.0: a tool for predicting the productivity of pure and mixed forest stands and simulating management operations

Authors: Raphaël Aussenac, Thomas Pérot, Mathieu Fortin, Francois de Coligny, Jean-Matthieu Monnet, Patrick Vallet

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Thomas Knoke, Tomáš Hlásny

Published: November 1, 2021
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Exploring the impacts of social media and crowdsourcing on disaster resilience

Authors: Nathan Clark, Kees Boersma, Sara Bonati, Chiara Fonio, Simon Gehlhar, Therese Habig, Robert Larruina, Richard Lüke, Stefano Morelli, Anne Bach Nielsen, Antonio Opromolla, Veronica Pazzi, Emmanuel Raju

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Science with and for Society

Peer reviewers: Pakhee Kumar, Rob Grace

Published: January 5, 2024
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Record linkage of population-based cohort data from minors with national register data: a scoping review and comparative legal analysis of four European countries

Authors: Julia Nadine Doetsch, Vasco Dias, Marit S. Indredavik, Jarkko Reittu, Randi Kallar Devold, Raquel Teixeira, Eero Kajantie, Henrique Barros

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Anders Foldspang, Mahsa SHABANI, Mark Taylor

Published: September 27, 2021
Research Article
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COVID-19 vs. stakeholder engagement: the impact of coronavirus containment measures on stakeholder involvement in European energy research projects

Authors: Diana Süsser, Andrzej Ceglarz, Vassilis Stavrakas, Johan Lilliestam

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

Peer reviewers: Michael Fell, Walter LEAL

Published: October 14, 2021
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Smokers’ support for the ban on sale of slim cigarettes in six European countries: findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys

Authors: Enkeleint A. Mechili, Krzysztof Przewoźniak, Pete Driezen, Christina N Kyriakos, Charis Girvalaki, Ute Mons, Anne CK Quah, Esteve Fernández, Antigona C Trofor, Tibor Demjén, Paraskevi A Katsaounou, Witold Zatoński, Geoffrey T Fong, Constantine I Vardavas

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Anish TS, Camilla Wikström-Grotell, Jaana Sepp, Shu Xu

Published: June 19, 2023
Case Study
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SESAME – a synchrotron light source in the Middle East: an international research infrastructure in the making

Authors: Charlotte Rungius, Tim Flink, Sebastian Riedel

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Gihan Kamel, Zehra Sayers

Published: February 4, 2022
Research Article

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Plasmids conferring resistance to extended-spectrum beta-lactamases including a rare IncN+IncR multireplicon carrying bla CTX-M-1 in Escherichia coli recovered from migrating barnacle geese ( Branta leucopsis)

Authors: Paula Kurittu, Banafsheh Khakipoor, Michael S.M. Brouwer, Annamari Heikinheimo

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Angela van Hoek, Magdalena Zając

Published: May 4, 2021
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Spatial variability of urban forest topsoil properties: towards representative and robust sampling design

Authors: Nadina Galle, William Brinton, Robin Vos, Fábio Duarte, Marcus Collier, Carlo Ratti, Francesco Pilla

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Nina Bassuk, YIYUN CHEN

Published: October 18, 2023
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The critical issue of using lead for sustainable massive production of perovskite solar cells: a review of relevant literature

Authors: Simone Maranghi, Maria Laura Parisi, Riccardo Basosi, Adalgisa Sinicropi

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Claudia Barolo, Matthew Davies

Published: October 28, 2021
Method Article
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Uncertainties of particulate organic carbon concentrations in the mesopelagic zone of the Atlantic ocean

Authors: Paul Strubinger Sandoval, Giorgio Dall'Olmo, Keith Haines, Rafael Rasse, Jelizaveta Ross

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Anna Belcher, Eric Achterberg, Frederic Planchon, Hendrik Grotheer

Published: July 29, 2022
Brief Report
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Building long-term vision for rural areas through multi-actor platforms: a preliminary study in the Emilia-Romagna region

Authors: Emilia Pellegrini, Meri Raggi, Davide Viaggi, Stefano Targetti

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Emil Erjavec, Isabel Bardají, Paolo Prosperi, Paweł Chmieliński

Published: May 26, 2021
Case Study

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A case study research on interoperability improvement in Smart Grids: state-of-the-art and further opportunities

Authors: Johann Schütz, Mathias Uslar, Jürgen Meister

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Kai Heussen, eric lambert

Published: April 6, 2021
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Leveraging the trust of nurses to advance a digital agenda in Europe: a critical review of health policy literature

Authors: Paul De Raeve, Patricia M. Davidson, Franklin A. Shaffer, Eric Pol, Amit Kumar Pandey, Elizabeth Adams

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Andreas Xyrichis, Pamela Hussey, dorota.kilanska@umed.lodz.pl Dorota Kilanska

Published: May 13, 2021