Societal Challenges

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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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Diameter, height and species of 42 million trees in three European landscapes generated from field data and airborne laser scanning data

Authors: Raphaël Aussenac, Jean-Matthieu Monnet, Matija Klopčič, Paweł Hawryło, Jarosław Socha, Mats Mahnken, Martin Gutsch, Thomas Cordonnier, Patrick Vallet

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Fabian Fischer, Nikolai Knapp

Published: December 5, 2023
Research Article

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Global sensitivity analysis to enhance the transparency and rigour of energy system optimisation modelling

Authors: William Usher, Trevor Barnes, Nandi Moksnes, Taco Niet

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Neha Patankar, Stefano Moret, Tim Tröndle

Published: February 13, 2023
Research Article

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Creating personas for exposome research: the experience from the HEAP project

Authors: Heather Coombs, Tracy Wootton, Joakim Dillner, Heimo Müller, Anouk Berger, Zisis Kozlakidis

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Eleni Fthenou, Yuan Yao

Published: February 7, 2023
Research Article

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Development of agroecology in Austria and Germany

Authors: Anna Brumer, Alexander Wezel, Jens Dauber, Tor Arvid Breland, Baptiste Grard

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Andreas Thiel, Felipe Gallardo López, Nicola Randall

Published: February 2, 2023
Review
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The missing piece. The perceived marginalization of CSOs and HRGs in SOSTs’ decision-making processes: a review

Authors: Lorenzo De Sabbata, Riccardo Laterza, Daniele Del Bianco, Olivia Ferrari, Ezio Benedetti

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Clemens Binder, Denis DUEZ, Elena Mihajlova Stratilati, Sarah Perret, Wojciech Opioła

Published: June 27, 2023
Research Article
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Nutritional and sensorial analysis of a lentil flour-based sweet pancake premix

Authors: Carla S. Santos, Marta W. Vasconcelos

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Alina CULETU, Başak Öncel, Derya Alkan, Elif Yaver, Hulya Cakmak, Marcia English, Walaa Eid, Yunus Imam

Published: January 8, 2025
Research Article
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Model predictive control of solar-coupled innovative heat pump: a comparison of economic and environmental optimizations in Latvia

Authors: Robin Roure, David Chèze, Mathieu Vallée

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Daniel Muschick, Etienne Saloux, PENGMIN HUA

Published: May 17, 2023
Study Protocol
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Scoping review protocol on research prioritisation for preparedness and response to outbreaks of high consequence pathogens

Authors: Emilia Antonio, Dorothy Chepkirui, Shanthi Levanita, Susan Khader Ibrahim, Isabel Foster, Eli Harriss, Louise Sigfrid, Alice Norton

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: PASI PENTTINEN, Robert TERRY, mark huntington

Published: April 29, 2024
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Towards the engagement of citizens in SOSTs decision-making: participatory models setting a common ground for border surveillance and respect of fundamental rights. Findings from ARESIBO H2020 project

Authors: Riccardo Laterza, Daniele Del Bianco, Ramona Velea, Olivia Ferrari, Lorenzo De Sabbata, Ezio Benedetti

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Andres De Castro, Andrew Neal, Bartosz Czepil, Jernej Letnar Cernic

Published: January 25, 2023
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Health system responsiveness to the mental health needs of Syrian refugees: mixed-methods rapid appraisals in eight host countries in Europe and the Middle East

Authors: Aniek Woodward, Daniela C. Fuhr, Alexandra S. Barry, Dina Balabanova, Egbert Sondorp, Marjolein A. Dieleman, Pierre Pratley, Samantha F. Schoenberger, Martin McKee, Zeynep Ilkkursun, Ceren Acarturk, Sebastian Burchert, Christine Knaevelsrud, Felicity L. Brown, Frederik Steen, Julia Spaaij, Naser Morina, Anne M. de Graaff, Marit Sijbrandij, Pim Cuijpers, Richard Bryant, Aemal Akhtar, Bayard Roberts, STRENGTHS consortium

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: ASLI Yalim, Kriti Vashisht, Mathilde SENGOELGE, Qusai Khraisha, akihiro seita

Published: May 30, 2024
Essay
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Beyond Vicarious Storytelling: How Level Telling Fields Could Help Create a Fair Narrative on Migration

Authors: Carolin Gebauer, Roy Sommer

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Mari Hatavara, Stefan Rother

Published: August 20, 2024
Open Letter
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Developing the next generation of renewable energy technologies: an overview of low-TRL EU-funded research projects

Authors: Laura María Pérez Caballero, Fernanda Neira D'Angelo, Roman Tschentscher, Axel Gottschalk, Ahmed M. Salem, Daniel Carbonell, Mihaela Dudita-Kauffeld, Arnaud Bruch, Eleonora Alamaro, Luca Pasquini, Paola Ceroni, Anastasia Grozdanova, Stefania Privitera, Bart Vermang, Philip Schulz, Davide Mencarelli, Luca Pierantoni, Michele Midrio, William Leithead, Ignacio Gurruchaga, Robert Haberl, Jasper Vermaut, Michael Kauffeld

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Konstantinos Gkoumas, NIKOLAOS KOLTSAKLIS, Oskar Juszczyk, Paul Kwakwa

Published: December 28, 2023
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Understanding the role of digitalization and social media on energy citizenship

Authors: Lurian Klein, Ajesh Kumar, Annika Wolff, Bilal Naqvi

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Alexandra Revez, Antti Silvast, Dasom Lee, Ines Campos

Published: January 10, 2023
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Electric energy utilization in modern industrial environments

Authors: Ivan Todorović, Ivana Isakov, Goran Dobrić, Mileta Žarković

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Jelena Ponocko, Mladen Banjanin

Published: January 6, 2023
Software Tool Article
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Geothermal Energy Impact Estimator: A software application for estimating the life-cycle environmental impacts of geothermal energy

Authors: Andrea Paulillo, Xiaofei Cui, Paul Brown, Alberto Striolo, Paola Lettieri

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Astu Sam Pratiwi, Giampaolo GPM, Neil Burnside

Published: June 27, 2023
Open Letter
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Lessons learnt during the workshop “Empowerment of citizens: fostering user engagement for innovative demand response for effective flexibility”

Authors: Yeimy Ospina, Fabio Maria Aprà, Aggeliki Aggeli, ROMAN TOMAŽIČ, ISMINI DIMITRIADOU, PABLO BARRACHINA, ARJEN SCHAMHART, BREFFNÍ LENNON, PAUL TOBIN, WILLIAM THRONDSEN, Carmen Valor, Juan Martino

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Benoit Couraud, Dr. Mohammad Fazle Rabbi, Gianluca Carraro, Jens LOWITZSCH, Jose Villar, Yang Li

Published: February 19, 2024
Open Letter

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Peer-to-peer energy communities: regulatory barriers in the EU context

Authors: Ilaria Pigliautile, Sylvia Breukers, Marten Boekelo, Pablo Carnero, Francesco Causone, Sara Arko, Sibilla Ferroni, Benedetta Pioppi, Anna Laura Pisello, Alma Solar, Job Swens, Elena Tarpani, Simona D'Oca

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Anna Gorbatcheva, Ines Campos, Pei HUANG, Sweta Malik, Yuekuan Zhou

Published: December 23, 2022
Open Letter
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Community-driven governance of FAIRness assessment: an open issue, an open discussion

Authors: Mark D. Wilkinson, Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Eva Méndez, Romain David, Richard Dennis, David Hecker, Mari Kleemola, Carlo Lacagnina, Anastasija Nikiforova, Leyla Jael Castro

Funders: Excellent Science, Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges, Horizon Europe

Peer reviewers: Francoise Genova, Luiz Gadelha, Mark Leggott, Sheeba Samuel

Published: September 6, 2023
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Developing the multi-dimensional mobility divide index (MDI) as a methodology to assess the accessibility level of public transport systems

Authors: Cino Repetto, Leonardo Benzi, Martina Bagnasco, Tally Hatzakis, Florian Brinkmann, Laura Alčiauskaitė, Alexey (Aliaksei) Andrushevich, Alexandra Koenig

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Evelīna Budiloviča, Nicola Valentino Canessa

Published: December 21, 2022
Open Letter

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Realizing a human-centered digitalization of the energy sector

Authors: Heather Jean Arghandeh Paudler, Valeria Jana Schwanitz, August Wierling

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Nicolò Rossetto, Rafael MAYO-GARCIA, Siyu Ren

Published: December 15, 2022
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Agroecology research in Europe funded by European and transnational programmes: current status and perspectives

Authors: Ileana Iocola, Corrado Ciaccia, Luca Colombo, Baptiste Grard, Stefania Maurino, Alexander Wezel, Stefano Canali

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Les Levidow, Manuel González de Molina

Published: March 29, 2023
Open Letter

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Energy communities: engaging people and technologies in the future of energy

Authors: Tatiana Loureiro, Paula Jiménez Argumosa, Aggeliki Aggeli, Marta Arniani, Julia Blanke, Blanca Barrios

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Mirna Gržanić, Richard Bull, Tineke van der Schoor

Published: December 12, 2022
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Impact of variable electricity price on heat pump operated buildings

Authors: Philipp Mascherbauer, Franziska Schöniger, Lukas Kranzl, Songmin Yu

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Evelyn Sperber, Patrik Schönfeldt, Wiebke Meesenburg

Published: September 6, 2024
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A timeline of freedom of movement in the European Economic Area

Authors: Emily Barker

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Dion Kramer, Francesco Paolo Mongelli, Mario Munta

Published: March 21, 2024
Brief Report
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Analysis of business models for delivering energy efficiency through smart energy services to the European commercial rented sector

Authors: Luciano De Tommasi, Sotiris Papadelis, Ruchi Agrawal, Padraig Lyons

Funders: Horizon 2020, Societal Challenges

Peer reviewers: Mahyar Kamali Saraji, Nichole Hanus

Published: January 15, 2024