Funders

Gateways provide dedicated portals for the different ORE funders, EC funding programmes, programme areas and their thematic sections. In each gateway, you will find articles published on Open Research Europe that are linked to projects funded under each funding stream.

Funders Collections

COST Actions

A COST Action is an interdisciplinary research network that brings researchers and innovators together to investigate a topic of their choice for 4 years. COST Actions are typically made up of researchers from academia, SMEs, public institutions,...

Enhanced European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot

The Enhanced European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot programme section aims to support top-class innovators, start-ups, small companies and researchers with bright ideas that are radically different from existing products, services or business m...

Erasmus+

Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport. With an estimated budget of €26.2 billion for 2021, it provides opportunities for over 4 million participants to study, train, gain experience, and volunteer abroad...

Euratom

The Euratom Research and Training programme has the following specific objectives improve and support nuclear safety, security, safeguards, radiation protection, safe spent fuel and radioactive waste management and decommissioning, including t...

European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

EDCTP is a public–public partnership between 15 European and 28 African countries, supported by the European Union.   EDCTP’s vision is to reduce the individual, social and economic burden of poverty-related infectious diseases affecting su...

European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET)

EURAMET is the European Association of National Metrology Institutes. Its mission is to develop and disseminate an integrated, cost effective and internationally competitive measurement infrastructure for Europe. EURAMET implements and manages res...

European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) program section contributes to the competiveness of Europe, its sustainable economic growth and job creation by promoting and strengthening synergies and cooperation among businesses, educ...

European Research Council (ERC)

The ERC, set up by the European Union in 2007, is the premier European funding organisation for excellent frontier research. It funds creative researchers of any nationality and age, to run projects based across Europe.The ERC offers 4 core grant...

Excellent Science

The Excellent Science pillar aims to increase the EU’s global scientific competitiveness. It supports frontier research projects defined and driven by top researchers themselves through the European Research Council, funds fellowships for experi...

Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness

The Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness pillar supports research relating to societal challenges and reinforces technological and industrial capacities through clusters. It sets EU-missions with ambitious goals tackling some ...

Horizon 2020

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...

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion. It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and gr...

Industrial Leadership

Industrial Leadership programme section aims to speed up development of the technologies and innovations that will underpin tomorrow's businesses and help innovative European SMEs to grow into world-leading companies. This gateway hosts the arti...

Innovative Europe

The Innovative Europe pillar aims to make Europe a front-runner in market-creating innovation via the European Innovation Council. It also helps to develop the overall European innovation landscape through the European Institute of Innovation and ...

Joint Research Centre

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides independent, evidence-based knowledge and science, supporting EU policies to positively impact society. The JRC organises its work into 25 multidisciplinary portfolios, supporting the seven Commission prio...

Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) provide grants for all stages of researchers' careers - be they doctoral candidates or highly experienced researchers - and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. The MSCA ...

Missions

EU Missions will support Europe’s transformation into a greener, healthier, more inclusive and resilient continent. They aim to bring tangible benefits to people in Europe and engage Europeans in their design, implementation and monitoring. They...

Science with and for Society

The Science with and for Society programme section objective is to build effective cooperation between science and society, to recruit new talent for science and to pair scientific excellence with social awareness and responsibility. This gatewa...

Societal Challenges

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 fi...

Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation

The Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation programme section aims to address the causes of low participation by fully exploiting the potential of Europe's talent pool. It ensures that the benefits of an innovation-led economy are both max...

Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area

Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area (ERA) increases support to EU Member States in their efforts to make the most of their national research and innovation potential.

Adaptation to Climate Change

The European Union’s Mission “Adaptation to Climate Change” aims to support at least 150 European regions and communities towards climate resilience by 2030. The interconnections between oceans, atmospheric conditions, polar ice and terrestr...

Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing refers to technologies that produce three-dimensional objects one superfine layer at a time. They are typically defined by computer-aided-design (CAD) software which slices the desired object into layers. This informs the pa...

Advances in Natural Language Generation

Language generation (LG) is a crucial technology for human-machine communication. A good performance of language generation tasks implies (1) that machines are equipped with world knowledge that can require multimodal processing and reasoning (e.g...

Advances in Optics

Optics is concerned with studying and understanding the behavior and properties of light, specifically in relation to its interaction with different media. This branch of physics also includes the development of instruments that are used to detect...

Advances in Photonics

Photonics is the science of light waves, specifically relating to the generation, detection and manipulation of light. The term “photonics” was initially used in the 1960s after the invention of the laser & the laser diode to describe a fi...

Agonistic engagements and climate action: Inviting multidisciplinary concepts, methods and practices

This Collection examines conflict as a generative and transformative force that shapes collective futures. Drawing on Chantal Mouffe’s theory of agonistic pluralism, we aim to challenge dominant models of consensus that marginalise dissent and ...

Agricultural Chemistry

Four main things are required for plants to grow: sunlight, water, nutrients, and protection from predators. Chemistry has directly impacted water and nutrient availability and pest protection: water purification techniques have been developed to ...

Agriculture, Land and Farm Management

All areas of land have specific functions and uses, such as agricultural, commercial, environmental and more. In terms of agricultural, the competition and demand for energy and food provision remains paramount despite the implications of climate ...

AI and Sustainability

Technology has long been hailed as the saviour of humanity’s greatest challenges, even though its implementation has a mixed track record of solving some problems only to create new and sometimes more severe ones. As technology continues to resh...

Analytical Chemistry

Analytical chemistry is a branch of chemical sciences that involves the separation, identification and quantification of the composition and structure of matter in both natural and artificial substances. Traditionally, there are two main types of ...

Analytical Techniques

A common thread that pulls together many different disciplines within science is the need to quantitatively investigate and validate results by making use of analytical techniques. Such a technique can be described as a method used to determine so...

Animal and Dairy Science

Millions of people worldwide routinely consume animal and dairy produce, and access to such produce would not be possible without the scientific advances made to date in industry and the lab. On a similar note, such produce requires the appropriat...

Applications of Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology includes a range of technologies at the nanoscale, such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, genomics, neuroscience, robotics, and information technologies. It is a key enabling technology and has great potential for addressing societ...

Art, Multiculturalism, and Mobility

This collection takes an interdisciplinary approach exploring questions of multiculturalism and mobility in the arts—including the visual arts, film, performance, art history and historiography, and cultural heritage—from a global perspective ...

Artificial Intelligence and the Social Sciences and Humanities

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting every area of our lives, from the technologies in our homes, to the presence of AI in every employment sector, to AI in the political arena and the changing nature of warfare. Developments in AI throw up m...

Arts

This multidisciplinary collection showcases research on all aspects of the Arts, a field encompassing an immense variety of human practices with creative expression and imagination at their core.Expressed in a rich range of media and ways of doing...

Astronomy, Astrophysics & Cosmology

Astronomy is considered by many to be the oldest natural science which has ranged from early notes on the motion of celestial objects such as planets and stars in the sky, to the precision study of galaxies and their clusters today. Modern themes ...

Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope Design Study

Our understanding of the formation, destruction and evolution of objects in the Universe requires a comprehensive view of the sky at millimeter and sub-millimeter (sub-mm) wavelengths. From the discovery of dusty sub-mm galaxies to the ringed natu...

Bacteria and Infectious Diseases in Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences

Bacteria and infectious diseases are phenomena that have a plethora of effects on society. Not only are they harmful to the health of livestock and other animals, such bacteria and disease can spread and infect humans, as well as negate food produ...

Bacterial Pathogenesis

Bacteria are prokaryotic microorganisms, without a membrane-bound nucleus. We are surrounded by them, such in soil and plants, and they also live on and in us, like on our skin, and inside our digestive system, where they impact our health and wel...

Biogeochemical Cycles

Biogeochemical cycles are the pathways through which matter and energy move through abiotic (lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere) and biotic compartments of the Earth System. Chemical elements and molecules cycle through complex interactions ...

Biomaterials

Biomaterials refer to materials used in medicine and dentistry that come in contact with living tissue. A tooth filling is one of the most common examples of a biomaterial, as well as implants such as joint replacements, hips, and cardiovascular r...

Blastocystis

This Collection was created by COST Action Blastocystis under One Health (CA21105), and open to all research related to Blastocystis, a prevalent intestinal microbial eukaryote found in both humans and animals. The initiative emphasises a One Hea...

Blue Economy and Farming

It is estimated that around 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, forming the seas and oceans. However, due to many possible explanations, the seas and oceans quality is degrading rapidly, causing pollution and several other negative i...

Brain Dysfunction and Degeneration

It can be argued that the human brain is one of the most intricate entities known. Not only do our brains control our thoughts, memory, speech, and limb movement, they also function our organs too. Naturally, different areas of the brain (i.e., lo...

Cancer

Cancer is known to involve aggressive cell division spreading to many surrounding tissues which can be diagnosed in many forms depending on the age, gender, and genetics of an individual. Currently, it is estimated that one in two people will deve...

Carbon Reduction, (Re)use, and Removal Technologies and Practices

Greenhouse gas emissions are recognised as the principal contributor to climate change and over 75% of those emissions are carbon dioxide (CO2). To achieve net zero climate targets globally, it is essential to reduce CO2 emissions are and remove t...

Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology

Cell Biology studies the structure, function and behaviour of cells, considering them the fundamental units of life. Potential topics include but are not limited to: Cell Signalling, Cell Metabolism, Cell Polarity, Cell Cycle, Membrane-trafficking...

Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering is a multi-disciplinary branch of engineering research that combines natural and experimental sciences with life sciences, mathematics, and economics to design, develop, produce, transform, transport, operate and manage the in...

Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering brings together advanced knowledge of the physical and natural sciences, mathematics, computational methods, and economics to facilitate the development of vital projects for the benefit of society. This includes the construction...

Clinical Medicine

The aspects and nature of clinical medicine rely on the dissemination and transferability resulting from direct patient observations. This permits the provision of up-to-date knowledge on many areas including disease diagnosis, management, treatme...

Cloud-based Technologies

Cloud-based technologies deliver computing services, including networking, servers, storage, databases, software, and analytics over the Internet.They are part of our daily routine, not only in a work or academic setting to share documents and dat...

Combating Global Pollution

Pollution endangers human and ecosystem health across the globe and society faces many challenges to combat pollution. According to the WHO, poor air quality was estimated to have caused 4.2 million premature deaths in humans in 2016, with 91% of ...

Composites

A composite material is produced combining two or more materials, having different properties and physical boundaries, obtaining superior or new properties with respect to those of its individual constituents. The interface between the constituent...

Computational Chemistry

Computational chemistry uses computer-based simulations to solve chemical problems. The research area combines elements of theoretical chemistry or biophysical chemistry with computer programming to calculate structures, properties and reactivity ...

Coronavirus

Since late 2019, millions of deaths worldwide have been caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (i.e., the coronavirus that causes COVID–19). Health/medical professionals and researchers have rapidly generated knowledge regardi...

Data Science

Data Science aims to extract information from vast volumes of data, and apply this knowledge to find patterns of behaviour, predict outcomes, and solve problems. It uses tools from several disciplines including machine learning, mathematical model...

Deep Learning

We have come a long way since the concept of Artificial Intelligence was first discussed in 1950’s, and now enjoy many everyday products and services that rely on it such as digital assistants, personalised recommendations, credit card fraud det...

DepolarisingEU

Radical polarisation has become one of the most challenging issues facing liberal democracies in Europe and beyond. While disagreement, contestation, and ideological differences are intrinsic to democratic life, polarisation becomes harmful when i...

Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease characterised by increased levels of blood glucose due to insulin abnormalities.In a healthy situation, after food is eaten, glucose level goes up which signals the pancreas to release insulin. This hormone ...

Diagnostic Imaging Technology

Diagnostic Imaging, also referred to as medical imaging, is the use of electromagnetic radiation and other technologies to produce images of internal structures of the body for the purpose of accurate diagnosis.Studies in Diagnostic Imaging encomp...

Digital Health and Well-being

As knowledge and technology advance society through several means, the digital world has many applications to improve health and well-being for many. For example, remote physiological monitoring is a possibility for patients to use whilst managing...

Digital Humanities

This collection is dedicated to the Digital Humanities, a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary and often collaborative field of research located at the intersection of the humanities and technology. This field encompasses academic work using digital re...

Digital Security

The use of digital technologies is irremediably embedded in modern societies and allow us to perform daily activities such as purchasing goods online, storing health data, and expressing ourselves in social media. However, these actions could be p...

Digital Twins

Digital Twins offer a real-time and decisive look at what's happening with physical assets. This enables us to track the past, current, and future performance throughout the asset's lifecycle.Increasing innovation in Digital Twin modelling has led...

Disease Management and Treatment

When the state of an organism deviates harmfully from its normal structure and function, it is termed diseased. In humans, the most common diseases are known as Diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, and stroke amongst many others, enlarging...

Disease Mechanisms

When the state of an organism deviates harmfully from its normal structure and function, it is termed diseased. In humans, the most common diseases are known as Diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, and stroke amongst many others, enlarging...

E-Mobility

E-Mobility refers to clean and efficient transport, using electric vehicles, powered either by batteries or by hydrogen fuel cells. In recent years the development of E-Mobility has intensified to meet the need for more environment-friendly and ef...

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Earth and Environmental Sciences is an interdisciplinary field which incorporates the study of the earth surface, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, biosphere, and environmental system processes. Scientists in this field analyse how the physical, ch...

Economics and Business

Scope of the Economics and business collection Economics and Business and Management are two interlinked social science subjects. Economics deals with the generation and transfer of wealth at individual, national, and supranational levels. Econom...

Ecosystems

The term ecosystem was first suggested by botanist Roy Clapham to describe the biological and physical elements of an environment. Plants, animals and other organisms constitute the living things, whereas the landscape and local atmosphere represe...

Education and AI

This collection explores the multifaceted impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), in the field of education. As AI technologies rapidly evolve, they are reshaping how we teach, learn, assess, and interact...

Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering

Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering research is at the forefront of the challenge to connect our world; to design and build innovative and efficient technology; to provide smarter networks; and to provide the tools to live better, h...

Electromagnetism & Electronics

Electromagnetism is a branch of physics that studies the electromagnetic force, one of the fundamental forces of nature. This force is generated between electrically charged particles. In combination with Electronics, this area focuses on the inte...

Energy Storage

Energy storage refers to the capture of energy and the effective delivery of it for future use. Energy storage technologies offer several significant benefits, this includes the improved stability of power quality and reliability of power supply. ...

Energy Systems Modelling

The transition to a clean and renewable energy system is recognised as one of the biggest challenges the world faces this century. Energy models are key to the transformation of the energy system, facilitating the transition towards sustainable en...

Epigenetics

The word epigenetic literally means “on top of” changes in genetic sequence. It mostly involves modifications of gene activity and expression, either coming from external or environmental factors, or even part of normal development, without ch...

European Climate and Energy Modelling Platform 2022

This Collection publishes papers from the 2022 European Climate and Energy Modelling Platform conference. The annual ECEMP conference brings together Europe’s energy modelling community over a three-day period in a forum for deep exchange of re...

Evolution and Ecology

Evolution studies the processes that generated biological diversity on Earth, whereas Ecology investigates the relationships between living organisms and the environment they live in. These two disciplines come together when researchers inquire...

Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Biology studies the evolutionary processes that generate diversity on earth. In this collection we aim to attract research on understanding how species have managed to evolve and adapt to changing environments. From dissecting the mec...

Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience

Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience presents research from within the psychological domain, investigating evolutionary and comparative brain development and neural and emotional functioning. The collection includes a special focus o...

Extreme Events

Storms, wildfires, heatwaves, droughts, and floods are some examples of extreme weather and climate events. Evidence from the European Environment Agency shows that extreme weather events have already ‘accounted for economic losses of around hal...

Family Farming, Lifestyle and Health in Small Islands, Countries and Territories

Small islands, countries and territories are the spaces most vulnerable to global changes such as socio-economic transitions, climate change or sanitary risks. Small-scale farming known as “family farming” ensures not only food production for ...

Fintech and AI in Finance

Fintech and artificial intelligence are two rapidly growing and transformative fields that have the potential to shape the future of finance and technology. Fintech, or financial technology, refers to the use of digital technologies to improve and...

Food Safety and Waste

As the global population rises, so does the demand for food. However, unsustainable food production and supply leads to safety concerns and excessive waste. During production, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, fungi, and several parasites can arise, l...

Forest and Forestry Sciences

Forests are important habitats and have many useful functions besides, such as carbon storage, air purification, water filtration and erosion prevention. Forest science provides the crucial evidence to maintain, protect and restore existing forest...

Genetics and Genomics

Genetics is the study of heredity, and how these traits are passed from one generation to the next. On the other hand, genomics studies the complete set of genes in organisms. It is concerned with the structure, function, evolution, and sequencing...

Genome Reports from the Biodiversity Genomics Europe Project

The Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) project accelerates the use of genomic science to enhance understanding of biodiversity, monitor biodiversity change, and guide interventions to address its decline. Important outputs include the generation o...

Genomes

Genomes contain the complete set of genetic material of a cell or organism that allows them to grow and develop.Advances in sequencing techniques have made possible to sequence many organisms’ genomes, from model organisms such as yeast, worms, ...

Geophysics and Soil Science in Archaeology

This collection is related to the development and application of geophysical techniques and soil analytical methodologies to archaeological prospection, site to landscape characterisation, and monitoring. It was initially created for outputs from ...

Global Classical Studies

This collection is dedicated to creating an archive of the reception and reimagining of classical antiquity. It includes studies on a wide range of topics that call into question the notion of a single, authoritative “Classical Tradition”, an ...

Going Green – CARE INNOVATION 2026

This collection will be publishing papers from the Going Green – CARE INNOVATION 2026 conference on “Circular Economy – key for Resilience and the “Clean Industrial Deal”?” that will take place December 1 – 3, 2026 in Vienna, Austria...

Green Chemistry

The chemical industry, in tandem with other businesses, provides society with a wide variety of essential products, including healthcare products to packaging materials. An increasingly unavoidable by-product of these industries is their contribut...

Health Sciences

Health is a multifaceted phenomenon comprised of physical, mental and social aspects and influenced by a complex set of factors ranging from hereditary to environmental. The promotion and protection of health and wellbeing and prevention and decre...

Health, Ageing and Mortality

This collection brings together research on social and cultural determinants and implications for health across the life course, including illness, care, well-being, ageing and mortality. Drawing on complementary disciplines, including but not lim...

Healthcare and Policy

With the rich and vast volume of information publicly available today, healthcare policies are readily shared for all to read. These healthcare policies, referring to both physical and mental health, are created by healthcare professionals to gove...

History and Archaeology

History is the study and documentation of the past. Periods without a written language, with timescales that vary globally, are known as prehistory. History can be divided by period and region, and scholars can focus on specific issues rooted in c...

Immunological Disruptions and Interventions

The immune system protects humans against infection through innate, adaptive and passive immunity. Whilst one can somewhat improve and maintain high levels of immunity across their lifespan through natural habits such as consuming a healthy diet, ...

Innovation and Growth in the Bioeconomy

In 2012 the European Commission created its first bioeconomy strategy “Innovating for sustainable growth - A bioeconomy for Europe”. Research shows that in 2017, the bioeconomy in Europe generated 4.7% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of th...

Inorganic Chemistry

Inorganic chemistry is the branch of chemistry that studies the structures, properties and reactions of (bio)inorganic, organometallic, coordination, main group, transition metal, or solid state compounds.Inorganic chemists are involved in several...

Integrating Gender Analysis into Research

Although most researchers would now agree that it is important to integrate a sex and/or gender analysis into research, doing so is often quite challenging irrespective of the discipline or study focus. There are still theoretical and conceptual q...

Languages and Literature

The Languages and Literature collection is made up of the following distinct but overlapping areas:Languages encompasses research on modern languages and linguistics as the scientific study of the structure and development of human language. Lingu...

Linguistic Diversity

This collection brings together topics dealing with linguistic diversity, such as historical and typological language comparison, language contact and interaction, multilingualism, and language variation. It welcomes research grounded in linguisti...

Linking Euroscepticism and Populism (EUPopLink)

Populism and Euroscepticism are two of the most significant challenges to the institutional order of the European Union and its member states. While these phenomena often appear intertwined, there is limited consensus on how they relate to one ano...

Machine Learning

Machine learning is a subfield of Artificial Intelligence that uses data and statistical methods to train algorithms, so they can predict human behaviour.Due to the recent technological advances, machine learning applications are used in many ever...

Materials Engineering

The advancement of human history has often been characterized by the materials that mankind used - the stone age, the bronze age & the iron age. Today, materials engineering is critical to all other fields of engineering and research. Advances...

Medical Biotechnology

The current treatment and prevention of human diseases would not exist without the advances in medical biotechnology research over the last several decades. For example, the production of therapeutic drugs and imaging tools, and subsequent applica...

Medical Physics

Medical Physics is an aspect of applied physics that focuses on using the concepts and methods of the science to prevent, diagnose and treat human diseases. This field incorporates medical electronics with bioengineering and health physics. The fi...

Medical Sciences

Understanding the structure and functions of the human body is essential for determining the pathogenesis of disease and for new discoveries in medicine. These medical sciences, including pathology and immunology, are vital for clinical practice a...

Mental and Public Health

On announcing its Global Health Strategy recently, the EU recognised that the Covid-19 pandemic ‘has reversed decades of progress in global health’. Additionally, according to the OECD, one in six people across EU countries had a mental health...

Metallurgy

The industrial revolution turned metals into a fundamental material utilized in technological developments, becoming essential for the manufacturing of devices such as vehicles for transportation, construction, cookware and many other products tha...

Microbiology

Microbiology is the study of microbes, microscopic organisms that are too small to be visible by the naked eye such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, algae, archaea, and prions.This collection curates research studying the genetics, cellular ...

Migration

The aim of this collection is to provide researchers with a platform to disseminate work that meets rigorous scientific and ethical standards on all aspects of human migration making robust use of qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods. Embrac...

Nanomaterials

A nanomaterial can be defined as a structure in which at least one dimension is between 1-100 nanometer (nm) in size, with 1nm being a billionth of a meter. These materials can take many different forms including particles, tubes and fibers. Due t...

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is the design, production and application of structures, devices, and systems at the nanoscale (between approximately 1 and 100 nanometres).As nanotechnology engineering evolves it will transform how scientists research and produce ...

Neurobiology

Nervous systems allow animals to receive stimuli from the environment and react to them, they are therefore vital for their survival and well-being.This collection is purposely broad, bringing in research to understand how the brain works, how the...

Neuromorphic Processing Systems

The term neuromorphic refers to electronic devices, circuits, and systems that implement the same basic operations as those the nervous system uses, and that use the same organizing principles used by the nervous system.Neuromorphic engineering is...

Neuroscience

The human nervous system is one of the most complex tissues known to mankind, it contains 86 billion neurons able to communicate harmoniously. Since the initial drawings of neurons by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, to the seminal works of Eric Kandel wi...

Non-machines: Playground of perspectives

Artistic methods for exploring the relationships between machines and "non-machines" The conference/exhibition "Non-Machines: Playground of Perspectives" took place on 21–22 July 2023 in the Bauhaus University (Weimar DE) and in the context o...

Obesity

Obesity prevalence across the globe is hugely concerning and is now considered a pandemic. In Europe, over 50% of adults are overweight or obese and the rates of children being in the same position is rapidly increasing. Not only is obesity itself...

Optics

Optics is a branch of physics that focuses on the behavior of light. Understanding the way light performs can develop and improve technologies that can be used to enhance human vision like microscopes and telescopes. Other optical instruments are ...

Perovskites

Perovskites are a classification of materials that follow the chemical structure ABX3 , in which “A” and “B” are usually metal atoms whilst X is oxygen. They also have the same crystal structure as calcium titanium oxide (CaTiO3), the natu...

Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

This collection brings together research in philosophy, the study of fundamental and wide-ranging questions about ourselves and the world we live in. For example, philosophy examines questions pertaining to the nature of reality, knowledge, ethics...

Plant and Soil Health

Plants and soil support the growth and utilisation of almost all resources for the continuity of life on earth. Without healthy plants and soil, all species, including humans, would be negatively implicated due to the consequences on food safety a...

Plant Biology

Plants support life on Earth, they provide oxygen, food, and shelter to animals, and serve as a source of industrial and medicinal compounds. They are pivotal for the maintenance of ecosystems and establish complex relationships with other organis...

Plant Ecology

Plant ecology studies the relationships between plants and their local environment, including both physical and biotic components.This includes plant-plant interactions that determine the evolution of competitive traits; how plants sense and respo...

Political Science

This collection is home to the latest research on political science: the study of systems of power, politics, and governance. From the local to the national and international level, research in political science centres around the theory and pract...

Polymers

For a material to be classified as a polymer, it must consist of bound repeating units of a monomer, which is a molecule that has the ability to react with other molecules. It is often thought that these materials can only be synthetic, but polyme...

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behaviour in humans and animals across academic research and professional practice. This broad discipline encompasses both social and natural sciences and covers a multitude of areas, including cognition, me...

Redox Reactions & Redox-active Materials

Redox reactions (also referred to as oxidation–reduction reactions) involve the transfer of electrons from one species to another – the oxidation number of an atom, ion or molecule changes by losing or gaining an electron. Such reactions alway...

Research Culture

Digital solutions for data sharing, communication and publication have changed how researchers collaborate and disseminate their research. How has research and researchers adapted to these developments?This collection brings together different str...

Research Ethics and Integrity

This collection brings together articles with a focus on the ethics of research and the trustworthiness of research results. We welcome work focusing on guidance and interventions to foster research ethics and integrity at the level of researchers...

Research Infrastructures

Research Infrastructure ecosystems form the backbone of science and are a part of the critical infrastructure safeguarding our societal wellbeing, providing the foundation for science-based solutions to global challenges.This collection was initia...

Research on Research

Research on Research is a growing area of scholarship dedicated to the study of research itself. Research evidence produced in this area is crucial to fostering improvement in research and change in making the culture and practice of research more...

Resilient Transport Infrastructure

Well-functioning transportation networks are a key aspect for the development of our societies. The resilience of infrastructure assets strongly depends on their ability to maintain the level service ensuring structural safety. The European Commis...

Robotics

Advances in robotics and digital technologies (including Artificial Intelligence) are continuing to enable the automation of a greater range of tasks. This includes the automation of physical tasks (such as factory production lines) as well as kno...

Safeguarding Cultural Heritage

Europe is an epicentre of rich and varied cultural heritage. This cultural heritage includes tangible assets such as movable objects (including paintings, sculptures, manuscripts) and immovable structures (such as settlement areas, architectural c...

Self-Optimized AI for Sustainable & Agile Manufacturing in European Process Industries

The s-X-AIPI project was a 3-year Horizon Europe-funded project that aimed to develop and test a novel autonomic AI toolset for the transformation of the European process industry. The solutions explored involve the formulation of a novel architec...

Sensory Biology

Being able to receive, process and act upon external and internal signals is pivotal to an organism’s survival. From sensing cilia in eukaryotic cells, to sensory neurons and circuits, all are part of their sensory systems.This collection aims t...

Sexual Health and Sexual Medicine

Sexual Health and Sexual Medicine is a collection created by COST Action 18124: “European Sexual Medicine Network (ESMN)”. It focuses on sexual health and on sexual medicine as an interdisciplinary science and encourages the interplay between...

Smart Cities

As urban populations continue to grow, issues with economic and social progress are often magnified and pressure on existing city infrastructure systems intensify. These challenges not only affect quality of life, but also increase the demand for ...

Sociology

Sociology is the study of human societies, human behaviour, and social processes. It considers social groups, organizations, social structures, and how people behave within and interact with these social contexts.Research in sociology includes dev...

Software

Software is the set of instructions, data and programs needed to operate computers and perform tasks. It is the opposite of hardware, which refers to the physical parts of computers.Potential topics include but are not limited to:- Application Sof...

Surface Modification Techniques

A solid is made up of a bulk material covered by a surface. This surface acts as an interface between the material and its surroundings. Over time, these interactions between the surface and its environment can result in degradation or even introd...

Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development is a multidisciplinary research area which looks at how human society can achieve progress in a way that does not compromise opportunities for future generations. Using the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals a...

Sustainable Farming

Whilst farming is a necessary process worldwide, the intensive actions in some areas where it is carried out has serious negative implications for the survival and welfare of wildlife, as well the pollution of soil and water. With the demand for p...

Sustainable Places 2022

Sustainability targets and climate change objectives cannot be met without addressing buildings and the built environment at the building, district and urban scale to include our transport and energy infrastructures. Renowned for showcasing result...

Sustainable Places 2023

Sustainability targets and climate change objectives cannot be met without addressing buildings and the built environment at the building, district and urban scale to include our transport and energy infrastructures. Renowned for showcasing result...

Sustainable Places 2024

Sustainability targets and climate change objectives cannot be met without addressing buildings and the built environment at the building, district, and urban scales, including our transport and energy infrastructure. Renowned for showcasing resul...

The Future of Democracy

Fears and hopes for the future of democracy in Europe and globally are rising. Electorates are seen as increasingly distrustful, divided and disinformed about politics, while pressure for change intensifies from the ‘bottom up’, as younger Gen...

The Future of Work

The nature of how and where people work is changing. Technological transformation, demographic change, and natural crises are prompting workers and employers to experiment with new ways of organizing work and working lives. Some are embracing remo...

The Mind, Mental Health, and Behaviour

The importance of mental health is such that “there is no health without mental health.” The subject of mental health and how we understand the mind is perhaps more discussed than ever before. Yet poor mental health among people of all age gro...

The Political Novel in Europe and Migration/Exile

The project “The Cartography of the Political Novel in Europe” (CAPONEU) examines how literature, and the novel in particular, addresses political issues in different national and cultural contexts and thus contributes to shaping European soci...

The Political Novel in Historiographical and Sociological Perspective: Structures and Analogies

The project “The Cartography of the Political Novel in Europe” examines how literature, and the novel in particular, addresses political issues in different national and cultural contexts and thus contributes to shaping European societies and ...

The Political Novel Through the Lens of Gender

This Collection brings together selected contributions from the workshop The Political Novel through the Lens of Gender, which took place on 27 and 28 June 2024 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. The workshop was organised...

Transnational Literature

This collection takes a dynamic approach to the study of literatures from around the globe. Moving away from the idea of national literatures, it investigates literature as a site of contact and friction between languages, ideas, practices, litera...

Transnational Literatures and Arts

This collection takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of literature and arts (including the visual arts, performance, film, design, architecture, cultural heritage and art history) as a transnational site of exchange. Adopting transnati...

Transport

The Transport collection aims to provide a multi-disciplinary platform of theoretical and empirical contributions across engineering and social science disciplines.Transport is changing at an accelerating pace because of several factors in many di...

Vehicle Engineering

Vehicle Engineering has changed dramatically over recent years, with electrification and connectivity becoming central to the development of the industry. Manufacturers are modernising engineering activities accordingly, with significant pressure ...

Veterinary Science

The health and welfare of pets, livestock, and wild animals are important, and advancements in veterinary research ensure the availability of early diagnoses and treatment for at risk and/or diseased animals, as well as the prevention and control ...

Waste Management and the Circular Economy

A Circular Economy refers to a model of production and consumption based on sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, and recycling existing materials for as long as possible. As climate change and environmental degradation becomes an increasingly exi...

What is the Political Novel? Defining the Genre.

The project “The Cartography of the Political Novel in Europe” (CAPONEU) examines how literature, and the novel in particular, addresses political issues in different national and cultural contexts and thus contributes to shaping European soci...

Wireless Communications

Wireless communication has become an indispensable part of our daily life in today’s world. It has brought fundamental changes to data networking, telecommunication, and is making smart integrated networks commonplace.The aim of this Collection ...

Women on the Move

Women on the Move was initially created by COST Action 19112, WEMov. It focuses on women’s migration across time and disciplines, and it encourages the interplay between different approaches and periods, unveiling the presence and contribution...