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SSH CENTRE : Social Sciences and Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Basque Centre for Climate Change, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, European Commission, Electromobility research centre, Business technology and Operations, Mobilise, Brussels Centre for Urban Studies

The Social Sciences & Humanities for Climate, Energy aNd Transport Research Excellence (SSH CENTRE) project brings together 13 leading organisations from across the EU, including: 3 universities, 4 research institutions, 2 stakeholder network organisations, and 4 R&I and communications SMEs. Our partners bring world-leading expertise across SSH and STEM disciplines applied to climate, energy and mobility, covering neutrality, ...

Accelerate co-creation by setting up a multi-actor platform for impact from Social Sciences and Humanities Ghent University

Alexis Dewaele

Department of Experimental clinical and health psychology

Traditional valorisation approaches focus on linear processess: from academia to society. In order to bring valorisation to a highter level, all relevant actors need to cooperate in an equal setting: co-creation. Co-creation transcends boundaries, but it does not happen naturally. Therefore, the ACCOMPLISSH consortium, consisting of 14 universities from 12 countries (representing all the sub disciplines in SSH), will actively involve the ...

Towards a Research Network in the Social Sciences and Humanities in Karnataka Ghent University

Balagangadhara Rao

Department of Comparative sciences of culture

The project will create a network of researchers at universities and colleges in Karnataka, which will participate in rejuvenating and decolonizing the social sciences and humanities in the region and meet the local demand for scientifically informed debate on societal issues. The research network will emerge through a range of activities: workshops, expert classes, lecture series, national conference, research activities, dissemination ...

Centre of Expertise for Environment & Health (2012-2015) University of Antwerp

Ilse Loots

Epidemiology and social medicine (ESOC), Department of Biomedical Sciences - other, Society and Environment

The Centre of Expertise 2012-2015 is an inter-university consortium of research teams, specialized in environmental health. A broad spectrum of scholars cooperate in specific and long term research projects: toxicologists, physicians, epidemiologists and sociologists. This 3th generation center focusses on the (reference) human biomonitoring of three age groups at the one hand, representative for Flanders and the comparative human biomonitoring ...

Valorisation of intersex research: information brochure on intersex / dsd for parents and young people & continuation of sounding board groups Ghent University

Chia Longman

Department of Languages and Cultures

Intersex / DSD (differences of sex development) is an umbrella term for various congenital conditions, in which the blological development of the sex differs from what medid generally mean by 'man' or 'woman' (van Lisdonk, 2014: 10). Interest groups often argue that binary thinking about gender and the social unfamiliarity of intersex / DSD leads to a lack of knowledge and openness in society, stigma, shame, and sometimes non-medically ...

Knowledge Centre Data & Society Ghent University

Lieven De Marez

Department of Communication Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, KU Leuven

The knowledge centre focuses on ...

1. Monitoring and supporting AI innovation in Flanders, by means of knowledge creation wrt societal impact of AI (specifaclly adressing democratic, ethical & legal dimensions)

2. Formulating recommendations wrt legislative framework supporting responsible innovation for AI implementations in Flemish industry

3. Initiating broad interdisciplinary debate in Flanders on risks and ...

Algorithmic Transparency & Accountability in Practice KU Leuven

Peggy Valcke

Research Unit KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), Institute for Media Studies

This interdisciplinary project proposal significantly contributes to the debate on algorithmic transparency and accountability. In an unprecedented effort, it will empirically investigate compliance with the data protection right to an explanation. This empirical data will constitute the basis for pinpointing key issues, evidence-based policy guidance and conducting further interdisciplinary research. Moreover, it will inform the co-creation ...