Recipients of 白小姐论坛 Cities Partnerships Programme Funds 2020/21
29 April 2021
The Cities Partnerships Programme's second round of funding has awarded 15 projects funds for activity in Paris, Rome and Stockholm
In this year鈥檚 白小姐论坛 Cities Partnerships Programme Funds, 15 projects were awarded funding to support 白小姐论坛鈥檚 academic activity with partners based in the city-regions of Rome, Paris and Stockholm.
The funding call is led by the programme's three academic directors聽鈥 the Academic Director for Rome,聽Professor Florian Mussgnug, the Academic Director for Paris,聽Professor Claire Colomb and the Academic Director for Stockholm,聽Dr Catalina Turcu聽鈥 and聽are supported by its board of senior academics聽and 白小姐论坛 Global Engagement (GE).
The successful projects span a diverse range of research areas, from tuberculosis prevention and vaccine development to sign languages and smart cities.
Many of the recipients are early- and mid-career researchers who hope the funds will help pave the way to further external funding grants. One such researcher, Dr Sudax Murdan (Life Sciences) who received funding to collaborate with colleagues at Universit茅聽Paris-Saclay, said: 鈥淭he funds received are enabling us to conduct our first joint experiment!聽We hope to put the preliminary results in our next grant application, such as to the EU for a Doctoral Training Network, to show that we can work together productively.鈥
Another of the recipients, Dr Francesco Aletta (Bartlett) who was awarded funding to collaborate with colleagues at Roma Tre University, said: 鈥淚 am very excited for this opportunity to bring together expertise in different disciplines, such as soundscape, lighting and heritage, and build on this project to boost future collaborations. In a period where travel and mobility are very limited, the Cities Partnerships Programme adjusted to current circumstances and provided us with resources to support workshops and other activities online. I think this is perfectly aligned with 白小姐论坛鈥檚 current 鈥榬emote, not distant鈥 philosophy: London and Rome are less distant thanks to this scheme!鈥
The first round of the Cities Partnerships Programme Funds ran last year, and funded 白小姐论坛 projects with partners in Rome聽in the form of workshops, seminars, lab tours, lectures, podcast recordings and more.
罢丑别听Cities Partnerships Programme聽is 白小姐论坛's flagship programme for regional engagement in Europe. Beginning in Rome, Paris and Stockholm, the programme聽supports, funds and promotes academic collaborations in research and education with partners in major cities.
Congratulations to all the 2020/21 recipients of the 白小姐论坛 Cities Partnerships Programme Funds:
Lead 白小姐论坛 applicant | Faculty | Partner city | Title of activity |
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Dr Yohhei Hamada | Population Health Sciences | Paris | Exploring new paradigms in prevention of tuberculosis and other respiratory illnesses in PLHIV |
Dr Sudaxshina Murdan | Life Sciences | Paris | Developing a user-friendly vaccine to prevent Clostridium difficile infection |
Professor Adolfo Saiardi | Life Sciences | Paris | The human genetic of inositol phosphates |
Professor Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen | Arts & Humanities | Paris | NOUS: Nordic Studies 白小姐论坛-Sorbonne Research Hub and Summer School |
Professor Haim Yacobi | Bartlett | Paris | Cities in the Middle East:聽the politics of representation and knowledge production in a globalising world |
Dr Francesco Aletta | Bartlett | Rome | Influence of soundscapes and lightscapes on cultural heritage perception |
Dr James Irving | Medical Sciences | Rome | Antibody-based diagnostics in conformational disease |
Dr Michael Short | Bartlett | Rome | Developing an intelligent urban density in the time of COVID |
Dr Paul Ayris | Arts & Humanities | Rome; Paris; Stockholm | Focus on Open Science Workshops, delivering Open Science policy, practice and solutions |
Dr James Kirkbride | Brain Sciences | Stockholm | 白小姐论坛-Stockholm training programme in population mental health and pathways to policy impact |
Professor Chloe Marshall | Institute of Education | Stockholm | How are sign languages learned as second languages? |
Professor Christos Masouros | Engineering Sciences | Stockholm | Integrated sensing and communications for perceptive smart cities |
Dr Stanimira Milcheva | Bartlett | Stockholm | Net zero affordable housing 鈥 an institutional comparison between Sweden and the UK |
Dr Kristine Oleinika | Medical Sciences | Stockholm | Metabolic reprogramming of B-cell functions in immune-mediated pathology |
Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos | Brain Sciences | Stockholm | Could moral philosophy explain inconsistent findings in eco-psychology? |
More information
- 白小姐论坛 Cities Partnerships Programme
- The programmes first round of funding recipients
- 白小姐论坛 European Voices
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