The main objective of this project is to study interactions among phenomena relating to memory and patrimony as they are connected to migrations –taken here in their general understanding of population displacements–, as well as foreign borders, inclusion and exclusion processes and representations on migrants. This work is based on cases of immigration and emigration societies, and integrates specific ones such as colonial and postcolonial societies as well as the ones classified as « collapsed ». Firstly, we aim at understanding, how, to what extent and under which conditions the processes of inclusion and discrimination do (or not) yield actions in the fields of memory and patrimony. Secondly, we intend to analyse repercussions of memory initiatives on the way migration and integration in societies. Working on European cases (FR, GER, SPA, ITL, SLOV, UK, GRE, NDL, POR, AUT) in a comparative perspective with other international cases (ISRL, USA, CA), the present project aims at unfolding complex relations among migration, practices and politics of individual and collective memory-making, national and global history, by using a local, national and transnational approach. The challenge here is to bring forth a cumulative and theoretical reflection on the basis of empirical materials, about how political, social and territorial exclusions related to migrations connect with socio-cultural mediations and appropriations of the past, along a double line: analyzing their potential impacts, and taking them as the consequences of discrimination, as well as the transfer on memory and cultural grounds, of struggles, among which some political ones, to gain recognition. Besides these rallying movements, we also intend to pay attention to memory silences and to absences of specific communities in their national histories which constitute, in addition to other marginalization factors – such as access to labor, living spaces, religious affiliation, etc. – indications of discrimination.

Italian, American, Australian and French a scientists unite their knowledge and capability to study the interior of the Antarctic plateau between the French-Italian Concordia station (75°S, 123° E), and the US South Pole station (90°S). The scientific objectives of EAIIST are to study the icy terrain of the Antarctic continent in its driest places. These areas are largely unexplored and unknowns and offer unique and extraordinary morphological characteristics suspected to be analog of glacial conditions. This international consortium of scientists is built around the idea to explore and study by the means of ground vehicles the geophysical (snow physics, surface mass balance, density, temperature, seismicity, etc.), geochemical (impurities, aerosols, air-snow transfer, water isotopes, etc.) and meteorological dimensions (AWS, atmospheric dynamic, air mass transport, etc.) of these most inhospitable and remote place on Earth nevertheless so important for the functioning of the climatic machinery of the Earth's climate.

Climate change (CC) is triggering dangerous temperature increases, floods, droughts and fires in historic cities and their environments that affect citizens and Cultural Heritage (CH) health. In this context, green infrastructure (GI) emerges as a sustainable solution to mitigate the impact of CC and enhance urban liveability. However, without studying the symbiotic relationship between CC and CH, GI expansion could affect the preservation of Immovable CH. To address the challenge of implementing sustainable policies to face climate change in Historic Cities, ATLAS employ interdisciplinary approaches and digital technologies for: 1) modeling the scenarios of CC risks in Historic Cities, 2) managing Immovable CH and GI and, 3) predicting potential impacts. ATLAS tools based on satellite imagery, Geographic Information Systems, opinions of citizen managers, and human behavior computational simulations, allow to assess CC risk and look for the best resilience solution. ATLAS municipalities managers will enable to identify and evaluate risks, understand human behavior during emergencies, and minimize damage in Immovable CH caused by CC as pollution, urban heat islands, floods, and fires. ATLAS will conduct studies in five Historic Cities (Seville, Antequera, Valencia, Treviso, and Grenoble) in three European countries (Italy, Spain, and France) to validate these tools in various scenarios (Mediterranean, Mountain and Continental). ATLAS interdisciplinary team to design tools and ensure the functionality and usability, brings together: 1) universities experts in CH diagnosis and risk assessment (UPO, UNIVE), GI (UNIVE), and digital technologies for modelling risk management (UGA, UPO); 2) experts in CH Conservation (IVCR+i); 3) Hazard experts (Alpine Natural Hazards Center); and 4) municipalities of Treviso and Antequera. The beneficiaries of this project are citizens whose municipalities integrate ATLAS tools into their training programs, management strategies, and CC contingency plans to improve citizen and CH resilience.

The Starch Food Niche: Human Adaptation, Genes, and Culture Principal coordinator: S Condemi ( AMU); partners: A. Carbone (SU) and L. Longo (UniVe-IT) Today Homo sapiens (HS) is the only human species on earth. This has not always been the case: 40,000 years ago, HS shared the planet with at least four other human hominins (Neanderthals, Denisovans, Flores and Luzonensis). HS not only supplanted these other Eurasian archaic humans (EAHs), with a constant demographic growth, but became adapted to nearly all latitudes and climates. This "success" is often linked to the switch from an economy based on foraging and collecting (Paleolithic hunter-gatherers-fishers) to one of production (Neolithic breeders and farmers, starting circa 12.000 years ago). HS's spectacular population growth was made possible due to a regular and starch-rich diet following crop domestication. Starch4Sapiens is devoted to understanding the origins of the starch-rich diet. Our purpose is to establish the timing for the emergence of the Starch Food Niche (SFN) by comparing changes between EAHs and early HS prior the Neolithic in (i) biology (i. e. anatomical variations), (ii) genetics (genes CNV) expressing enzymes related to starch metabolization and (iii) task-specific behavior in foraging and processing dietary carbohydrates. The originality and novelty of our approach lies in its complementary and interrelated analysis. Our objective is to seek and confront data to demonstrate changes in dietary behavior from EAHs to early HS and until today. We aim to read the history of genotypic changes from genomes, which are also noticeable in fossil remains and cultural behavior, in order to determine the extent to which these changes were introduced by regular starch-rich food consumption well before the Neolithic transition. If this hypothesis is correct, starch food processing and the efficient metabolization of dietary carbohydrates was the key to the appropriation of a different nutriotope allowing HS to enhance its fitness.

The current food value chains in Europe and the Maghreb Region face significant challenges with regard to sustainability, food loss, waste, and safety issues. To address these problems, the QuiPack project consortium will implement a Life Cycle Design Approach to develop novel functional food packaging solutions with nature-based antimicrobial and smart sensor properties. QuiPack's innovative solutions will (1) valorise waste and side streams along the quinoa-, other agricultural, and aquaculture food supply chain; (2) develop and test biointelligent coatings and packaging materials that meet customers' and market expectations and requirements both in Europe and the Maghreb region, (3) be smart ( i.e., linked to AI/IoT-assisted Food Value Chain Intelligence and Decision Support Systems – FVCI/DSS) and optimized with regard to food safety, traceability, environmental effects, sustainability, as well as cost-effectiveness in Mediterranean settings, (4) include socioeconomic studies on consumers preferences, needs and acceptance, and (5) be accompanied by tailored communication, training, and dissemination to support the wide take up of novel solutions. The QuiPack consortium and its associated partners are determined and will mobilize all necessary resources to become pioneers and pacemakers for innovation and technological advancements of biodegradable antimicrobial materials in the Mediterranean region. By overcoming today's scientific-technological barriers, the consortium will advance functionalized packaging solutions and corresponding processing technology from TRL 2/3 - 6/7, dependent on the technology and business partners involved. We focus on natural antimicrobial and smart coatings, foil, as well as cardboard packaging solutions, which can protect and preserve a wide range of traditional Mediterranean foods. Novel Chitosan-based UV- and RFID sensors will be combined with AgriTrack's advanced FVCI/DSS to support digital quality monitoring, smarter logistics and retailing. Research on microbiome-based solutions, carbon dots, and customized 3D food printing technology will complement our ambitious work program. Combined, QuiPack’s solutions will significantly reduce food spoilage, increase shelf-life, and limit overall food losses by at least 50%, while enhancing the valorisation of hitherto wasted biomass, saving resources and the environment. Through a consequent multi-actor approach and entrepreneurial stimulation, QuiPack will deliver novel opportunities and solutions for actors along the entire food chain. To achieve this, QuiPack consortium partners will use and extend their networks to communicate and share scientific-technical and practical knowledge in an audience-tailored manner. Interaction with the scientific community, current project consortia targeting similar goals, with stakeholders from the food sector, service providers, managers, regulating authorities, and consumers will inspire and spark co-creation and innovation, mutual exchange of best practices, and moreover, shall improve consumer trust and preference for sustainably produced, novel antimicrobial and smart food packaging.