EU funded projects

Computer scientist Prof. Dr. Barbara Hammer from Bielefeld University and three other European researchers investigate how to guarantee drinking water supplies with artificial intelligence in the project "Smart Water Futures: Designing the Next Generation of Urban Drinking Water Systems" (Water Futures). The project is funded by the ERC as a Synergy Grant.

How do flows in fluids change due to random influences? This is what a research group led by Prof. Dr. Martina Hofmanová from the Faculty of Mathematics is analysing in the project "Mathematical analysis of fluid flows: the challenge of randomness" (FluFloRan). The project is funded by the ERC as a Starting Grant.

How is welfare changing in emerging economies of the Global South? A team led by Prof. Dr. Minh Nguyen from the Faculty of Sociology is looking into this in the project "Welfare for Migrant Factory Workers: Moral Struggles and Politics of Care under Market Socialism" (Welfare Struggles). The project is funded by the ERC as a Starting Grant.

What do algorithms and their predictions cause in society? This question is being investigated by a research group led by Professor Dr. Elena Esposito from the Faculty of Sociology in the project "The Future of Prediction: The Social Consequences of Algorithmic Forecast in Insurance, Medicine and Policing" (PREDICT). The project is funded by the ERC as a Advanced Grant.

How can normativity be explained from a philosophical perspective? In the context of this question, a multidisciplinary research group led by Prof. Dr. Benjamin Kiesewetter from the Faculty of Philosophy is investigating the normative core concept of reason in the project "REASONS F1RST - The Structure of Normativity". The project is funded by the ERC as a Starting Grant.

How can we use mathematics to capture and describe complex systems that seem to be driven by randomness? How, for example, can we translate an economic system in which people interact with each other into a mathematical system? How can we describe the fact that even the slightest fluctuations can lead to major changes in climate dynamics? Stochastician Professor Dr Benjamin Gess from the Faculty of Mathematics is researching these and related questions. The project is funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant.

(Galaxy) surveys as a laboratory for fundamental physics? That's possible if the right theory is combined with weak gravitational lenses. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Cora Uhlemann, a research programme is dedicated to extraordinary cosmic large-scale structures and aims to provide insights into particle physics, the early universe, gravity and astrophysics. The ERC is funding the project with the Starting Grant.

How does violence manifest itself in obstetrics and gynaecological care? Which population groups are particularly frequently exposed to gynaecological violence and what consequences are associated with it? This is what health scientist Dr Céline Miani is investigating in the research project GYNVEPI (Toward an epidemiology of gynaecological violence), which the ERC is funding with the Starting Grant.