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SNIS Call for Projects 2025 The Call offers grants for research projects that fall within the realm of international studies. The Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) supports pluri-disciplinary projects in the social sciences and pluri-disciplinary projects that combine natural and social sciences. Projects must run for two years, and funding can range from 100’000 to 300’000 Swiss francs. https://snis.ch/funding/

We thank dr. Federico Savini for an enlightening presentation as part of our SEICA Open Seminar Series. He first unpacked the so called ‘strategic thought’ in degrowth research. Then he argued why and how strategic spatial planning can be an important tool in degrowth as a wider socio-ecological transition. If you would like to read about his research, find the paper 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘰, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 through this link: https://lnkd.in/eSekwW-c #degrowth #spatialplanning #presentation #research #transition

Looking forward to the 2nd Annual Alberta Corridor Technical Symposium! Learn more about how some of Alberta’s leading polytechnics are engaged in applied research to assist companies, communities, and governments. More information about registration to follow! #appliedresearch

Save the date to join us on September 17th to learn more about the impact of the applied research that NAIT, SAIT and Red Deer Polytechnic are carrying out with our industry partners across Alberta. #NAIT #NAITAppliedResearch #polytechnic #appliedresearch

Honoured to become the new chair of the NWO (Dutch Research Council) Permanent Committee for Large-Scale Research Infrastructure. https://lnkd.in/ev6UMkvk About the PC-GWI: From telescopes and MRI scanners to large-scale digitized collections and biobanks, science and research cannot do without the right scientific infrastructure. Facilities contribute to solving major scientific issues and to strengthening the international position of the Netherlands as a country of knowledge. That is why it is important not to make investments ad hoc, but to develop a long-term strategy. This was the reason why the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science established the Permanent Committee on Large-scale Scientific Infrastructure (PC-GWI) in 2015. Since then, the committee has twice published a National Roadmap GWI setting priorities for investment in those large-scale research facilities and has funded 26 ten year projects that contribute to the realization of a sustainable ecosystem of large-scale scientific infrastructures. #researchfacilities #infrastructure #research #roadmap

We need to keep the conversation going about how universities across Canada help to drive and diversify our regional economies, particularly those in smaller urban centres. Federal investments in research, scholarship and creativity create quick wins for faculty and students, as well as local businesses, industry, and communities. #researchinvestment #postsecondaryeducation #Canadianresearch

We are at the 2024 180N Annual Conference in Trondheim! 🤖🧠 🤖 Post Doc. Luigi Tommaso Luppino presented research related to the deep-learning derived input function (DLIF) method: a novel non-invasive imaging technique that quantifies biological processes in vivo. 🧠 The presented research is part of a larger collaboration between researchers from UiT- The Arctic University of Norway and Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge. 🤖 The work aimed to not only improve the DLIF model's performance but also to address the shortcomings of the model, such as its sensitivity to input noise, the lack of real blood sampling available for ground truth, and strict input size requirements. 🧠 The results indicate that the model performs well, with the predicted input-functions closely following the ground truth. Further analysis indicate that the model is agnostic to time shifts and relaxes previous methods' requirements regarding input data size. Read the abstract in page 16 of this link: https://lnkd.in/dpcKYuHC Photo: Samuel Kuttner Robert Jenssen | Line Eikvil | Inger Solheim | Petter Bjørklund | University of Oslo | Norsk Regnesentral | Kristoffer Wickstrøm | Michael Kampffmeyer Rune Sundset |

Update! The window to submit your LOI for the Magistro Family Foundation Research Grant and the Paris Patla Research Grants has been extended until May 24 at 23:59 ET! Still plenty of time. We want to hear about your proposed research. https://ow.ly/VPGw50Rpxwl #manualtherapyfunding #researchfunding #ptresearch

🌊The ISA Action Plan for Marine Scientific Research was developed in line with the objectives of the UN Decade of Ocean Science, and it identifies six strategic research priorities to accelerate marine scientific research in the Area for the benefit of humankind. It also highlights how ISA works to support capacity development and transfer of technology for developing States. 🔗Read or download the special publication about the MSR Action Plan: https://lnkd.in/dxHY3b3f

I'm happy to announce that another of my papers, carried out with an excellent group of Brazilian researchers, has been published in the Journal of Regional Science Policy & Practice, one of the Regional Science Association International scientific journals. The paper uses structural impact analysis to examine the short-term effects of road transport infrastructure projects as part of the Latin American Integration Route (LAIR). This integration route has generated intense debate in Latin America and has even been featured in TheEconomist Newspaper Limited (Link: https://lnkd.in/dcZkJkGG) and ECLAC PUBLICATIONS (Link: https://lnkd.in/dwt76-D3). They are part of Latin American integration initiatives that can change the logic of the flow of goods and services in Latin America. In the video, I present some of the main results of the research. The principal innovation is the use of S-curve as a mechanism to model some of the uncertainties related to the implementation phase of the projects analyzed. It also integrates spatial locational quotients to analyze the spatial dispersion of policy effects. The paper provides an integrated framework for policymakers and planners interested in analyzing the potential impacts of transport infrastructure policies before they even take place. The full publication can be found here: https://lnkd.in/dy34UmkS The research project was funded by SUDECO - Superintendência do Desenvolvimento do Centro-Oeste.