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Repairing the brain after a stroke
14 May 2025

Repairing the brain after a stroke

Stroke remains the leading cause of disability in older adults and claims over half a million lives each year in the EU. But what if the key to recovery lies within us? Arthur Liesz is exploring how the body’s immune system might be guided to support brain repair - paving…
Stroke remains the leading cause of disability in older adults and claims over half a million lives each year in the EU. But what if the key to recovery lies within us? Arthur Liesz is exploring how the body’s immune system might be guided to support brain repair - paving…
Stroke remains the leading cause of disability in older adults and claims over half a million lives each year in the EU. But what if the key to recovery lies within us? Arthur Liesz is exploring how the body’s immune system might be guided to support brain repair - paving…
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Chemical reactions step by step

Chemical reactions are at the core of industrial processes. They are provoked to produce new molecules that will confer the desired properties to products from medicine, to cleaning agents or to fuel. With ERC funding, Prof. Jana Roithova has…
Chemical reactions are at the core of industrial processes. They are provoked to produce new molecules that will confer the desired properties to products from medicine, to cleaning…
Chemical reactions are at the core of industrial processes. They are provoked to produce new molecules that will confer the desired properties to…
Chemical reactions are at the core of industrial processes. They are provoked to produce new molecules that will confer the desired properties to products from medicine, to…
Chemical reactions are at the core of industrial processes. They are provoked to produce new molecules that will confer the…

Migration and crime control practices across Europe

Regulating migration has become a key priority for European countries and, according to Prof. Katja Franko, crime control practices and penal cultures have evolved across the continent as a consequence. With ERC support, she has studied these new…
Regulating migration has become a key priority for European countries and, according to Prof. Katja Franko, crime control practices and penal cultures have evolved across the continent…
Regulating migration has become a key priority for European countries and, according to Prof. Katja Franko, crime control practices and penal…
Regulating migration has become a key priority for European countries and, according to Prof. Katja Franko, crime control practices and penal cultures have evolved across the…
Regulating migration has become a key priority for European countries and, according to Prof. Katja Franko, crime control…

Behind the wall: uncovering the effectiveness of migration policy

Comprehensive new databases of migration flows and policy data since World War II highlight how some policies have had unintended effects.
Comprehensive new databases of migration flows and policy data since World War II highlight how some policies have had unintended effects.
Comprehensive new databases of migration flows and policy data since World War II highlight how some policies have had unintended effects.
Comprehensive new databases of migration flows and policy data since World War II highlight how some policies have had unintended effects.
Comprehensive new databases of migration flows and policy data since World War II highlight how some policies have had…

When technology empowers migrant women

Social networking platforms and other online activities can enable women migrants to maintain the links with their home countries, but also to connect to each other, thus encouraging their emancipation. Digital media could hence be rethought as a…
Social networking platforms and other online activities can enable women migrants to maintain the links with their home countries, but also to connect to each other, thus encouraging…
Social networking platforms and other online activities can enable women migrants to maintain the links with their home countries, but also to…
Social networking platforms and other online activities can enable women migrants to maintain the links with their home countries, but also to connect to each other, thus…
Social networking platforms and other online activities can enable women migrants to maintain the links with their home…

Bringing equal opportunities to immigrant children

Some school systems in Europe are highly segregated, the Belgian one especially. Poorer standards of education are seen in schools where pupils are predominantly of immigrant background. Researchers are compiling new datasets and information about…
Some school systems in Europe are highly segregated, the Belgian one especially. Poorer standards of education are seen in schools where pupils are predominantly of immigrant…
Some school systems in Europe are highly segregated, the Belgian one especially. Poorer standards of education are seen in schools where pupils are…
Some school systems in Europe are highly segregated, the Belgian one especially. Poorer standards of education are seen in schools where pupils are predominantly of immigrant…
Some school systems in Europe are highly segregated, the Belgian one especially. Poorer standards of education are seen in…

New migrants, new workers: how do economies adapt?

The impact of migration on the economies of receiving countries is a fundamental question in economics. According to Prof. Christian Dustmann, current research is coming to different conclusions about the impact immigration has on wages and…
The impact of migration on the economies of receiving countries is a fundamental question in economics. According to Prof. Christian Dustmann, current research is coming to different…
The impact of migration on the economies of receiving countries is a fundamental question in economics. According to Prof. Christian Dustmann,…
The impact of migration on the economies of receiving countries is a fundamental question in economics. According to Prof. Christian Dustmann, current research is coming to…
The impact of migration on the economies of receiving countries is a fundamental question in economics. According to Prof…

Old and new diversities recreating urban spaces

Global migration flows show a profound diversification of migrants’ groups in recent years. Their patterns of nationality, ethnicity, language, age, gender and legal status are growing ever more complex and migrants with ‘new diversity’ traits live…
Global migration flows show a profound diversification of migrants’ groups in recent years. Their patterns of nationality, ethnicity, language, age, gender and legal status are growing…
Global migration flows show a profound diversification of migrants’ groups in recent years. Their patterns of nationality, ethnicity, language, age,…
Global migration flows show a profound diversification of migrants’ groups in recent years. Their patterns of nationality, ethnicity, language, age, gender and legal status…
Global migration flows show a profound diversification of migrants’ groups in recent years. Their patterns of nationality,…

Spotlight on ERC projects studying migration and asylum

Why do people leave their home countries? What are the changing patterns of human mobility? How does moving across borders impact people's lives? What are the effects on the culture, social fabric, politics and economy in ‘sending’, ‘transit’ and …
Why do people leave their home countries? What are the changing patterns of human mobility? How does moving across borders impact people's lives? What are the effects on the culture,…
Why do people leave their home countries? What are the changing patterns of human mobility? How does moving across borders impact people's lives?…
Why do people leave their home countries? What are the changing patterns of human mobility? How does moving across borders impact people's lives? What are the effects on the…
Why do people leave their home countries? What are the changing patterns of human mobility? How does moving across borders…