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Get into the groove: Joy, trauma and the Jerusalema dance challenge
17-11-2020 | © Monkey Business Images, Shutterstock
I'm a global citizen
27-03-2017 | © picture
Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir is a literary and cultural historian at King's College London. Passionate about music, dance, film, the visual arts, academic discourse and literature, she studies what such forms of cultural production can say about the world we live in. With her ERC grant and interdisciplinary team, she leads research on Afro-diasporic rhythm cultures, examining the history and global popularity of African-derived dance practices and their relation to modernity, post-colonialism and post-trauma. Originally published in March 2017 as part of the multimedia campaign "ERC - 10 years – 10 portraits."  
The brain: a tuneable 'hardware'
04-11-2015 | © picture
A crucial discovery of how the brain functions has been made by EU-funded researchers.  ERC Advanced Grant holder Prof. Oscar Marin and his team have shown that brain's 'hardware' - using the computing metaphor - is in fact tuneable and can adapt to internal and external influences. The findings could help develop new therapies for neurological disorders such as epilepsy, which affects around 50 million people globally.
How research helps to prevent armed conflicts
22-10-2012 | ©Songquan Deng / Shutterstock.com
During United Nations Disarmament Week (22-28 October 2012), the danger of the arms race and the need for its cessation will be discussed. The project led by Professor Christoph Meyer, an ERC grantee based at King's College in London (UK) is particularly relevant. He recently presented the final results on his ERC-funded project on forecasts for the prevention of armed conflicts.