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Denisovans, an extinct human species, once lived in East Asia, fossil shows

A team of international researchers based in Denmark (Globe Institute University of Copenhagen), Japan (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI) and Taiwan (National Museum of Natural Science) has made a significant breakthrough in…
A team of international researchers based in Denmark (Globe Institute University of Copenhagen), Japan (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI) and Taiwan (National…
A team of international researchers based in Denmark (Globe Institute University of Copenhagen), Japan (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies,…
A team of international researchers based in Denmark (Globe Institute University of Copenhagen), Japan (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI) and Taiwan …
A team of international researchers based in Denmark (Globe Institute University of Copenhagen), Japan (The Graduate…
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ERC for Ukraine: jobs for researchers fleeing the war

The European Research Council (ERC) has appealed to its grantees to provide temporary employment to refugee researchers and support staff, such as technician and lab managers, from Ukraine. The ERC has contacted all its 5,600 current grantees and is…
The European Research Council (ERC) has appealed to its grantees to provide temporary employment to refugee researchers and support staff, such as technician and lab managers, from…
The European Research Council (ERC) has appealed to its grantees to provide temporary employment to refugee researchers and support staff, such as…
The European Research Council (ERC) has appealed to its grantees to provide temporary employment to refugee researchers and support staff, such as technician and lab managers…
The European Research Council (ERC) has appealed to its grantees to provide temporary employment to refugee researchers and…
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Unboxing cultural rituals: Christmas in pandemic times

Why do children believe in Santa Claus, and how could Christmas rituals bring us closer together in the current pandemic crisis? By exploring the fundamental causes and consequences of cultural rituals, ERC grantee Harvey Whitehouse at the…
Why do children believe in Santa Claus, and how could Christmas rituals bring us closer together in the current pandemic crisis? By exploring the fundamental causes and consequences of…
Why do children believe in Santa Claus, and how could Christmas rituals bring us closer together in the current pandemic crisis? By exploring the…
Why do children believe in Santa Claus, and how could Christmas rituals bring us closer together in the current pandemic crisis? By exploring the fundamental causes and…
Why do children believe in Santa Claus, and how could Christmas rituals bring us closer together in the current pandemic…

What makes us Europeans?

What holds Europe together? In the face of economic instability, shifting political trends and a global pandemic, this question comes to mind more and more often. ERC grantee Anelia Kassabova is part of a team of four researchers who, in 2019, won a…
What holds Europe together? In the face of economic instability, shifting political trends and a global pandemic, this question comes to mind more and more often. ERC grantee Anelia…
What holds Europe together? In the face of economic instability, shifting political trends and a global pandemic, this question comes to mind more…
What holds Europe together? In the face of economic instability, shifting political trends and a global pandemic, this question comes to mind more and more often. ERC grantee…
What holds Europe together? In the face of economic instability, shifting political trends and a global pandemic, this…

Same past, different histories: Remembering the Jagiellonians across Europe

When you think of the Renaissance period in Europe, what springs to mind? Perhaps the Medici family in Italy where the Renaissance is said to have begun, or the discovery of the ‘New World’ by Europeans like Christopher Columbus or Abel Tasman. But…
When you think of the Renaissance period in Europe, what springs to mind? Perhaps the Medici family in Italy where the Renaissance is said to have begun, or the discovery of the ‘New…
When you think of the Renaissance period in Europe, what springs to mind? Perhaps the Medici family in Italy where the Renaissance is said to have…
When you think of the Renaissance period in Europe, what springs to mind? Perhaps the Medici family in Italy where the Renaissance is said to have begun, or the discovery of…
When you think of the Renaissance period in Europe, what springs to mind? Perhaps the Medici family in Italy where the…

Asian highlands: remote, yet thoroughly connected to the outside world

In the highlands of Asia, an area spanning the mountain regions between the Pamirs and the eastern Himalayas, livelihoods are shaped as much by remoteness as by connectivity. With ERC funding, Dr Martin Saxer intends to shed new light on these areas…
In the highlands of Asia, an area spanning the mountain regions between the Pamirs and the eastern Himalayas, livelihoods are shaped as much by remoteness as by connectivity. With ERC…
In the highlands of Asia, an area spanning the mountain regions between the Pamirs and the eastern Himalayas, livelihoods are shaped as much by…
In the highlands of Asia, an area spanning the mountain regions between the Pamirs and the eastern Himalayas, livelihoods are shaped as much by remoteness as by connectivity…
In the highlands of Asia, an area spanning the mountain regions between the Pamirs and the eastern Himalayas, livelihoods…