BAME is a project in applied mathematics tackling problems in kinetic theory of gases. We will focus on the system of Boltzmann-like equations that describes gas mixtures composed of monatomic and polyatomic gases. Experience has shown that kinetic models accurately describe strong nonequilibrium processes in gas flows. However, most of the mathematical theory is limited to the oversimplified case of a single monatomic gas. Our aim is to contribute in filling this gap between study of more intrigant gases suitable for applications and the current state of the art in mathematical theory of kinetic equations. Objectives are to study regularizing effects of the Boltzmann operator, integrability, smoothness and strict positivity of solutions, with the ultimate goal of encoding large time behavior using entropy methods. The project will bring together the researcher with distinguished expertise in modelling and analysis of polyatomic gases and mixtures at the mesoscopic level and the host with ground-breaking work on entropy methods for macroscopic systems. The two levels of descriptions will be bridged formally through hydrodynamic limits at the secondment, leading to the redesign of entropy production program to the system of interest. The fellowship will enable the researcher to gain new analytical skills and greatly improve transferable skills through the reach training offer at the host University of Graz. Moreover, it will significantly extend her research network and facilitate participation in leading events in the field, leading to the capability to launch her own research group in the future and to enhance the career perspectives in academia.

"Memory and Archive Ontology in Digitalization of War Heritage in the Western Balkans" (MARCH-ON-DIGIT) project aims to investigate the intersection of memory and archive in the context of digitalization, focusing on the 20th century war heritage in the Western Balkans (WB). The project examines this ontological relation through the lens of institutionalized remembering within WB memory institutions, such are libraries, archives, and museums. By addressing it the project offers a fresh perspective on the impact of digitalization on memory preservation and transmission. It will be conducted at the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, by an experienced researcher in digital humanities and cultural studies, in collaboration with a team of established experts in history, international relations, digital research methods and technologies. The project proposes a groundbreaking exploration of the intricate ontology between Europeanization processes, memory, and archive in the context of digitalization and preservation of digital heritage. It aims to unravel the complex influence of heritage digitalization on remembrance practices in the digital age. MARCH-ON-DIGIT addresses a critical gap in the scientific community's understanding of digital heritage preservation related to conflicts. The project's innovation is also amplified by its focus on the WB region, where a turbulent history of recent conflicts profoundly shapes current political and historical narratives. This research is particularly relevant and timely as the region nominally strives for transnational unity within the processes of Europeanization, but progress lacks which creates internal tensions, which this project will evaluate from the cultural memory and digital heritage theoretical approaches. By critically investigating this topic from both national and international perspectives, the project will serve as a pioneering reference for similar research in the broader European context.

The researcher will carry out a EURoWEB to examine how the Europeanization of the Western Balkans (WB) manifests at insufficiently researched socio-spatial levels. By introducing an innovative TPSN (Territory, Place, Scale, Network) framework to the Europeanization studies, testing it in a WB region with the “gender lens” and developing a new methodological tool, the project will explore the way the territory, place, scale, and network interact to enable or to inhibit the Europeanization of WB. Starting from the critical and the horizontal conception of Europeanization, the Europeanization of WB will be analysed by focusing on the exchange, transfer, and mutations of EU urban policies, through inter-urban networks (IUN). The researcher will collect qualitative and quantitative data about the participation of urban actors from Zagreb (Croatia), Belgrade (Serbia), Pristina (Kosovo) in the selected European IUN and conduct a social network analysis (SNA) and qualitative network analysis (QNA) to grasp not only the networks impact but also their interplay with other socio-spatial dimensions in which they are embedded. This will allow her to sketch the contours and explain the underlying, invisible and undertheorized, but potent spatialities that underpin the dynamic process of Europeanization of WB. The fellowship will provide a unique opportunity for filling the significant gaps between socio-spatial theorising and Europeanization studies. Capitalizing from the fruitful exchange between researcher expertise in urban sociology and host institution and supervisor’s expertise in Southeastern European studies / Europeanization, the overall aim of the fellowship is to develop a new socio-spatial conception of Europeanization and a new method that can be used in the further Europeanization research, in and out the EU, as well as in the further empirical testing of the TPSN