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assignment_turned_in Project2014 - 2015Partners:Nat Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, University of Clermont Auvergne, Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre, Cabinet Office, Icelandic Meteorological Office +12 partnersNat Commissioner of the Icelandic Police,University of Clermont Auvergne,Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre,Cabinet Office,Icelandic Meteorological Office,British Geological Survey,University of Iceland,Trinity College Cambridge,University of Cambridge,[no title available],UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,Blaise Pascal University,The Cabinet Office,Nat Commissioner of the Icelandic Police,IMO,NERC British Geological Survey,Université Blaise PascalFunder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: NE/M021130/1Funder Contribution: 51,254 GBPFor the first time in the modern age we have the opportunity to study at first hand the environmental impact of a flood basalt (>1 km3 fissure eruption). Flood basalt eruptions are one of the most hazardous volcanic scenarios in Iceland and have had enormous societal and economic consequences across the northern hemisphere. A flood basalt eruption was included in the UK National Risk Register in 2012 as one of the highest priority risks. The Holuhraun eruption reached the flood basalt size sometime after 20 October 2014. It is now the largest flood basalt in Iceland since the Laki eruption in 1783-84, which caused the deaths of >20% of the Icelandic population by environmental pollution and famine and likely increased European levels of mortality through air pollution by sulfur-bearing gas and aerosol. The pollution from Holuhraun has been intensifying over the last few weeks, reaching a "Dangerous" level for the first time in Iceland on 26 October (as defined by the World Health Organisation). During 18-22 September, SO2 fluxes reached 45 kt/day, a rate of outgassing rarely observed during sustained eruptions, suggesting that the sulfur loading per kg of erupted magma (we estimate >0.35 wt%) exceeds both that of other recent eruptions in Iceland and perhaps also other historic basaltic eruptions globally, raising questions regarding the origin of these prodigious quantities of sulfur. A lack of data concerning conversion rates of SO2 gas into aerosol, the residence times of aerosol in the plume and the dependence of these on meteorological factors is limiting our confidence in the ability of atmospheric models to forecast gas and aerosol concentrations in the near- and far-field from Icelandic flood basalt eruptions. Preliminary study of the erupted products highlights two extraordinary features: (1) matrix glasses contain up to 1000 ppm sulfur (<100 ppm is expected for degassed melt) and are extremely heterogeneous and (2) abundant sulfide liquid globules in the matrix glass are "caught in the act" of breaking down on quenching, suggesting that sulfur is not only supplied by the melt, but also by the breakdown of sulfide liquid during degassing. These observations highlight a previously overlooked but potentially very large reservoir of sulfur that leaves little petrological record. These results might go some way towards understanding the extremely high sulfur yield of this eruption and have implications for assessing the environmental impact. This project combines the expertise of a large group of researchers to understand better the sulfur and chalcophile metal budget of the Holuhraun eruption. We will follow the formation of sulfide liquids, through to their breakdown on degassing, to the outgassing of SO2 gas and conversion to aerosol. The entire pathway is not well understood, particularly given complexities related to the rapid magma ascent rates postulated for the Holuhraun magmas and the lack of ash in the plume, both of which we hypothesise impose kinetic constraints on sulfur processing in different parts of the system. We will carry out detailed petrological, geochemical measurements of lavas and plume chemistry to understand the sulfur budget and to feed into models of plume chemistry and dispersion, which are essential for hazard monitoring.
more_vert assignment_turned_in ProjectPartners:Stockholm University of the Arts, University of Iceland, Hanze UASStockholm University of the Arts,University of Iceland,Hanze UASFunder: European Commission Project Code: 2018-1-SE01-KA203-039090Funder Contribution: 187,954 EURThe project BAD aim to: • develop strategies for cross-artistic collaboration• develop methods and tools for collaboration and non-hierarchical structures in an artistic and pedagogical process• explore the artists educational and societal need for innovation and new ways of communicating with an audienceIn general, different partners have been contributing to the project by the way they represented specific art disciplines. Reykjavik brought the disciplines Music and Drama, Stockholm Performance and Opera and Groningen Music and Visual Arts. Exploring perspectives from these diverse artforms has been pivotal for the development of our transdisciplinary approaches and material. The method of the project has been developed addressing various subjects connected to our collaboration and art making process as well as learning and teaching in a transdisciplinary setting. A practice-based perspective to the creative learning, teaching, and training has been important in the methodology. The BAD project consists of 3 IOs: • A Transdisciplinary Art ModuleThe module presents learning, teaching and training activities which were developed by emerging themes from workshops held during the project. The output gives insight into the development phase and experiments made, present a practical perspective to the creative learning, teaching and training approaches to be used by teachers and students within the transnational field of performing arts, theatre, opera, music, fine art and design, as well as providing theoretical insight into the theme. In an interdisciplinary cross-art setting all participants will through this module expand, improve and enhance their community of practice, professional development and employability. • Studies and AnalysesThe output includes studies of four artists and two in collectives who all share the quality of having placed an interdisciplinary approach at the center of their work. The result is detailed in the BAD publication and provided lessons and insights, a basis for the module and the learning material. • Learning and Teaching MaterialThe concrete material is a card game and guidance material describing and exploring new pedagogical methods and strategies for transdisciplinary artistic collaboration were developed and discovered and tested during the project. The BAD Game is focusing on how to explore and develop pedagogical methods and strategies for cross-artistic collaboration in performing arts, visual arts, opera, and music, and how to develop methods and tools for collaboration and non-hierarchical structures in an artistic and pedagogical process. The guidelines give a pedagogical frame that reflects on what has been explored and developed during the BAD project and a starting point for new development and approaches to the BAD artwork, beyond arts disciplines. The publication provides detailed descriptions of the game and all the material needed. The overall project management and implementation of project results were secured by the initial planning of 3 IOs and 4 LTT as mentioned in the application. Each IO and LTT had a main responsible institution for the implementation and monitoring. The main project coordinator was overall responsible for ensuring a proper budget control and time management of the project. Methods developed during the BAD project will affect in the coming years tens of educators and hundreds of students at the partner institutions. At regional level approximately 15 external institutions and 20 organizations from the participating countries has in a way or another participated in the project activities. Through the online availability of the results and their presentations at specific conferences, hundreds of professionals from the field have already been inspired by the project activities at European level. The set-up of the project has been shared as an example with colleagues from a number of projects and networks the BAD consortium are involved in. The project has definitively contributed to highlighting crucial aspects of cross-art and modernization of teaching arts in higher arts education. Through the development and testing of innovative content which have led to new joint module within the partner institutions, the learning and new methods - the BAD Game as a concert outcome - tested within the project will be used. The methodology has the potential to be used in many other contexts where collaboration spanning discipline boundaries is of interest.There will be a continuous and deepened collaboration with the partner institutions in the consortium through the joint module within each partner´s ordinary educational program. Future collaboration and Erasmus+ exchanges involving teachers and students from the three partner institutions will take place with the support of the Erasmus+ KA1 programme. The joint module has been introduced into the academic offer of the partners and will be run every academic year.
more_vert assignment_turned_in Project2009 - 2011Partners:ICPS, IAI, CIDOB, University of Iceland, SIHTASUTUS RAHVUSVAHELINE KAITSEUURINGUTE KESKUS +3 partnersICPS,IAI,CIDOB,University of Iceland,SIHTASUTUS RAHVUSVAHELINE KAITSEUURINGUTE KESKUS,METU,CNIS,CONFERENCE OF PERIPHERAL AND MARITIMEREGIONS OF EUFunder: European Commission Project Code: 225382more_vert assignment_turned_in Project2012 - 2015Partners:SGF SERVICE PLUS GMBH, University of London, University of Iceland, PROVAC, DTU +20 partnersSGF SERVICE PLUS GMBH,University of London,University of Iceland,PROVAC,DTU,INGENET,FJARDALAX,AZTI,BA CREATIVOS,CONSUMER INSIGHT,TTC,FODIX,ZVM,EAS,TUNAY GIDA,CLITRAVI,SIK - INSTITUTET FOER LIVSMEDEL OCH BIOTEKNIK AB,AAU,BIOZOON GMBH,CHRISTIANSEN PARTNER,City, University of London,EFLA HF,Zabala Innovation Consulting (Spain),ESU,CALIONFunder: European Commission Project Code: 288974more_vert assignment_turned_in ProjectPartners:Keele University, ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS, University of Iceland, Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos, VID +5 partnersKeele University,ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS,University of Iceland,Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos,VID,University of Gaevle,APHM,Vilnius University,Staffordshire University,University of Applied Sciences Emden LeerFunder: European Commission Project Code: 2019-1-UK01-KA203-061608Funder Contribution: 397,725 EURThe REVAMP project will develop, test and implement an innovative and sustainable transnational freely accessible online training package to enhance medical and healthcare practitioners knowledge and skills, to recognise and understand the health needs and impact of violence, abuse and neglect on victims, thereby improving their health outcomes. The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse (IPVA) as a pandemic, with a 1:3 global prevalence rate in most countries (WHO, 2013). IPVA includes physical, sexual, emotional abuse and controlling behaviours by an intimate partner (WHO, 2012). The WHO (2017) estimates that globally almost 1/4 of adults suffered physical abuse and/or neglect as a child and about 1/3 of women experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or nonpartner sexual violence at some point in their life. Tackling and ending gender-based violence is recognised by the European Commission, and further supported by combating gender-based violence and protecting and supporting victims (European Union, 2017). The Council of Europe indicates that about 1 in 5 children has suffered this type of abuse and that, in 70-85% of cases, the perpetrator was known to the victim. ‘Violence against women and domestic violence continue to be one of the most pervasive human rights violations, both in Europe and beyond’ (Council of Europe, 2014, page 1). The need for effective transnational education of medical practitioners to recognise victims of IPVA is clear due to the plethora of evidence that IPVA is a common problem that has a significant negative impact on individuals and families. Medical and healthcare practitioners will see victims of IPVA on a daily basis given the high number of victims. There has been little attention to producing a robust and freely accessible training. This project will be carried out transnationally as IPVA is prevalent across all countries, and migration might result in a victim trying to access support in several countries. The REVAMP project represents an original approach of joining forces across Europe to deliver this training to all medical and healthcare providers. REVAMP's target group are medical and healthcare practitioners as defined by Eurostat Statistics Explained (2017), where 'practitioner' means a person who delivers healthcare to a person such as: medical doctor, nurse, midwife, dentist, pharmacy, physiotherapist, social worker etc. REVAMP partners are embedded in the delivery of training medical and healthcare professionals, ideally placed to co develop and disseminate the training. REVAMP has the following objectives: 1-To develop a freely available and easily accessed online training package consisting of five modules for medical and healthcare practitioners to enhance their recognition of an understanding of IPVA, thereby improving the health outcome of victims.2- To use innovative teaching methods3- To involve a multi-lateral partnership of institutions4- To contribute to the public health strategy for recognition of victims of IPVA5-To ensure a broad dissemination of findings to relevant stakeholders6-To recognise the new acquisition of skills and knowledge by 5 ECTS for successful participationThe methodology that will apply to the REVAMP project is designed to support the development of an effective and transnationally relevant training programme for medical and healthcare practitioners to enhance the recognition of and understanding of the impact of violence on victims and are able to then refer these victims for ongoing support. REVAMP will be freely accessible from an outward facing website. Using a variety of pedagogical methods to engage medical and healthcare practitioners in the training programme, each of the five modules of the REVAMP training package will present a different aspect of IPVA. REVAMP will be developed into five modules (OCAPA): Orientation to the training package, IPVA and the child, IPVA and the adult, IPVA and the older person, Analysis and Evaluation. The effective open access REVAMP Platform from which the training is accessed is a significant step towards transnational recognition and training of IPVA giving wider exposure and access to medical and healthcare practitioners across Europe. Medical and health care practitioners across Europe will have the opportunity to engage in free and consistent training to support an effective response to victims of IPVA. Training participants will have improved skills competencies resulting in positive impact on the health and wellbeing of the victim. There is currently no standard training focussing on the training of medical and health care practitioners transnationally and REVAMP fills this gap. After completion, this project may be used to develop further trans European training.
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