InvEcoF will take advantage of a rat eradication program on a Polynesian atoll (Tetiaroa) to investigate the impact of rat removal on the functioning of a coral atoll ecosystem via effects on two key faunal groups: seabirds and land crabs. Tetiaroa offers a unique experimental setting with 12 islets including three never colonized by rats and others where rats were eradicated in 2018 or 2020, or will be eradicated in 2022. It also presents multiple habitats, including native forests and monocultures of introduced coconut palms; a unique opportunity to test for interactive effects of multiple invaders, and for context-dependent recovery following invasive species removal. InvEcoF aims at deciphering the interacting effects of invasive rats and palms on the functional roles of land crabs and nesting seabirds in atoll ecosystems. According to both rat and palm presence, we will 1) quantify spatio-temporal variation in nitrogen deposition from seabirds, 2) characterize changes in crab community structure, abundance and inter-individual variation and 3) measure alterations of ecosystem functions such as nitrogen flow, litter decomposition, scavenging, seed dispersal and food web structure. Post-eradication we expect land crabs to reclaim several functions currently filled by rats, and seabird populations to increase, thereby increasing nitrogen inputs. InvEcoF will be integrated into an international research consortium investigating the effects of rat removal on marine ecosystems and terrestrial vegetation, providing critical data that will favor a mechanistic understanding of the effects of eradication at the metaecosystem scale. Conceptually novel, this project will document the mechanisms of a potential change in ecosystem equilibrium using methodological innovations, associating theories and methods from a diversity of disciplines (e.g., functional and behavioral ecology, conservation biology), and considering diverse scales (individuals, populations, communities, (meta)ecosystem).

The Sea Water Air Conditioning (SWAC) technology, using deep-sea cold water, remains widely underutilized worldwide due to its limited understanding and requiring substantial investments. However, it efficiently air conditions existing buildings and districts and reduces consumption, power demand, and CO2 emissions by a factor of ten. In the context of climate change and successive heatwaves, the demand for active cooling equipment in buildings is expected to surge beyond the predictions made by the International Energy Agency in its 2018 'Future of Cooling' report. This project proposes a multidisciplinary approach to identify and overcome any barriers that may hinder or limit the adoption of deep-sea water air conditioning (SWAC) technology, with the following operational objectives: • Identify and anticipate environmental, social, and societal barriers and obstacles. • Study the potential industrial and agricultural valorization of seawater discharges from the SWAC process. • Explore opportunities for utilizing the resource for cold/electricity co-generation. • Define integration strategies for these technologies in more sustainable buildings and districts. • Carry out multifactorial optimization, taking into account all relevant issues. The project will provide new knowledge and tools for designing future SWAC installations and will highlight improvements for existing SWAC facilities. Through a multidisciplinary approach, it will enable the anticipation of potential barriers to the implementation of SWAC technology in all regions with cold water near the coasts. It will provide answers to energy, environmental, societal, and economic issues expected by designers and decision-makers. The MAEVA project will thus promote SWAC as a sustainable and resilient air conditioning technology."

"<< Background >>The development and expansion of philosophy throughout the educational system’s curricula from kindergarten to college have long been part of the european Union ‘s orientations and have been strongly encouraged in the framework of cross-sectoralstratégies. Contemporary events have highlighted the crucial need to educate and broaden the horizons of future citizens, across Europe, from an early age, by tackling major topics In this perspective of open-mindness, the consortium aims to expand by integrating new partners, each of them bringing their practice and expertise.<< Objectives >>Through an international consortium gatheringe 8 organisations (universities, association, public entity) based in France, Belgium, Greece, Portugal and Lebanon, the project PhileACT aims at promoting a culture of peace and humanist values, taking into account the cultural diversity and awareness towards key challenges. Established in the context of the UNESCO Chaire ""Pratiques de la philosophie avec les enfants"" (https://chaireunescophiloenfants.univ-nantes.fr/), coordinated by Université de Nantes, the project aims at developing in a long term perspective the practice of philosophy in the primary and secondary education sectors at EU and international level. To achieve this, the project will work on the creation of pedagogical methodologies and ressources, will implement trainings for teachers and will disseminate its results to a wide audience (such as families, association, cultural sector etc.). This will enable the project to build and consolidate a lively network of researchers and students, collectivly reflecting on this thematic.<< Implementation >>Through an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, the PhileACT project will focus on the creation of pedagogical ressources and tools (writing and designing resources for research, training and practice), the creation and implementation of training modules for both students and professors in the different universities and partner associations. These modules will provide key support to teaching teams, trainers and future teachers for the implementation of philosophy workshops in schools. The project wil also focus on the valorisation, towards key stakeholders (teaching world, but also cultural world, popular education, families), of good practices identified by the consortium (research, teaching etc.). This dissemination will be established through the organisation of events (conferences) and the free access (online) to the ressources created by the project (documents, videos database, transcription of philosophy workshops etc.).<< Results >>The project aims at enabling Europe to become a model and driving force for the development of philosophy with children and adolescents, and show that the practice of philosophy with children makes it possible to transmit the humanist values at the heart of the European project while respecting diversity and intercultural dialogue. It targets the valorization, legitimization and development of research on philosophical practices with children through the coordination of an international network. In a long term perspective, the consortium intends to influence European educational policies, allowing for the explicit inclusion in school curricula of the practice of philosophy with all publics from the youngest age. This teaching could contribute to the development of critical thinking, democratic practices, tolerance, open-mindedness and intercultural dialogue.More precisely, the projet aims at contributing to the development of trainings (initial or professional programs) for the animation of philosophical practices with children and teenagers and to the implementation of philosophy workshops in schools and in associative and cultural structures in all the territories of the different partners. By sharing freely a set of online pedagogical resources and training models, the project will enable the establishement of a solid network of stakeholders and trainers, which will result in further links between the research/academic community and civil society at large as well as in an increased international cooperation."