Despite the centrality of the term 'qua' in Aristotle’s philosophy – from the definition of ontology to his philosophy of mathematics – a comprehensive analysis of its role throughout the Aristotelian corpus remains absent in both European and global scholarship. The QUA Project addresses this critical gap by proposing a framework for a consistent understanding of the role of 'qua' in Aristotle’s philosophy. Unlike previous studies that have focused on the scientific uses of 'qua', where it contributes to defining specific sciences, QUA shifts the perspective to Aristotle’s Organon. Using a methodology that integrates philology, ancient Greek philosophy, and debates in contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of mathematics, QUA begins by reconstructing Aristotle’s theory of qualifications in the "Sophistical Refutations". It then demonstrates how the "Analytics" identifies 'qua' as a qualification of respect that specifies the category of predication. Finally, the project tests this framework by extending it beyond the Organon to address unresolved questions about the scientific uses of 'qua'. Supervised by leading Aristotelian scholars, Pierre-Marie Morel at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Rachel Barney at the University of Toronto during a secondment, the project benefits from their expertise and the support of their research units, GRAMATA and CSAMP. This international collaboration will significantly enhance the researcher’s academic profile, increase visibility, prepare future research projects, and improve competitiveness in the global job market. Furthermore, the outreach plan of the project addresses the construction of stereotypes and the potential of social critique inherent in 'qua predications' to foster a broader societal impact, extending the research’s relevance beyond academic philosophy.

Between the 4th and the 7th century AD, many hospices dedicated to the poor, elderly, strangers and travelers were built in the countryside, along roads, around and inside cities. They were commissioned by the Church, rich pious men and women concerned by the redeem of their sins, as well as emperors who saw this as a guarantee of social stability. Welfare is thus an important phenomena of Late Antiquity, abundantly mentioned by ancient literary sources and inscriptions, particularly in the eastern part of the Empire. However, the buildings that provided shelter and care to the needy have not yet received sufficient attention from archaeologists. Except for buildings which were identified by their inventors as hostels dedicated to pilgrims, they are still invisible in the field. The aim of the HOLYHOST research project is to bring this social history’s main topic on the field of archaeology. It will address the welfare issue through the archaeological and architectural survey and study of Ancient welfare and hosting establishments’ remains, in the Holy Land (Palestine and Jordan) and around. This work will contribute to a better understanding of the practices linked to hospitality, welfare, accommodation and care in Antiquity. Moreover, such establishments served as models for medieval and modern Islamic, Jewish and Christian waqf institutions (religious endowment), and welfare continues to be highly relevant nowadays, through issues still at the heart of contemporary challenges debated in Europe: poverty, social exclusion, migrant crisis, principle of reception and hospitality. This interdisciplinary and diachronic research project will thus offer many new research perspectives, in terms of history of architecture, evolution of care practices, social and political regulations.

In France, the UK, Germany, the US, and Israel, a growing number of films and television series are set ‘behind the scenes’ of democratic regimes faced with terrorist threats. These works reveal a moral state of the world. They may be analysed as ‘mirrors’ of society, or as ideological tools. But they can also be understood as new resources for the education, creativity, and perfectibility of their audiences; as the emergence of a form of ‘soft power’ that can serve as a resource for public policies and democratic conversation. Because of their format (weekly/seasonal regularity, home viewing) and the participatory qualities of the Internet (tweeting, sharing, liking, chat forums), series allow for a new form of education by expressing complex issues through narrative and characters. As a result, TV series are increasingly recognised in current research. However, their aesthetic potential for visualising ethical issues and their capacity at enabling a democratic empowerment of viewers has not yet been analysed ; nor their power for confronting cultural and social upheavals underway, and developing a collective inquiry into democratic values and human security. DEMOSERIES brings together a team of scholars of moral philosophy, film studies, digital media and cultural data, sociology, law and political science, to explore a corpus of TV ‘security series’ from conception to reception. Doing so requires a particularist ethics based on attention to multi-faceted situations, paired with qualitative methods (interviews with security experts, showrunners, viewers; analyses of images, tropes, words; ethnography of reception) and quantitative methods (tweets and web analytics). By elucidating how these series are conceived by their creators and audiences, DEMOSERIES thus aims to understand if and how they might play a crucial role in building the awareness necessary for the safety of individuals and societies, and in creating shared and shareable values in the EU and beyond.