Workshops List

64 ESF Exploratory Workshops in 2007:

1. EW06-237 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

   Transdisciplinary Review Of A Proposed Agenda For Social Science Research Related To Long-Term Energy Options
   Dates and location: 1-2 February 2007, Zurich, Switzerland
   Convened by: Thomas Flüeler (CH)
   ESF Representative(s): Frank Kuhn (FR)
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2. EW06-007 - MED (formerly EMRC)

   Targeting OBesity-driven Inflammation (TOBI)
   Dates and location: 22-23 February 2007, Vienna, Austria
   Convened by: Thomas Stulnig (AT), Werner Waldhäusl (AT)
   ESF Representative(s): Katarína Poláková (SK)
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3. EW06-071 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC)

   Phenomics - Advancing High-Resolution Genome-Wide Phenotyping in Yeast
   Dates and location: 2-4 March 2007, Göteborg, Sweden
   Convened by: Anders Blomberg (SE)
   ESF Representative(s): Constantin Doukas (GR)
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4. EW06-232 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

   Historical Trajectories And Nested Identities: Content And Process In The Representation Of History And Its dynamic Relationships With National, Supranational, And Ethnic Identities 
   Dates and location: 15-18 March 2007, Goldegg (near Salzburg), Austria
   Convened by: Janos Laszlo (HU)
   ESF Representative(s): Berry J. Bonenkamp (FR)
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5. EW06-172 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

   Changing housing And Leisure-Time Cultures: A Threat To Sustainable Development? Challenges For European Practices And Policies.
   Dates and location: 21-23 March 2007, Minorca, Spain
   Convened by: Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway (ES), Erling Holden (NO), Sergi Marí (ES), Eli Stoa (NO)
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6. EW06-162 - HUM (formerly SCH)

   Burial In ‘other’ Places In The European Past
   Dates and location: 10-12 April 2007, Winchester, United Kingdom
   Convened by: Nick Thorpe (UK), Andrew Chamberlain (UK)
   ESF Representative(s): Bohuslav Mánek (CZ)
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7. EW06-057 - LEE (formerly LESC)

   Model Organism Proteomics
   Dates and location: 11-13 April 2007, Zurich, Switzerland
   Convened by: Rudolf Aebersold (CH), Erich Brunner (CH), Sabine Schrimpf (CH)
   ESF Representative(s): Constantin Doukas (GR)
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8. EW06-046 - LEE (formerly LESC)

   Earthtime: The European Contribution - Integration of High-Precision Geochronology and Astronomical Tuning for Calibration of the Cenozoic and Mesozoic Timescales
   Dates and location: 22-24 April 2007, Amsterdam, Netherlands
   Convened by: Klaudia Kuiper (NL), Daniel Condon (UK), Frits Hilgen (NL), Lucas Lourens (NL), Urs Schaltegger (CH), Jan Wijbrans (NL)
   ESF Representative(s): Andreas Strasser (CH)
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9. EW06-078 - PEN (formerly PESC)

   Genesis And Applications Of Active Metal-Organic Frameworks
   Dates and location: 25-28 April 2007, Dourdan, France
   Convened by: Gérard Ferey (FR)
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10. EW06-109 - PEN (formerly PESC)

    Random Matrix Theory: From Fundamental Physics To Application
    Dates and location: 3-5 May 2007, Krakow, Poland
    Convened by: Zdzislaw Burda (PL), Romuald Janik (PL), Jerzy Jurkiewicz (PL), Maciej A. Nowak (PL)
    ESF Representative(s): Thibaut Lery (FR)
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11. EW06-179 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Elite Formation, Modernization And Nation Building
    Dates and location: 3-6 May 2007, Budapest, Hungary
    Convened by: Victor Karady (HU)
    ESF Representative(s): Heinrich Best (DE)
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12. EW06-241 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Education and the Capability Approach – Towards an European Perspective for Welfare Service Research
    Dates and location: 3-5 May 2007, Münster, Germany
    Convened by: Hans-Uwe Otto (DE), Holger Ziegler (DE)
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13. EW06-216 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Exploring New Methods for Prosopography in the Humanities and the Social Sciences
    Dates and location: 10-11 May 2007, Uppsala, Sweden
    Convened by: Donald Broady (SE), Harold Short (UK)
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14. EW06-011 - LEE (formerly LESC), MED (formerly EMRC), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Gene-Environment Developmental Models Of Emotional Disorders: Bridging Human And Animal Research
    Dates and location: 11-13 May 2007, Rome, Italy
    Convened by: Marco Battaglia (IT), Francesca D'Amato (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Stella Canna-Michaelidou (CY), Eero Vasar (EE)
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15. EW06-104 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC)

    Biomineralization: From Biology To Materials
    Dates and location: 11-14 May 2007, Århus, Denmark
    Convened by: Henrik Birkedal (DK)
    ESF Representative(s): Venko N. Beschkov (BG)
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16. EW06-083 - PEN (formerly PESC)

    Tracing Dust In Spiral Galaxies: Radiative Transfer Studies In The Dawn Of A New Generation Of Observing Facilities
    Dates and location: 13-17 May 2007, Ghent, Belgium
    Convened by: Simone Bianchi (IT), Maarten Baes (BE), Emmanuel Xilouris (GR)
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17. EW06-016 - MED (formerly EMRC)

    European Heart Modelling and Supporting Technology
    Dates and location: 16-17 May 2007, Oxford, United Kingdom
    Convened by: David Gavaghan (UK), Richard H. Clayton (UK), Alan Garny (UK), Peter Kohl (UK), Blanca Rodriguez (UK)
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18. EW06-150 - HUM (formerly SCH), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Technology In Counselling And Psychotherapy: Mental Health Education And Service Delivery At University
    Dates and location: 22-25 May 2007, Dublin, Ireland
    Convened by: Derek Richards (IE), Brendan Tangney (IE)
    ESF Representative(s): Luisa Lima (PT)
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19. EW06-146 - LEE (formerly LESC), MED (formerly EMRC)

    Glycoscience Comes Of Age
    Dates and location: 23-26 May 2007, Kolocep, Croatia
    Convened by: Tony Merry (UK), Gordan Lauc (HR)
    ESF Representative(s): Josef Glössl (AT)
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20. EW06-113 - HUM (formerly SCH), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Gift-Giving And Reciprocity In Modern Societies. New Directions In Theoretical Reflection And Empirical Analysis
    Dates and location: 24-26 May 2007, Bremen-Delmenhorst, Germany
    Convened by: Christian Papilloud (DE), Frank Adloff (DE)
    ESF Representative(s): Dalina Dumitrescu (RO), Ulrike Landfester (CH)
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21. EW06-197 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Rethinking Added Value In The Creative Industries: Combining Theory And Empirical Data
    Dates and location: 29-31 May 2007, Zurich, Switzerland
    Convened by: Christoph Weckerle (CH)
    ESF Representative(s): Rainer Kattel (EE)
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22. EW06-218 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Emerging Energies, Emerging Landscapes: Revisioning the Past, Constructing the Future
    Dates and location: 5-8 June 2007, Paris, France
    Convened by: Alain Nadaï (FR), Ana Isabel Afonso (PT), Dorle Dracklé (DE), Dan Van Der Horst (UK), Maarten Wolsink (NL), Rolf Wüstenhagen (CH)
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23. EW06-117 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    The Position Of Religious Minorities In The Ottoman Empire And Early Modern Iran
    Dates and location: 14-16 June 2007, Istanbul, Turkey
    Convened by: Sabine Schmidtke (DE), Camilla Adang (IL)
    ESF Representative(s): Bohuslav Mánek (CZ)
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24. EW06-065 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Product Quality and Sustainability of Organic Sheep and Goat Production in Mediterranean Countries
    Dates and location: 16-17 June 2007, Thessaloniki, Greece
    Convened by: Georgios Arsenos (GR), Andrea Martini (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Constantin Doukas (GR)
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25. EW06-200 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Shifting the Discourse: Climate Change as an Issue of Human Security
    Dates and location: 21-23 June 2007, Oslo, Norway
    Convened by: Karen O'Brien (NO), Asuncion St. Clair (NO)
    ESF Representative(s): Jacques Dubucs (FR)
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26. EW06-193 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Improving The Quality Of Qualitative Research
    Dates and location: 25-28 June 2007, Kristiansand, Norway
    Convened by: David Silverman (UK), Anne Ryen (NO), Shalva Weil (IL)
    ESF Representative(s): Asbjørn Rødseth (NO)
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27. EW06-231 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Foggy Social Structures in European Welfare States: Irregular Migration and the Informal Economy
    Dates and location: 13-15 July 2007, Osnabrück, Germany
    Convened by: Michael Bommes (DE)
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28. EW06-121 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Artists and Intellectuals and the Requests of Power
    Dates and location: 27-28 July 2007, Merano, Italy
    Convened by: Hans-Christian Günther (DE)
    ESF Representative(s): Kostas Gouliamos (CY)
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29. EW06-161 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Sextus Empiricus And Ancient Physics
    Dates and location: 6-12 August 2007, Delphi, Greece
    Convened by: Keimpe A. Algra (NL), Katherina Ierodiakonou (GR)
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30. EW06-139 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Medieval Memories: Case Studies, Definitions, Contexts
    Dates and location: 2-7 September 2007, Prague, Czech Republic
    Convened by: Lucie Dolezalova (CZ)
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31. EW06-030 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    New Perspectives on Volcano Behaviour, Volcanic Hazards and Volcanism-Related Mineral Resources
    Dates and location: 4-7 September 2007, Sovata, Romania
    Convened by: Alexandru Szakacs (RO), Derek Rust (MA), Ioan Seghedi (RO)
    ESF Representative(s): Olgeir Sigmarsson (FR)
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32. EW06-062 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC)

    Biosupramolecular Chemistry
    Dates and location: 4-8 September 2007, Bristol, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Anthony Peter Davis (UK), Derek Neil Woolfson (UK)
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33. EW06-047 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Econometric Time-Series Analysis Applied To Climate Research
    Dates and location: 5-7 September 2007, Frascati, Italy
    Convened by: Torben Schmith (DK), Søren Johansen (DK), Hans von Storch (DE)
    ESF Representative(s): Tiina Nöges (EE)
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34. EW06-224 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Exploring Symbolic Value Creation In Organizations
    Dates and location: 6-9 September 2007, Milano, Italy
    Convened by: Davide Ravasi (IT), Pablo Martin De Holan (ES), Phillips Nelson (UK), Violina Rindova (US)
    ESF Representative(s): Frank Kuhn (FR)
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35. EW06-188 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    The Muslim World Through The Lens Of European Textbooks
    Dates and location: 11-14 September 2007, Braunschweig, Germany
    Convened by: Gerdien Jonker (DE)
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36. EW06-202 - HUM (formerly SCH), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Feminisms and Activism: Transversal Politics in Contemporary Europe and across the Globe
    Dates and location: 12-16 September 2007, Nicosia, Cyprus
    Convened by: Susana Pavlou (CY), Nira Yuval-Davis (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Anne Kovalainen (FI), Naomi Segal (UK)
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37. EW06-040 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Understanding The Functional Consequences Of Natural Variation In Ecological Adaptation
    Dates and location: 14-17 September 2007, Vienna, Austria
    Convened by: Christian Schlötterer (AT), Jean-Michel Gibert (AT)
    ESF Representative(s): Marek Konarzewski (PL)
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38. EW06-037 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Valuing Biofilm Services: The Beauty and the Beast
    Dates and location: 19-22 September 2007, Lunz Am See, Austria
    Convened by: Tom Battin (AT)
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39. EW06-135 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Global Theory, Local Practices, and the Research into Visual Matters
    Dates and location: 19-23 September 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania
    Convened by: Giedre Mickunaite (LT), Agne Narusyte (LT)
    ESF Representative(s): Jacques Dubucs (FR)
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40. EW06-205 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Sustainable Development and Transboundary Co-Operation in Mountain Regions
    Dates and location: 20-22 September 2007, Budapest, Hungary
    Convened by: Gianfranco Tamburelli (IT), Vanda Lamm (HU), Balázs Majtényi (HU), Ewa Poplawska (PL), Lenka Vostra (CZ)
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41. EW06-159 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    European Perspectives On The Black Atlantic
    Dates and location: 26-29 September 2007, Huelva, Spain
    Convened by: Pilar Cuder-Dominguez (ES), Benedicte Ledent (BE)
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42. EW06-170 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    How To Measure Access: Definition, Measurement And Consequences Of A Changed Set Of Objectives In Transportation Designed To Meet The Needs Of People
    Dates and location: 26-28 September 2007, Dresden, Germany
    Convened by: Udo J. Becker (DE), Juliane Friedrich (DE), Regine Gerike (DE)
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43. EW06-095 - PEN (formerly PESC)

    Microfluidic: Experiments and Numerics
    Dates and location: 27-30 September 2007, Castel Gandolfo (near Rome), Italy
    Convened by: Sauro Succi (IT), Luca Biferale (IT), Federico Toschi (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Venko N. Beschkov (BG), Elisabeth Guazzelli (FR)
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44. EW06-032 - MED (formerly EMRC)

    Genetic Models of Disease Resistance in Livestock
    Dates and location: 1-2 October 2007, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Bruce Whitelaw (UK), Helen Sang (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Martin Röllinghoff (DE)
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45. EW06-076 - PEN (formerly PESC)

    Coherence, Decoherence & Entanglement Of Non-Degenerate Massive Quantum Systems
    Dates and location: 4-7 October 2007, Vienna, Austria
    Convened by: Markus Arndt (AT)
    ESF Representative(s): Farzam Ranjbaran (FR)
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46. EW06-081 - PEN (formerly PESC)

    Slow And Fast Light: Fundamental Issues And Applications
    Dates and location: 7-10 October 2007, Venice, Italy
    Convened by: Marco Santagiustina (IT), Carlo Someda (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Antonella Di Trapani (FR)
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47. EW06-187 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Multilingualism from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
    Dates and location: 7-10 October 2007, London, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Gabriella Vigliocco (UK), Martin Pickering (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Eva Hoogland (FR)
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48. EW06-087 - PEN (formerly PESC)

    Glassy Liquids Under Pressure: Fundamentals And Applications
    Dates and location: 10-14 October 2007, Ustron, Poland
    Convened by: Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska (PL), Josep Tamarit (ES)
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49. EW06-142 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Death in the Roman Empire among Religious Law, Social Performances and Ritual Practices
    Dates and location: 11-13 October 2007, Paris, France
    Convened by: Stéphane Verger (FR), Henri Duday (FR), John Scheid (FR)
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50. EW06-094 - PEN (formerly PESC)

    Multivariate Interpolation - Its Relation To Algebraic Statistics, Classical Algebraic Geometry And Computational Complexity Theory
    Dates and location: 16-19 October 2007, Sestri Levante, Italy
    Convened by: Kristian Ranestad (NO), Anthony Geramita (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Manuel de León (ES)
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51. EW06-069 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC)

    Computational Approaches to the Role of Epigenetic Marks in Transcription Regulation
    Dates and location: 17-20 October 2007, Basel, Switzerland
    Convened by: Erik van Nimwegen (CH), Nikolaus Rajewsky (DE)
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52. EW06-004 - MED (formerly EMRC)

    Clostridium Perfringens Induced Disease In Domestic Animals: Learning From Human Medical Science And Biotechnology For Understanding Animal Disease
    Dates and location: 22-24 October 2007, Ghent, Belgium
    Convened by: Filip Van Immerseel (BE), Magne Kaldhusdal (NO), Richard Titball (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Martin Röllinghoff (DE)
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53. EW06-082 - PEN (formerly PESC)

    Proton Conducting Materials For Next-Generation Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
    Dates and location: 22-24 October 2007, Genova, Italy
    Convened by: Massimo Viviani (IT), Antonio Barbucci (IT), Paolo Piccardo (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Antonella Di Trapani (FR)
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54. EW06-014 - MED (formerly EMRC)

    Disentangling The Molecular Pathophysiology Of Schizophrenia: Developing A Research Road Map For A Multidisciplinary European Team
    Dates and location: 26-26 October 2007, London, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Peter Falkai (DE), Sophia Frangou (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Albert Gjedde (DK)
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55. EW06-028 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC)

    Laser Scanning For Alpine Natural Hazard Management - Development Of New Concepts
    Dates and location: 15-17 November 2007, Obergurgl, Austria
    Convened by: Johann Stötter (AT), Thomas Geist (AT), Norbert Pfeifer (AT)
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56. EW06-156 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Hellenism: Alien Or Germane Wisdom?
    Dates and location: 22-26 November 2007, Budapest, Hungary
    Convened by: Istvan Perczel (HU), Linos Benakis (GR), István Bodnar (HU)
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57. EW06-093 - HUM (formerly SCH), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Models of Language Evolution, Acquisition and Processing
    Dates and location: 25-28 November 2007, Nijmegen, Netherlands
    Convened by: Lou Boves (NL), Roger Moore (UK), Louis Ten Bosch (NL)
    ESF Representative(s): Monique van Donzel (FR)
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58. EW06-126 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Concepts Of Kingship In Antiquity
    Dates and location: 28 November-1 December 2007, Padova, Italy
    Convened by: Giovanni Lanfranchi (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Peter Funke (DE)
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59. EW06-128 - MED (formerly EMRC)

    From Standards To Concerted Programs Of Collective Action. The Standardization Process Of Medical Practices
    Dates and location: 5-8 December 2007, Paris, France
    Convened by: Virginie Tournay (FR)
    ESF Representative(s): Bob Pinedo (NL)
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60. EW06-163 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Sign Language Vs. Gesture: Where Is The Boundary, And How Can We Know More?
    Dates and location: 5-7 December 2007, Rome, Italy
    Convened by: Gary Morgan (UK), Kearsy Cormier (UK)
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61. EW06-225 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Cross-National And Multi-Level Analysis Of Attitudes To Immigrants And Immigration In Contemporary Europe
    Dates and location: 5-8 December 2007, Dublin, Ireland
    Convened by: Richard Sinnott (IE), Michael O'Connell (IE), Kevin H. O'Rourke (IE)
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62. EW06-192 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Reading and Censorship in Early Modern Europe
    Dates and location: 10-13 December 2007, Barcelona, Spain
    Convened by: María José Vega Ramos (ES), Emilio Blanco (ES)
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63. EW06-039 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Mitigation Of Methane Emissions Through Microbial Oxidation On Landfills - Evaluation And Quantification Approaches
    Dates and location: 12-14 December 2007, Vienna, Austria
    Convened by: Marion Huber-Humer (AT), Peter Lechner (AT)
    ESF Representative(s): Sonja Lojen (SI)
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64. EW06-177 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    The Future Of Representative Democracy
    Dates and location: 13-15 December 2007, Berlin, Germany
    Convened by: Wolfgang Merkel (DE), John Keane (UK)
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