’Today, the world is also confronted with the use of blockades in warfare.’- Samuël Kruizinga
Blockades as a Weapon
This project (with a total grant commitment of ¤10,209,836 ) investigates how blockades shaped the course, outcome, and aftermath of the world wars. ’In both wars, blockades were used as a weapon to cut off food, oil, information, and capital’, says Samuël Kruizinga, the lead researcher from UvA on the project. According to Kruizinga, existing research on wartime blockades is contradictory, leaving their full impact unclear. Kruizinga notes: ’Today, the world is also confronted with the use of blockades in warfare.’The research group will focus on the era of the world wars. ’The blockades had a global impact on societies. They not only led to new forms of violence and humanitarian care but also influenced the world order.’ The project, therefore, purposefully goes beyond Western Europe to ’assess the decisive impact of blockades on the wars, the millions of civilian deaths they caused, and the postwar order they shaped.’
About BLOCKADE: The Hidden Weapon. Blockade in the Era of the Two World Wars
BLOCKADE is a collaboration between researchers from UvA, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, the University of Hamburg, and the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg.
’At the end of the project, we will have mapped out the full potential of digital technology to support democratic processes.’- Ulle Endriss
Digital Technology and citizen participation
This project (with a total grant commitment of ¤9,867,404) investigates how digital technology can be used to better engage citizens in democratic decision-making. ’Digital technology is often seen as a threat to a well-functioning democracy’, says Ulle Endriss, the lead researcher from UvA on the project. ’Our project focuses on fully realizing the potential of digital technology for democracy.’The research team will design technological applications and procedures for citizen participation and assessing the impact of digital platforms. The team is also working to understand the structure of preferences formed by citizens when they participate in digitally supported forms of civic engagement. ’At the end of the project, we will have mapped out the full potential of digital technology to support democratic processes. At the same time, we are developing a set of open-source tools to distribute these capabilities at a global scale.’
About ADDI: Advancing Digital Democratic Innovation
ADDI is a collaboration between researchers from UvA, Université Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse School of Economics, and the University of Turku.
About ERC Synergy Grants
The ERC Synergy Grants fund collaborative projects that, due to their complexity, are carried out by several scientists and their groups, in order to achieve breakthroughs that would not be possible in individual projects. For this purpose, the ERC allocates grants of up to 10 million euros for a period of six years.
Voor deze externe content moet je alle marketingcookies accepteren.
Klik hier om je cookie-instellingen te beheren
