Autor: Osane Uriarte

The transition to zero-waste-ecosystems and the rebound effect in a circular economy

Engineering for the Information Society and Sustainable Development

Dr. Ainhoa Alonso Vicario https://energia.deusto.es/people/members/ainhoa-alonso-vicario/

DeustoTech (www.deustotech.eu) is a private non-profit institution of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Deusto for applied research in new technologies. Since 2005 DeustoTech mission is to support the ICT activity in business and society through research, the development of technologies, innovation and knowledge transfer. We focus our activity around TRLs 2-7 and articulate it into four applied fields: Industry, Mobility, Energy and Society, having a fifth, the Chair of Applied Mathematics, as a transversal activity and support for the previous four. We are characterized for working with data of heterogeneous nature, throughout its life cycle and in compliance with ethical principles and humanists who define the University of Deusto. The Host Research Unit counts with a consolidated team leading research in environmental sector, including sustainability, resource efficiency and circular economy.

We are looking for a candidate with a Science bachelor or engineering related to Life Cycle Assessment methodologies. Master degree at Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or Economics would be valuable. We would also appreciate recognisable experience in research tasks (collaborations with scientific groups, participation in international conferences, publication of research articles, etc.).

• Economic Sciences (ECO)
• Information Sciences and Engineering (ENG)
• Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV)

According to the World Health Organization the urban population accounted for 54% of the overall population in the world. Cities are becoming as the main consumers of resources and, consequently, where great amounts of waste are generated. Hence, when talking about urban waste, it can represent an opportunity if we are able to convert it into a new resource and face the challenges this brings to policy makers, companies and citizens. In this context, the concept of circular economy is born as a proposal to face this challenge from a global and systemic approach. In fact, it is increasingly common to find manufacturing and service solutions based on it to optimize the use of resources and minimize their environmental impact. However, improvements in resource use efficiencies often result in an increased, rather than a decreased (rebound effect). Consequently, the transition to zero waste ecosystems, fostered by circular economy industrial business models could lead to a rebound effect, potentially compromising the goals of sustainability of these solutions. In this thesis the rebound effect of a collaborative economy solution will be addressed.

1. H Barco, I Oribe-Garcia, V Vargas-Viedma, C Borges, C Martin, A Alonso-Vicario. New methodology for facilitating food wastage quantification. Identifying gaps and data inconsistencies. Journal of Environmental Management (2019), 234, pp. 512-524. 2. A Pijoan, O Kamara-Esteban, A Alonso-Vicario, C Borges. Transport Choice Modeling for the Evaluation of New Transport Policies (2018), Sustainability. vol. 10. 3. A Alonso-Vicario, I Oribe-Garcia, CE Borges, M Vila, G Nohales, M Giavini. Key factors to meet prevention and recycling targets for municipal solid waste: collection systems, environmental education programmes and taxation, Universidad de Deusto. 2 (2018) 231-263. 4. I Oribe-Garcia, O Kamara-Esteban, C Martin, AM Macarulla-Arenaza, A Alonso-Vicario. Identification of influencing municipal characteristics regarding household waste generation and their forecasting ability in Biscay, Waste Manage. 39 (2015) 26-34. 5. A Pijoan, CE Borges, I Oribe-Garcia, C Martin, A Alonso-Vicario. Agent Based Simulations for the Estimation of Sustainability Indicators, Procedia Computer Science. 51 (2015) 2943-2947.

1. H2020 – WASTE WASTE4THINK (Moving towards Life Cycle Thinking by Integrating Advanced Waste Management Systems) – GA 688995. UDEUSTO coordinates this project with the main objective of moving forward the current waste management practices into a circular economy motto, demonstrating the value of integrating and validating several eco-innovative solutions that cover all the waste value chain. 2. SAVINGFOOD: Pilot activity against food wastage in Gipuzkoa. UDEUSTO designs the protocols for safe and secure edible food donation including cooked food in collaboration with main actors in the donation chain. 3. W2.0E-Tools to design management strategies for waste-to-energy in the Basque Country (Saiotek program, Basque Government): Deusto developed different tools to design waste management strategies in the Basque Country. 4. H2020 – GREENSOUL (Persuasive Eco-awareness for User Engagement through Networked Data Devices). H2020 – EE – GA 696129: UDEUSTO develops and tests a set of persuasion mechanism to reduce the energy consumption in public buildings. 5. H2020 – ATELIER (AmsTErdam BiLbao cItizen drivEn smaRt cities) – GA 864374. UDEUSTO will, apart of on carry on several actions to foster energy efficiency and the deployment of renewable energy energy sources, perform the environmental monitoring of the project.

The proposal clearly fits in the core objectives of the Interdisciplinary Research Platform “B-Creative advanced research on creative industries and cities” of the UDEUSTO. In particular, it will mix knowledge of the following fields: ● Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering: waste treatment technologies have been traditionally understood by civil and chemical engineers able to get to know the details of the technologies and the biochemical processes involved. ● Computer Science and Telecommunications: the role of the ICTs in sustainability ● Economy: the role of the rebound effect in resource efficiency ● Sociology and Psychology: consumption and production patterns need to be understood and some sociology and psychology will be needed to be able to foster new habits ● Education: It is vital to create new innovative and attractive educational mechanisms to involve all the stakeholders (citizens, companies, public authorities).

The co-direction or co-tutelle with Wageningen University will be considered.

The candidate will work on a highly interdisciplinary group in the framework of TeenPower project (Erasmus+) where all the previous knowledge will be worked on. The candidate will collaborate with researchers of different background (mathematicians, engineers, chemists, and social scientists) and be in touch with a wide network of institutions from industry sector as well as public utilities and administrations in order to achieve the objectives of the project.

The topic is a cross-sectional topic covered in calls of the Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials work programme as well as the Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies – Space programme and Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry… and the bioeconomy programme. See for example: ● CE-SC5-07-2020: Raw materials innovation for the circular economy ● CE-SC5-25-2020: Understanding the transition to circular economy and its implications ● LC-CLA-11-2020 Innovative nature-based solutions for carbon neutral cities and improved air quality ● FNR-07-2020: FOOD 2030 – Empowering cities as agents of food system transformation ● RUR-05-2020 – Connecting consumers and producers in innovative supply chains Other European programs: ● Bio-based Industries for Development and Growth in Europe according to the Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda ● LIFE Programme Environment and Resource Efficiency Several SDG are highly related to this research area: ● GOAL 2: ZERO HUNGER ● GOAL 11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES ● GOAL 12:RESPONSABLE PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION ● GOAL 13: CLIMATE ACTION There is a long list of circular economy policies related to this project as: • EU COMMUNICATION: Close the cycle: an EU action plan for the circular economy. • DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/851 and DIRECTIVE 2008/98 / EC on waste • DIRECTIVE 1999/31 on the dumping of waste • DIRECTIVE 2015/720 with regard to the reduction of consumption of light plastic bags

The co-direction or co-tutelle with Wageningen University will be considered.

Circular economy must be considered as and intersectorial issue and consequently it has to be taken into account involving stakeholders from different sectors: Education, Waste management & Technology, Economy and Policy. So, in this project the candidate will be in direct relationship with institutions as: ● Social: youth associations ● Technological: SGI (Engineering) and BCN (consulting) ● Private and public services: Enviser, Garbiker ● Policy makers and public administrations: contribution to new regulations ● Education: Schools and Universities ● Associations: ATEGRUS, IPWCA, ACR + ● Networks, Clusters and International Organizations (ISWA, Aclima, etc.) The research program defined in this proposal has a strong link with the RIS3 strategy for the Basque Country. In particular, the project is clearly linked with the territorial priority, more specifically with the circular economy topic. It also have links the energy priority as during the proposal energy related problem like waste incineration, fuel consumption, etc. will also be covered. The project is also perfectly aligned with the Basque Energy Strategy 2030 and the Basque Strategy for Climate Change (KLIMA2050).

Yes, as it Will be developed under a collaboration with PYMEs.

The proposal will contribute to move towards circular economy concept by: ● Methodologies for the holistic evaluation of the circularity of the cities and regions involving active engagement of local authorities and citizens ● Promotion and dissemination of Innovative, sustainable and inclusive governance models ● Promotion and dissemination of innovative and colaborative models The results will be presented to relevant stakeholders as: ● governance bodies ● civil associations ● research community ● firms, engineerings and consultancy companies

Citizens, authorities, civil society organisations, industry and other stakeholders need methods and tools to share visions and collaborate together to move forward more sustainable cities based on the circular economy principles. First, the definition of appropriate indicators are needed to evaluate holistically the concept of circularity considering the interrelationship among the different flows of resources based on technical, environmental and social criteria. And secondly, decision making tools to assess new opportunities and business models around circular economy. This project will cover both aspects combining environmental sciences and economy with the use of ICT solutions.

One of the University of Deusto key duties is to be fully aware of problems within the institution itself and the society we belong to. For this reason, the project will include specific steps to boost integration and real equality of opportunity for men and women with specific support needs. Timely specific action is required to enable them to enter higher education in equal conditions and ensure their full integration in the university community. DeustoTech, as one of its institutions, is included into this service of social action and inclusion. The main aims consist of achieving full normalisation, equal opportunities and gradually adopting the steps needed to ensure that the University of Deusto is an inclusive educational institution. Furthermore, the University of Deusto provides them with guidance and support on the transition to the labour market jointly with special job centres and companies at large.

Causal modeling for the understanding of the energy demand on the residential and service sectors

Engineering for the Information Society and Sustainable Development

Diego Casado Mansilla [1] Cruz E. Borges Hernández [2] [1] https://morelab.deusto.es/people/members/diego-casado-mansilla/ [2] https://energia.deusto.es/people/members/cruz-enrique-borges-hernandez/

DeustoTech [1] is a private non-profit institution of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Deusto for applied research in new technologies. Since 2005 DeustoTech mission is to support the ICT activity in business and society through research, the development of technologies, innovation and knowledge transfer. We focus our activity around four applied fields: Industry, Mobility, Energy and Environment and Societal Challenges, and a transversal area, the Chair of Applied Mathematics. We are characterized for working with data of heterogeneous nature, throughout its life cycle and in compliance with ethical principles and humanists who define the University of Deusto. In this project, the Energy & Environment [2] and the Societal Challenges [3] groups will be involved. The first one host a multidisciplinary team that contribute to develop more sustainable processes, novel technologies and methods for sustainable urban planning, advanced monitoring systems, agent-based modelling, decision support tools, etc. On the other hand, the Societal Challenges has a strong background in humanizing the application of IoT technologies. That includes, sustainable awareness rising through IoT, empowering the citizen towards participating in the city daily decisions, or engaging employees towards promoting healthy or sustainable habits in the workplace avoiding attrition of campaigns. [1] http://deustotech.deusto.es/ [2] https://energia.deusto.es/ [3] https://morelab.deusto.es/

The candidate would be integrated in a highly multidisciplinary research group. As such it is of utter importance the communication skills and their ability to understand the different perspectives that the research topic have. Moreover, experience in one or more of the following fields in needed: * Development of causal models or bayesian networks * Knowledge of behavioural sciences or behavioral [chain] modeling

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
• Information Sciences and Engineering (ENG)

Energy efficiency and demand response are among the most important topics that the EU commision are pushing forwards to accomplish the new regulations established in climate agreements of Paris. Nevertheless, in both cases the role that human beings play a great role that it has not been sufficiently studied. The aim of this open position is to find a post-doctoral researcher with a strong background in behaviour change theories and causal modeling to formally define which are the drivers and barriers that people have in relation to the use of energy. Specifically, the objectives are: * Create user models according to socioeconomics and cultural profiles. * Define and establish which are the most prominent behaviour change models in the context of energy expenditure (e.g. TPB, VBM, Transtheoretical model, etc.). * Take into account the most important determinants as well as external variables (such us weather, costs, source of energy, etc.) to create an holistic model of behaviour. * Interventions design and simulation according to standards such as Theoretical domains or Behaviour Change Wheel in order to understand how these interventions may impact over drivers and barriers defined previously (including policy, gamification, nudging and/or persuasion). * Specify which are valid models related to confidence in technology, perceived usefulness and adoption of artificial intelligence that ally with human beings to improve the energy efficiency or perform demand response actions.

Diego Casado-Mansilla, et al. (2018) \»A Human-centric & Context-aware IoT Framework for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Buildings of Public Use\» In IEEE Access. vol. 6. p. 31444-31456. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2837141. Ander Pijoan Lamas, et al. (2018) \»Transport Choice Modeling for the Evaluation of New Transport Policies\» In Sustainability. vol. 10. DOI: 10.3390/su10041230. Dimitris Papageorgiou, et al. “A Socio-economic Survey for Understanding Self-perceived Effectiveness of Persuasive Strategies Towards Energy Efficiency in Tertiary Buildings” Accepted in The 5th IEEE International Conference on Internet of People 2019. Diego Casado-Mansilla et al (2015) \»Embedding Intelligent Eco-aware Systems within Everyday Things to Increase People’s Energy Awareness\» In Soft Computing Journal. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. vol. 20. p. 1695-1711. DOI: 10.1007/s00500-015-1751-0. Cruz E. Borges et al. (2013) \»Evaluating combined load forecasting in large power systems and smart grids\» In IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. vol. 9. p. 1570-1577. DOI: 10.1109/TII.2012.2219063.

H2020 – GREENSOUL (Persuasive Eco-awareness for User Engagement through Networked Data Devices). GA 696129. UDEUSTO develops and tests a set of persuasion mechanism to reduce the energy consumption in public buildings. H2020 – WASTE WASTE4THINK (Moving towards Life Cycle Thinking by Integrating Advanced Waste Management Systems) – GA 688995. UDEUSTO coordinates this project with the main objective of moving forward the current waste management practices into a circular economy motto, demonstrating the value of integrating and validating several eco-innovative solutions that cover all the waste value chain. H2020 – PARITY (Pro-sumer AwaRe, Transactive Markets for Valorization of Distributed flexibilITY enabled by Smart Energy Contracts) – GA 864319. UDEUSTO will develop a socioeconomic model of the barriers that hinder the participation on flexibility markets. Basic Research – SentienThings (Towards augmented everyday objects that self-adapt and co-educate users to underpin their pro-environmental behaviour through persuasive technologies) – TIN2017-90042-R. UDEUSTO will develop several augmented objects connected to internet that will interact with their users in order to foster more sustainable behaviours. EMEurope – ElectricTravelling (Platform to support the implementation of electromobility in Smart Cities based on ICT applications) – ID 6. UDEUSTO will develop a set of tools to estimate the environmental and social impact of the electrification of the transport sector.

* energy sector knowledge * user profiling * behaviour and persuasion theories * intervention design and modelling * integration of external variables

Yes a co-direction between Diego Casado (expert user behavior modelling) and Cruz Borges (expert in energy models) is planned.

The candidate will work on a highly interdisciplinary group where all the previous knowledge will be worked on. The candidate will collaborate with researchers of different background (mathematicians, engineers, experts in behaviour change, interface designers, Internet of Things, and social scientists) in order to achieve the objectives of the project.

The topic is a cross-sectional topic covered in several of the calls the energy efficiency call. See for example: * LC-SC3-EE-14 * LC-SC3-ES-01-2019 * LC-EE12 * LC-SC3-EE-8-2018-2019 * LC-SC3-2018-RES * LC-SC3-EC-4-2020 * LC-SC3-2019-ES-SCC Moreover, the 6th SDG is highly related to this research area as understand the demand will contribute to foster the correct policies to improve the accessibility to energy and more important, to clean energy. Finally, there is a long list of European policies related to the energy demand [1]. Prosumers are a central pile of the new energy system, nevertheless, currently models of prosumers behaviours are in their infancy and are the literature is scarce and fragmented. In this sense, not only more research is needed but also with a strong interdisciplinary approach in order to fully understand this central piece of the energy sector.

No

The Smart Specialisation Strategy from the Euskadi Region has as one of its pilar the Energy Sector. In particular, there are a wide range of strong enterprises (both big and SME) on the energy sector. In particular, the participant have relations with several of the stakeholders of the region involved in the energy chain: *DSO (Iberdrola) *ESCOs (MISE) *Electric equipment (Ikor, Ingeteam) *Energy cooperative / grassroots movements (GOINER) *Smart home (Wattio) *Policy makers (EVE)

No

The results of the project will be directly incorporated in GeoWorldSim, the multi agent simulation platform developed by the hosting institution. The platform is currently used by different stakeholders (research institutions, SMEs and large enterprises and public authorities) in several projects that covers all stages of the research spectrum (in a pure research context until in commercial environment). The results of this projects will be added to the portfolio of features that GeoWorldSim has and will be advertised in conjunction with the rest of the solution. Moreover, the results will be presented to other stakeholders in order to be incorporated in other points of the value chain. For example, the results will be presented to: * the regional agency for energy (EVE) in order to assess potential up-scale actions or the definition of new policies / grants. * social innovation consultancy services (urbanbat) in order to discuss the creation of group dynamics that could be offered to SME or large enterprises. * IoT devices manufacturers (Wattio) in order to discuss the creation of a set of devices that could be sold to households in order to foster behaviour change at home. * DSOs or ESCOs (Iberdrola, MISE) in order to assess to incorporate to their commercial portfolio of solutions for customers.

This research will be the first step in the development of products that will ease the deployment of products and policies to improve both the energy efficiency and the participation on demand response actions for the private and public settings (e.g. workplace). In fact, after the models creation, different intervention would be designed and tested in order to confirm the validity of the results. It is expected that several of the intervention or devices proposed could achieve results good enough to reach the market (in the case of both devices or interventions), or being able to establish policy recommendations.

One of the University of Deusto’s key duties is to be fully aware of problems within the institution itself and the society we live in. For this reason, it should take specific steps to boost integration and real equality of opportunity for people with specific support needs. Timely specific action is required to enable them to enter higher education in equal conditions and ensure their full integration in the university community. DeustoTech, as one of its institutions, is included into this service of social action and inclusion. The main aims consist of achieving full normalisation, equal opportunities and gradually adopting the steps needed to ensure that the University of Deusto is an inclusive educational institution. Furthermore, the University of Deusto provides them with guidance and support on the transition to the labour market jointly with special job centres and companies at large. In this project this policy will be fully taken into account. In fact, profiles will be created in an inclusive way including factors like the gender, the socio-economic status, the functional diversity, the cultural background, etc. User models for every profile should have to be created and conclusions for every group should be made. Finally, an holistic assessment have to be made not only contrasting the results but also assessing interventions that works in an inclusive way.

Agent based modelling of distribution systems

Engineering for the Information Society and Sustainable Development

Cruz E. Borges Hernández

DeustoTech [1] is a private non-profit institution of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Deusto for applied research in new technologies. Since 2005 DeustoTech mission is to support the ICT activity in business and society through research, the development of technologies, innovation and knowledge transfer. We focus our activity around TRLs 2-7 and articulate it into four applied fields: Industry, Mobility, Energy and Environment and Societal Challenges, having a fifth, the Chair of Applied Mathematics, as a transversal activity and support for the previous four. We are characterized for working with data of heterogeneous nature, throughout its life cycle and in compliance with ethical principles and humanists who define the University of Deusto. Within DeustoTech, the Energy & Environment [2] host a multidisciplinary team that contribute to develop more efficient and sustainable processes, novel technologies and methods for sustainable urban planning and operation in the fields of prompt alarm systems, advanced monitoring systems, agent-based modelling, optimal operation and control of complex supply networks, decision support tools, etc. [1] http://deustotech.deusto.es/ [2] https://energia.deusto.es/

The candidate would be integrated in a highly multidisciplinary research group. As such it is of utter importance the communication skills and their ability to understand the different perspectives that the research topic have. Moreover, experience in one or more of the following fields in needed: * Knowledge of a object oriented language. * Knowledge of artificial intelligence model techniques. * Experience with distribution networks models.

• Information Sciences and Engineering (ENG)

Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) have been an active area of research in the last three decades. What started as isolated systems for simple problem-solving have turned into full-scale simulation platforms that are able to integrate several state of the art technologies. In this research proposal we aim to continue developing GeoWorldSim platform [1] to include new functionalities to expand our uses cases: * Gridification of the platform: GeoWorldSim is actually a massive parallel platform that works using a publish-subscribe paradigm. From this point it is easy to port it to be able to run in a cluster. Nevertheless it is needed to study how to minimize the amount of information exchanged. * Integrate the platform with IoT deployments to create a mixed environment: actually a smart ambient lab is deployed at our premises. It would be quite interesting if GeoWorldSim could be used as a predictive control system of the smart lab. * Integration of evolutionary algorithms and MAS: MAS platforms could be use not only to understand phenomena but also to optimize complex situations. Evolutionary algorithms seems the perfect way to do such optimizations. The objective is to built a simulation platform for distribution networks that will help urban planners to understand (and optimize) the impact that different policies have on the population. [1] http://www.geoworldsim.com/

Diego Casado-Mansilla, et al. (2018) «A Human-centric & Context-aware IoT Framework for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Buildings of Public Use» In IEEE Access. vol. 6. p. 31444-31456. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2837141. Ander Pijoan Lamas, et al. (2018) «Transport Choice Modeling for the Evaluation of New Transport Policies» In Sustainability. vol. 10. DOI: 10.3390/su10041230. O. Kamara-Esteban et al. (2017) “MASSHA: An agent-based approach for human activity simulation in intelligent environments”. Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 40, pp. 279-300. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmcj.2017.07.007 O. Kamara-Esteban et al. (2017) On-demand energy monitoring and response architecture in a ubiquitous world. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 21 (3), pp. 537-551. DOI: 10.1007/s00779-017-1014-4 Cruz E. Borges et al. (2013) «Evaluating combined load forecasting in large power systems and smart grids» In IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. vol. 9. p. 1570-1577. DOI: 10.1109/TII.2012.2219063.

H2020 – GREENSOUL (Persuasive Eco-awareness for User Engagement through Networked Data Devices). GA 696129. UDEUSTO is developing and testing a set of persuasion mechanism to reduce the energy consumption in public buildings. H2020 – WASTE WASTE4THINK (Moving towards Life Cycle Thinking by Integrating Advanced Waste Management Systems) – GA 688995. UDEUSTO coordinates this project with the main objective of moving forward the current waste management practices into a circular economy motto, demonstrating the value of integrating and validating several eco-innovative solutions that cover all the waste value chain. H2020 – PARITY (Pro-sumer AwaRe, Transactive Markets for Valorization of Distributed flexibilITY enabled by Smart Energy Contracts) – GA 864319. UDEUSTO is developing a socioeconomic model of the barriers that hinder the participation on flexibility markets. H2020 – ATELIER (AmsTErdam BiLbao cItizen drivEn smaRt cities) – GA 864374. UDEUSTO will, apart of on carry on several actions to foster energy efficiency and the deployment of renewable energy energy sources, perform the environmental monitoring of the project. EMEurope – ElectricTravelling (Platform to support the implementation of electromobility in Smart Cities based on ICT applications) – ID 6. UDEUSTO is developing a set of tools to estimate the environmental and social impact of the electrification of the transport sector.

The proposal clearly fits in the core objectives of the Interdisciplinary Research Platform “B-Creative advanced research on creative industries and cities” in particular, it will mix knowledge of the following fields: * Civil Engineering and Architects: urban planning have been traditionally understood by civil engineers and architects. The objective is to introduce this knowledge in a tool that will help other stakeholders to understand the urban planning. * Computer Science and Telecommunications: standardization and interoperability issues will need to have some skills about computer science and telecommunications. GIS-based systems and mapping will also be used. * Sociology and Psychology: demand patterns need to be understood and some sociology and psychology will be needed to be able to foster new habits. The combination of these disciplines will make possible the assessment of the tools and the multicriteria evaluation of the results.

No, but it can be discussed depending on the background and interests that the candidate shows.

The candidate will work on a highly interdisciplinary group where all the previous knowledge will be worked on. In particular, the candidate will collaborate with researchers of different background (mathematicians, engineers, experts in behaviour change, interface designers, Internet of Things, and social scientists) in order to achieve the objectives of the project. Moreover, the candidate can collaborate in international research projects like ATELIER.

The topic is a cross-sectional topic covered in several of the calls in H2020. See for example: * Secure, clean and efficient energy. * Smart, green and integrated transport. * Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials. * Cross cutting priorities. Moreover, if a usable prototype have been built at the end of the research period, the SME instrument or the FTI call can be used to bring to market the product. Several of the SDG are related to cities and urban planning. The main one is the 11th but it also has strong links with the 6th, 7th, 9th and 13th. Finally, there is a long list of european policies related to energy, water, transport and waste distribution networks.

No, but it can be discussed depending on the background and interests that the candidate shows.

The Smart Specialisation Strategy from the Euskadi Region has as one transversal priorities the research on the smartization of the territory. On this topic, DeustoTech maintains good relationship with several public entities that manage critical infrastructure. In particular: * Local and regional public authorities. * DSO, water utility company and waste collection utility. * Engineering firms and sustainability consultants.

No

The results of the project will be directly incorporated in GeoWorldSim, the multi agent simulation platform developed by the hosting institution. The platform is currently used by different stakeholders (research institutions, SMEs and large enterprises and public authorities) in several projects that covers all stages of the research spectrum (in a pure research context until in commercial environment). The results of this projects will be added to the portfolio of features that GeoWorldSim has and will be advertised in conjunction with the rest of the solution. Moreover, the results will be presented to other stakeholders in order to be incorporated in other points of the value chain. For example, the results will be presented to: the regional agency for energy and other public agencies in order to assess potential up-scale actions or the definition of new policies / grants. the local and regional governments to improve the urban planning. DSOs and other utilities in order to assess to incorporate to their planning department.

This research will be the first step in the development of products that will ease the impact assessment of different policies over the different distribution networks. Different use cases have already been deployed, but the improvement to be carried out would allow the tool to perform holistics assessment taking into consideration all distribution networks at the same time and also to cover more territory.

One of the University of Deusto’s key duties is to be fully aware of problems within the institution itself and the society we live in. For this reason, it should take specific steps to boost integration and real equality of opportunity for people with specific support needs. Timely specific action is required to enable them to enter higher education in equal conditions and ensure their full integration in the university community. DeustoTech, as one of its institutions, is included into this service of social action and inclusion. The main aims consist of achieving full normalisation, equal opportunities and gradually adopting the steps needed to ensure that the University of Deusto is an inclusive educational institution. Furthermore, the University of Deusto provides them with guidance and support on the transition to the labour market jointly with special job centres and companies at large. In this project this policy will be fully taken into account. In fact, agents will be created in an inclusive way including factors like the gender, the socio-economic status, the functional diversity, the cultural background, etc. User models for every profile should have to be created and conclusions for every group should be made. Finally, an holistic assessment have to be made not only contrasting the results but also assessing interventions that works in an inclusive way.

Fiscal and Policy Decentralization: Impact in the Competitiveness of the territory: the case of the Basque Economic Agreement.

Business and Territorial Competitiveness, Innovation and Sustainability

Dr. Igone Porto Gomez https://estudiantes.deusto.es/cs/jsp/dbs/profesores/BinarioProfesores.jsp?id=23227&tipo=texto&idioma=es

Deusto Business School. Department of Economics. University of Deusto. Recognized Research Group of the Basque Country: Competitiveness and Economic Development.

Candidate should have a bachelor in Economics or Political Science. However, other disciplines could also be considered. 1. Bachelor in Business Administration, Economics, Political Science, Management Engineering, Geography or closely related areas. E, with emphasis on Innovation and Competitiveness is highly valued. 2. Skills in statistical techniques. 3. Able to work in a highly motivated environment. 4. Strong team working and& communication skills. 5. Excellent Good written English skills. 6. Driven, independent personality.

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
• Economic Sciences (ECO)

This proposal analyses the influence that fiscal decentralization can have on the effectiveness of the political intervention that different administrative structures may have on territorial competitiveness and innovation capacity. The rationale for this study lies in the fiscal agreement that the Basque Country has with Spain, which has some features that make it be a unique case worldwide. However, beyond addressing the Basque specificity, the research aims to analyse the previous goal on the European context. In this regard, all European countries and regions (NUTS1, NUTS2 and NUTS3 levels) will be studied and compared, since every country has a different administrative regulatory structure. The initial basis of the study is a fiscal and political comparison of 1021 NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions of 28 EU member states based on the Regional Authority Index (RAI). The choice of the RAI is made because it is the main database that provides information not only at country level, but also at regional level (NUTS2 and NUTS3) about the extent at which fiscal and political decentralization can be found in Europe. The inclusion of the NUTS3 level is supported by the interest in contrasting the cases of Biscay, Gipuzkoa and Araba, which are three of the regions regarded as “historic territories” in Spain, which count with an own fiscal capacity.

• Porto Gómez, I., Otegi Olaso, J. R., & Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J. M. (2016). ROSA, ROSAE, ROSIS: modelling a regional open sectoral innovation system. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 28(1-2), 26-50. Indexed in the WOS. Q2. Planning & Development. Q3. Business. Impact Factor: 2,928 • Doloreux, D., & Porto Gomez, I. (2017). A review of (almost) 20 years of regional innovation systems research. European Planning Studies, 25(3), 371-387. Indexed in the WOS. Q2. Geography. Q2. Planning & Development. Impact Factor: 2,101 • Porto-Gomez, I., Aguirre-Larracoechea, U., & Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J. M. (2018). Tacit coopetition: chimera or reality? Evidence from the Basque Country. European Planning Studies, 26(3), 611-634. Indexed in the WOS. Q2. Geography. Q2. Planning & Development. Impact Factor: 2,101 • Porto Gómez, I., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J. M., & Larrakoetxea, U. A. (2018). Old wine in old bottles: The neglected role of vocational training centres in innovation. Vocations and Learning, 11(2), 205-221. Indexed in the WOS. Q3. Education & Educational Research. Impact fActor: 1,343 • Leydesdorff, L., & Porto-Gomez, I. (2019). Measuring the expected synergy in Spanish regional and national systems of innovation. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 44(1), 189-209. Indexed in the WOS. Q1 Management. Impact Factor: 4,037

Title of the proposal: Basque Economic Agreement and the Innovation Performance. European Comparison of Fiscal Decentralization and their influence on Competitiveness. Institute of Administration of the Basque Government (IVAP). 2018-2019. Project Group: 1. Principal Investigator: Igone Porto Gomez 2. Jon Mikel Zabala Iturriagagoitia 3. Pedro Bom 4. Guillermo Dorronsoro

The thesis aims to contribute with a new evidence on the role that fiscal policy and other regional financial schemes can have on innovation and competitiveness. To reach this goal, the relationship between fiscal decentralization, multilevel governance and macroeconomic performance will also be studied. Therefore, this proposal does not just focus on the competitive and fiscal approach of the region, but also covers a sociological and political approach

This project has been designed as a joint PhD thesis between myself and Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, both members of the Department of Economics at the Deusto Business School and the affiliated to the Research Group Recognized by the Basque Country on Competitiveness and Economic Development.

As already mentioned, this research project aims to relate the following research streams: – Macroeconomics. Fiscal Policy. Regional financial schemes. – Multilevel governance. – Governmental approaches. – Innovation performance and innovation policy. – Measurement and Competitiveness, and related policies.

The project is related to the following calls of the H2020: TRANSFORMATIONS-14-2018: Supply and demand-oriented economic policies to boost robust growth in Europe –Addressing the social and economic challenges in Europe. TRANSFORMATIONS-13-2019: Using big data approaches in research and innovation policy making TRANSFORMATIONS-15-2020: Society and innovations: understanding the contexts, processes and consequences At the same time, the following SDGs are related to the purposes of the current proposal: 1.- decent work and economic growth 2.- industry, innovation and infrastructure 3.- sustainable cities and communities 4.- responsible consumption and production

The thesis is expected to be totally developed at the University of Deusto. However, research stays in international research groups that both supervisors are related to, particularly in Europe, will be encouraged. There are already interested groups in the proposal in different european countries.

The proposal has a direct alignment with the science, technology and innovation policies implemented in the Basque Country. The stakeholders directly influenced by this proposal are the Government of the Basque Country as well as the provincial governments of Biscay, Gipuzkoa, and Araba. The Institute of Basque Administration (IVAP) and Innobasque are also potential partners that could contribute and benefit from the project. The proposal would also require cooperation with law-related experts in the Law Faculty at the University of Deusto. Among others, Alberto Atxabal o Aitziber Irigoras can be mentioned. Also, several scholars are considered key stakeholders from the Public Policy and Governmental perspective, being mainly related to the sociology field. Finally, the research also has a direct alignment with the smart specialization strategy policies being implemented in all European regions in order to define the scale and scope of policy interventions in relation to innovation.

No

Nowadays, different schools (Cardiff- United Kingdom, Circle – Sweden, Stavanger – Norway, London School of Economics- United Kingdom, etc.) are boosting regional studies to understand and improve regional competitiveness results. However, when focusing on fiscal and policy decentralization, the analysis are always made at country level. The complexity of regional evaluations, discourage scholars to evaluate impacts at the regional level and the difficulty in the data treatment exhibits another relevant issue. However, the inclusion of different regional indexes might provide solution for this problem, proposing new approaches not found yet in the literature. Then, beyond the scientific impact of the proposal itself, we identify options to explode the results from the Governmental and Public Administration perspective. Therefore, we propose dissemination not only through academic conferences but also, based on the international collaboration with other regional governments, exhibiting the results in different European regional bodies, among others we should undoubtedly mention the DG Regio, of the European Commission. Events: • International Conference on Public Policy • European Public Policy Conference • American Association of Geographers Conference • International conference on Public Administration, Policy, and Government

Fiscal Decentralization has been analysed from a national perspective but a regional approach towards fiscal decentralization and its impact on regional competitiveness has not been considered in the literature on innovation policy. From a regional perspective, we are interested in identifying the influence of fiscal decentralization on innovation, focusing not only on the NUTS2 level (i.e. regional scale) but also on the NUTS3 (i.e. provincial scale). As a result, the proposal has a large potential for achieving both new theoretical development as well as providing new empirical evidence on an understudied topic with a high societal, economic and political relevance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Our proposal wants to understand other governments in Europe. Therefore, we are open-minded that could result in better performances so as to understand and boos them.

THERMOIS: Designing a thermodynamic model to assess innovation systems’ performance

Business and Territorial Competitiveness, Innovation and Sustainability

Jon Mikel Zabala Iturriagagoitia: https://www.deusto.es/cs/Satellite/deusto/es/universidad-deusto/sobre-deusto-0/deusto-quienes-somos/profesores/14499/profesor Fernando Gómez Cortés: https://www.deusto.es/cs/Satellite/deusto/es/universidad-deusto/sobre-deusto-0/deusto-quienes-somos/profesores/10918/profesor

There would be two host research units in collaboration: * Deusto Business School. Department of Economics. + * ESIDE. Department of Mechanics, Design and Organizational Management.

The candidate should have a bachelor in Management Engineering. That background would give a potential candidate knowledge not only in innovation but also in mathematical modelling as well as in physics and thermodynamics. However, other disciplines could also be considered. 1. Bachelor in Physics, Engineering or closely related areas, with emphasis on Thermodynamics. 2. Able to work in a highly motivated environment. 3. Strong team working and communication skills. 4. Excellent English skills. 5. Driven, independent personality. The candidate should be interested in applying concepts commonly used in Engineering and Physics to the measurement of innovation.

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
• Economic Sciences (ECO)
• Information Sciences and Engineering (ENG)
• Physics (PHY)

Thermoeconomics is a branch of thermodynamics that aims to explain economics through general physics law. While initially thermoeconomics was just related to the improvement of the ‘cost’ of thermodynamic processes, a new trend has emerged pointing at the generation of physics-based models and their application into economics. Thermoeconomics thus uses thermodynamic models to evaluate economic performance through the perception and consideration of statistical physic approaches, in what is commonly referred to in the literature as ‘econophysics’. Innovation is a key component of the economy and has for long become crucial to boost the competitiveness of firms and territories. From an economic geography point of view, considering the co-location of partners in the same territory is central to elucidate innovation. The literature on innovation studies has discussed at length how the innovation performance achieved by a system as a whole is to a great extent determined by its interactive character, which is in turn dependent on the relationships among the actors involved in the generation of innovations and the processes that translate innovation into economic growth. The aim of the research is to develop a new approach to assess innovation performance based on thermal machine principles (i.e., heat pump) from a systemic perspective, developing a new perspective for the measurement and characterization of innovation systems at national, regional and sectoral levels.

• Porto, I., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J.M., Leydesdorff, L. (2019) Innovation Systems in México: A Matter of Missing Synergies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, in press. • Doloreux, D., Gaviria de la Puerta, J., Pastor, I., Porto Gomez, I., Sanz, B., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J.M. (2019) Territorial Innovation Models: To be or not to be, that’s the question. Scientometrics, 120(3), 1163-1191. • Porto Gómez, I., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J.M., Martínez, F. C., & Mateo, C. G. C. (2019). The value pump: Introducing a thermodynamic model to assess innovation systems’ performance. Estudios de Economía Aplicada, 63(81), 37-2. • Edquist, C., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J.M. , Barbero, J., Zofio, J.L. (2018) On the meaning of innovation performance: is the synthetic indicator of the Innovation Union Scoreboard flawed?. Research Evaluation, 27(3), 196-211. • Gómez-Uranga, M., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J.M., Barrutia , J. (Eds.) (2016) Dynamics of Big Internet Industry Groups and Future Trends: A View from Epigenetic Economics. Springer, Heidelberg.

Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia is a member of the B-Creative research platform at the University of Deusto, which aims to provide a space to reflect upon the need for -and effect of- creative solutions for the challenges territories are increasingly facing in the context of the global challenges (i.e. sustainable development goals). Likewise, it fosters the co-creation of ground-breaking initiatives contributing to enhance social, economic and environmental returns, while sustaining and reproducing the creative capital of cities. Some of the most significant projects developed by Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, include the following: – Competitividad empresarial y desarrollo económico. Diferencias en el crecimiento económico entre las regiones (2016-2021) – El concierto económico: ¿Una herramienta influyente en nuestro desempeño? (2018-2019). – Estudio de Impacto del Programa PREMIE (2014) – Mutual Learning Exercise on innovation procurement (2017-2018)

The thesis aims to contribute with a theoretical and empirical framework to the measurement of innovation by linking the disciplines of economics, thermodynamics, physics and innovation studies.

Yes. This project has been designed as a joint PhD thesis between the Department of Economics of the Deusto Business School and the Management Department of the Engineering School, both at the University of Deusto. Prof. Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia will be the responsible person from the Deusto Business School, while Prof. Fernando Cortes will be the person in charge at the Engineering School.

As already mentioned, this research project has been designed as a joint collaboration between the department of Economics of the Deusto Business School and the Management Department of the Engineering School, both at the University of Deusto. The Department of the Engineering will provide the theoretical and methodological basis for the application of thermodynamic principles to the analysis of economic phenomena. In turn, the Department of Economics will provide the necessary knowledge for the analysis of innovation systems and the data required for such a purpose in different regional and national contexts.

The following SDGs are related to the purposes of the current proposal: 8.- decent work and economic growth 9.- industry, innovation and infrastructure 11.- sustainable cities and communities 15.- responsible consumption and production

NO. The thesis will be totally developed at the University of Deusto. However, research stays in international research groups that both supervisors are related to, particularly in Europe, will be encouraged.

Iberdrola CAF Ibermática Tecnalia

NO

The application of thermodynamic processes to explain economic phenomena is gaining momentum. Nonetheless, and in spite of its potential to explain technical change and firm as as well as territorial dynamics, the field of innovation studies has not been approached from such thermodynamic logic. This proposal aims to address this gap by introducing a thermodynamic approach that relies on heat pump models and that is applied to measure innovation performance at the systems level. A potential area for further research may be related to the measurement of the interactions among the knowledge exploration, knowledge exploitation and the institutional subsystems. Since every innovation system needs to have all these three subsystems in place, it would be interesting to discuss which is the performance achieved by each of these subsystems independently, and then by the system as whole. As discussed in the proposal above, exploring these new research paths requires gaining access to data we do not in many cases have as to date. Further research will thus also need to be developed to feed the research system with more heat that can be converted into more research work.

New theoretical development, new empirical development, potential for creating new online platforms and/or applications to other related fields

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Advanced niche market positioning for companies operating in upstream segments of industrial networks

Business and Territorial Competitiveness, Innovation and Sustainability

Bart Kamp

Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness

Background in business sciences, industrial marketing, service sciences, information sciences Experience in research in the realm of service business development on behalf of industrial firms, international business, and market/competitive intelligence Affinity with techniques in support of big data analysis, particularly for the sake of market research

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
• Economic Sciences (ECO)
• Information Sciences and Engineering (ENG)

Companies that act as industrial niche players (like: hidden champions) typically compete based on being a specialist in a narrow field. Since the market segments that they operate in tend to be of a limited size (not mass markets moving billions of euros annually) they can often shield off these markets from big firms. Similarly, these niche players tend to be focused on manufacturing and product excellence, with traditionally less activity in service business. While such a focus strategy can be very profitable for niche operators, it can also have drawbacks. 1: focusing on a niche market implies that not a lot of information may be available on the international markets that these niche players target. 2: in the age of servitization, a focus on product quality alone may mean these firms lose out on additional business opportunities. 3: a specialist position vis-à-vis client’s value creation activities may imply that when such clients consider digitalizing their operations, these specialists may come under siege by versatile generalists that branch out and try to set overarching standards and invade outside of their (mainstream) territories. Against this backdrop, we propose to investigate how niche players can deploy business intelligence and development strategies -and the use they can make in this regard of big data analytics and smart service design- to decide upon international market positioning strategies, and thus safeguard or improve their competitiveness.

Kamp, B. (2017), Competitive strategies on behalf of international niche market leaders: evidence from the Basque Country. BOLETIN DE ESTUDIOS ECONOMICOS, Vol. 72 – N.º 221 – August, pp. 333-359. Journal Scholar Metrics 2010-2014: Cuartil 4 en la categoría Business, Economics and Management, posición 1.521/1.730. Revista indizada en ABI/Inform, EconLit, Periodicals Index Online, Dialnet. B. Kamp & G. Parry, Servitization and advanced business services as levers for competitiveness, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 60 (January) 2017, pp. 11-16. La revista está indizada en SSCI de WoS> JCR 2017: 3.678 Q1 en categoría Business (30/140) y Q1 en categoría Management (37/210). La revista indizada en Scopus> Scimago SJR 2017: 1.663, Q1 en categoría Marketing (20/173) Índice CiteScore de Scopus: 3.76, Q1 en categoría Marketing (13/157), percentil 92 Journal Scholar Metrics 2010-2014: Cuartil 1 en la categoría Business, Economics and Management, posición 41/1.730 Revista indizada en ABI/Inform, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Communication & Mass Media Index, INSPEC, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online. Chr. Kowalkowski, H. Gebauer, B. Kamp & G. Parry, Servitization and Deservitization: Overview, Concepts, and Definitions, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 60 (January) 2017, pp. 4-10. Impact indicators: same as previous publication. B. Kamp, A. Ochoa & J. Diaz, Smart servitization within the context of industrial user–supplier relationships: contingencies according to a machine tool Manufacturer, International Journal of Interactive Design and Manufacturing, 2017,DOI 10.1007/s12008-016-0345-0 La revista está indizada en Scopus> Scimago SJR 2017: 0.426, Q2 en categoría Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (105/590) y Q3 en categoría Modeling and Simulation (134/614) Índice CiteScore de Scopus: 1.31, Q2 en categoría Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (102/316), percentil 67, y Q3 en categoría Modeling and Simulation (100/238) percentil 57 B. Kamp & I. Ruiz de Apodaca, Are KIBS beneficial to international business performance: Evidence from the Basque Country, Competitiveness Review, 27(1) 2017, pp. 80–95. La revista está indizada en la colección principal de WoS dentro de ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index). La revista está también indizada en Scopus> Scimago SJR 2017: 0.274, Q2 en categoría Business and International Management (176/386) y Q2 en categoría Business, Management and Accounting (149/313). Índice CiteScore de Scopus: 1.22, Q2 en categoría Business and International Management (105/340), percentil 69, y Q2 en categoría General Business, Management and Accounting (63/195) percentil 67. Journal Scholar Metrics 2010-2014: Cuartil 2 en la categoría Business, Economics and Management, posición 837/1.730 Revista indizada en ABI/Inform, Aerospace Database, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Civil Engineering Abstracts, Communication Abstracs, EconLit, Educational Research Abstracts, INSPEC, Metadex, Public Affairs Index, Academic Search Premier.

Project: Advanced Services Factory (AS-Fabrik) – Client: Bilbao City / Urban Innovative Actions: https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en (2017-2020) Project: Segment-Servitize-Scaling – Client: Diputation of Gipuzkoa (2018-2019) Project: International Niche Market Leaders and their relevance for international competitiveness and foreign trade – Client: Basque Government (2016-2017) Project: Analysis of Industry 4.0 and smart servitization as a policy priority for industrial reactivation in Gipuzkoa – Client: Diputation of Gipuzkoa (2016) Project: Smartization and servitization of the industrial texture of Biscay – Client: Department of Economic Promotion of the Biscay Deputy (2015)

Digital economy Enterprise Competitiveness Servitization Internationalization Clusters Policies see for mor information: https://www.orkestra.deusto.es/en/about-orkestra/research-labs-territorial-competitiveness

This is definitely our intention.

Through supervision of the candidate by representatives of several labs inside Orkestra and through creating possibilities for the candidate to participate in research activities under the responsibility of members from these different labs. Moreover, Orkestra as a host organization is a multidisplicary research hub in itself employing scholars with highly diverse background. Similarly, Orkestra forms part of diverse international networks that create additional opportunities for multidisciplinary exposure.

We are highly active with regard to smart specialization, related diversification, interregional and cluster cooperation, and industry 4.0 policies and constantly pursue project opportunities in this regard. Similarly, we interact with both regional and supranational organizations in view of policy design, analysis and evaluation.

We will strive for that and Orkestra has contacts with relevant scholars in the field of internationalization and B2B marketing with whom this can be realized.

Business associations in the realm of machine tools, information and communication technologies, and foreign trade-oriented business collectives in general.

That is an option.

We have strong relationships with local businesses and the research to be undertaken will benefit from close interactions with this business community (input to research). Similarly, our links with businesses and government will ensure that findings will find their way beyond the academic world and can be put to use by private and public actors.

The proposal is situated at the intersection of information science, business science and service science, and puts a unique focus on industrial niche players and the challenges they face as a consequence of blurring borders between sectors/markets and the traditional segmentation of market areas for specialists and generalists

Orkestra has a long tradition of striving for (and reaching) gender equality and also has a vast track record in hosting researchers from both the Southern and Eastern hemisphere of the globe. This is a signature mark of our Institute, now and in the future.

Reshaping values towards the State in Europe

Human Rights: Ethical, Social and Political Challenges

Edurne Bartolomé Peral

Deusto Valores Sociales is a research team in the Univeristy of Deusto, a research unit with large experience in Research and in training PhD candidates. This research team is located at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at the University of Deusto and focuses on the study of values and its implications for the society, vulnerable groups and welfare State and democratic governance

Background (Ma level) on any field of social sciences (Sociology, political science, international relations). Knowledge on research methods and more specifically quantitative data analysis.

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)

The Project is framed in the Europe-wide project of European Values Study. It aims at analyzing the evolutions and major shifts in individuals´ values in several domains, democratic governance, democratic values, attitudes towards fraud and trust in institutions . By analyzing people´s values, social reality and current trends of opinion and social behaviour can be explained according to a set of socio demographic characteristics and social trends such as shifts in economy and modernization and postmodernization processes. Variations in terms of gender, age and life cycle, status, are in the core of the explanations of these value positions and shifts. This project is a Europe-wide cross-sectional survey combining in-depth knowledge on attitudes, values and behaviour, with a strong focus on comparative survey data analysis Research aims are: To understand variations in value orientations across time, particularly in terms of political values, European identity and social and institutional trust,;To deepen into the understanding of country -and region –wide differences in terms of these values, as well as to understand the explanatory factors for this variation, in terms of political, historical, religious, economic and socio-demographic factors; To analyze value orientations and value schemes taking into account the gender perspective; To combine theoretical knowledge on values with in-depth and up-to-date statistical knowledge on data analysis and survey methodology.

Edurne Bartolomé Peral, Concha Maiztegui, Aitor Ibarrola, Eduardo Ruiz Vieytez. “Inmigración e integración urbana. Primeros resultados del proyecto Geitonies: Generando tolerancia interétnica e integración local en espacios urbanos europeos” en Revista Española de Ciencia Política. Nº 29, Julio (2012) Voicu, M. and Bartolomé, E. (2014): “Support for Democracy and Early Socialisation in a Non- Democratic Country: Does the Regime Matter?” in Democratization Vol. 21, No. 3, 554–573 Bartolomé E. (2012): “Basque and Spanish Identity in a changing context”. Journal of ethnopolitis and minority issues in Europe Vol 12, No 2, 2013, 59-78 Coromina L; Bartolomé E. (2016): “Trust in institutions: Stability of measurement model in Europe” in Voicu M., Mochmann I., Dülmer H. (eds) Values, Economic Crisis and Democracy. Routledge Perez S. Bartolomé E. (2018): „MPs representing nationalist and regionalist parties” in Coller, X., Mota, F., Jaime, A. . Political Power in Spain: The multiple divides between MPs and citizens. . London. Palgrave McMillan

Edurne Bartolomé Peral is faculty member at the University of Deusto, department of International Relations and Humanities. Her main research interests are this study of political culture, values and political attitudes in comparative perspective. Moreover she works on political support and internpersonal and political trust. She has developed projects using experimental design on attitudes towards outgroups or attitudes towards tax evasion, topics on which she has developed most of her publications. She is active member of European Values Study and member of the Spanish NEC of European Social Survey. She has collaborated also in several European funded projects. She is part of the Deusto valores sociales research team in the Univeristy of Deusto, a research unit with large experience in Research and in training PhD candidates.

The topic covers basic domains of sociology, political science, gender studies, international relations and public policy. These topics will be covered from different epistemological perspectives.

Once the specific topic is defined, opportunities for international co-direction will be identified and co-direction will be decided based on best suitability

Interdisciplinarity is in the core of our research unit and topics, combining perspectives coming from sociology, political science and public policy, social work and social psychology. All these approaches are combined to the study of values and value orientations and its implications in numerous fields and aspects of our reality.

The application is framed within the following H2020 topics. PRIORITY ‘Societal challenges’ (f) Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies; With this priority we aim at understanding the value dimensions underlying European identity and how values are shaping attitudes and behaviours in Europe. Nowadays, a more inclusive and innovative society is key to overcome the threats and challenges in Europe, and the deep knowledge of values opens an important path to explain, predict and orientate attitudes and behaviours. Promoting gender equality in science and innovation is a commitment of the Union. In Horizon 2020, gender will be addressed as a cross-cutting issue in order to rectify imbalances between women and men, and to integrate a gender dimension in research and innovation programming and content. This priority in any key research aiming at understanding society, and more particularly, to understand values and attitudes in all their domains. Gender perspective is very important to be addressed as it cuts across all value dimensions. In addition to the H2020 priorities identified above, this proposal includes a very strong instrumental focus, with a strong methodological orientation based on the use and research on the advances in quantitative data analysis and survey methodology. This aim is aligned with the following principle presented in the priorities of H2020:

International co-direction envisaged and encouraged, given our international perspective and our networks on value studies across Europe and the world. It will be specified once the research topic and its methodology are narrowed down.

The impact of the results from European Values Study and particularly those aspects related in the research aims (see above), can be related to a numerous spheres, namely social, economic and political. In this sense, several research agreements are increasingly creating important knowledge-transfer ties, particularly with organizations from the third sector. Some of these organizations are Ikuspegi (basque observatory of migration), Cáritas, EAPN, Searen Sareak-Network of the social third sector in Basque Country. Innobasque, Local Government, municipality. Moreover, the research project is a very positive and useful instrument for policy recommendations at both national and comparative level.

NO

The impact of the results from European Values Study and particularly those aspects related in the research aims (see above), can be related to a numerous spheres, namely social, economic and political. In this sense, several research agreements are increasingly creating important knowledge-transfer ties, particularly with organizations from the third sector. Specialization on the multilevel data analysis and meta-analysis, alongside with the deep theoretical reflection and knowledge on value change in Europe create clear employment possibilities. It defines a very useful professional profile at the university/academic sphere, as well as in the political field. Another strong path for employability is related to the project management competences to be acquired during the development of this PhD Thesis. Competences, such as diagnostic analysis, interpretation of reality, systemic and relational vision as well as the capability to formulate and manage research proposals are strongly developed in this research project.

The innovative aspect will be combining, from a methodological perspective, survey data with experimental designs.

Some of the organizations with which the research team has fluid contacts are Ikuspegi (basque observatory of migration), Cáritas, EAPN, Searen Sareak-Network of the social third sector in Basque Country. Innobasque, Local Government, municipality. Moreover, the research project is a very positive and useful instrument for policy recommendations at both national and comparative level. Given the topic of values, specific focus will be done in value change in relation with inclusion.

Behavioral addictions

Psychology

Ana Estévez https://sites.google.com/a/deusto.es/ana-estevez/

Line of investigation of behavioral addictions within the team of Clinical Evaluation and Health, in the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment of the University of Deusto.

Candidates interested in the area of behavioral addictions. Preferably with research experience in the area and knowledge of quantitative and/or qualitative methodology.

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
• Information Sciences and Engineering (ENG)
• Life Sciences (LIF)
• Mathematics (MAT)

The main research aim is framed within the lines of addictions without substance and the study of emotional factors in adolescence and their impact on the prevention of addictions.This line delves into the variables of emotional cognitive vulnerability associated with gambling disorder and problematic gambling as well as comorbid symptoms.

1. Estévez, A., Jáuregui, P., Sánchez-Marcos, I., López-González, H., and Griffiths, M. (2017). Attachment and emotion regulation in substance addictions and behavioural addictions. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6(4), pp. 534–544 (2017) DOI: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.086 2. Estévez, A., Rodríguez, R., Díaz, N., Granero, R., Mestre-Bach, G., Steward, T., Fernández-Aranda, F., Aymamí, N., Gómez-Peña, N., Pino-Gutiérrez, A., Baño, M., Moragas, L., Mallorquí-Bagué, N., López-González, H., Jauregui, P., Onaindia, J., Jimenez-Murcia, S. (2017). How Do Online Sports Gamblers Compare with Patients with Gambling Disorder?. Journal of Behavioral Addictions,6(4), 639-647 . DOI: 10.1556/2006.6.2017.067 3. Jáuregui, P., Onaindia, J. y Estévez, A. (2017). Adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies and styles in adult pathological gamblers and their mediating role with anxious-depressive symptomatology. Journal of Gambling Studies, 33(4), 1081-1097. doi: 10.1007/s10899-017-9675-5 4.Jauregui, P., Estévez, A. y Onaindia, J. (2018). Spanish adaptation of the Gambling Motives Questionnaire (GMQ) in a clinical sample and relationship with anxious-depressive symptomatology and perceived stress. Addictive Behaviours, 85, 77-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.05.023 5. Jauregui, P., Urbiola, I., y Estevez, A. (2016). Pathological gambling and associated drug and alcohol abuse, emotion regulation, and anxious-depressive symptomatology. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 5(2), 251-260.

At this moment this team has 6 active competitive projects related to the area of behavioral addictions. The main topics are: – Components of psychological vulnerability associated with pathological gambling in young adolescents. – Cognitive-emotional and comorbidity factors associated with the prevention and treatment of gambling disorder. – Sports betting – Platform for real-time detection of players with gambling addiction problems. – Gender and behavioural addictions

Preferably from the field of psychology. However, in the team there are people from the field of sociology. Also in the field of engineering, through studies with big data and for the design of platforms for detecting problems in real time and communication in the line of advertising and game.

There would be no inconvenience in co-direction of thesis

Interdisciplinarity is a fundamental aspect in this line. Addictions are very complex and need to be approached in a complementary way from different perspectives. One of the aspects is from the field of psychology. Also important are the social and contextual factors that affect gambling behaviour through disciplines such as sociology and communication. On the other hand, from the field of engineering and the use of Big data it is possible to know aspects of the user more easily than with other disciplines. Likewise, another important area would be social and educational.

Society has undergone numerous changes, mainly due to new technologies. The new information and communication technologies have changed the way we live, work, produce, communicate, buy, sell, teach or learn. The whole environment is different. One of these changes has also occurred in the way we play. Gambling is one of the most important economic activities in our society (DGOJ, 2012). Since it was legalized in 1977, numerous forms of gambling and betting have been appearing on the market (for example, gaming machines, bingos, casinos, quinielas or bonolotos). Recently, it has been Internet gambling, both gambling and sports betting, which with their appearance have increased the growth of spending on gambling and the progressive increase in the problems arising from this activity, one of the most noteworthy being pathological gambling (González, 2010). Pathological gambling after the appearance of DSM-V is included in the category of behavioural addictions in the section on addictions (Holden, 2010). At present, many authors consider it to be an addictive disorder (Echeburúa, 2010; Petry, 2006; Potenza, 2006). As can be seen, pathological gambling is described by its clinical criteria, as well as by the aetiology, development, evolution of the disease and forms of treatment, in the same diagnostic category as the rest of drug addictions or alcoholism.

There would be no inconvenience.

We work together with the Spanish Federation of Rehabilitated Gamblers and with numerous national and international treatment and research centres. We also network with health services and national addiction center networks. We work in the Responsible Gaming Advisory Board Member in the Spanish Ministry of Finance.

It is not foreseen but there would be no problem in carrying it out if it were possible.

This team collaborates with the Spanish Federation of Rehabilitated Gamblers, present in the different autonomous communities. It prepares clinical guides in collaboration with FEJAR, based on the analysis of data collected in their associations. This entity will promote the transfer to technicians who work directly with the collective, to the people affected, and to society through preventive interventions. Likewise, in this team, its members collaborate as external consultants, for example, for the design of prevention plans in play within the Bilbao City Council and for the development of the Basque Law on Behavioural Addictions in the Basque Country. They have also participated as experts through Appearance in the Congress of Deputies in the Joint Commission for the Study of the Drug Problem in the Congress of Deputies to report on the impact of gambling on young people. – The Spanish Ministry of Finance, through its Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling, published a draft Royal Decree which it introduced a new regulatory framework for the commercial advertising of gambling product.The MAIN explicitly cites work other than the line of research.

It is a line of work that deals with a subject of great current importance in a long-distance team in the area. It collaborates with different disciplines and some of its projects are innovative. In addition to numerous scientific publications, research has social implications.

It is a multidisciplinary team, with extensive research and clinical experience in the area, which develops competitive projects with numerous entities and professionals that offer completely integrate the inclusion dimension.

El enfoque de la diversidad sexual y de género en la intervención psicosocial

A pesar de que los actuales modelos teóricos sobre la intervención psicosocial inciden en la multidimensionalidad y heterogeneidad de la misma, en la práctica profesional cotidiana perduran marcos de actuación e intervención estancos, uniformes y homogéneos con una ausencia de debate sobre el papel de los y las profesionales de la intervención social en la reproducción de los mecanismos de dominación social. En ese sentido, la mirada feminista y de diversidad sexual puede ayudar a transformar el paradigma de “feminismo como asuntos de mujeres” hacia aquel que tiene que ver con la centralidad del análisis de la producción y reproducción de las relaciones de género y su transformación. Pensar e investigar sobre esa complejidad es una labor urgente, con el objetivo de poder facilitar esa traducción operativa de los principios feministas a la práctica diaria de las profesionales de la intervención social. En lo que se refiere a la práctica laboral de la intervención social en los últimos años desde la intervención social ha habido un auge e interés en la necesidad de ampliar y cuestionar el sistema sexo-genero desde el que se venía pensando e interviniendo. Esto se ha visto claramente dentro de entidades que trabajan con niños/as transexuales y sus familias cuando demandan no tener suficientes herramientas para acompañar e intervenir. Y por otro lado, este vacío de marcos teóricos amplios que abarquen en enfoque de la diversidad sexual y la interseccionalidad es evidente en las entidades que atienden a personas solicitantes de asilo. En los últimos años según la comisión española de ayuda al refugiado CEAR (2018) el 20% de las solicitudes han sido por razones de orientación sexual o identidad de género. En este sentido se ve la necesidad de contar con investigaciones que generen marcos teóricos y herramientas prácticas para Incorporar el enfoque de la Diversidad Sexual y de Género en la práctica profesional de la intervención psicosocial.

ITZIAR GANDARIAS GOIKOETXEA

itziar.gandarias@deusto.es

629949064

impacto psicosocial de las transformaciones urbanas en el tejido comunitario

De hecho, toda conducta humana se desarrolla en un espacio o contexto físico que se denomina ambiente (Aragonés y Amérigo, 2010). Por lo tanto, la Psicología Ambiental trata de estudiar la conducta en el escenario o ambiente donde tiene lugar, analizando la relación persona-ambiente de manera recíproca, es decir, cómo el ambiente influye sobre la conducta y cómo al mismo tiempo ésta produce cambios en el medio ambiente. La Psicologia Ambiental no está muy desarrollada en España. Sin embargo, las avanzadas trasnformaciones urbanas globales pone en marcha fenómenos como la gentrificación , la marginación, o la pérdida y privatización del espacio público tradicional, priorizando los intereses económicos. Esas transformaciones de las urbes generan cambios en sus habitantes y su (inter)relación con la ciudad, resignificando los espacios de la ciudad. En ese sentido, la Psicologia tiene mucho que investigar sobre los impactos psicosociales (sentido de pertenencia, sentido de comunidad, identidad de barrio etc) que los procesos de urbanización actual generan para poder ofrecer herrramientas que potencien los lazos comunitarios y la participación de la comunidad en los procesos de planificación y regeneración urbana.

ITZIAR GANDARIAS GOIKOETXEA

itziar.gandarias@deusto.es

629949064