Autor: Osane Uriarte

Innovative proposals to deepen the EU social dimension

LAURA GOMEZ URQUIJO https://www.deusto.eus/cs/Satellite/deusto/eu/deustuko-unibertsitatea-2/deusturi-buruz/nor-garen/ikertzaileak-3/73/investigador?cambioidioma=si&_ga=2.203019478.6195646.1557743642-1811944478.1557743642

Social Development, Economy and Innovation for People (EDISPe2), research group with multidisciplinary scholars from Economics, Management and Law. Our research areas are: 1.- Social and solidarity based economy, entrepreneurship and social innovation for sustainable development: based on accumulated expertise in organizations of social and solidarity based economy, its values and principles, its economic, social and environmental impact for a balanced and cohesive growth. 2.- Construction of a legal, economic governance and management environment for all people: combining legal, economic and social perspectives, specially focusing on the European area. 3.- Service-Learning as a transformative pedagogical tool, as an element of building committed citizenship. The EDISPe2 team participates in national and international networks, counting on abundant scientific publications and contributions in congresses, as well as teaching experience at all levels of study. It is remarkable its leadership and participation in European projects and research projects developed in co creation with public or social organisations.

Candidates should have a PhD in Social Sciences and Humanities (Law, Economics, Politics,..) and research experience in EU studies or in areas related to social inclusion and welfare. Personal skills as flexibility and team work abilities are necessary.

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

Our research deals with the designing of new tools to tackle social demands in the European Union, enhancing convergence and solidarity. The deepening in the social dimension of the EU is in the institutional agenda particularly since the boost of the crisis and the effects of austerity policies; new instruments arise, as the European Pillar of Social Rights, but deep changes in legal instruments, economic policies and social structures are needed to allow progress in this direction. We aim to propose changes of the current system of governance and concrete instruments to contribute to a more inclusive legal and economic environment addressing people’s needs. We welcome projects aimed at exploring the mainstreaming of social needs in the study of: – economic governance – social governance – legal instruments to develop social changes – the role of civil society and social organizations – social innovation as an engine of change – policies to enhance inclusion

GOMEZ URQUIJO, L., “The Europeanisation of policy to address poverty under the new economic governance: The contribution of the European Semester” Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1332/175982716X14822521840999 GOMEZ URQUIJO, L., The EU framework to enhance Minimum Income Schemes after the crisis: the case of Spain, en Journal of Social Research and Policy, Journal of Social Research & Policy, Online First Date: June 2018 ISSN: 2067-2640 (print), 2068-9861. GOMEZ URQUIJO, L., “Financial exclusion in the European Union: addressing access to finance difficulties in the current integration framework”, Journal of Contemporary European Studies, November 2014, pp. 1-18 2014. GOMEZ URQUIJO, L., La conexión entre política de cohesión y gobernanza económica en la UE: Eficiencia del nuevo marco para abordar las consecuencias de la crisis. Regions and cohesion. Journal of the Consortium for the Comparative Research on Regional Integration and Social cohesion (RISC) 5, 3, Bergham Journals, New York, 2015. GOMEZ URQUIJO, L., El Pilar Europeo de Derechos Sociales. Contribución al empleo y al mercado de trabajo europeo. (Coordinator). Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 2018. ISBS 978-84-9152-791-6

Currently, main researcher in the EU funded project: EUROPEAN UNION ECONOMIC AND LEGAL INTEGRATION FOR PEOPLE 586906-EPP-1-2017-1-ES-EPPJMO-CHAIR Currently, researcher in the MNECO project (Spanish Ministry of Competitiveness) Las políticas de asilo de la Unión Europea: confluencias entre las dimensiones interna y externa MINECO DER2017-82466-R Recent participation in the EU projects: SOLIDUS “Solidarity in European societies: empowerment, social justice and citizenship H2020 (GA 64989): Social Innovation: Driving Force of Social Change FP7-SSH-2013-1

This proposal is interdisciplinary in both methodological and academic approach; it gathers aspects referred to EU Law, Economic Policy and Social Science. The multidisplinary focus is essential in the team, integrated by Lawyers, Economists and Social Scientists. The team aims to reach multi perspective solutions to the problems studied, thar’s why interdisciplinary collaboration is essential.

Interdisciplinariety is, in fact, one of the strengths of the host unit, with members specialized in Economics, Law and Social Science; as a consequence, the projects and academic publications given by the research team count on a combination of these methodologies and perspectives. Synergies of this proposal with projects developed by the research team at this moment (on solidarity, social innovation, minimum income, refuges integration, among others) are expected.

The project is fully aligned with the H2020 topic: Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies. In particular with the following challenge: “Reversing inequalities in Europe. For more inclusive societies to take shape in the medium term, coherent visions will need to be devised on how to foster a social and economic framework that promotes fairness and sustainability in Europe” https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/europe-changing-world-inclusive-innovative-and-reflective-societies. The internationalization of this proposal is supported first, by the study field of the project itself as it deals with the analysis of a transnational governance instrument (requiring an international perspective and data collection). Second, the project final results will have an international dimension (as they will include proposals for the whole EU or for other regional integrations). At the same time, the host unity has proved its internationalization skills as it has participated in diverse international and European projects.

The research team has a wide experience in co-creating research projects with public and private agents, mainly the Direction of Social Economy of the Basque Government as well as diverse NGOs. According to the topic defined with the candidate collaboration with other agents will be enhanced and supported by the team.

Social impact will be promoted since the design of the research project to be developed by the candidate, enhancing co-creation with the actors involved (e.g. regional policy makers or social organisations). Equally, the participation of social agents during the research will be particularly supported by the team. The dissemination of the results will be done not only at scientific level but also through the web and blog of the team as well as through public seminars and meeting with public officers, aiming to reach the society and policy makers.

As expressed above, the proposal focuses in changes needed. The instruments deployed by the EU seemed no to be enough to overcome inequalities. New instruments, as the European Pillar of Social Rights or the European Semester show some advances in the proposals of social objectives but not in their enforcement. This proposal is precisely based in the hypothesis of the need of proposing innovative changes of the current system of governance and concrete instruments to contribute to a more inclusive legal and economic environment

How will the hosting offer integrate the inclusion dimension? Inclusion dimension is a key aspect in the research team aimed to social development for people. Gender issues and inclusion are cross cutting topics in the team scientific results. As expressed in the proposal, its aim is to deepening in the social dimension of the EU, designing of new tools to tackle social demands, enhancing convergence and solidarity.

Critical Exhibitions of Violence – The potential of memorial museums as tools for peace building.

Angela Bermúdez Vélez. Researcher ID – Web of Knowledge: H-1290-2011 https://deusto.academia.edu/BermúdezVélezAngela Angela Bermudez is a researcher at the Center for Applied Ethics in Deusto University, where she chairs the research group on Conflicts and Cultures of Peace. Her research investigates the role of formal and informal history education in fostering or hindering a critical understanding of political violence, and thus, how it may contribute to peace building. She obtained her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2008 where she investigated youth engagement in the discussion of social and political controversies. Prior to that, she worked in Colombia, where she was born and raised. For over a decade she worked in the field of democracy education, developing curriculum guidelines and teaching and assessment resources, training teachers, teaching youth, and doing research and consultancy with national and international organizations.

Center for Applied Ethics (CEA) https://socialesyhumanas.deusto.es/cs/Satellite/socialesyhumanas/en/centre-for-applied–ethics. The postdoctoral fellow will be integrated to the Center for Applied Ethics (CAE) at the University of Deusto, and more in particular, to the research team on Conflicts and Cultures of Peace. The Center for Applied Ethics, ascribed to the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, is integrated by an interdisciplinary team of people dedicated to research, teaching and the transference of knowledge regarding the ethical dimension of social and political processes. The research line on Conflicts and Cultures of Peace investigates different processes of legitimation and de-legitimation (questioning) of the use of violence as a means of managing social conflicts. This research team is particularly interested in the educational processes that promote peace building. An ongoing research project investigates the relationship between history education, the social construction of historical memory, and the development of sustainable cultures of peace. A second line of work focuses on the educational potential of the perspective and experience of the victims of political violence.

Prospective applicants for this position should have general academic training in social sciences and humanities. It is particularly valued if applicants have academic training or professional experience in the fields of memory studies and/or museum studies. Prior experience in conducting qualitative research is recommended. Skills: independent working habits. Collaborative and team work. Academic writing skills. English language: reading, oral, and writing Spanish language: reading, oral and writing (recommended)

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)

Applicants should propose a study to be developed within the Center’s research project “Critical Exhibitions of Violence – The potential of memorial museums as tools for peace building”. We live surrounded by historical narratives that normalize violence, leading people to take it for granted, without reflecting about its roots, causes, consequences and alternatives. A high proportion of the contents of history education across the world refer to violent events. However, violence is rarely made the object of explicit critical analysis. Previous research by this team shows that textbook narratives often contribute to feed the belief that in the face of conflict, violence is inevitable, necessary, justifiable, and effective. However, school history is only one of the means through which people learn about the violent past. Memorial museums are another important means, and the analysis of their exhibits can shed light on alternative narratives that can have a potentially different impact on how people understand violence. Therefore, the main research aims of this research project are: 1. Study how memorial museums pertaining to different episodes of the violent past in different contexts foster or hinder a critical understanding of political violence. 2. Develop research-based guidelines for the design of museum exhibits that foster a critical understanding of the violent past. 3. Develop research-based guideless for the collaboration between museums, schools and universities.

• Bermudez, A. & Epstein, T. (2020). “Learning about the violent past in memorial museums – Ethical reflection and history education”. Journal for the Study of Education and Development. Special Issue on “Popular Uses of the Past and Education: the Effects of Fading Boundaries” (Forthcoming). • Bermudez, A. (2019). “The normalization of political violence in history textbooks: Ten narrative keys”. Historical Dialogues, Justice, and Memory Network – Working Paper Series, No. 15. March 2019. • Haste, H. & Bermudez, A. (2017). “The power of story: Narrative, history and civic identity”. In, Carretero, M. Berger, S., & Grever, M. (Eds.) International Handbook of Research in Historical Culture and Education. London: Palgrave MacMillan. • Stoskopf, A. & Bermudez, A. (2016). “The sounds of silence: American history textbook representations of non-violence and the Abolition Movement”. Journal of Peace Education, published online on September 22, 2016. DOI: 10.1080/17400201.2016.1230543 • Bermudez, A. (2015). Four tools for critical inquiry in history, social studies and civic education. Revista de Estudios Sociales, 52, 102-118. • Bermudez, A. (2014). Integrating cognitive and discursive approaches in the analysis of critical reflection within relational and socio-cultural contexts. In, SAGE Cases in methodology. London: Sage Publications (ISBN:9781446273050,http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/978144627305014533946).

P.I. Angela Bermudez recently concluded an international research project “Understanding Political Violence through History Education: Comparative Study of History Textbooks and Teachers in the Basque Country, Colombia and the United States,” which was funded by a Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (EU 7th Framework Programme 2012-2016) and a Spencer Foundation Research Grant (2013-2014). Building off the results of this previous project, her current research agenda continues to investigate the role of history education in fostering a critical understanding of political violence, but it expands the focus on formal school based history education to include informal sites of history education such as museums and memorials, film and literature. With the support of a research grant by BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) she is currently conducting a pilot analysis of memorial sites dedicated to the Spanish Civil War. She is currently preparing new grant proposals for the Spanish Ministry of Research and the Spencer Foundation (USA).

History education, peace and conflict studies, memory studies, psychology and ethics.

Team composition: The members of the host research team have academic training and/or professional experience in fields such as education, psychology, history, sociology, philosophy, ethics and peace and conflict studies. Conceptual definition of the research problem: Our team investigates the roles that formal and informal history education can play in the development of a critical understanding of political violence, and in fostering cultures of peace. This problem sits at the intersection of diverse bodies of scholarship on history education, peace and conflict studies, memory studies, psychology and ethics. Methodology: The studies conducted by the team regarding the role of memorial museums employ three analytic models designed by the Principal Investigator: a) Narrative Keys for the Representation of Violence, b) Critical Inquiry Tools, c) Socio-Cultural/Discourse Analysis. The use of these models involves constant interdisciplinary work. Given our interest in excavating the inherent social messaging embedded in historical accounts, we draw upon discourse analysis to shed light on the different ways in which language and narrative are used to achieve social goals. Ethical philosophy is crucial in the assessment of the representation of violence conveyed through historical narratives in museums. Cognitive and developmental psychology are used to shed light on how museum exhibits build upon and encourage critical reflection and historical understanding.

The P.I. of the host research team participates in several international research and professional networks that would provide the postdoctoral fellow with valuable opportunities to attend specialized seminars, contribute to publication projects, participate en academic visits and exchange programs, and engage with concrete research activities. These include: • Research Network on Historical Culture and History Education. Coordinated by Professors Mario Carretero (Department of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Maria Grever (Center for Historical Culture – Erasmus University, Rotterdam). This network recently presented a proposal to the H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019 call, and is waiting for final results. • EUROCLIO – European Association of History Educators. Current collaboration in the project Learning to Disagree. • Historical Dialogues, Justice, and Memory Network. Regular participation in academic seminars and annual conferences. Our research seeks to contribute to the construction of sustainable cultures of peace where individuals and communities can engage in nonviolent management of conflict. In this regard, it resonates with H2020 Societal Challenge 6 that calls for research on the development of “Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies”, and with Challenge 8 (Protection of liberties and rights of citizens) that highlights the need of research that contributes to sustain models of coexistence that rest on principles of freedom, responsibility and justice.

Relevant external stakeholders that could be interested in collaborating within the framework of the proposed research include: • Memorial museums, their curatorial and education teams, which would benefit from research that is likely to help them improve the design of exhibits and educational activities geared towards the goal of contributing to peace-building. • Schools and other educational institutions, which could benefit from research that is likely to provide pedagogical tools to facilitate productive visits to memorial museums.

In adition to the scientific impact, the results of our studies are likely to have an important social impact on the ongoing processes of conveying critical historical memory and building cultures of peaceful coexistence and respect for human rights. A high proportion of the contents included in history curricula across the world refer to violent events and processes. The historical narratives taught in schools tend to normalize and legitimize political violence. However, an alternative approach to history education could teach young people to question and transform these narratives. In particular, memorial museums can expose young people to different accounts of the violent past, and engage them in critical inquiry and reflective discussion about them. In consequence, our research agenda includes a purposeful stragety of colaboration between universities and research centers, specialized museums and educational institutions. As noted, our research aims to: 1. Develop research-based guidelines for the design of museum exhibits that foster a critical understanding of the violent past. 2. Develop research-based guideless for the collaboration between museums, schools and universities.

This research team carries out a distinctive and innovative research agenda. Our studies integrate different disciplinary perspectives to construct original research problems that bridge between ethics and pedagogy, historical memory and peace building, theory and practice. In this way, it advances a needed interdisciplinary dialog. The results obtained with this research are likely to contribute to expand current scholarship, particularly in relation to the challenges of teaching youth about the violent past. Our work contributes a novel examination of the potential of key features of innovative history education to undermine the normalization of political violence by engaging young people in critical inquiry and reflective discussion regarding discrete episodes of political violence in their recent past.

The analysis of museum exhibits about the violent past pays special the attention to the representation of the vicitims of political violence, a significant vulnerable group. In addition, gender based violence is a particularly salient dimension in the examination of representations of political violence. The analysis of such representations is important to develop awareness of the problem and to identify curatorial and educational approaches that contribute to foster a critical understanding and renewed social representations.

Innovative proposals for community committed organizations

Aitziber Mugarra Elorriaga https://www.deusto.es/cs/Satellite/deustoresearch/es/inicio/centros-equipos-e-investigadores/equipos-de-investigacion/economia-desarrollo-e-innovacion-social-para-las-personas-edispe-/equipoinvestiga

Social Development, Economy and Innovation for People (EDISPe2), research group with multidisciplinary scholars from Economics, Management and Law. Our research areas are: 1.- Social and solidarity based economy, entrepreneurship and social innovation for sustainable development: based on accumulated expertise in organizations of social and solidarity based economy, its values and principles, its economic, social and environmental impact for a balanced and cohesive growth. 2.- Construction of a legal, economic governance and management environment for all people: combining legal, economic and social perspectives, specially focusing on the European area. 3.- Service-Learning as a transformative pedagogical tool, as an element of building committed citizenship. The EDISPe2 team participates in national and international networks, counting on abundant scientific publications and contributions in congresses, as well as teaching experience at all levels of study. It is remarkable its leadership and participation in European projects and research projects developed in co creation with public or social organisations.

Candidates should have a PhD in Social Sciences and Humanities (Law, Economics, Sociology, Politics…) and research experience in areas related to social and solidarity based economy, entrepreneurship and social innovation for sustainable development. Personal skills as flexibility and team work abilities are necessary.

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)

Our research deals with new demands to economic & social organizations to tackle challenges of the new economic context focused in people. This project will be developed within the framework of research line “Social and solidarity based economy, entrepreneurship & social innovation for sustainable development” A new space is opened for organizations that focus on people, that commit them to their project, that collaborate in networks with others, that innovate to better respond to new needs and contexts. Organizations of the new economy with a vision of local and community commitment in their DNA. Many of them come from the sphere of the cooperative, social and solidarity based economy, with a long tradition in our context; Interested in developing new governance and accountability to environment regarding its impact, both economic, social and environmental. We welcome projects aimed at exploring new approaches and tools for: building social & trust capital; participation of people in enterprise; organizations that commit stakeholders; measuring social impact; corporate social responsibility & shared value; sustainability development & report; cooperative social responsibility & social audit; civic engagement; values & principles in management; governance of engaged organizations; social entrepreneurship; social innovation for community & inclusion Multidisplinary focus: backgrounds in Economics, Management, Social Science, Law, Political Science or Education are welcomed.

MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A.; ENCISO SANTOCILDES, M. & ECHANIZ BARRONDO, A. (2010): “Otra empresa es posible, propuestas y experiencias desde la economía social”, ICADE. Revista cuatrimestral de las Facultades de Derechos y Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Nº: 80, mayo-agosto, pp. 53-94. ISSN: 1889-7045. MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A.; ECHANIZ BARRONDO, A. & BLANCO MERUELO, E. (2011): “Responsabilidad Social en organizaciones de Economía Social: Tendencias destacadas”. Cooperativismo & Desarrollo num.99, vol.19, julio-diciembre 2011, pp.29-54, ISSN 0120-7180. ENCISO SANTOCILDES, M. & GOMEZ URQUIJO, L. & MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A. (2012): “La iniciativa comunitaria en favor del emprendimiento social y su vinculación con la economía social: una aproximación a su delimitación conceptual”. CIRIEC-España, Revista de Economía Pública, Social y Cooperativa, nº75 pp.55-80 ISSN: 0213-8093; eISSN: 1989-6816 (IN-RECS Q1) ENCISO SANTOCILDES, M.; MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A. & GÓMEZ URQUIJO, L. (2018). “Innovación social para el empleo en la Unión Europea. El caso del Cooperativismo y la Economía Social”. En ROMERO VELASCO, M. (coord.) Nuevos horizontes y perspectivas para el Derecho en el siglo XXI. (pp. 277-289). Cizur Menor, España: Thomson Reuters Aranzadi. MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A. (2018) “Gestión de la democracia y democracia en la gestión: el principio de gestión democrática en la economía social vasca”, en ENCISO, M. & GAMINDE, E. El principio de gestión democrática por parte de los socios de las cooperativas. Ed. Dykinson. pp.179-194 ISBN: 978-3-921823-96-5. MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A.; ALONSO, A.; BORGES, C.E.; ECHANIZ BARRONDO, A.; GARCIA PEREZ, A.; GOMEZ GOIRI, M. & PIJOAN, A. (2018) “Ciudades Amigables para todas las personas, un ejemplo de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario ¿Cómo construir participativamente proyectos innovadores e inclusivos?”, en colección Social Briefing, Ed. Universidad de Deusto. ISBN: 978-84-16982-50-9.

Social Innovation, Driving Force for Social Change (SI-DRIVE), (2014-2017) for European Union, coordinated by the University of Dortmund. SOLIDUS: ¿Solidarity in European societies: empowerment, social justice and citizenship?, (2015-2018) for European Union (Horizon 2020). Friendly Cities for All People, in 2016 for Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) Neurtzen 2: The Social Economy Narrative, (2018-2019), for Basque Government (interuniversity project with researchers from 3 universities) Currently, we are in the preliminary stages of identifying new opportunities for upcoming national and European calls in these areas.

This proposal is interdisciplinary in both methodological and academic approach; it gathers aspects referred to Law, Economic Policy and Social Science, all them focused in tackle the challenges of the new economic context focused in the people and their necessities. The multidisplinary focus is essential in the team, integrated by Lawyers, Economists and Social Scientists. The team aims to reach multi perspective solutions to those challenges, analyzing their social, environmental and economic impact. That’s why interdisciplinary collaboration is essential.

Interdisciplinarity is, in fact, one of the strengths of the host unit, with members specialized in Economics, Law and Social Science; as a consequence, the projects and academic publications given by the research team count on a combination of these methodologies and perspectives. Synergies of this proposal with projects developed by the research team at this moment (on solidarity, social innovation, accountability of organizations, social engagement, collaborative economy, social entrepreneurship, among others) are expected.

The project is aligned with H2020 topic: Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative & reflective societies. In particular with the challenge: “Economic recovery and inclusive and sustainable long-term growth with focus on co-creation for growth & inclusion: engaging citizens, users, academia, social partners, public authorities, businesses including SMEs, creative sector & social entrepreneurs” Moreover, is connected with Sustainable Development Goals, with special focus in: • Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere: searching new organizations for fighting poverty, social discrimination and exclusion, as the experience of insertion companies and social cooperatives in the framework of the social and solidarity economy. • Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women: exploring new legal frameworks for female equality in workplace and in people-centred organizations as social and solidarity economy. • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth: searching for enterprises that “allow people to have quality jobs that stimulate the economy while not harming the environment”, once again people-centred organizations. • Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns: focuses in the people & planet demands in innovative ways. • Goal 17 Partnership for the goals: exploring “partnerships between governments, the private sector and civil society”, always putting people and the planet at the core of decisions.

The research team has a wide experience in co-creating research projects with public and private agents, mainly the Direction of Social Economy of the Basque Government as well as cooperative and social and solidarity based organizations networks and diverse NGOs. According to the topic defined with the candidate, collaboration with other agents will be enhanced and supported by the team.

Social impact will be promoted since the design of the research project to be developed by the candidate, enhancing co-creation with the actors involved (e.g. regional policy makers or social organizations). Equally, the participation of social agents during the research will be particularly supported by the team. The dissemination of the results will be done not only at scientific level but also through the web and blog of the team as well as through public seminars and meeting with public officers, aiming to reach the society and policy makers.

As expressed above, the proposal focuses on imagining new solutions based on the heritage of the social and solidarity economy in Europe but innovating from a multidisciplinary perspective to respond to all the new challenges we face.

Inclusion dimension is a key aspect in the research team aimed to social development for people. Gender issues and inclusion are cross cutting topics in the team scientific results. As expressed in the proposal, its aim is to tackle the challenges of the new economic context focused in the people and their needs through organizations of the new economy with a vision of local and community commitment in their DNA.

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

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

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.

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)

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.

Factors of vulnerability associated with the problem of gambling

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.

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. This team has the collaboration of professors such as Mark Griffiths and Susana Jimenez-Murcia, international authors of reference in the field, whose participation at the level of ideation and dissemination of results will promote scientific publications of quality and international impact.

We work together with the Spanish Federation of Rehabilitated Gamblers and with numerous national and international treatment and research centres. We work in the Responsible Gaming Advisory Board Member in the Spanish Ministry of Finance.

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.

Computational Social Sciences

The Chair of Computational Mathematics of DeustoTech, University of Deusto (Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain), aims to develop an active research, training and outreach agenda in the broad field of Applied Mathematics. Led by Enrique Zuazua, and funded, among other agencies, by the Advanced Grant DyCon of the European Research Council (ERC), the Chair is committed with the development of ground-breaking research in the areas of Partial Differential Equations, Control Theory, Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing; key tools for technological transfer and for the interaction of Mathematics with other scientific disciplines such as Biology, Social Sciences, Engineering, Earth and Climate Sciences.

The Chair of Computational Mathematics,develops its activity in the DeustoTech research and technological center, oriented to computer, data and mathematical sciences, with excellent infrastructure and embedded in an international network of academic and research institutions.

The Chair aims to employ the classical paradigm of Mathematical “modelling + analysis+ simulation + control “ to address these important issues. Different problems inspired on social sciences require of a diversity of models including reaction-diffusion Partial Differential Equations (PDED), Markov chains, game theory and networks. On the other hand, the limited information and understanding we have of some of these new social emerging phenomena require of the construction of new methods based on the data at our disposal. The goal of the postdoctoral research to be conducted would be to combine the classical tools of applied mathematics with the modern methodologies of data analytics and sciences to address these challenging issues.

• Mathematics (MAT)

The Chair aims to integrate a postdoctoral fellow to carry out mathematical and computational research in the field of “Computational Social Sciences”. Modern societies are increasingly complex. Social networks and information technologies provide new opportunities of communication, cooperation and growth, but also raise new risks on security and the propagation of fake news. Immigration and refugees due to violence and poverty is another major issue, while multiculturalism and economic inequalities constitute significant challenges that need to be addressed to assure a stable long term sustainability.

• U. Biccari, D. Ko and E. Zuazua, Dynamics and control for multi-agent networked systems: a finite difference approach. Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 29 (2019), 755-790. • V. Hernández-Santamaría, M. Lazar, E. Zuazua, Greedy optimal control for elliptic problems and its application to turnpike problems, Numer. Math. 141 (2019), no. 2, 455–493. • E. Zuazua, Large time control and turnpike properties for wave equations. Annual Reviews in Control, 2017. • J. Lohéac, E. Trélat and E. Zuazua, Minimal controllability time for the heat equation under unilateral state or control constraints, Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., Vol. 27, No. 9 (2017), pp. 1587-1644. • M. Tucsnak and E. Zuazua Controllability and Positivity Constraints in Population Dynamics with Age Structuring and Diffusion, with, To appear in J. Math. Pures Appl. (https://cmc.deusto.eus/controllability-and-positivity-constraints-in-population-dynamics-with-age-structuring-and-diffusion/) • M. Tucsnak , and E. Zuazua Controllability of a Class of Infinite Dimensional Systems with Age Structure, with M., Submitted. (https://cmc.deusto.eus/controllability-of-a-class-of-infinite-dimensional-systems-with-age-structure/

• ERC-ADG-2015 ERC Advanced Grant (694126) DyCon-Dynamic Control Dynamic Control and Numerics of Partial Differential Equations. Partners: Fundación Deusto (CCM)-coordination & UAM_Madrid • MINECO RETOS 2017. (MTM2017-92996-C2-1-R). Control y estabilidad de redes híbridas AC/DC: Ecuaciones Diferenciales y Ecuaciones en Derivadas Parciales para el análisis de estabilidad de redes (COSNET). Partners: Fundación Deusto (CCM)-coordination, and Mondragon University. • ELKARTEK 2018 (Basque Government) (KK-2018/00083) «New Tools for the Design and Control of Hybrid ac/dc Distribution Networks (Road2DC)». Partners Mondragon University, Fundación Deusto, TECNALIA, Ingeteam & IK4-IKERLAN

The Chair of Computational Mathematics always tries to incorporates a wide selection of knowledge areas amongst their team members ( mathematics, Physics and Computing science) as well in the search for new collaborative approaches with other entities. Thus, the hosting institution offers the possibility to integrate knowledge in relation to health science, energy and industrial applications amongst others.

Interdisciplinarity is a crucial step planned within the research of the Chair of Computational Mathematics. Its relevance relays on the fact that the development mathematical outcomes envisage to be implemented in real case scenarios. In particular the interaction between mathematical solutions and computing modelling turns to crucial for a successful results impact and uptake of the results. To date, the interdisciplinary activities have been planned and implemented actively taking part in other areas of the Deustotech Centre in relation to big data analysis, image treatment and machine learning applications. The research road map of the Chair offers the possibility to enhance this approach by the contribution of post-doctoral members as well as a result of network with other regional and international research centres.

The research framework of the Hosting offer covers the potential to build direct and indirect relationship with H2020 priorities such as climate resilient future as well as digitising and transforming European Industry and services. The strength of Mathematics lies in its potential to be used in the most diverse disciplines and applications. Mathematics is used to measure, model, predict, quantify, calculate, simulate … And that enormous potential has been amplified in the last decades thanks to the symbiosis with its most advantaged descendants, Computer Science and Modelling. The Hosting group projects develops a multidisciplinary training and research agenda in the area of systems control, with applications in very diverse sectors and, very particularly, those involved in Sustainable Development. At the present there is clear relation of the projects to Goal 7: Clean energy, Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure and Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals. One of the questions that the chair addresses from the mathematical perspective is the development of optimal control strategies in large temporal horizons, particularly important in those challenges that society faces in the medium and long term. Energy, Climate Change, Epidemiology, neurodegenerative diseases, waste management, wealth distribution, multiculturalism and immigration are some of those issues in which Mathematics, and in particular the tools developed, can play a decisive role.

Relevant external stakeholders to collaborate with in the framework of the proposal/project could be the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) in Erlangen-Nürnberg, in Germany and Universidad Autonóma Madrid (UAM), Spain

The hosting research group has developed over the last few years a clear Dissemination Plan for the scientific publications as well as a Communication Plan for dissemination of the research approach for a wider audience and targeted groups. There is a clear contribution of the expert knowledge on the attraction of talent to mathematical studies and more all for its application and uses in different societal challenges. The participation of the researchers in scientific events as well as talent attraction events al local and/or international level is key for the exploitation of the mathematical result uptakes and potential impact and contribution by the platform tool user community.

The Chair of Computational Mathematics has been conceived and run in a holistic manner, integrating from the very early the research efforts in the mathematical aspects and the software development. This has been done, in particular to increase the potential of interaction of the team with researchers of other fields and other players in the broad European space of Research and Innovation. In addition, The Chair has included as well the research environment where the Principal Investigator , senior lecturers, post-doctoral researches and PhD and Master students share the key aspects of their knowledge as well the expertise to the rest of team.

The Chair of Computational Mathematics pursues an active policy for gender equal opportunities.

Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging in Healthy Ageing

Natalia Ojeda del Pozo http://neurolab.deusto.es/en/category/investigadores/

The research team Neuropsychology of Severe Medical Conditions (NeuroLab) as part of the Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology at the University of Deusto has an immediate opening for a one-year postdoctoral research fellowship position. The fellowship emphasizes investigation in the area of Neuropsychology and Neuroimaging. NeuroLab is an international group with 22 years of trajectory and international prestigious collaborations in the field of Neuropsychology. We are 16 researchers with expertise on brain imaging, cognitive assessment, and cognitive remediation in neurological/psychiatric disorders, as well as in other conditions (prematurity, gender dysphoria, etc). It is remarkable our active implication in relevant research projects on the field of cognitive rehabilitation and brain changes, developing neuropsychological instruments, and phenotype profiles of neurological and psychiatric conditions. Research topics and more info at: http://neurolab.deusto.es/en/

Requirements: − Preferably a PhD in Psychology (thesis defended) or in other neuroimaging disciplines. − Strong oral and written English language skills − Expertise in healthy and pathological aging − Experience in clinical research methods, study design and implementation, statistical analysis and grant writing. − Publications in WoS journals (Q1 and Q2 JCR) Duties: − Publish between 2 and 4 papers a year (WoS, Q1 and Q2 JCR) in collaboration with a team member. − Prepare competitive research proposals. − Be actively involved in the team’s research projects and activities.

• Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
• Life Sciences (LIF)

The fellow will be part of ongoing national and international studies with these populations. The research teams are interdisciplinary and composed of various types of professionals (psychologists, psychiatrics, neurologist, radiologist, etc.). The fellow will also have the opportunity to help developing new research lines and to be involved in individual and group- based intervention studies in collaboration with other national and international institutions. Opportunities for clinical skill development in a research context are available and include neuropsychological assessment, test interpretation, and neuropsychological rehabilitation.

1. Montoya-Murillo G, Ibarretxe-Bilbao N, Peña J, Ojeda N. (2019).The impact of apathy on cognitive performance in the elderly. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019 May;34(5):657-665. doi: 10.1002/gps.5062. Epub 2019 Feb 28. 2. Díez-Cirarda, M., Strafella, A. P., Kim, J., Peña, J., Ojeda, N., Cabrera-Zubizarreta, A., & Ibarretxe-Bilbao, N. (2018). Dynamic functional connectivity in Parkinson’s disease patients with mild cognitive impairment and normal cognition. NeuroImage: Clinical, 17, 847-855. 3.Díez-Cirarda M., Ojeda, N., Peña, J., Cabrera-Zubizarreta, A., Lucas-Jiménez, O., Gómez-Esteban, J. C., … & Ibarretxe-Bilbao, N. (2018). Long-term effects of cognitive rehabilitation on brain, functional outcome, and cognition in Parkinson’s disease. European Journal of Neurology. DOI: 10.1111/ene.13472 4. Díez-Cirarda, M., Ojeda, N., Peña, J., Cabrera-Zubizarreta, A., Lucas-Jiménez, O., Gómez-Esteban, J. C., … & Ibarretxe-Bilbao, N. (2016). Increased brain connectivity and activation after cognitive rehabilitation in Parkinson’s disease: a randomized controlled trial. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 1-12. 5. Peña, J., Ibarretxe-Bilbao, N., García-Gorostiaga, I, Gomez-Beldarrain, M. A., Díez-Cirarda, M., Ojeda, N. (2014). Improving functional disability and cognition in Parkinson Disease: Randomized controlled trial. Neurology, 83(23), 2167-74.

PROJECT: “Neuroimaging markers associated with cognitive remediation in schizophrenia”. FUNDING SOURCE: Health Research Projects. Economy and Competitiveness Ministry (Spain). CENTRE: Psychiatric Hospital of Alava. PERIOD: 2016-2019 PROJECT: “Identification of biomarkers of the retina and visual pathway in genetic forms of Parkinson’s disease as a model for idiopathic Parkinson’s disease”. FUNDING SOURCE: Health Research Projects. Economy and Competitiveness Ministry. CENTRE: Biocruces and University of Deusto. PERIOD: 2016-2019 PROJECT: “Longitudinal study by neuroimaging of carriers of E46K mutation of alpha-synuclein gene as a model of idiopathic Lewy body disease”. FUNDING SOURCE: Health Research Institute Charles III CENTRE: Cruces University Hospital and University of Deusto. PERIOD: 2015-2018

Neuropsychology, state of the art neuroimaging techniques, neuroanatomy, healthy ageing.

We currently work in a network with an interdisciplinary team of professionals (radiologists, neurologists, neuropsychologists, neuroimaging experts, etc) in order to carry out our neuroimaging and neuropsychological studies.

In line with H2020 ‘Health, demographic change and wellbeing’ challenge, we aim to propose solutions in order to improve healthy aging focused on amiliorating cognitive decline associated to age. Thus, efficacy of non-pharmachological treatments such as cognitive remediation, psicoeducation and physical activities will be studied. Another of our objetives (and according to H2020) is to identify long-term variables with an impact on healthy aging such as habits, nutrition, cognitive task, etc.

Companies and research centres located in the Basque Country plus the Basque foundation for health innovation and research Regional patients associations (the Parkinson’s disease Association, ASPARBI, and the Multiple Sclerosis Association, ADEMBI) Hospitals: Psychiatric Hospital of Alava, Galdakao Hospital, Basurto Hospital, Cruces Hospital, etc.

This research opportunity will increase the postdoctoral fellow’s knowledge in neuropsychology and neuroimaging related to healthy aging. The postdoctoral fellow will have the oportunity to publish the scientific work derived from the investigation in high-impact international journals. The host institution has established international collaborations (Johns Hopkins University and Kessler Foundation in USA) taking charge of the strategy for internationalization of this field. This will give the postdoctoral fellow international recognition in this area, creating international collaborative networks. It is aimed to reach different stakeholders and end-users: 1. For Clinicians: 1.1). The main results will be explained through informative sessions for professionals in the hospitals from the established collaboration network. 1.2) Other professionals will be contacted and invited to attend a yearly meeting organized at the University of Deusto. 2. For patients, families and patients associations: To give feedback to the patients and families about their involvement in the tests. 3. For Institutions: Regional/national institutions and policy makers will be informed of the results in order to improve societal quality of life in those communities that need them most. 5. General public: To use MyDeusto.com, a technology transfer platform managed by the University of Deusto, as a route to propagate the results between researchers, families and welfare networks.

Non-pharmachological interventions in order to ameliorate age-related cognitive decline. Moreover, the efficacy of these interventions will be tested.

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. The timely specific action is required to enable them to enter higher education in equal conditions and ensure their full integration in the university community. 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.

User Behaviour Modelling Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques

Aitor Almeida https://morelab.deusto.es/people/members/aitor-almeida/

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 research group which will host the IF candidate is Deustek (http://www.morelab.deusto.es/), one of the largest and most successful research groups in the University. The group has a strong background in the application of Artificial Intelligence techniques to middleware for embedded and mobile system in order to foster context-aware reactivity and activity modelling and reaction. Deustek has worked in several projects dealing with Activity Recognition, Behavior Modelling, Big Data and Intelligent Environments like City4Age (H2020), Greensoul (H2020), SONOPA (AAL), THOFU (national), PIRAMIDE (national), SABESS (national) and Aztarnet (regional).

We are looking for PostDoc applications to complete our research skills in machine learning and deep learning applied to user behavior modelling and recognition. The group is currently embarked in several European H2020 projects and proposals which involve knowledge and expertise in this research area applied to several domains: intelligent environments, health applications, active ageing and social networks. The candidates are expected to have a strong base in machine learning and deep learning applied to sequential data, text, sensor data or images. A proven track record of expertise in the area by a good range of impact publications and open source contributions is expected. Candidates are expected to be able to code their proposed solutions and work on integrating them in the related projects. Experience in the execution of past projects and in the preparation of proposals, particularly European, will be valued. Additional knowledge in any of the following fields will be considered for accessing to the open position (please take into account that we do not expect experience in all of them): intelligent environments, Smart Cities, Ambient Assisted Living, Social Network Analysis, active ageing and health related applications.

• Information Sciences and Engineering (ENG)

Deustek is an officially recognized and financed research group within the Basque university system. The Deustek research unit is a multidisciplinary research group composed mainly by computer scientist and electric engineers but integrating also designers, HCI experts and lawyers. Our research interests are diverse and applied to multiple domains, but always with a strong focus on relevant societal challenges like citizen participation, active ageing, hate speech or sustainable development. The candidate will be integrated into the project team of one of our active research projects, working alongside the other members of the research unit. The candidate will actively participate in the preparation and execution of European and Industrial proposals and projects. His/her integration into the Deustek team will be an opportunity to develop as an applied research scientist in close contact with excellence research in the European domain and the Basque industrial sector. Our focus on competitive research projects will allow the candidate to develop a significant contact network while collaborating with European research groups. The candidate will receive research and financial support for publication in high impact journals and attendance to relevant conferences.

– Aitor Almeida, Rubén Mulero, Piercosimo Rametta, Vladimir Urosevic, Marina Andric, Luigi Patrono. (2019) \\\\\\\»A critical analysis of an IoT—aware AAL system for elderly monitoring\\\\\\\» In Future Generation Computer Systems. vol. 97. p. 598-619. DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2019.03.019. Impact factor: 4.639 (Q1) – Gorka Azkune, Aitor Almeida. (2018) \\\\\\\»A Scalable Hybrid Activity Recognition Approach for Intelligent Environments\\\\\\\» In IEEE Access. vol. 6. p. 41745-41759. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2861004. Impact factor: 3.557 (Q1) – Aritz Bilbao Jayo, Aitor Almeida, Diego López-de-Ipiña. (2016) \\\\\\\»Promotion of active ageing combining sensor and social network data\\\\\\\» In Journal of Biomedical Informatics. vol. 64. p. 108-115. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2016.09.017. Impact factor: 2.447 (Q1) – Gorka Azkune, Aitor Almeida, Diego López-de-Ipiña, Liming Chen. (2015) \\\\\\\»Extending knowledge-driven activity models through data-driven learning techniques\\\\\\\» In Expert Systems with Applications. vol. 42. p. 3115-3128. DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2014.11.063. Impact factor: 2.981 (Q1) – Aitor Almeida, Gorka Azkune. (2018) \\\\\\\»Predicting Human Behaviour with Recurrent Neural Networks\\\\\\\» In Applied Sciences. vol. 8. p. 305. DOI: 10.3390/app8020305. Impact factor: 1.689 (Q3)

Behavior modelling and recognition is one the research areas within Deustek. During the recently closed City4Age H2020 project we created the base of our current behavior modelling research: a multi-level behavior model, a algorithm for sensor-based activity recognition and a behavior prediction algorithm. That research is currently being expanded in the newly approved FuturAAL project (Retos, national). In FuturAAL we will be working the next 3 years with the EHU in improving the activity recognition process both on sensor-based environments. We have also recently submitted 3 European and 1 regional proposals related with this area. In the Behavioromics (SC1-BHC-28-2019, H2020) proposal Deustek is leading the work package in charge of creating an expanded behavior model. In the BD4QoL proposal (SC1-DTH-01-2019, H2020) Deustek oversees creating the behavior recognition algorithms that will be used to ascertain the quality of life of post-treatment neck cancer patients. In the Toleration proposal (REC-RRAC-RACI-AG-2019, REC), which Deustek coordinates, we will create a behavior modeling algorithm to detect multi-media hate speech in social networks. Finally, in the PERUSE proposal (Elkartek, regional), which Deustek coordinates, we use behavior modelling algorithms to detect risk related to workplace stress. We are currently working on different proposal for the SC1-DTH-04-2020, SC1-DTH-02-2020 and SC1-BHC-29-2020 calls, with a strong focus on behavior modelling.

The research in this area is closely related to both behavioral and health sciences. In our previous projects we have worked closely with professionals from these areas (geriatricians, behavioral scientists, general practitioners…) in order to better understand the needs for behavior modelling in specific application domains (AAL, active ageing, prevention and detection of diseases…). We currently have a strong network of collaborators working on related areas with whom we work in our research. Ideally the prospective candidate should have previous experience working on related domains but is not essential. As part of our European research projects and proposals, the candidate can expect to collaborate with researchers and professionals in both of the aforementioned areas and having access to relevant pilot and user groups in order to gather data and test the developed models and algorithms. Members of the Deustek research group collaborate regularly in the interdisciplinary platforms (https://www.deusto.es/cs/Satellite/deustoresearch/en/home/interdisciplinary-research-platforms-1?cambioidioma=si) of the University of Deusto with researchers from other disciplines. Specifically, we take part in the Ageing and Wellbeing, B-creative, Strengthening Participation, and Social Justice and Inclusion platforms. The candidate will be expected to also take part in these platforms, helping him/her to interact with other research groups of the university.

Our interdisciplinarity will be mainly driven by our collaboration with other researchers and professionals in project consortia. Two of our current research projects offer interesting collaboration opportunities centered on behavior modelling and intelligent environments. In the FuturAAL project we are working alongside experts in computer vision from the EHU to improve the activity recognition in ego-centric vision systems. In the EU-SHAFE project we will contact stakeholders in seven different European regions to analyze the necessities and requirements for age-friendly cities. In the same way, our current H2020 proposals under evaluation include both medical researchers, behavioral scientists and relevant end-users, This will allow the candidate to interact with other European researchers working on different aspects of the behavior modelling problem. The advantages of this approach are twofold. On one hand the candidate will be able to have access to relevant collaborators in different areas and to end-users. On the other hand, the candidate will be able to expand her contact network, improving her capability to present competitive research proposals.

With more than 139 executed research projects the Deustek research group has a strong network of international collaborators, mainly centered in Europe. This network includes the academia, industry, public administrations, NGOs and end-user organizations with which we work continuously to further our research. The candidate will have access to this network to both work on the proposed research and to find new research opportunities in the form of new project proposals. The research proposed in this hosting offer is mainly aligned with the “Health, demographic change and wellbeing” societal challenge proposed in the H2020 programme, specifically in the “Better health and care, economic growth and sustainable health systems (BHC)” and “Digital transformation in health and care (DTH)” calls, which encompass most of the already presented proposals described before. The hosting offer is also aligned on one hand with the third SDG “Goal 3: Good health and well-being for people”, using the behavior modelling to provide personalized healthcare and improve the detection of early risks; and on the other hand with the eleventh goal “Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities”, improving the inclusiveness and friendliness of the SmartCities by providing a better understanding of the citizens needs and behavior. It is planned for the candidate to apply for an ERC proposal at the of the hosting period, taking advantage of the CV improvement achieved during the hosting period.

The proposed offer is situated in the convergence of the biosciences and health binomial within the RIS3 strategy of the Basque Country. Is in this same convergence in which the Elkartek proposal that we have coordinated this year is located. In this proposal we have gathered industrial partners, research institutions and academic partners to work on the analysis of the workers behavior to improve health within the working environments. The candidate will have access to several stakeholders at both European and international level during the hosting: research groups working on behavior modelling in Canada, UK, Italy, Singapore, the Netherlands and Spain; research institutes in France, Italy and Spain; relevant industrial partners in Italy, the Netherlands, Serbia and Greece; and user associations and NGOs in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain.

The work developed during the hosting offer will have a significant social impact in three areas: 1- Promotion of active ageing: The improved algorithms for activity recognition will allow to monitor the daily life of elders, allowing to detect the harmful behaviors and assisting them in adopting more healthy behaviors 2- Improving of the elders independent living: advanced behavior models can improve the assistive technologies used to help the elders in their everyday life, allowing them to live independently for a longer period of time and delaying the internment in care facilities. 3- Minimize the impact of ageing in informal caretakers. By improving the assistive technologies we aim to reduce the burden of the caretakers to tackle the “caretaker syndrome”. To evaluate this impact our recent proposals in the H2020 BHC and DTH calls have significant user cohorts provided by end-user associations, which will ease the dissemination among the target users.

Several innovations are expected to be created as a direct result of the candidate’s work, as we will integrate him/her in our current research roadmap for behavior modelling in intelligent environments. The first result will be an extended multi-level user conduct model oriented to intelligent environments and health-related domains. Current models only contemplate three levels in user conduct (actions, activities and behaviors). During our work in the City4Age H2020 project, we identified the need to include more abstract conduct levels like habits and lifestyles. This will allow us to identify the repetitive abstract conducts related to early health risks in different domains. A second expected innovation will be work on a generalizable user conduct recognition ML model that will be able to integrate the knowledge extracted from multiple dataset in a single recognition mechanism. This will allow us to reuse multiple datasets created in different domains to extend and improve our algorithms. The result will be made available to both the research community and our industrial partners, allowing us to be more competitive in future project consortia at a European level.

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. The university is taking the necessary steps to boost equality with the implementation of a Gender Equality Plan at institutional level with the firm objective of challenging and transforming gender roles and identities linked to professional careers, and work towards real institutional change. DeustoTech, as one of its institutions, is included into this service of social action and inclusion. The main aims consist of achieving full normalization, 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 on the transition to the labor market jointly with special job centers and companies at large. One of the main activity areas of the Deustek research group has always been working on relevant societal challenges. A significant number of our current proposals deal with working with vulnerable groups in order to promote their inclusion. In the Toleraction (REC) proposal we are working to fight hate-speech against religious minorities, specifically islamophobia and anti-semitism alongside the Human Rights Institute of the university. In the StandByMe (REC) proposal we are working on preventing sexual harassment and raising awareness in young adults, with a strong focus on gender issues.

Data Science Researcher for Health and Wellbeing

María Begoña García Zapirain https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=QXTyzAcAAAAJ&hl=en

eVIDA is a research group of the University of Deusto committed to research on and development of ICT-based tools, systems and interventions for psychological, social and physical health. Over the last decade, eVIDA has established close working relationships with key local stakeholders including hospitals, charities, other research groups and ICT companies. In the field of ICTs for Wellbeing, eVIDA researches, designs, develops and tests tools and systems which enable disabled people and the elderly to live more independent lives. eVIDA is involved in creating apps and for person-centred care, and various tele-medicine and tele-monitoring systems. In the field of health, eVIDA is specialized in creating diagnostic tools and systems and interventions for people with health. eVIDA is participating in SUNFRAIL project from the 3rd health Program and CATCH ITN Marie Sklodowska-Curie. eVIDA has been awarded the University of Deusto- Banco Santander Research Award in 2007 and the ONCE Euskadi-Solidarios Research Award in 2007. This team is part of various research networks such as the European Network of Livings Labs (ENoLL) and the “Red de Espacios Sociales de Innovación (ESdI)”. http://evida.deusto.es/

The ideal candidate should have specialized through the PhD research and masters in Maths or Mathematical Engineering, Computer Science or Data Science with a strong focus and interest in machine learning, artificial intelligence and deep learning. Fluency in English (C1) is also required as well as skills for the use of Python and other programming frameworks and languages. Requirements: – PhD in a scientific discipline such as Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or another quantitative field – Strong background in Computer Vision, Machine Learning and data mining – Deep understanding in ML, including strong knowledge of the mathematical underpinnings behind various methods (e.g. regression techniques, neural networks, decision trees, clustering, pattern recognition, dimensionality reduction) – Experience with Deep Learning frameworks, such as TensorFlow, Keras, Caffe, Torch, Pytorch, etc. – Strong coding skills in Python or C/C++ and/or Matlab, R – High commitment to rapid development, writing quality code, collaboration with colleagues, and conveying a positive attitude. – Fluent spoken and written English (C1)

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

The candidate will be working within the framework of eVIDA, one of Deusto´s most active research groups. Several different tasks will be carried out in different projects related with health, wellbeing, artificial intelligence and data science. The main objective will be the creation of predictive models based on artificial intelligence. The specific tasks include: – Cleaning of databases. – Design of pre and post processing algorithms. – Design and validation of Deep Learning algorithms applied to socio-sanitary databases. – Development of scientific reports.

1. Reviewing Mobile Apps To Control Heart Rate in Literature and Virtual Stores Javier Salvador García, Susel Góngora Alonso, Isabel de la Torre Díez, Begoña Garcia-Zapirain, Cristián Castillo-Olea, Miguel Lopéz Coronado, Javier Cabo Salvador Journal of Medical Systems https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-019-1202-z IF: Q2 2.Frailty level monitoring and analysis after a pilot six-week randomized controlled clinical trial using FRED exergame including biofeeback supervision in elderly day care centre Iranzu Mugueta-Aguinaga, Begoña Garcia-Zapirain International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16050729 IF: Q2 3. Detection of Volatile Compounds Emitted by Bacteria in Wounds using Gas Sensors Carlos Salinas Alvarez , Daniel Sierra-Sosa, Begonya Garcia-Zapirain, Deborah Yoder-Himes, Adel Elmaghraby MDPI Sensors Publication https://doi.org/10.3390/s19071523 IF: Q2 4. Predictive, Personalized, Preventive and Participatory (4P) Medicine Applied to Telemedicine and eHealth in the Literature Isabel de la Torre Díez, Begoña Garcia-Zapirain, Susel Góngora Alonso Journal of Medical Systems. IN PRESS IF: – 5. Summarizing videos into a target language: methodology, architectures and evaluation. Kamel Smaïli, Dominique Fohr, Carlos GonzÁlez-Gallardo, Michal Grega, Lucjan Janowski, Denis Jouvet, Arian KozbiaŁ, David Langlois, Mikolaj Leszczuk, Odile Mella, Mohamed-Amine Menacer, Amaia Mendez, Elvys Linhares Pontes, Eric Sanjuan, Juan-Manuel Torres-Moreno and Begoña Garcia-Zapirain JIFS . IF: IN PRESS

The future researcher is going to work with the ongoing projects under AAL and other frameworks, and the presentation of new ones, all under the two main objectives of the eVida group.

– ICTs – Data Science – Health – Wellbeing – Engineering

Interdisciplinarity is key for eVIDA and for the offered position. Two main areas lie in the core of this group: ICTs and health. Apart from these two, the candidate will be working with different methodologies from engineering and social sciences. eVida collaborates with experts from different fields and backgrounds, including doctors, nurses, anthropologists, psychologists and scholars.

eVIDA and, consequently, the job offer, have a close relationship with several policies at the regional, national, and overall European and international levels. Amongst the priorities of H2020, the European Approach to Artificial Intelligence and the Big Data and Data Science calls are the two main related areas where the candidate will work. Most of the tasks will be developed under the framework of AAL calls as conceived by the European Commission. These calls entail the creation of international networks and the inclusion of different methodologies. Other projects are framed under the Basque Government’s policies for health, including oncology and initiatives coming from foundations or public institutions.

The University of Deusto has an extensive network of collaborators that not only extends to the direct connections of the university, but also to those of the international team members and partners that work together with eVIDA in the different calls. Amongst the research group´s main stakeholders there are several hospitals, companies, institutions and foundations. Some examples are Georgetown University (USA), Fundación Sindrome de Down (ES), Mayo Clinic (USA), IMQ (ES), etc.

Many of the University of Deusto´s previous projects have evolved and turned into successful businesses, be them in the form of entrepreneurship or products for already established companies. Others have become relevant research projects, uptaken even after the established timeframe and developed into PhD theses or dissemination initiatives. eVIDA is focused on creating a real impact for the society, and as such, the projects are not forgotten once the deadline is over, instead, they become real products or concepts that affect the daily life of many citizens, especially seniors and disabled people.

eVIDA is committed to the creation of international and multidisciplinary teams. For this reason, most of its members come from different countries including France, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Brazil, Ireland, Germany, etc. This is an innovative aspect of the offer that follows the line of other prestigious knowledge hubs abroad. The candidate will also use the newest concepts and technologies to improve the already existing processes and achieve innovative results. The development of new techniques and solutions for the wellbeing of elderly and disabled people implies a constant connection with the latest trends. All eVida´s projects are based on bringing unexplored solutions to the academic and economic markets.

The University of Deusto and specially eVIDA have a commitment with inclusion and equality of opportunities. For this reason, the aim of inclusion of all genders and sexual orientations, people with diverse capacities and vulnerable groups in general, will not only be true for the selection process, but also for the working environment; where everyone collaborates to create a welcoming atmosphere for everybody.