A Catalogue of Irish Pollen Diagrams

This paper provides a seventeen year retrospective on the contributions made to the evolving European real estate research agenda at the annual conferences of the European Real Estate Society (ERES) over the period 1993-2009. Using a recently constructed database of conference records it identifies a total of over two thousand eight hundred individual conference contributions made over the period. The mix of topics has shifted over time from a focus on research related to valuation and specific developments in individual markets to an increasing focus on finance and investment research and cross-border comparisons. Throughout the period housing research has remained a very important topic of contribution. The paper also examines how the evolving real research agenda reflects the process of structural change which has taken place in the European real estate over the same period. At a wider level this work provides a benchmark of how the European research agenda has evolved overtime and seeks to stimulate debate on its future evolution.

BackgroundThe aim of the EU-funded HERA (health and environment research agenda) project is to set priorities for the future European research agenda in the environment, climate and health nexus. We report results from a European researcher’s perspective and identify research areas that have been inadequately investigated to date. MethodsAn online survey was completed by European researchers to assess, evaluate and visualise research gaps. These research gaps were identified for 21 predefined areas within 3 main categories: i) classical environment and health paradigm; ii) problem or sector-based research areas and approaches and iii) holistic research areas and concepts. All research gaps were then evaluated by expert groups with the pre-defined criteria and systematically summarized. For areas identified within the survey as under-reported, additional input was sought from a range of key selected experts. The EU project database Cordis was utilized to verify that these areas were under-researched. ResultsBetween May and July 2019, 318 respondents from 38 countries reported 624 research gaps. The main areas for attention identified were: urban environments; chemicals; and climate change, (combined n = 313 gaps). Biodiversity loss and health; transport, mobility, sustainable solutions and health; energy transition and health; waste and the circular economy and health; ethics and philosophy and health were areas that were acknowledged as under-researched (combined n = 27 gaps). These under-researched areas were identified as having certain commonalities, they: i) mostly fell in the category “problem or sector based approaches“; ii) they are essential for developing and implementing solutions; and iii) require trans-disciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration. ConclusionsCurrently attention is given to topical and highly researched areas in environmental health. In contrast, this paper identifies key topics and approaches that are under-researched, yet, are critical for the implementation of the EU Green Deal, related strategies and action plans, and require further investigation and investment. The findings reveal the imperative to foster solutions-oriented, trans-disciplinary and participatory research and its implementation through changes in research funding and research structures.

S08: Setting the European Environment and Health Research Agenda, 2020-2030: the HERA project, Room 217, Floor 2, August 26, 2019, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM The HERA-project will develop a European Environment and Health Research Agenda in close collaboration with different stakeholder communities to achieve wide societal participation in deciding on research priorities. It will develop strategies and tools to ensure the engagement of stakeholders, increasing coordination and cross-fertilisation of ideas, and contributing to the European environment and health process and policy activities. Stakeholders at EU, national and regional level will be identified to ensure a large and inclusive consultation process. Important stakeholder groups are relevant research-communities in the field of environment, health and climate change, policy makers (EU, national), civil society organisations, industries and businesses, workers’ and patients’ representatives, practitioners and international organisations. Stakeholders will be engaged via an interdisciplinary Consultation Group, national and regional focal points of larger networks (e.g. EEA-EIONET; WHO-Environmental Health Task Force) and seven regional consultative workshops. HERA will apply a multi-actor approach that will include stakeholders from different sectors and disciplines, thus allowing cross-fertilisation of ideas and research needs. It will encourage participation of representatives of countries with less developed environment and health policies by organising stakeholder workshops in all regions of Europe, by local partners. These groups will identify the actual needs across major topics as well as for cross-cutting issues and thus will provide input for the European environment, climate and health research agenda. Guidance for the stakeholder consultation will be developed to harmonize information gathering and to get synergies. A mix of consultation approaches and methods will be applied, including websurveys, workshops and webinars. As the stakeholder groups are very diverse, it is important to consider their specific perspectives and aims while selecting appropriate methods of engagement for each of them. The usefulness of various qualitative methods will be assessed regarding their potential to produce knowledge that is usable on a European scale.

Background: Aim of the HERA project is to set priorities for the European environment and health research agenda. A survey was developed to assess research gaps from the perspective of the scientific community. Methods: Research gaps were elicited for 21 predefined areas: classical environment and health paradigm (e.g. chemical, physical exposures and health); problem or sector based approaches (e.g. urbanisation, occupational changes) and holistic approaches (e.g. one health, planetary health). Nearly 500 researchers/organisations across Europe were invited to fill in the survey and were asked to snowball it to others in the field. Reported research gaps were evaluated by expert groups with criteria pertaining to novelty, importance to people, importance to the environment, impact (on policies and practices) and potential to promote innovation within the sustainable development goals. The expert groups then developed summaries per area adding gaps in the gaps. Results: Between May-July 2019, 318 respondents from 38 countries reported 624 research gaps. The number of reported gaps differed widely per area: >100 were reported for chemical and urban exposures and health each, while others like biodiversity loss and health or energy transition and health only had 1-2 reported gaps. Subsequent evaluations showed a large variation in scorings of relevance criteria. Conclusions: Strong representation of some research gaps likely reflects the number of scientists engaged in the respective area rather than the relevance of a specific topic. The survey also highlighted gaps in the gaps as well as areas for which hardly any research was proposed. Evaluation of individual gaps turned out to be challenging in part reflecting individual normative values. The HERA project developed an interim report that brings together identified research gaps and knowledge needs reported from stakeholders. In a next step, results will be prioritised for a future environment and health research agenda in Europe. Keywords: Research Needs, Environment, Climate Change, Europe, Planetary Health

Background: Aim of the HERA project is to set priorities for the European environment and health research agenda. A survey was developed to assess research gaps from the perspective of the scientific community. Methods: Research gaps were elicited for 21 predefined areas: classical environment and health paradigm (e.g. chemical, physical exposures and health); problem or sector based approaches (e.g. urbanisation, occupational changes) and holistic approaches (e.g. one health, planetary health). Nearly 500 researchers/organisations across Europe were invited to fill in the survey and were asked to snowball it to others in the field. Reported research gaps were evaluated by expert groups with criteria pertaining to novelty, importance to people, importance to the environment, impact (on policies and practices) and potential to promote innovation within the sustainable development goals. The expert groups then developed summaries per area adding gaps in the gaps. Results: Between May-July 2019, 318 respondents from 38 countries reported 624 research gaps. The number of reported gaps differed widely per area: over 100 were reported for chemical and urban exposures and health each, while others like biodiversity loss and health or energy transition and health only had 1-2 reported gaps. Subsequent evaluations showed a large variation in scorings of relevance criteria. Conclusions: Strong representation of some research gaps likely reflects the number of scientists engaged in the respective area rather than the relevance of a specific topic. The survey also highlighted gaps in the gaps as well as areas for which hardly any research was proposed. Evaluation of individual gaps turned out to be challenging in part reflecting individual normative values. The HERA project developed an interim report that brings together identified research gaps and knowledge needs reported from stakeholders. In a next step, results will be prioritised for a future environment and health research agenda in Europe.

ObjectivesThis study, developed within the frame of the Partnership for European Research on Occupational Safety and Health joint research activities and based on the frame designed by the 2013 European...

How much did climate force the Messinian salinity crisis? Quantified climatic conditions from pollen records in the Mediterranean region

In September 1998 the Research Network ‘ICT in Education and Training’ was initiated at the conference of the European Educational Research Association (EERA). The new network reflected the recognition and growing importance of information and communication technology (ICT) with respect to education and learning processes. ICT was, for example, expected to aid in transforming education, to better fit the learning of various types of pupils, and to assist in the prevention of school demotivation and drop-out. Moreover, ICT was assumed to help in overcoming negative consequences of organizational differences between schools and in improving learning processes and effects of learners both in and out of school. Since the initiation of this network, a stable number of more than 50 ICT-oriented contributions from all over Europe and abroad have been presented yearly at the educational conferences of EERA. Each year rather different themes and particularities can be noticed, but it also seems that some specific topics come up again and again. In my opinion these recurring themes reflect the possibility of fulfilling at least part of the original expectations and promises associated with the introduction of ICT in education and training. These issues have to do with the theoretical foundation of transformational aspects of ICT, in particular of Internet-based ICT; with various methodological aspects which are related to these transformational potentials of ICT; and the development and implementation of such aspects and potentials both in and outside school practice; and the experiences or results of these ICT-based approaches compared with more traditional educational processes and effects. To further develop such topics in the European context and to promote the possibilities of their development and realization in research and in practice, I selected some exemplary contributions to the EERA conference in 2005. The focus was on promising theoretical and methodological papers that could make the future-oriented transformation claims more concrete, as much as possible in reliable and valid ways. This includes a concentration on theoretical analysis and reflection, the necessary systemic design of education to promote and optimise learning processes and effects, the integration of multilevel organizational and managerial support facilities, and appropriate procedures to administer or monitor and evaluate learning in and outside school. Although more contributions on the 2005 conference seemed relevant, for pragmatic reasons four contributions were chosen to represent the aforementioned focus on the ‘transformation’ role of ICT in education and training. The goal of their presentation in this issue of European Educational Research Journal (EERJ) is to promote their impact and illustrative role in both the European research agenda and – possibly – forthcoming EERA conferences. In the first article Colin Harrison pays attention to what he calls ‘postmodern research and elearning’. He clarifies that, by taking another position or another view, we see other things than before, or represent the world in other ways than we were used to. The result is that we get along

Recent European research on older drivers

Stable isotope, fossil coleoptera and pollen stratigraphy in late quaternary sediments from Ontario and New York state

The late medieval and early modern cultural transformation has been a much debated topic in European research agenda over the last decades. This chapter focuses on didactic and moralizing literature, in which themes strictly related to the life and activities of lay readers are discussed. The chapter discusses the relations between individuals and groups in the late medieval and early modern urban environment, in particular professional ethics, and family relations. The specific question of the emancipation of the laity, through active readership of religious literature in the vernacular, and in particular the active role of lay people in the transmission and in the production of religious knowledge is still an underestimated subject in medieval research, in spite of the growing interest in the study of religion as cultural manifestation and the significant advances in the study of late medieval religious movements. Keywords: early modern cultural transformation; European research; family relations; religious literature

The nationwide Swedish advocacy platform “Sustainable work as a resource for health, innovation and growth” started in 2013 with the aims of i) identifying possible openings for the research area within Horizon 2020, ii) implementing a strategy to impact Horizon2020, and iii) to connect Swedish and European researchers.
 
 The basis for this agenda was that although work and working conditions have a major influence on the health, wellbeing and prosperity, these aspects were lacking or extremely fragmented in Horizon2020. Since this is a strong research area in Sweden and seen as strategically important by the Social partners, it should be a Swedish priority for Horizon2020. The initiative was funded by Vinnova, co-funded by the participating universities, and supported by the Social partners and other stakeholders.
 
 The platform has extended the dialogue on the European research agenda within the Swedish research community, and gradually built a strategy to impact H2020. Over the years, our advocacy has also developed in interaction with the EU Agencies Eurofound and EU-OSHA, and with PEROSH. The focus has been on the pillars of Leadership and Societal Challenges (Horizon2020).
 The impact on the early Calls in Horizon2020 was minor, while work and working life is much more visible in the later calls, and on the agenda in the drafts for Horizon Europe (FP9). The focus will now be on making the opportunities known to Swedish researchers, and on facilitating participation in applications.

Prehistoric human impact in the mountains of Bohemia. Do pollen and archaeological data support the traditional scenario of a prehistoric “wilderness”?

In a changing world, there is a need to reflect about the research basis of career guidance and counselling (CGC) as a professional practice, considering the contributions of various disciplines and research traditions. This paper outlines a possible European research agenda (ERA) to further enhance the knowledge foundation of the CGC practice. The proposed lines of research, which are pronounced in the ERA, are based on a literature review involving 45 researchers concerned with the CGC practice. At three events, approximately 150 researchers from across Europe were engaged in the discussion, what kind of research is needed to enhance the knowledge foundation of the CGC practice. The paper provides a systematic overview of the relevant research fields, and links key research questions to current research endeavours. Due to the necessary involvement of diverse types of practitioners, policy makers, and researchers from different disciplines to share the CGC practice and contribute to the development of its knowledge basis, the paper calls for open, cooperative and integrative research approaches, including the combination of different research paradigms and methods.

The need for the development of a global injury prevention research agenda is examined. Literature was reviewed in public health and selected policy strategies outside of public health that address...