Net4Society Matchmaking Event for 2026 Cluster 2 calls

1 – 2 Jun 2026 | Paris, France

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Associate Professor

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Edinburgh Napier University 

Leading consortium for DEMOCRACY-02 (autocracy, conflict, minority rights). Seeking computational, GBV/SRHR & country partners. Available for other CL2 calls.

Skills

  • Participatory co-production
  • Qualitative fieldwork
  • policy analysis
  • Comparative case study design
  • Multi-country research design
  • Ethics in conflict settings
  • Researching with vulnerable groups

Interests

  • forced migration
  • Anti-trafficking
  • Disability and conflict
  • Democratic backsliding
  • LGBTIQ rights
  • gender-based violence
  • Digital repression
  • Ukraine
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Civil society and civic space
  • Climate change and migration

Leading consortium for DEMOCRACY-02 (autocracy, conflict, minority rights). Seeking computational, GBV/SRHR & country partners. Available for other CL2 calls.

Skills

  • Participatory co-production
  • Qualitative fieldwork
  • policy analysis
  • Comparative case study design
  • Multi-country research design
  • Ethics in conflict settings
  • Researching with vulnerable groups

Interests

  • forced migration
  • Anti-trafficking
  • Disability and conflict
  • Democratic backsliding
  • LGBTIQ rights
  • gender-based violence
  • Digital repression
  • Ukraine
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Civil society and civic space
  • Climate change and migration

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Reading, United Kingdom

University of Reading 

Ethics of the 'drop in the ocean' trap. Reading Assoc Prof/MSCA Evaluator, OUP book forthcoming. Seeking to WP Lead or partner in DEMOCRACY-06 Global Commons.

Skills

  • metaethics
  • climate ethics
  • Philosophy
  • rational choice theory

Interests

  • decision theory
  • vague projects
  • sustainable carbon restrictions
  • backsliding
  • Democracy
  • ethics
  • vagueness
  • Climate Change

Ethics of the 'drop in the ocean' trap. Reading Assoc Prof/MSCA Evaluator, OUP book forthcoming. Seeking to WP Lead or partner in DEMOCRACY-06 Global Commons.

Skills

  • metaethics
  • climate ethics
  • Philosophy
  • rational choice theory

Interests

  • decision theory
  • vague projects
  • sustainable carbon restrictions
  • backsliding
  • Democracy
  • ethics
  • vagueness
  • Climate Change

CEO - Founder

City of London, United Kingdom

RIH Consulting 

RIH is a UK tech disruptor, solving real problems by uniting end users, government, academia and experts to innovate, transform, scale and replicate.

Skills

  • international market development
  • Sales
  • innovation
  • AI
  • Training
  • coaching
  • leadership
  • Technology Leadership
  • Disruption
  • Market Penetration
  • business investment

Interests

  • Inclusiveness
  • Consortium
  • Green
  • academic
  • innovation
  • municipality
  • Research
  • Cluster 2
  • 2026 TRANSFO-05
  • HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-05

RIH is a UK tech disruptor, solving real problems by uniting end users, government, academia and experts to innovate, transform, scale and replicate.

Skills

  • international market development
  • Sales
  • innovation
  • AI
  • Training
  • coaching
  • leadership
  • Technology Leadership
  • Disruption
  • Market Penetration
  • business investment

Interests

  • Inclusiveness
  • Consortium
  • Green
  • academic
  • innovation
  • municipality
  • Research
  • Cluster 2
  • 2026 TRANSFO-05
  • HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-05

Research Officer

London, United Kingdom

London School of Economics and Political Science 

Seeking partners for HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-DEMOCRACY-07

Skills

  • Comparative politics
  • Middle East

Interests

  • MENA conflict, secularity, geopolitics

Seeking partners for HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-DEMOCRACY-07

Skills

  • Comparative politics
  • Middle East

Interests

  • MENA conflict, secularity, geopolitics

Founder

London, United Kingdom

Choirfarm Ltd 

Seeking European collaborators to help performing arts organisations use ethical AI to grow community engagement, participation and resilience.

Skills

  • University - business collaborations
  • AI Agents
  • performing arts
  • Community engagement
  • digital transformation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Centred AI
  • Ethical AI
  • Cultural and Creative Industries
  • User research

Interests

  • singing
  • Events Management
  • performing arts
  • AI Agents

Seeking European collaborators to help performing arts organisations use ethical AI to grow community engagement, participation and resilience.

Skills

  • University - business collaborations
  • AI Agents
  • performing arts
  • Community engagement
  • digital transformation
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Centred AI
  • Ethical AI
  • Cultural and Creative Industries
  • User research

Interests

  • singing
  • Events Management
  • performing arts
  • AI Agents

Professor

Hull, United Kingdom

University of Hull 

Professor Yang Jiang is a Professor of Immersive Technology in the Faculty of Arts Cultures and Education at the University of Hull in the UK.

Professor Yang Jiang is a Professor of Immersive Technology in the Faculty of Arts Cultures and Education at the University of Hull in the UK.

Reader in Digital Politics

Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester Metropolitan University 

Expert on the impact of AI on creativity, misinformation, politics, and the environment. Bringing analogue into the digital and justice into innovation

Skills

  • writing
  • Creative Methods
  • Art
  • Academic Mentorship
  • theoretical innovation

Expert on the impact of AI on creativity, misinformation, politics, and the environment. Bringing analogue into the digital and justice into innovation

Skills

  • writing
  • Creative Methods
  • Art
  • Academic Mentorship
  • theoretical innovation

Senior Lecturer of Photography and Video

Leicester, United Kingdom

De Montfort University 

I am a practice-based researcher, highly skilled in interdisciplinary method development and interested in the relationships in art, science, and technology.

Skills

  • Art/Science
  • interdisciplinary research
  • Visualising research
  • Arts and Culture
  • photography

Interests

  • interdisciplinary research
  • Artistic enquiry
  • value led artistic practice
  • Humanities and Science

I am a practice-based researcher, highly skilled in interdisciplinary method development and interested in the relationships in art, science, and technology.

Skills

  • Art/Science
  • interdisciplinary research
  • Visualising research
  • Arts and Culture
  • photography

Interests

  • interdisciplinary research
  • Artistic enquiry
  • value led artistic practice
  • Humanities and Science

Professor of History

Swansea, United Kingdom

Swansea University 

I am Professor of History and Director of Swansea University's Research Institute for Cultures and Communities.

Skills

  • marginalised histories
  • Public engagement
  • cultural heritage
  • Disability Inclusion
  • industrial history and heritage

Interests

  • disability history
  • cultural heritage
  • Community engagement
  • social history

I am Professor of History and Director of Swansea University's Research Institute for Cultures and Communities.

Skills

  • marginalised histories
  • Public engagement
  • cultural heritage
  • Disability Inclusion
  • industrial history and heritage

Interests

  • disability history
  • cultural heritage
  • Community engagement
  • social history

Head of Development

Norwich, United Kingdom

Norwich Business Improvement District 

A not-for-profit set up to represent the needs of local businesses to deliver improvements to our city. See https://norwichbid.co.uk/about-us/partner-with-us.

Skills

  • SME Support

A not-for-profit set up to represent the needs of local businesses to deliver improvements to our city. See https://norwichbid.co.uk/about-us/partner-with-us.

Skills

  • SME Support

Professor of Art and Cultural Heritage, The Sainsbury Institute, University of East Anglia

Norwich, United Kingdom

The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of East Anglia 

Interested in the societal impact of the interpretation and preservation of cultural heritage on different publics in a transnational context.

Skills

  • interdisciplinary research
  • Cross-sector collaboration
  • transnational research
  • engagement and impact
  • Research Leadership
  • team building

Interests

  • cultural heritage in a global context
  • cross-cultural dialogues
  • practice-based research

Interested in the societal impact of the interpretation and preservation of cultural heritage on different publics in a transnational context.

Skills

  • interdisciplinary research
  • Cross-sector collaboration
  • transnational research
  • engagement and impact
  • Research Leadership
  • team building

Interests

  • cultural heritage in a global context
  • cross-cultural dialogues
  • practice-based research

Lecturer in Criminology

Manchester, United Kingdom

Manchester Metropolitan University 

Jessica is Digital Zemiologist, Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University and deputy lead of the Digital Society Research Group (DISC).

Skills

  • Theoretical Development

Interests

  • Digital Harm
  • surveillance
  • AI
  • Misinformation
  • Visual AI Politics

Jessica is Digital Zemiologist, Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University and deputy lead of the Digital Society Research Group (DISC).

Skills

  • Theoretical Development

Interests

  • Digital Harm
  • surveillance
  • AI
  • Misinformation
  • Visual AI Politics

Professor in Entrepreneurship and Inclusion

Egham, United Kingdom

Royal Holloway University of London 

Interests

  • disability
  • sensory access
  • Museums
  • performing arts
  • media creation
  • disability employment

Interests

  • disability
  • sensory access
  • Museums
  • performing arts
  • media creation
  • disability employment

Professor of Law

London, United Kingdom

Royal Holloway University of London 

Passionate to build R & I ecosystems based on European values. I can connect you with our researchers across Royal Holloway.

Passionate to build R & I ecosystems based on European values. I can connect you with our researchers across Royal Holloway.

Strategic Lead for Research in Arts and Humanities (Professor in Culture, People and Place)

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD 

I am Professor of Culture, People and Place, and Director of the Centre for Cultural Ecologies in Art, Design and Architecture.

Interests

  • place-based cultural development
  • Creative Health
  • Co-creation and co-production
  • Community engaged practices
  • Culture for Capabilities
  • Global Wellness Economies and Ecologies

I am Professor of Culture, People and Place, and Director of the Centre for Cultural Ecologies in Art, Design and Architecture.

Interests

  • place-based cultural development
  • Creative Health
  • Co-creation and co-production
  • Community engaged practices
  • Culture for Capabilities
  • Global Wellness Economies and Ecologies

Professor

Surrey, United Kingdom

Royal Holloway University of London 

Professor in Intelligent Robotics, Machine Vision and Generative AI, with research expertise in deep learning, intelligent robotics, and video/audio processing.

Interests

  • healthcare and medical imaging
  • Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability
  • AI for agriculture and food security
  • Intelligent robotics
  • Biodiversity and Wildlife Conservation
  • Global Health Pandemics
  • Urbanization and Smart Cities
  • Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection

Professor in Intelligent Robotics, Machine Vision and Generative AI, with research expertise in deep learning, intelligent robotics, and video/audio processing.

Interests

  • healthcare and medical imaging
  • Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability
  • AI for agriculture and food security
  • Intelligent robotics
  • Biodiversity and Wildlife Conservation
  • Global Health Pandemics
  • Urbanization and Smart Cities
  • Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection

Professor and Director of Centre for Business Innovations and Sustainable Solutions (CBISS)

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Centre for Business Innovations and Sustainable Solutions (CBISS) at Edinburg Napier University, UK 

Director, CBISS: Expert in behavioral science, circular economy, and Horizon Europe Cluster 2 projects focused on sustainable transitions and societal impact.

Skills

  • innovation management
  • Digital tranformation
  • behavioural science
  • Business Models
  • business model innovation
  • circular economy
  • Green Innovation
  • Behavioural Insights
  • policy analysis
  • social impact
  • inclusive growth
  • consortium building

Interests

  • Horizon Europe proposals
  • Circular economy transition
  • Sustainable Transformation
  • Responsible Consumption
  • Social innovation
  • Inequality Reduction
  • societal resilience
  • behaviour change
  • Digital & Green Transition
  • Skills & Workforce Transformation
  • interdisciplinary projects

Director, CBISS: Expert in behavioral science, circular economy, and Horizon Europe Cluster 2 projects focused on sustainable transitions and societal impact.

Skills

  • innovation management
  • Digital tranformation
  • behavioural science
  • Business Models
  • business model innovation
  • circular economy
  • Green Innovation
  • Behavioural Insights
  • policy analysis
  • social impact
  • inclusive growth
  • consortium building

Interests

  • Horizon Europe proposals
  • Circular economy transition
  • Sustainable Transformation
  • Responsible Consumption
  • Social innovation
  • Inequality Reduction
  • societal resilience
  • behaviour change
  • Digital & Green Transition
  • Skills & Workforce Transformation
  • interdisciplinary projects

Founder

London, United Kingdom

White Loop Limited 

I am a global education expert working collaboratively to change how we teach and learn.

Skills

  • learning design
  • Education
  • pedagogy
  • technology-enhanced learning
  • Skills Development

Interests

  • Learning
  • teaching
  • low-resource economies
  • digital learning

I am a global education expert working collaboratively to change how we teach and learn.

Skills

  • learning design
  • Education
  • pedagogy
  • technology-enhanced learning
  • Skills Development

Interests

  • Learning
  • teaching
  • low-resource economies
  • digital learning

Professor of Music

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD 

Professor of Music (Huddersfield, UK) and Horizon Europe PI. Looking to join Cluster 2 consortia on popular music, creative industries, platforms, and labour.

Skills

  • Popular Music Studies
  • Music industries research
  • Creative and cultural industries
  • Creative labour and precarity
  • Platform economies
  • Digital platforms and music
  • AI in music and cultural production
  • Empirical research methods
  • qualitative interviews
  • Mixed-methods research
  • Work-Package leadership

Interests

  • 2026 Horizon Europe Cluster 2 calls
  • Cultural and creative industries policy
  • Music and migration
  • Platform governance and digital cultural policy
  • Creative labour and sustainability of culturalwork
  • AI governance in the cultural sector
  • Horizon Europe consortium building

Professor of Music (Huddersfield, UK) and Horizon Europe PI. Looking to join Cluster 2 consortia on popular music, creative industries, platforms, and labour.

Skills

  • Popular Music Studies
  • Music industries research
  • Creative and cultural industries
  • Creative labour and precarity
  • Platform economies
  • Digital platforms and music
  • AI in music and cultural production
  • Empirical research methods
  • qualitative interviews
  • Mixed-methods research
  • Work-Package leadership

Interests

  • 2026 Horizon Europe Cluster 2 calls
  • Cultural and creative industries policy
  • Music and migration
  • Platform governance and digital cultural policy
  • Creative labour and sustainability of culturalwork
  • AI governance in the cultural sector
  • Horizon Europe consortium building

Associate Professor

London, United Kingdom

City St George's University of London 

Passionate about locally-led health system strengthening to reduce suffering/mortality globally. I led the EDCTP funded DREAMM project & End AIDS Action Group

Passionate about locally-led health system strengthening to reduce suffering/mortality globally. I led the EDCTP funded DREAMM project & End AIDS Action Group

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Destination: Innovative Research on European Cultural Heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries

Destination: Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations

Destination: Innovative Research on Democracy and Governance