CORDIS · 101171645 · HORIZON

RECONCILE Community Through Constitution. REsearching how CONstitutions Construct Identity and LEgitimacy in Europe and MENA

Coordinator: UNIVERZITA KARLOVA (CZ)

Constitutionalism provides a shared-meaning space, in which the idea of rights has served to emancipate individuals. This rights-based constitutionalism is in decline. It has ossified, became isolated from politics, and alienated from people in the West and faced difficulties to take roots in other cultural backgrounds. The problem is that the rights-based constitutionalism is unable to foster collective identity due to its conceptual limitations. Populist movements (secular and religious alike) thrive on this failure and forge a collective identity around simplified and homogenized cultural …

EU contribution
€2.0M
Total cost
€2.0M
Period
2025-05-01 → 2030-04-30
Framework
Horizon Europe (2021–2027)
Funding scheme
HORIZON-ERC
Call
ERC-2024-COG
Status
SIGNED

About Horizon Europe (2021–2027)

Horizon Europe is the EU's current research and innovation programme, covering 2021 to 2027 with a budget of roughly €95.5 billion. Its three pillars are Excellent Science (frontier research and mobility), Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness (mission-driven collaborative projects in health, climate, digital, security and food) and Innovative Europe (the EIC and EIT). It also funds five EU Missions targeting cancer, climate adaptation, smart cities, oceans and soils.

EU contribution: €2.0M awarded to the consortium. The project runs over approximately 5 years from 2025-05-01 to 2030-04-30.

Full record on CORDIS — partners, deliverables, publications, news.

Open on cordis.europa.eu → Grant DOI ↗

Frequently asked questions

Who funds this research project?
This project is funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe (2021–2027) programme, under the HORIZON-ERC funding scheme.
What is the EU contribution?
The European Commission contributes €2.0M toward a total project budget of €2.0M.
Which EU programme funds it?
The project is funded under Horizon Europe (2021–2027), call ERC-2024-COG.
Who coordinates the project?
The project is coordinated by UNIVERZITA KARLOVA (CZ).
What is the project timeline?
The project runs from 2025-05-01 to 2030-04-30 — approximately 5 years.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 101171645.