BEYOND · Beyond the current: Improving European flowing waters in an era of global change

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Project objective

BEYOND will train the next generation of water professionals who will deliver scientific and technological innovation acrossdisciplines, institutions and countries needed to solve European water quality problems in an era of global change. In the last decade, someimprovement in understanding of water pollution has been achieved but there are still significant knowledge gaps, especially in thecontext of climate change and emerging contaminants, coupled with a lack of systems approach and operational tools required bywater management. To address water quality pressures, we need to better target heterogeneity in the land-water continuum,accounting for recipient-specific sensitivity to pollution pressures and the spatial and temporal variation in sources, pathways, andimpacts on stream ecology and ecosystem services, now and under future climatic conditions. BEYOND will equip Researchers withcritical technical and communication skills needed to provide evidence-based management of landscapes and river networks undercurrent and future conditions. They will gain expertise in interdisciplinary catchment science, novel high-resolution water qualitysensors and models, gain access to cutting-edge water quality instrumentation in experimental catchments in Europe and throughsecondments to SMEs, and skills in citizen science. BEYOND Researchers will become leaders in innovation and knowledge exchangeneeded to achieve water quality improvements, through effective interactions with public and private stakeholders duringsecondments and short visits.

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Participants

• SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET · UppsalaCoordinatorSweden
• AGENCIA CATALANA DE L'AIGUA · BARCELONASpain
• AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS · MadridSpain
• AGRIFOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE · BelfastUnited Kingdom
• Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland · EdinburghUnited Kingdom
• CARBERY FOOD INGREDIENTS LIMITED · CORKIreland
• CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRUST · OXFORDUnited Kingdom
• CONSORCI BESOS TORDERA · GranollersSpain
• Centre de Ressour-ces et dExpertise Scientifique sur lEau en Bretagne · RennesFrance
• Chivas Brothers Ltd · PaisleyUnited Kingdom
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY · WexfordIreland
• EasyMining Sweden AB · SollentunaSweden
• FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH · JULICHGermany
• HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUR UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ · LeipzigGermany
• INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT · ParisFrance
• INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT · ParisFrance
• INTEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IRELAND LIMITED · LeixlipIreland
• LUODE CONSULTING OY · HelsinkiFinland
• Landesbetrieb für Hochwasserschutz und Wasserwirtschaft · MagdeburgGermany
• NORSK INSTITUTT FOR VANNFORSKNING STI · OsloNorway
• POSTNOVA ANALYTICS GMBH · LANDSBERG AM LECHGermany
• RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAT BONN · BonnGermany
• SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY · STIRLINGUnited Kingdom
• SVERIGES METEOROLOGISKA OCH HYDROLOGISKA INSTITUT · NORRKOEPINGSweden
• SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO · WARSZAWAPoland
• TEAGASC - AGRICULTURE AND FOOD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY · CarlowIreland
• THE JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE · InvergowrieUnited Kingdom
• TRIOS MESS- UND DATENTECHNIK GMBH · RastedeGermany
• UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN · WienAustria
• UNIVERSITAET POTSDAM · PotsdamGermany
• UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA · BarcelonaSpain
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN · DublinIreland
• UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER · LANCASTERUnited Kingdom
• UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CORPORATION · DurhamUnited States
• UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER · ColeraineUnited Kingdom
• University of Notre Dame du Lac · Notre DameUnited States
• WASSERKLUSTER LUNZ BIOLOGISCHE STATION GMBH · LUNZ AM SEEAustria

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• DOI: 10.3030/101169293