UNIQUE · University Network for Industrial Quality, aUtomation, Ecology and Excellence

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Project objective

Europe’s industry must become more sustainable, resilient and digitally advanced, yet traditional efficiency-driven models cannot address climate change, resource scarcity, supply chain risks and rapid technological change. Advances in automation, AI and systems modelling create new opportunities, but real progress requires a shift toward human-centric industrial systems where workers collaborate with digital technologies and social and ethical factors shape innovation. Current doctoral training remains fragmented across digitalisation, circular economy and robotics, with few integrated frameworks linking industrial management, industrial ecology, advanced digital technologies and Industry 5.0 principles.UNIQUE-DN responds by training 12 researchers to develop integrated methods that improve industrial performance while supporting environmental sustainability and worker wellbeing. The network unites leading academic and industrial partners across Europe to deliver research at the intersection of management, ecology, human-centric engineering and digitalisation, supported by cross-sectoral training and international secondments.The ESR projects address circularity-digital integration, cognitive digital twins, sustainable wearable systems, semantic tools for industrial ecology, explainable AI for zero-defect circular manufacturing with Digital Product Passports, Manufacturing-as-a-Service models, sustainability-focused virtual commissioning, AI-based system modelling, human-centred AI maturity, remanufacturing decision tools, adaptive design and digital twins for renewable energy.Through structured work packages, joint supervision and real-world testbeds, UNIQUE-DN strengthens Europe’s capacity for sustainable and human-centred industrial transformation aligned with the Green Deal and Digital Europe priorities.

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Participants

• UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA · LisboaCoordinatorPortugal
• AALBORG UNIVERSITET · AalborgDenmark
• ASSAR Industrial Innovation Arena · SkövdeCity levelSweden
• ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS · MAROUSSIGreece
• COSBERG SPA · Terno D Isola BgItaly
• FONDAZIONE LINKS - LEADING INNOVATION & KNOWLEDGE FOR SOCIETY · TorinoItaly
• FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV · MunchenGermany
• GTE KARBON SURDURULEBILIR ENERJI EGITIM DANISMANLIK VE TICARET AS · AnkaraCity levelTürkiye
• HOGSKOLAN I SKOVDE · SkovdeSweden
• PANEPISTIMIO IOANNINON · IOANNINAGreece
• Powertrain Engineering Sweden AB · GöteborgCity levelSweden
• Quality Technology Management Solutions Limited · LimerickCity levelIreland
• ROBERT BOSCH GMBH · Gerlingen-SchillerhoeheGermany
• SVEUCILISTE U RIJECI-TEHNICKI FAKULTET · RijekaCroatia
• SWITZERLAND INNOVATION PARK BIEL/BIENNE AG · Biel/BienneSwitzerland
• Seifert Systems Ltd · BirzebbugiaCity levelMalta
• UNIVERSITA DELLA CALABRIA · ARCAVACATA DI RENDEItaly
• UNIVERSITA TA MALTA · MSIDAMalta
• UNIVERSITETET I OSLO · OsloNorway
• UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE · GlasgowUnited Kingdom
• Zerofect GmbH · AllenwidenSwitzerland

Links

• View on CORDIS
• DOI: 10.3030/101312878