Objective Consumer science is touching the lives of 493 million EU Consumers with their consumption representing 58% of the EU GDP, yet the insights of consumer research typically fail to have a substantial impact on consumer welfare. The EC acknowledges the problem and places it high on its policy priorities. Consumer research is scattered across several disciplines in the social sciences with little communication occurring between research and practice. The CONsumer COmpetence Research Training (CONCORT) tackles these issues. We abandon the marketing perspective of the persuasive agent trying to affect consumer decisions, and aim to pioneer research from the consumer perspective. We study consumer competence, a broad set of abilities, intuitions, knowledge and skills consumers need in order to make decisions that help them navigate successfully in the economic environment. CONCORT will train 14 ESRs in this new perspective, in 8 high level partners: Three business schools, 2 broad universities, and 3 corporate partners, 2 of which are SMEs. The academic partners are top quality departments from 3 disciplines, namely consumer behaviour, behavioural economics, and health psychology. The corporate partners are innovators in advanced behavioural measurement tools. CONCORT adds an optimal blend between traditional training methods (frequent conventions, high quality in-house doctoral courses), innovative learning instruments (blended learning, skills portfolio), and thorough practice training through industrial secondments. We will train ESRs to see the link between their theoretical training and thematic areas of real life consumer interest (environment, overspending, food choice, etc.). Relying on a strong infrastructure (second life, behavioural labs), and guided by a flexible but demanding modern management structure, CONCORT sets out to create 14 success stories of collaboration, excellence and professional accomplishment in consumer science. Those of our ESRs. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementinnovation managementsocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsmicroeconomicssocial sciencespsychology Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN - Marie-Curie Action: "Initial Training Networks" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-ITN - Networks for Initial Training (ITN) Coordinator KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN EU contribution € 1 318 873,36 Address OUDE MARKT 13 3000 Leuven Belgium See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sofie Heroes (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Netherlands EU contribution € 489 317,21 Address HEIDELBERGLAAN 8 3584 CS Utrecht See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Denise De Ridder (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT EUROPEEN D ADMINISTRATION DES AFFAIRES France EU contribution € 509 840,82 Address BOULEVARD DE CONSTANCE 903F 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Seine-et-Marne Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Isabelle Jauny (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL United Kingdom EU contribution € 262 849,87 Address REGENT S PARK NW1 4SA London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Simona Botti (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ESMT EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY GMBH Germany EU contribution € 454 902,58 Address SCHLOSSPLATZ 1 10178 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tania Rossner (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TOBII AB Sweden EU contribution € 235 221,80 Address KARLSROVAGEN 2D 18253 Danderyd See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Tommy Strandvall (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VICARIOUS PERCEPTION TECHNOLOGIES BV Netherlands EU contribution € 245 483,60 Address Singel, 160 1015 AH Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact M.J. 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