About the project

WHAT IS GOLIAT?

GOLIAT (5G expOsure, causaL effects, and rIsk perception through citizen engAgemenT) is a five-year project aimed at providing responses to some of the questions raised by the new wireless technologies, with a special focus in 5G.

GOALS

The aims of GOLIAT are to monitor radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) exposure, particularly from 5G, provide novel insights into its potential causal health effects, and understand how exposures and risks are perceived and best communicated using citizen engagement.

FUNDING

The project has a total funding of 9.3 million €, 7 of which have been provided by European Union’s Horizon Europe research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101057262.

PROJECT COORDINATION

GOLIAT is led by Mònica Guxens, researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

THE CONSORTIUM

Applying an integrative and transdisciplinary pan-European approach, GOLIAT will

01.

Develop next-generation exposure assessment methods to estimate aggregated RF-EMF dose to the whole-body and organs in young people;

02.

Identify new occupational RF-EMF sources resulting from 5G deployment and estimate RF-EMF exposure levels and patterns in workers;

03.

Assess neuropsychological effects of RF-EMF in young people and workers using causal inference;

04.

Quantify potential health impacts of exposures at the population level;

05.

Assess effects of 5G on brain function, thermoregulation, and radical stress using in vitro, in vivo, human, and in silico experiments;

06.

Identify effective means of exposure reduction;

07.

Better understand risk perceptions to RF-EMF and 5G;

08.

Apply an inclusive engagement model and codesign communication methods/tools to address RF-EMF concerns and misconceptions;

09.

Apply an inclusive engagement model and codesign communication methods/tools to address RF-EMF concerns and misconceptions;

10.

Implement a broader analysis of the societal and ethical implications of RF-EMF and 5G;

11.

Develop a FAIR data infrastructure;

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS

23 institutions from 12 countries

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)
SPAIN (COORDINATOR)

Universiteit Gent (UGent)
BELGIUM

Institut Mines-Telecom (TP)
FRANCE

Consiglio Nazionalle delle Ricerche (CNR)
ITALY

Instytyt Medycyny Pracy Imienia Dra Med. Jerzego Nofera W Lodzi (NIOM)
POLAND

Universita degli Studi di Torino (UNITO)
ITALY

Academisch Medisch Centrum bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC)
NETHERLANDS

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
FRANCE

Institut National de l’Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS)(SfC)
FRANCE

Universita degli Studi di Roma la Sapienza (UNIROMA1)
ITALY

Alma Mater Studiorum – Universita di Bologna (UNIBO)
ITALY

Nemzeti Nepegeszsegugyi Kozpont (NPHC)
HUNGARY

Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem – University of Pecs (UP)
HUNGARY

Universitat Wien (UNIVIE)
AUSTRIA

Science for Change (SfC)
SPAIN

Norges Miljo-Og Biovitenskaplige Universitet (NMBU)
NORWAY

The General Hospital Corporation (MGH)
UNITED STATES

Harvard Global Research and Support Services Inc. (HSPH)
UNITED STATES

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
SWITZERLAND

University of Bristol (UnivBris)
UNITED KINGDOM

The University of Exeter (UNEXE)
UNITED KINGDOM

Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health (SGUPH)
JAPAN

Hokkaido University
JAPAN

Conflicts of Interest Statement

GOLIAT brings together a research team with a long history of research into RF-EMF impacts, building on experience from a variety of projects and activities. Collaborative projects with external funders are carried out on the premise that these do not impact negatively on researchers objectivity, freedom or integrity. In our opinion, existing or previous projects, do not represent a conflict of interest for the GOLIAT project, ISGlobal or GOLIAT partners.