BeyondTheEdge researcher Giovanni Petri was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant in the 2024 round. The Project "RUNES: Reconstruction and Unification of Neural and Ecological Systems" will use approaches for higher-order interaction networks to understand neural and societal systems. This highlights the growing importance of understanding the influence of higher-order network structures. With its focus towards applications RUNES will complement and synergize with BeyondTheEdge.