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The Scientific Foresight (STOA) Unit analyses the implications and options for future policy-making in science and technology related fields for the European Parliament.
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The Scientific Foresight (STOA) Unit analyses the implications and options for future policy-making in science and technology related fields for the European Parliament.
Faut-il un conseiller scientifique en chef pour la Commission Européenne ?
Exploring the topic together with ERC grantees and other researchers, with representatives from funding bodies, universities and other research performers, with publishers, policy makers and other interested parties.
The goal of the consultation is to better understand the full societal potential of 'Science 2.0' as well as the desirability of any possible policy action
It has been a busy couple of weeks across the European Union, but what does that mean for science?
Letter urging to support for the post of Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission President.
Five Western Balkan countries, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and the Republic of Moldova on Tuesday signed up to join Horizon 2020.
Simple explanation of the basic workings of the European Commission and how EU policy relates to science and research.
“A greater number of Europhobic members … in the European Parliament would certainly have negative consequences on the idea to turn scientific research and innovation into a great European policy” says Jean-Pierre Audy, an EPP parliamentarian from France.
The EU Parliament has adopted a package of public-private and public-public research partnerships worth up to €22bn.
Researchers and students are struggling with obstructive rules on immigration to the EU that urgently need updating: scientists from countries outside the EU are not being made welcome and often face problems in moving freely between member states.