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Multidisciplinary Teams Seek Ways to Mitigate Existential Threats
Nuclear winter, climate change, bioterrorism, AI. Those and other threats are growing in potential impact. What can we do?
Horizon Europe Package 2028–2034: Research for Fundamentals and Innovation
“Horizon Europe” is the framework programme through which the European Union (EU) has been advancing research and innovation since 2021. It expires in 2027, and negotiations on the successor package are in full swing. Professor Dr Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC), and Professor Dietmar Harhoff, PhD, are closely involved in this process — and are among those preparing the joint ERC and Leopoldina conference “Towards the European Fifth Freedom and Global Competition: Voices from Science” on 29 June.
Australian Universities Fast-Tracked Horizon Europe Association in Hope of Shaping FP10
Why Science Needs the Humanities More Than Ever
From AI to biotechnology, today’s scientific breakthroughs raise ethical and social challenges that technical expertise alone cannot solve.
Statistics for All: Open-source Pioneers Win Million-dollar Prize
Statistics for All: Open-source Pioneers Win Million-dollar Prize
The free, open-source software R has fundamentally transformed research in statistics and data science. One of the pioneers of its development is Martin Mächler and is among the laureates of the Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics.
Open Science Retreat Insights: Can Open Science Survive Authoritarianism and Geopolitical Tension?
Open Science Retreat Insights: Can Open Science Survive Authoritarianism and Geopolitical Tension?
Authoritarian tendencies, geopolitical conflicts, and growing concerns about research security are putting Open Science under increasing and unprecedented pressure. At the 10th Open Science Retreat, international experts and practitioners discussed how open research can remain resilient in times of such crises.
Symposium - Revolutions in Science: Discovery, Imagination, and the Future
As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, the National Academy of Sciences will convene scientific leaders, innovators, and emerging researchers to explore a central question: What discoveries will define the next 250 years?
AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise
AI Promised to Democratise Academic Publishing - the Evidence Says Otherwise
It was thought AI would level the playing field in academic publishing for non-native English speakers. A growing body of evidence to reveals the opposite.
Inclusion Without a Structural Lens Just Reproduces Exclusion
With universities relying on disclosure models and deficit framing to address awarding gaps, racism and ableism aren't distortions of the system - they're built into it.
Anyone Can Fake a Scientific Image with AI, Tricking Even Academic Journals - and Undermining Trust in Science
Anyone Can Fake a Scientific Image with AI, Tricking Even Academic Journals - and Undermining Trust in Science
Several scientific fields rely on visual evidence to illustrate their claims. Inaccurate AI-generated images put the credibility of science at risk.
The Brain Drain that Stalled: Russian Scientists Struggle to Leave and Settle Abroad
The Brain Drain that Stalled: Russian Scientists Struggle to Leave and Settle Abroad
Europe and the US initially wanted to integrate them, but numerous obstacles are now making this difficult
Why Swiss China Scholars Can't Build the China Expertise They Need
Why Swiss China Scholars Can't Build the China Expertise They Need
Increasingly stringent controls on overseas research into China have made it difficult for many academics, including those in Switzerland, to carry on their work. These scholars say Switzerland should do more to support them.
Rejection in Academia is Structural Not Personal
Unlike other high-profile professions, academia treats rejection as personal judgement, can it create ways of talking about rejection that are more realistic?
European Research Council under fire over grant for Israeli ‘national defence’ drone project
Britain’s Next Research Choice
Ten years after Brexit, the UK must decide how to engage with the EU’s next research programme (FP10, starting 2028) – and whether full association makes sense.
Brexit Tore Apart European Science - Now the Research Rifts Are Healing
Brexit Tore Apart European Science - Now the Research Rifts Are Healing
The UK's share of EU research funding is climbing, but lost networks will be harder to recover.
France Takes Step Towards Creating New Innovation Body
France could become the latest European country to set up a new innovation body after a government-commissioned report recommended it create one “within months, not years.”
EU Should Spur ‘Horizontal’ Research Collaborations
Robbert Dijkgraaf thinks the EU could expand on the sectoral plans idea first implemented across Dutch universities.
Latvia Pilots Citizen Engagement in Research Grant Evaluations
Consultation on societal challenges and scientific solutions will inform decision-making at country’s main research funder.
New Rules for Federal Research Grants Will Limit Their Reach and Leave US Research Isolated
New Rules for Federal Research Grants Will Limit Their Reach and Leave US Research Isolated
A proposed overhaul of US federal grant rules has been debated mainly as a fight over political control of science. But, Rob Johnson argues, it would also reshape how publicly funded research is communicated and shared across borders, with consequences far beyond the United States.
Tenure and Research Trajectories
Tenure is a defining feature of the US academic system with significant implications for research productivity and creative search. Yet the impact of tenure on faculty research trajectories remains poorly understood.
Introducing the Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR): Aligning Constellations and Communities
Introducing the Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR): Aligning Constellations and Communities
Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR) is a new international peer reviewed journal that publishes commentaries, reviews, article and analyses of research management, governance, dissemination, practice, theory and assessment.
AI Models Have a Troubling Knack for Discovering Legal Loopholes
AIs on their own found ways to exploit regulations and evade current safeguards.
European Academies Renew Call to Support Ukrainian Research
Federation urges international efforts to support rebuilding “globally integrated” system “as cornerstone of national recovery”.
What’s New in Horizon Europe Work Programmes in 2027
The Commission’s draft work programme update includes preparations for the next Horizon Europe and a biodiversity mega-call.
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