The COVID-19 pandemic as research driving force
This article shows how COVID19 triggered changes in research culture and how science and technology helped to improve our quality of life.
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The pandemic has catapulted science to the forefront of policy-making
Interview with Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission on the response to the coronavirus and COVID-19: how science has been feeding into policy-making?
Smart urban planning starts with interdisciplinary thinking and action
Experts of various fields recognized that the future of smart city planning is multidisciplinary and that COVID19 crisis is an opportunity.
Married in lock-down: how being forced together has taken our research further
During the global shutdown, many scientists had to face working in confinement – not only away from the lab and its facilities, but also away from their research teams and colleagues. But what if you were married to your partner? Scientists Viviana and Luigi found themselves flourishing in this new type of scientific environment – combining their expertise from different fields to devise a new methodology that has spurred into an international partnership.
THE EUROPEAN YOUNG RESEARCHERS’ AWARD 2019-2020
The International Selection Committee for EYRA 2019-2020 has selected Michael Bossetta as the recipient of the EYRAward for PhD students and Valentina Sessini as the recipient of the EYRAward for Postdocs.
Digital tracing, privacy and trust: the New Normalcy in Europe
We are entering a new normalcy, living with risk and social reorganization. Digital tracing is considered a promising tool to return to normal social life.
FINDING AND STARTING A NEW SCIENCE/ACADEMIC JOB IN A COVID-19 WORLD: THERE IS HOPE!
COVID-19 has upended most of life as we know it, including searching for a new role in science or academic. But, there is hope.
Urban health: making cities sustainable and healthier for all
The current Covid-19 pandemic draws attention to the need to integrate health equity into urban planning and encourage behaviours that simultaneously protect the environment and promote health.
Accessibility at the heart of a study on experience of forced displacement and migration
Refugee groups in the areas where they have resettled in Europe are in constant danger of marginalization or exclusion due to different languages and communication strategies. One way of overcoming these barriers are new IT tools, that increase the media accessibility of refugees to foster social cohesion and mutual understanding.
Science, Technology, Innovation and the Challenge of Epidemic
Krishna Ravi Srinivas gives an update about the initiatives of the Indian Government to fight against the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic.
Early-Career Researchers’ prospects during COVID-19: Costed extensions denied to MSCA researchers amid a discourse of support from the EU
With university and other research institutions closed, researchers have had their research interrupted: from slight readjustments to work from home to complete project interruptions that cause delays.
Thinking and Acting in a Disrupted World: Governance, Environment, People, Inequality and Disease
An ecological civilization should care for the natural and built environments, the cultural heritage, the collective bonds, education, health, ethics, aesthetics, equity and justice. But this involves many actors, in a planet united only by the media and ‘globalization’ and divided by confrontation and competition.
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