Turning Thessaloniki into a Living lab
Next September (from 3rd to 5th) Thessaloniki turns to a big ecosystem of “Ideas labs” by hosting, for the first time, the famous OpenLivingLab Days 2019. Read more [...]
Science in society
How scientific choices need to be made, bearing in mind the effect it could have to society
Digital Accessibility for Young Adults in Europe: tools, training and participation
DA4You aims to contribute to meeting the need for digital accessibility training for young adults with varying abilities and disabilities across Europe, and to help them feel better equipped and more empowered to communicate with all audiences. Read more [...]
UK-EU27 collaboration in science: vital but uphill struggle against Brexiteers
The UK and the EU-27, on the assumption that the UK will leave the EU, have mutually benefited enormously from collaboration in the field of research, innovation and higher education over the past 45 years. Read more [...]
Imagine a Social Network like FaceBook with no FaceBook
A tremendous variety of social networking sites have popped up in recent years and most gradually become irrelevant by failing to adjust to sophisticated user needs and expectations, essentially failing to recognize that our social needs vary over place or time. Read more [...]
Is it life-threatening to investigate plagiarism?
Emilia Șercan is an investigative journalist working as an assistant professor at University of Bucharest
On factual basis she has held the mirror up to high-ranking government and public sector officials in the matter of their academic misconduct. Read more [...]
Why Ph.Ds should get involved in advocacy
Dr. Brian Cahill, Programme Manager of the TRAIN@Ed MSCA COFUND project at the Institute for Academic Development of University of Edinburgh and member of EuroScience board, explains the reason why it is paramount for young researchers to broaden their skills and horizons, but also to contribute to the policy making process that influences their future. Read more [...]
Science with and for Society: rekindling the love affair through integration, participation and integrity
A commentary on Carlos Moedas article ‘Rekindling the love affair’ in ‘nature’ on May 23rd, 2019 Read more [...]
Can accessible ICT tools foster migrant integration in European countries?
REBUILD project pursues the development of an accessible ICT tool able to efficiently cater for the communication needs of both local service providers and migrants during the first stages of the integration process. Read more [...]
Earth’s biota entering a sixth mass extinction, UN report claims
Five big extinctions have challenged life on earth in the past 500 million years. It turns out we are now in the middle of the 6th extinction, according to a recent UN report. Read more [...]
From easy-to-read texts to easy-to-understand audiovisual content: practice and training
EASIT aims to have an impact on the training of professionals who will guarantee a higher social inclusion at European level by providing content which is easy to read and easy to understand. Read more [...]
MOTHER OF US ALL
IPBES recently released a preliminary report about the alarming rate of extinction for nearly one million species heading for the "sixth extinction". Read more [...]
Academic life as “cash cow” in the Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age was an outstanding period for Dutch book production and trade. A historic study about this trade has been published recently and reveals that the people in the Republic owned more books than other Europeans. Read more [...]
