Lessons from Ancient Greece to a changing world
Matias Barberis reflects on the role of history to learn how to face a pandemic affecting the world geopolitics, society and economy. Read more [...]
Tag Archives: Greece
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 [...]
Bureaucracy undermines research in Greece
A new legislation put into force on January 2019 obliges hundreds of researchers in Greece to draft detailed budgets months or even one year in advance. Read more [...]
Greek scientists part of a larger problem; economic crisis and Greek reality
Youth unemployment has been characterised a historic event by the global community. In developed countries around the world, young people experience the effects: extreme limited working opportunities, inability to economically sustain themselves, poor working conditions, low wages, internal and external migration, and mental health issues. Greece is experiencing this phenomenon since the onset of the economic crisis in the country in 2007. This article illustrates key findings from European agencies, government authority reports, and local NGO surveys. Read more [...]
“Metaphysical” persistence of degradation of Natural Sciences in the Greek educational system
Greek educational system is downgrading Natural Sciences as a whole against any scientific and pedagogical argumentation and international practice. Read more [...]
Greek media still turn their back to Science
The rise of fake news in addition to the world of politics seem to dominate the world of science also. But what’s the worry about it if there is no science in the daily news?
Fake news is produced using false information, with the goal of sharing Read more [...]
In Greece there is a unique in its kind Laboratory in whole Europe
Foreign students come especially for postgraduate studies at this Department which hosts one of the most modern equipped Laboratory of Archaeometry, which trains the archaeologists in the use of new techniques for the analysis, characterisation, origin and dating of the ancient materials. Read more [...]
Why Greece didn’t march for Science?
March for Science Greece didn't happen and here is the paradox in the land where science was born. An article by Vasiliki Michopoulou. Read more [...]
Can academics entering politics bring more evidence into policy
In Greece and Spain, a new generation of left-wing academics has now entered polictics. They claim to reinvent the way policy is shaped by relying both on evidence and on meeting the need of citizens. However, the way in which the results of academic research are actually taken into account in policy making is not straightforward. So are they likely to rely more than their predecessors on evicence-based policy? Read more [...]
Free Greek science from political hampering
If we use scientific excellence as a judging criterion, Greece is one of the richest European countries. However, in this opinion piece, John Ioannidis, shares his views on the real brakes standing in the way of further developing Greek research. This professor of medicine, health research and policy, and statistics at Stanford University, and former professor at the University of Ioannina School of Medicine in Greece, is better known for his work showing that most published research findings are false. Here, Ioannidis gives a frank account of the reality of how Greek politics does not give Greek research the best possible chance of blossoming. Read more [...]
Costas Fotakis: Investing in blue sky research helps to create long-term wealth
EuroScientist talks to Costas Fotakis, who is the former research minister for the Syriza leftist government of Alexis Tsipras, in Greece. He has been involved in designing the science policy of the Syriza party, which is competing in forthcoming national elections on Sunday 20th September 2015. In this exclusive interview to EuroScientist, he shares his view on how to build research capabilities in Greece. Read more [...]
Greece: the disappearance of ethics and the brain drain
There is a wide debate on the next referendum in Greece. It's hard to summarise the different economic, social and political problems that are all equally important: all require an intervention that must reverse a route that looks set to wreck safe. Below Read more [...]
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