Tag Archives: Southern Europe

Funding

Brain drain reversal requires counter-intuitive support measures

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Reversing the brain drain from Eastern Europe may require a bit of counter-intuitive intervention. Instead of supporting the best brains from Eastern Europe to work in Western Europe, why not do the opposite? In this opinion piece, Gergely Buday, an academic in Eastern Hungary, shares his views on the best use of European funding to build expertise on the regions that need it most in Europe. Read more [...]
Policy

Bitterness cannot be avoided, but should not turn into rejection

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Amaya Moro Martín reacts to the FCT head resignation a couple of weeks ago and the recent death of former Portuguese science minister José Mariano Gago. She places this crisis in European research into the wider Southern European research context. She shares her unease about the collective apathy surrounding such austerity measures against research. She believes, if we don't plant the seeds of research and innovation now, we are unlikely to reap the benefits at all. Read more [...]