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08.09.2020
Response to the European Commission's Inception Impact Assessment on the Digital Services Act
In its response to the European Commission, Science Europe highlights that the foreseen scope of the new legislation is not clearly defined and greater clarification should be introduced to ensure that the Digital Services Act does not have unintended effects on research.
28.08.2020
SE-OECD Policy Paper on Optimising the Operation and Use of National Research Infrastructures
Science Europe and the OECD Global Science Forum teamed up to identify ways to optimise the operation and use of research infrastructures at national level.
05.08.2020
European universities hope for share of €700 billion rescue pot
Science Europe is quoted in THE saying that research and innovation must play an important role in these national recovery and resilience plans. It also stresses that the criteria on which national plans are judged should also go beyond a strict definition of immediate growth and return on investment.
03.08.2020
Look beyond publication records, urges report
A shift is under way to improve the effectiveness & efficiency of Research Assessment processes.
Nature Careers looks into Science Europe's most recent report on looking beyond publication records and instead asses the societal impact and contributions to knowledge and policy when awarding grants and promotions.
03.08.2020
EU budget decried as ‘dangerous’ by MEPs sets up tense summer
Lidia Borrell-Damián, Science Europe Secretary General, quoted in Research Europe saying that the EU budget deal comes at a "huge cost for the future of Europe.”
31.07.2020
Response to the European Commission Roadmap on European Data Spaces
In its response to the European Commission Roadmap for an upcoming legislative proposal on the governance of common European data spaces, Science Europe reinforces the need to consider sectoral policies to ensure coherence.
23.07.2020
Research funders urge caution over demanding ‘excellence’
Insistence on ‘excellent’ research is commonplace, but Science Europ warns that it can damage integrity and foster ruthless competition when poorly defined
22.07.2020
Reaction to the European Council's Proposal for the European Budget
The Research and Innovation (R&I) sector has been sacrificed in these budget negotiations, when it should have been the spearhead of an ambitious, future-oriented, knowledge-based plan for Europe. Science Europe now calls the European Parliament and the European Commission, as the protectors of European R&I, to continue taking a strong stand in favour of a larger budget for Horizon Europe
21.07.2020
Despair as EU research spending stagnates
Lidia Borrell-Damián, Science Europe Secretary General, quoted in Times Higher Education expressing disappointment over the proposed Horizon Europe budget.
21.07.2020
MEPs must now defend EU's research budget
Marc Schiltz, the President of Science Europe, is quoted in Science Business saying that the new Horizon budget is lower than anyone had expected it to be: “We are hugely disappointed that the budget is not in any way commensurate to the challenges ahead,” said Schiltz.
