Anna Rzhevkina

Reform of Poland’s judiciary has opened access to long-delayed EU payments and sparked hopes of increased R&D funding. But experts say there is now a need for long-term planning and a strategic use of resources

The country has set out wide ranging reforms to promote commercialisation of high-quality research, but some think they do not go far enough to resolve deep-rooted problems

Researchers hope splitting the Ministry of Education and Science will give higher priority to science and lead to increased financing for research

With the likely new government promising to increase R&D funding and ‘depoliticise’ science, researchers are pointing to further reforms they say are needed to increase the standing and quality of the country’s research system

Poland’s Supreme Audit Office reported ‘alarming’ irregularities in the allocation of funds by the national research funding agency

With former president of the European Council Donald Tusk set to lead a coalition government, academics eye fundamental changes in the long-term strategy for science, greater academic freedom and more research funding

The step up in funding is an opportunity to take a bigger role in ESA’s projects and grow Poland’s space sector. But the industry says without a national Polish space programme it will lack a sense of direction

As the process of reforming research assessment gains momentum, representatives of Widening countries share concerns that their perspectives will not be properly accommodated

The government withheld funding for a research institute after objecting to the views of one of its scholars. Researchers say this is an attempt ‘to intimidate scholars whose research might result in refutations of opinions held by some politicians’

Almost ten years on, the EU-funded centres are strengthening research and innovation performance. Now the challenge is to ensure they are sustainable and can thrive on their own long term