Research policy

European Commission hands out more than €3M in prizes to cities, start-ups, and EU grant holders

Researchers and academics across Europe decry absence of research and education in Mariya Gabriel’s new job title

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To position itself among its competitors, Europe should strive for a distinctive approach to artificial intelligence, guided by specific ethical guidelines, argued a panel of experts.

For the past two years, Mariya Gabriel has steered the digital agenda. Now, researchers are anxious to see what her move to R&D commissioner will mean  

MP returns to old brief after less than two months away

An abruptly-announced plan to re-organise research councils raises spectre of political control over science, and sees researchers join wide backlash against new government