Science policy

European science and technology policy among study topics for Richard Hudson at UCL’s STEaPP department

No. But policy makers should consider this and other questions raised by AI, said participants at Vienna conference

‘Mathematics was so natural, politics so brutal,’ says star mathematician and 2010 Fields medallist with sights on becoming the next mayor of Paris

Carlos Moedas bemoans erosion of trust in science and fact that truth is now seemingly immaterial. “Politicians lie, people still vote for them, how crazy is that?” he tells the Euroscience Open Forum meeting in Toulouse

International Science Council unites 180 natural and social sciences organisations ‘to make the voice of science heard by those taking decisions’. One route to increasing influence will be to piggy-back the lobbying might of private sector research

Some see National Science Foundation move as latest retreat in US diplomacy under Trump administration – but agency says it will send more science envoys on visits abroad

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will ‘not miss a single euro’ after president Donald Trump pulls US funding

Push to build political support and recruit volunteers for the project in a bid to ensure it meets diverse needs of research institutes across Europe