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Stepping up investment in defence was on the agenda as EIB president Nadia Calviño met European finance ministers

The office will oversee compliance with the AI Act and foster development of trustworthy artificial intelligence systems

As the EU looks to shape its research and innovation policy to support the economy and strengthen the defence sector, Sylvie Retailleau calls for a ringfenced budget for FP10

The financial sustainability of the first EIT knowledge and innovation communities is proof the model works, says EIT director Martin Kern, after its future is called into question

Anyone with a knowledge of the recent history of innovation policy could have predicted the broad-brush Missions set up under Horizon Europe would not have a smooth ride. With preparations for Framework Programme 10 underway, it is time for a rethink

Two years on from the invasion of Ukraine, the war has exacerbated Russian academic isolation from Europe and North America. Ukraine, meanwhile, has seen a surge of collaboration with the west – and with Poland in particular

Universities are increasingly looking at other ways of exploiting academic assets, beyond the traditional focus on patenting

Brussels and London still have very different approaches to regulating the technology, but the UK’s AI minister struck a collaborative tone on a recent visit to Brussels, part of a wider détente on science and technology

At the Munich Security Conference, Bettina Stark-Watzinger made the case that research is now at the centre of geopolitical rivalry. But changing the German research system remains difficult

The ongoing and comprehensive digital transition of society can and must contribute towards the green transition, and the digital transition must also become greener, says the head of the University of Oslo’s Centre for Computational and Data Science

At an informal meeting in Belgium, EU research ministers and research commissioner Iliana Ivanova agreed on the need to safeguard research funding, after €2.1 billion was cut from Horizon Europe

At 20th anniversary conference of Science|Business, Iliana Ivanova makes political case for ‘high level of investment’ in research

The defence sector has been slow to embrace sustainability, but that is beginning to change, as it becomes clear climate change will shape future conflicts

Clinical research backed by the EU is bringing life-saving medicines and health tools to sub-Saharan Africa. This success story offers a valuable lesson as negotiations get underway on the next research programme

For the first time, technology has been singled out as a flashpoint for global security. German science minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger will tell the conference she wants ‘increased action’ on research security