Professor Marja Makarow stepped into her role as Chief Executive of the European Science Foundation (ESF), the first woman to take the top post in the organisation's 34-year history.
Ireland’s remarkable ability to attract inward investment has made it the economic role model for aspiring small countries. Now it plans to lure corporate R&D.
The Romanian government is launching a campaign to make science and technology development a key to prosperity and peace in the strife-torn Western Balkans.
Intrapreneur Jean Stéphenne, manager of GSK Biologicals, has transformed the company’s research organisation and revolutionised the global vaccines market.
By all means focus on funding – but let’s spend more on fundamentally redesigning educational systems: less energy on testing outdated models and more on trying new technologies.
The Slovenian government is launching a new call for donations from the private sector to help the Western Balkans improve its science base, with an emphasis on laboratory facilities.
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