Empowering women in research is not enough to close the gender gap. It’s time to “fix the institutions” say Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education and Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for R&D, in a Q&A with Science|Business

At the mid-point of her mandate, Research and Innovation Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn says a lot has been done, but there is more to do, and some tough battles to win

After twelve years horsetrading, a voluntary agreement between the European Commission and Europe’s research bodies aims to get 27 national research systems functioning as one, and complete the European Research Area (ERA)

A scientific convention in Dublin last week demonstrated how EU networking and programmes can stimulate breakthroughs and innovation, says Richard L. Hudson

A multinational database on ageing is first to become a European Research Infrastructure Consortium, a new legal status that will be an important building block of the European Research Area

The European Commission and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory have formalised their intention to maintain and further develop their cooperation.

The European Research Area is too fractured and much by inward-looking national priorities, an advisory body warns, urging a fundamental shift in the way research is done.

Plans to build a pan-European market for research have won powerful backing from national governments.

The responses to the Green Paper on creating a single European Research Area raise the spectre of more red tape and reduced competition.