Speaking at this year’s World Economic Forum, Nikolay Denkov hit out at Europe’s obsession with succeeding immediately when it comes to new technologies. It is important to experiment and fail, he says

Polish professor Dariusz Jemielniak is leading a project on vaccine scepticism. He says long term strategies and more resources are needed to counter the disinformation that is fuelling mistrust in science

Italy’s share of grants plummeted, while Belgium, Estonia and Lithuania had an excellent year. Excluded from much of the programme, UK participation fell further, and so did that of China as geopolitical tensions grew

The German Academic Exchange Service has published recommendations for universities when dealing with China. Its real contribution, however, is an uncompromising analysis of Germany’s unequal relationship with China and its implications

Ottawa’s new policy creates the West’s most detailed - and public - security procedures for grant applicants, potentially affecting ‘everything under the sun.’  Universities are studying the likely impact

As he marked the start of Belgium’s EU presidency, Alexander De Croo painted a pessimistic picture of Europe’s competitive position in the ongoing technology tussle with the US and China

Moves to ramp up security should not interfere with international collaboration, Commission told as it drafts recommendations for tackling foreign interference

Impact investing is putting private capital to work in support of the transition to a fairer and more sustainable society. But profound system change is needed to achieve this and new strategies are required

With new countries joining Horizon Europe, the EU research programme could catalyse great science and technology across the globe. But first, Brussels will have to face up to some big challenges

As 2023 draws to a close, we have put together a list of the stories that shaped research and innovation policy over the past 12 months