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Plant biologist Peter Olesen to succeed Alexander von Gabain in August 2014

Smart specialisation roadmaps will make better use of EU structural funding and break the old habit of thinking on a project-by-project basis

Chalmers Students for Sustainability (CSS) is proud to announce the start of their annual ”The Reflecting Engineer” lunch lectures. It started on March 25 with professor Jan Jörnmark, who talked about the global evolution of dense cities.

Matthias Kaiserswerth, head of the European research headquarters of the IT company IBM, reflects on some ways Europe could improve its approach to innovation and calls for the creation of a single set of rules for research

Technical standard-setting is painstaking but necessary. But is it possible to devise a more flexible, dynamic system for agreeing standards to keep pace with changing technologies? A panel, organised by the Science|Business Innovation Board, discussed this at the Innovation Convention 2014

Europe needs to close the R&D and knowledge divides between its regions and shape its innovation strategy for the global stage, says the European Research and Innovation Area Board

Technology, business and political leaders gathered at Imperial West to launch the London Node of a major European ICT innovation network this week.

The EU’s main climate innovation initiative Climate-KIC and regional research and innovation network ERRIN have signed a memorandum of understanding at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels today (19 March 2014), agreeing to develop joint activities and share information.

Bringing science closer to the population is what Maya Halevy has being doing for the last 30 years. In this Q&A she talks about expanding her image to all of Europe and changing the way we teach

Europe’s research and innovation vitals are looking good, claimed President José Manuel Barroso this week, as researchers and policymakers descended on Brussels

Leading entrepreneurs working to commercialise publicly-funded university research point to a lack of understanding of how IP should be shaped and protected to ensure commercial success.

Following criticisms of the first phase in Framework Programme 7, the JTI public-private partnerships are to be remodelled to ensure flexibility whilst increasing transparency

The EU scoreboard, published this week shows the pace of innovation has slowed in almost one fifth of Europe’s regions

Researchers at the University of Warwick’s School of Life Sciences have been awarded substantial funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The grants, worth £1.712m to the University, will support cutting-edge research in environmental microbiology, crop evolution and facilities improvement.

Too great a focus on short-term innovation could damage the long-term ability to grow. New policies are needed to encourage longer cycle innovation and local production, says Hiram Samel of Oxford University’s Saїd Business School