On the menu this week: reviews of R&I reforms in Poland and Hungary, a closer look behind the scenes at the decision of Coventry University in the UK to open a research institute in Wroclaw, a review of the latest R&D funding figures in central and eastern Europe, plus a round up of other news and events.
Forum is to highlight the extent of the threat by conducting an annual analysis of the limitations put on academics and scientists, and will debate new policies and laws aimed at safeguarding academic freedom in the EU
An accelerator for digital health companies involving ten regions across Europe is the first project to be funded through the Interregional Innovation Investment programme. Now stakeholders are looking for some fine tuning in how the scheme operates
A world-class R&I sector based on openness and sharing of knowledge is a critical pillar of future prosperity. The EU has a key role to play in building and sustaining this
The first steps are underway to devise new ways of financing cybersecurity start-ups and scale-ups, to fill a €1.75B investment gap. Currently, European companies ‘tend to underperform against their international peers’ and ‘generally raise less funding,’ says the Commission
‘We are overreacting’ to the risk of IP or security leaks at universities, warns ex-US energy secretary. Confusing signals from Washington endanger science, say academic leaders
Research in the Arctic is really important for shaping climate policy, but much of its landmass is within Russia. There were already difficulties working in Russia and getting data from Russia. Now the war in Ukraine has made the situation much worse
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