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MEP Dragoș Tudorache is concerned a weighty regulatory regime will hold back AI developers in Europe

Universities face ‘dramatic transformation’ after COVID-19. Eindhoven University of Technology president Robert-Jan Smits says the priority post-pandemic will be education and research that is most relevant to the surrounding ‘Brainport’ region

China-bashing has made the country’s scientists more defensive – it’s time for researchers in the west to champion engagement, says University of Kent sociologist, Joy Zhang

Researchers and universities need to expand their science-diplomacy mission as it becomes a centerpiece of European science policy

Investment and jobs in research have been hit by COVID-19. It’s time to assess the damage and prioritise for the re-build, says Sarah Main of the Campaign for Science and Engineering

German MEP Niklas Nienass says the drive for technological independence ‘goes too far’ and will ‘shed a poor light on the EU’

Collaboration is in the DNA of universities and the default working principle in science is openness. But global relations should be reciprocal, says the European University Association

Stockholm’s three big universities have been studying new ideas in R&D strategy: knowledge diplomacy, strategic priorities and ‘samordning’

EU commissioner for research and innovation announces Women TechEU, an EIC-led initiative that will offer coaching, mentoring and funding to promising female tech entrepreneurs.

To boost infectious disease research post-pandemic, Europe should emulate the Crick’s dual approach of running basic research in parallel with translating discoveries to treatments, says Nobel prize winner Michael Houghton