19/04/2018
Europe is one of the most innovative regions in the world. There is, however, a growing concern as to why Europe has not achieved its full potential in producing disruptive technological and social innovations. Europe with its well-educated workforce and world class research (public and private) should be able to produce many more jobs through […]
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22/03/2018
New data confirm increased frequency of extreme weather events, European national science academies urge further action on climate change adaptation Man-made climate change has been proven to have increased recent extreme rainfall and associated floods; coastal flooding due to sea-level rise; heatwaves in Australia, China, and Europe; and increased risks of wildfires with implications for […]
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28/02/2018
A statement published today by ALLEA (All European Academies), responds to the increase of multinational inventions resulting from international cooperation in research and development, and the implications for the legal framework under which those inventions are managed and protected. The statement, titled The Ownership and Protection of Multinational Inventions – in Particular Inventions Resulting from Publicly […]
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20/02/2018
SAPEA board member Professor Sierd Cloetingh spoke about SAPEA’s work at a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 20 February 2018. The conference explored scientific integrity, public policy and better regulation. It was organised by the European Risk Forum, in collaboration with the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Further information is available […]
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01/02/2018
In a new report by EASAC (the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council), senior scientists from across Europe have evaluated the potential contribution of negative emission technologies (NETs) to allow humanity to meet the Paris Agreement’s targets of avoiding dangerous climate change. They find that NETs have “limited realistic potential” to halt increases in the concentration […]
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12/01/2018
FEAM (the Federation of European Academies of Medicine) has published a summary of its European Biomedical Policy Forum workshop titled “Use of data a in cross-border biomedical research: what are the challenges ahead for Europe?”. The workshop took place on 20 November 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. The workshop was organised against the backdrop of the General Data […]
News from the European Academy Networks
11/01/2018
The ALLEA (All European Academies) Permanent Working Group on Science and Ethics will present a one-day workshop on Ethical Aspects of Open Access on 1 February 2018 at the Academy Palace in Brussels, Belgium, hosted by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. The workshop will be held back-to-back with an Open Data in […]
News from the European Academy Networks
05/12/2017
European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) published a report on 5 December 2017 titled Opportunities and Challenges for Research on Food and Nutrition Security and Agriculture in Europe. It calls for urgent action on food and nutrition. This thorough analysis has implications for policy-makers working on food, nutrition, health, the environment, climate change, and agriculture. Combating […]
News from the European Academy Networks
04/12/2017
SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) has announced Professor Bernard Charpentier as the new chair of the SAPEA Board. Professor Charpentier is the President of FEAM (Federation of European Academies of Medicine), Honorary Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Paris Sud 11 and a Fellow of the French Academy of Medicine. He takes […]
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30/11/2017
SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies) has published its first Evidence Review Report titled Food from the Oceans, which examines the question of how the ocean can help satisfy the global demand for food. As an integral part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM), SAPEA was asked to produce this Evidence Review […]
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16/11/2017
SAPEA brought academies from across Europe together for meetings in Madrid, Spain and Bucharest, Romania to share best practice in the provision of scientific advice to policy-makers and public engagement. During the months of September and October, science academies from over 20 countries took part in these two workshops organised by SAPEA. The workshops were […]
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25/10/2017
In this position paper FEAM acknowledges the importance of the significant advances that have taken place over the last few years in the science and application of genome editing, aided by the development of new techniques such as CRISPR/Cas9. FEAM also recognises that the rapid development of this technology and its potential to deliberately introduce […]
News from the European Academy Networks
19/10/2017
ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, warns in a statement published on 19 October 2017 that, in light of recent scientific progress in human embryonic stem cells, parts of the reasoning of a 2014 judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) “could soon lead to inconsistent and […]
News from the European Academy Networks
18/10/2017
SAPEA’s Food from the Oceans public engagement activities extended to yet another European coastal city. Together with the Union of German of Sciences and Humanities and the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg, SAPEA organised a panel discussion on the topic on 5 October. The event slotted in with the German Year of Science 2016*17 […]
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03/10/2017
On 27 September, FEAM (the Federation of European Academies of Medicine) published a statement with BioMed Alliance (the Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe) titled ‘Strengthening biomedical research for the benefit of European citizens’. The statement highlights the need to provide a more robust environment for academic clinical and health research in Europe in view […]
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29/09/2017
The Scientific Advice Mechanism High Level Group Scientific Opinion on Cybersecurity in the European Digital Single Market has been recognised as one of the main inputs for the Commission’s next steps on cybersecurity. SAPEA experts participated in the work on this topic leading to the Opinion, which was delivered to the Commission in March 2017, […]
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26/09/2017
EASAC, one of the members in the SAPEA academy consortium, is publishing this statement to build on recent work by its member academies to reinforce criticism of the health and scientific claims made for homeopathic products. The analysis and conclusions are based on the excellent science-based assessments already published by authoritative and impartial bodies. The […]
News from the European Academy Networks
20/09/2017
This one-day SAPEA conference will explore new approaches to science for policy from a variety of stakeholder perspectives. The conference will be hosted by the Estonian Academy of Sciences in Tallinn. It is closely linked to the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research’s conference week European research excellence: value and impact for society Participants of […]
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19/09/2017
SAPEA is hosting two workshops that aim to strengthen cooperation among Academies and to support individual Academies in providing evidence-based policy advice. These workshops will offer the opportunity for Academies to meet and exchange ideas, with discussions on topics such as challenges faced by Academies when providing scientific advice for policy, working models and organisational structures, […]
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10/08/2017
The world’s oceans remain the largest food source on our planet and more than one billion people depend on them for sustenance and business alike. Germany is no different in that respect, its fisheries are a modern high-tech industry and they provide a significant amount of employment opportunities to the people of northern Germany. However, […]
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