17/11/2019
Politicians, scientists and civil society need to defend evidence-informed policy as a cornerstone of liberal democracy. This was the #1 message to send to the new European Commission, as voted by Europe’s science advice community at a major event in Helsinki. Some 150 of Europe’s science advisors, government officials, researchers, politicians, academy representatives and members […]
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07/11/2019
A seminar assessing the findings of the SAPEA report ‘Making sense of science for policy’ was hosted by Academia Europaea Bergen Hub in collaboration with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The seminar, held on 4 November in Oslo, reflected on what insights of the report might be applied to the science advice process […]
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14/10/2019
SAPEA’s microplastic report, along with issues related to recycling of plastics and future technologies, were discussed on 4 October 2019 in Ljubljana. The one-day event was organised by SAPEA, the Slovenian Academy of Engineering and the University of Ljubljana. The SAPEA report was introduced by two members of the former SAPEA working group – […]
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04/10/2019
On Tuesday, 1 October the SAPEA evidence review “Transforming the future of ageing” was officially handed over to Pearl Dykstra from the Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors during an event at the Royal Academy of Medicine in Madrid. The event coincided with the International Day of Older Persons. This year’s theme was ‘The Journey to […]
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03/10/2019
20th European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) ‘Science and Society Conference: Science as Storytelling: From Facts to Fictions‘ will be held on 24 – 25 October 2019 in Heidelberg, Germany. The meeting will explore the role of narrative in the communication of science. Session topics include: The place of narrative in science How we do science, […]
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03/10/2019
The Representation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt to the European Union and the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Science and Digitalisation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt organise an event “Algae – Sustainable biomass production for a green economy and the future of nutrition in Europe – Innovations made in Saxony-Anhalt”. The meeting will gather leading experts […]
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01/10/2019
The Future of Work will be the core theme of Euro-CASE annual conference, which will take place on 21 October 2019 in Oslo. The event, hosted by the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, will revolve around the following questions: How will robotisation, artificial intelligence and automatisation affect how we work in ten or twenty years? […]
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27/09/2019
Representatives from SAPEA, the European Commission’s science advisors, and the Joint Research Centre yesterday addressed a packed room on how to ensure EU policy is informed by the best available evidence. The SAPEA evidence review Making sense of science for policy under conditions of complexity and uncertainty, published this summer, provided the basis for the […]
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27/09/2019
At an upcoming event in Helsinki, the SAPEA report will be a starting point for the discussion on risks of microplastics to human and the environment, the relationship between research, scientific data and legislation, and the presence of microplastics in Finnish waters. Organised by the Council of Finnish Academies, together with SAPEA, the meeting will […]
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26/09/2019
A high-level group of prime ministers and presidents from around the world have cited the SAPEA “Food from the Oceans” report in their own proposals for how to mitigate climate change. In the document entitled “The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change” , the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy echoes several […]
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