Climate change, cancer, and polluted seas. These are some of the major societal challenges that the European Commission wants to solve by 2030, with the help of citizens and civil society. The initiative is part of the EU’s framework programme for research and innovation – Horizon Europe.
As from this year, there is a new European framework programme for research and innovation – Horizon Europe. A new national strategy aims to make Swedish researchers and businesses apply for more funding than before. Under the previous programme, just over three per cent of the funding went to Sweden.
The new migration law has pulled the rug from under the feet of thousands of doctoral students, who can suddenly no longer count on a future in Sweden. Some have already moved abroad. Others are forced to give up their research dreams in order to stay.
Last summer, the requirements for getting a permanent residence permit were hardened in Sweden. The new migration law may have major consequences for many doctoral students in Sweden.
It began with a fact-checking podcast. This was followed by a series of self-critical tweets – triggered by a threat. Nicholas Holmes, a research neurologist, has made review and criticism into a visible part of his work.
Sweden has many private foundations that fund research, but who are really the persons behind the funding? And how do the foundations allocate their prizes and grants? Curie has taken a closer look at some of the foundations.
Women who want to have careers in academia still encounter greater obstacles than men, but the differences are decreasing. The perception of women leaving academia more than men is not true, according to a new report from the Swedish Research Council.
Veterinary medicine and human medicine are usually considered to be “worlds apart”, but during the corona pandemic, these worlds have met. When a COVID test is analysed, it actually does not matter much whether the sample is from a human being or a cat.
Hundred per cent open publication, lower costs and a transparent pricing model. That is SUHF’s goal for the agreements between Swedish HEIs and scientific publishers that are to replace those that terminate in 2024. A newly appointed inquiry will produce the strategy for achieving this.
Why is science communication important, and what role does it play in society? Sarah Davies, who researches the area, wants to encourage all who spend time communicating science to take a step back and reflect on this question. “It’s important to look at the whole, and to realise that science communication contributes to creating a robust and democratic society.”
