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• New European Bauhaus two years on: continuing progress

  The New European Bauhaus is an interdisciplinary initiative launched in 2020 that expresses the EU's ambition of creating beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive places, products and ways of living. It ...

• Dan Shechtman, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry became Honorary Professor of the St. Kliment Ohridski University-Bitola, North Macedonia

  Dr. Shechtman was awarded with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2011 for the breakthrough and start of a new era in the field of crystallography. Currently, as a Professor at Technion Institute in Israel...

• Responsible Research and Innovation in the Western Balkans

  The Horizon 2020-funded project WBC-RRI.NET presents the current state-of-play in relation to the portfolio of activities in a newsletter. WBC-RRI.NET is a project funded by the EU Research and Innovation...

• POLICY BRIEF available in various translations: Co-creating Responsible Research and Innovation activities: Experiences from the Western Balkan

  The project WBC-RRI.NET already entailed a series of mapping exercises and co-creation procedures at regional level, taken place during the first half of the project. The participatory and systematic ...

• EC is calling for stakeholders’ contributions to a survey on a manifesto for gender-inclusive STEAM education & careers

  The survey is a step towards a manifesto for gender-inclusive STE(A)M education and careers, refering to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.

• Communicating the social role of science to contrast the the rise of anti-scientific beliefs

  Professor Giorgio Parisi, Physics Nobel Laureate 2021, recently intervened at a jointly organised ICTP-SISSA colloquium, on 22 October 2021, to give the talk  “The Value of Science”. His speech ranged...

• [Event Announcement] Autumn School „Wissenschaft kommunizieren!“ (German)

  Vom 8. bis 11. November findet die digitale Autumn School 2021 statt. Junge Nachwuchskräfte aus Wissenschaft und Kommunikation können hier von Profis aus der Branche lernen, welche Möglichkeiten es gibt...

• Science Communication Fellowship

  The IIASA science communication fellowship is a highly competitive program that immerses early-career science communicators in the dynamic work of the IIASA communications team.

• [Call Announcement] MSc Science Communication - Imperial College London

  This course will prepare you for a wide range of professional science communication careers, including: Broadcast Online journalism Science policy Public relations Engagement and outreach...

• [Document Announcement] Declaration on the Future of Science Communication

  Science communication for action and engagement – a proposal developed by the participants of the International Summer School “Communicating Science” 2021 in Berlin

• [Call Announcement] NWA Science Communication

  The call 'NWA Science Communication' aims to fund projects that strengthen the connection between science and society. This call focuses specifically on projects that offer new science communication concepts...

• Science communication: “What?” versus “So What?”: Pitfalls in science communication for scientists

  As the events of 2020 have shown us, science communication and its appreciation have come a long way over the past decade. Many more scientists now understand the benefits of communicating their research...

• Science communication - Education can help against conspiracy theories

  Intreview with Michael Butter, Professor of American Studies at the University of Tübingen. He is the author of The Nature of Conspiracy Theories (Polity, 2020) and Principal Investigator of the ERC...

• Popularizing science: Galaksija: Representation of science in Yugoslavia’s socialist-era popular science magazine

  How was science represented in socialist-era Yugoslavia? The cult magazine Galaksija found a niche in freely reporting science from both sides of the Iron Curtain, apparently avoiding censorship and...

• [Call Announcement] 10th Call for the 2022 European Young Researchers’ Award is now open – Deadline extended

    The European Young Researchers’ Award (EYRA), granted by EuroScience since 2010, aims to inspire early-stage researchers in all research areas to incorporate a European dimension and perspective...

• EuroScience Webinar: The Industry Collaboration Tool-kit

  On June 18, EuroScience held a webinar that presented a ‘tool kit’ of skills to help researchers communicate and to design collaborations with industry. The webinar was presented by Eoin Galligan, senior...

• Top 20 Tips for Successful Grant Application

  Research is an exciting and interesting career. However, it can be expensive, especially for researchers because laboratories often depend on high-priced equipment and consumables. For this purpose, you...

• How to Get Research Funded — 8 Types of Funding You Can Win

  What follows is a non-exhaustive list of funding that you can apply for outside of academia. For some of these examples, a section called What they Want is included. According to the author, "[k]nowing...

• Turning Your Research Idea into a Proposal Worth Funding

  The following is an excerpt from Salmaan Kanji's article "Turning Your Research Idea into a Proposal Worth Funding" - the 14th in the CJHP Research Primer Series, an initiative of the CJHP Editorial Board...

• [Document Announcement] Why Science Communication, and Does It Work? A Taxonomy of Science Communication Aims and a Survey of the Empirical Evidence

  In this paper, the authors offer "a novel conceptual framework of some of the most important aims for science communication efforts found in the contemporary literature on science communication."

• The 3 Essential Rules For Effective Science Communication

  The field of evidence-based science communication is still young. Although there are many studies on what does or doesn't work when communicating specific topics — there's an entire journal dedicated ...

• How to communicate science to policy officials

  The list below highlights tips on how scientists should communicate their research to policy workers.

• AAAS Communicating Science Workshops

  Scientists and engineers who engage the public have opportunities to advance science and serve society. But they don’t always have the tools they need to formulate actionable public engagement goals to...

• AAAS Communication Toolkit

  Scientists and the public have different communication styles. While scientists often start by placing research in a historical context, the public wants to know the key point at the start.

• 10 Tips for Effective Science Communication

  Scientists and biotechnologists do incredible work every day in the fields of health, food production, and sustainability. However, the deeply technical nature of this work makes it difficult to explain...

• [Call Announcement] CfA: Science Communication Master's Program

  Do you enjoy explaining your work, and science in general, to non-scientist friends more than you like working in the lab? The women and men who popularize science enjoy a career that satisfies their ...

• [Event Announcement] Science in a Fact-Free World: Applying Lessons from the COVID Crisis to Climate Communication

  ScienceWriters2021 is taking place as a virtual conference largely because, despite growing evidence about how COVID is spreading and how it can be stopped, many Americans have met expert advice with ...

• [Event Announcement] So You Want To Put Your Science on Social Media?

  This session is specifically for those actively looking to launch or revamp a science-related social media account. Our goal is to make this as interactive as possible. We will provide a customizable, ...

• [Event Announcement] Editing experts: How to help scientists meet journalism standards

  #EditingScientists This workshop is for science writers and journalists interested in editing expert authors. More journalism outlets are inviting scientists to write commentaries, and paying editors...

• [Event Announcement] Sketching for Science Writers

  #SketchingForSciWri This workshop takes a multi-disciplinary approach to melding text and visual storytelling.

• [Event Announcement] Plenary: Covering science responsibly across borders

  Science is a global endeavour. However, the unfortunate truth is that the majority of science writers for international, English-language outlets are based in the Global North (wealthy countries with ...

• [Event Announcement] Product thinking and design thinking for science writers

  #SciWriDesign Successful science writing in the 21st century often requires more than beautiful prose, daring reporting or brilliant editing. That’s because science writing isn’t just writing. Science...

• [Event Announcement] Innovative Uses of Film in Science Communication

  #SciWriFilms Films have an ability to emotionally transport audiences in a unique way, making them a powerful tool in science communications. They can tackle topics from discrimination in science, ...

• [Event Announcement] ScienceWriters2021

  The annual ScienceWriters meeting is a joint meeting of the National Association of Science Writers and the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. A mix of professional development workshops, ...

• How to navigate covid news without spiraling

  "As the pandemic changes so quickly, there’s a better way to think about getting and sharing the information you need" - Mia Sato wrote an article about the challenges of the quick-paced science communication...

• [Document Announcement] Science Journalism’s Unlikely Golden Age

  "Recently, one of us (Erika Check Hayden) initiated a study of how science journalists can make better use of emerging communication technologies. In collaboration with a technology partner, Erika Check...

• Free Science Journalism Master Classes

  The Open Notebook’s Science Journalism Master Classes offers. Each Science Journalism Master Class drills into one skill or habit, presented in a series of five to eight lessons, delivered by email.

• [Event Announcement] EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2022

  In 2022, the city of Leiden in the Netherlands will be hosting the 10th edition of the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) and the European City of Science. The Leiden University, the Municipality of Leiden...

• [Call Announcement] 10th Call for the 2022 European Young Researchers’ Award is now open

  The 2022 EuroScience Open Forum is scheduled be held as a hybrid event in July 2022 in Leiden, The Netherlands, and in several regional hubs across Europe (final dates will be announced).

• [Event Announcement] Cell Press Inclusion and Diversity Statement initiative

  Following her successful presentation at the EASE Virtual conference in June, Deborah Sweet of Cell Press has kindly agreed to describe their Inclusion and Diversity Statement initiative in more detail...

• The role of science communication in delivering "green transition"

  "To deliver the transition to a carbon-neutral economy, researchers must rethink funding, global cooperation and how they communicate with policymakers, a Science Europe seminar heard on Tuesday." says...

• [Event Announcement] V4+WB RMA Network - Webinar series for networking, knowledge sharing and capacity-building ambitions of RMAs and researchers

  V4+WB RMA Network launches a series of webinars to support networking, knowledge sharing and capacity-building ambitions of RMAs and researchers. Webinars – in total 12 – will be held on a monthly basis...

• [Event Announcement] 1st Global Transdisciplinarity Conference: Science Society Collaboration: On the Quest for Sustainable and Cohesive Societies

  Postponed to 2021 as a physical event, the 1st Global Transdisciplinarity Conference commenced in fall 2020 with a series of virtual pre-meetings with a selected group (invitation only) of international...

• [Event Announcement] Evropska noć istraživača - BiH

  Evropska noć istraživača je događaj koji se održava širom Evrope pod inicijativom Evropske komisije od 2005. godine kao dio FP7, a sadašnjeg Horizont 2020 programa, koji okuplja veliki broj posjetilaca...

• [Event Announcement] EVROPSKA NOĆ ISTRAŽIVAČA - Ozeleni naukom!

  Globalna pandemija COVID-19 ostaje dominantna tema i u 2021. Prethodno izdanje Evropske noći istraživača 2020. u Srbiji pokrivalo je ovu temu i pojavu prvih vakcina, vremen je da analiziramo šta se u...

• [Event Announcement] EVROPSKA NOĆ ISTRAŽIVAČA - KREIRAJ BUDUĆNOST

  Noć istraživača, festival koji će 24.09. biti održan širom Evrope, u virtuelnom okruženju biće održan i u Crnoj Gori. Organizatori su Fondacija za promovisanje nauke PRONA i Prirodnjački muzej Crne Gore...

• [Event Announcement] European Researchers' Night

  The European Researchers' Night is a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens' daily lives in fun, inspiring ways. This year, the event will take place...

• From science to action: finding a common European approach for tracking SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in wastewater

  It is seven in the evening and JRC scientist Bernd Gawlik is multitasking: he is preparing a dinner with a recipe originating from the German part of Silesia – the region his family is originally from...

• Book launch: how science can help us build a more resilient Europe

  Enhanced data collection, more knowledge sharing and a long-term approach to risk will be key in strengthening Europe’s resilience against future disasters, according to a new book published today by ...

• Commission launches open access research publishing platform

  Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe grant holders can publish their work on the new platform for free. All papers will be scrutinized by peers and the reviews published too.

• EIT Stakeholder Forum 2020 results published

  The results of the EIT Stakeholder Forum 2020 were published today in a report ‘Making Innovation Happen for a Strong and Resilient Europe’.

• Strengthening and connecting eco-systems of science for policy across Europe

  Are you working at national, regional, and local level in government, parliament, academia or civil society on improving the use of scientific evidence for policy-making? Would you like to learn ...

• [Event Announcement] EU Citizens' Interests - The European Green Deal

  To support the European Commission in the implementation of the European Green Deal, the JRC created two sets of indicators drawing from six of the policy areas indicated by the European Commission. The...

• [Event Announcement] What is ‘malign’ about external influence in the Western Balkans? Unpacking the role of non-Western powers

• [Event Announcement] S4D4C Final networking meeting: "Save-the-week"

• [Document Announcement] Communicating Science in Times of COVID-19, A selective overview of good practices

  The CCA on Science Communication has produced a publication on how to communicate science in times of COVID-19. On 22 July 2020, the COST CCA on Science Communication held a webinar on science communication...

• Commission starts Open Access publishing platform

  On 26 November 2020, the European Commission announced that its Open Access publishing platform 'Open Research Europe' would be ready to accept submissions.

• The XIX Conference of Astronomers of Serbia gathered over 120 participants around the world

  Stellar and interstellar space physics, galactic and stellar systems, cosmology… are just some of the topics of the Nineteenth Conference of Astronomers of Serbia, which is being held online from October...

• RCC Women Empowerment Campaign

  Women have influenced eras and changed nations. Women in science have splintered the shell of this previously male-dominated field. We live in times of exposure to the same danger, and more women in science...

• Advancing evidence for policy across Europe’s parliaments and regions, also including Western Balkans in the future

  The JRC presents the results of a pilot project that reached out to Europe’s parliaments, regions and cities to gather scientists, policymakers and citizens and work together on today’s big issues.

• JRC: Science for policy in the Western Balkans

  The JRC has a long history of cooperation in the Western Balkans. The Commission moved one step closer to a formal innovation agenda with the region this month, as it launched an Economic and Investment...

• The Manifesto for EU Covid-19 Research celebrates its first 2000 signatories

  The Commission launched the Manifesto for EU Covid-19 Research in July, as part of the common European response to the coronavirus outbreak, to maximise the accessibility of research results in the...

• Quarterly Review of academic literature on R&I focuses on investing in R&I for recovery

  The European Commission has publishes its Quarterly Review of academic literature on research and innovation for the third quarter of 2020. This edition of the review presents recent papers that highlight...

• The Science is Wonderful! exhibition is live!

  From 22 to 24 September, you will be able to talk to researchers, visit their booths and participate to an array of live activities.

• Clean Air For All – a lesson on key air pollutants

  This past winter will be remembered by unprecedented levels of air pollution in almost the entire Western Balkan region. Information provided by official institutions was in contradiction with measurements...

• [Event Announcement] Science is Wonderful! 2020

  The online science exhibition will take place online between 22 and 24 September 2020 and is part of the European Research & Innovation Days.

• 10 Tips for Researchers: How to achieve impact on policy Science and Policy Handbook

  The JRC’s Science for Policy Handbook provides advice on how to bring science to the attention of policy makers.

• How to make open science work

  Viewpoint: The success of open science depends on protecting academic data from commercial exploitation

• Manifesto for EU COVID-19 Research

  The European Commission wants researchers involved in EU-funded COVID-19 projects to make their data and results available “without delay”. “Make scientific papers and research data available in open...

• SFIC encourages integration of international cooperation aspects in Horizon Europe and the ERA

  On 3 July 2020, the Strategic Forum for International S&T Cooperation (SFIC) adopted its opinion “Relevance of International Cooperation in research and innovation for the EU – boosting the international...

• Successful ERA requires maintaining focus on Europe’s ability to create world class new knowledge

  The Guild of European Research-intensive Universities reissues its call for the European Research Area (ERA) to focus on strengthening the production of new knowledge through academic research.

• Coronavirus: Mobility data provides insights into virus spread and containment to help inform future responses

  New studies published today by the JRC explain the relationship between human mobility and the spread of coronavirus, as well as the effectiveness of mobility restriction measures to contain the pandemic...

• [Call Announcement] Apply for : Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament

  We are looking for the 6 best applicants from the WB6 National Parliaments, who want to shape the regional and European collaboration by using their knowledge and enthusiasm in applying the best practices...

• e-EUBCE 2020 Closing Highlights

  Despite the travel restrictions and the pandemic, this week the global biomass community demonstrated all its liveliness, creativity, and commitment, with an outstanding participation to the e-EUBCE 2020...

• The EIT: A strong track record of delivery in the Western Balkans

  Since 2018 the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has built and strengthened its core role as Europe’s well-established one-stop-shop for innovation and is becoming a global innovation...

• Coronavirus: Using European supercomputing, EU-funded research project announces promising results for potential treatment

  EU-funded consortium Exscalate4CoV has announced that an already registered generic drug used to treat osteoporosis, Raloxifene, could be an effective treatment for COVID-19 patients with mildly symptomatic...

• Trio-presidency programme of the Council has been published

  Germany, Portugal and Slovenia presented their joint EU presidency programme for the next 18 months on Tuesday (16 June), seeking to focus primarily on social recovery in the wake of the pandemic.

• Open Science Diplomacy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic

  The Coronavirus crisis shows us how fragile and sensitive our living environments are. Everywhere taken for granted infrastructures collapse, or it becomes clear that they are insufficiently available...

• European Green Deal Consultation open to all EU citizens

  All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. The Commission seeks to gather input from a broad range of stakeholders, ranging from national, regional and local authorities...

• [Project Announcement] The South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies

  The South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST) proposed in late 2016 by Prof. Herwig Schopper, a former Director General of CERN and initiator of the international...

• [Document Announcement] Horizon 2020 projects accelerating energy renovation investments in buildings

  The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published in November 2019 a report with a country-by-country overview of key public and private schemes identified across the EU to stimulate more energy efficiency...

• [Event Announcement] Communication webinar for Horizon 2020 Energy Efficiency projects

  The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) is organising a communication webinar to help ongoing projects and future applicants with drafting a good dissemination and communication...

• [Call for Papers Announcement] 3rd International Statistical Conference in Croatia (ISCCRO’20)

  The topic of the conference will be: "Contemporary Issues in Statistical Methods and Data Science Applications".  

• Reviews of the European Week of Regions and Cities (7-10 October 2019 | Brussels)

  The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove...

• [Event & Call for papers Announcement] The Great Powers influence on the security of small states

  The Faculty of Security-Skopj  organizes its tenth international scientific conference "The Great Powers influence on the security of small states" in June 2019. Each year the Faculty organizes...

• H2020 project PaNOSC officially started to contribute making FAIR data a reality

  Large-scale research infrastructures produce a huge amount of scientific data on a daily basis. For their storage and future (re)use, data need to managed according to the FAIR principles, i.e., be Findable...

• R&I Impact and Evaluation discussed ar Conference in Vienna

  At the conference "Impact of Research and Innovation Policy at the Crossroads of Policy Design, Implementation and Evaluation“, speakers from all over the world discussed the role and importance ...

• Science Communication Study Presented in Tirana

  With this in mind, mid-2017 PERFORM commissioned a study on understanding the current practices of science communication in Serbia and Albania. Two separate teams conducted the research in respective ...

• [Event and Call for Papers Announcement] SIE2018 - International Symposium on Industrial Engineering

  SIE2018 Conference aims to provide a global forum for presenting and discussing novel issues in aim to a better comprehension of the role and importance of Industrial Engineering as well as to identify...

• EC released info material on Science, Research and Innovation Performance 2018 Report

  The European Commission (EC) is providing supporting information material following the presentation of its biannual flagship Report "Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU 2018 (SRIP)" ...

• [Call for applications] 6thYoung Scholars Forum (YSF) on Central- and South East Europe

  30 Young scholars working on Central and South East Europe in the fields of cultural studies, history, media studies, political sciences, geography, sociology, and economy will be able to engage on Cross...

• Upcoming Austrian Presidency pages are online on ERA Portal Austria

  Following the launch of the official website of the upcoming Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the ERA Portal Austria Presidency information pages on the Presidency in the field...

• [Call for Applications] Summer school: “The Western Balkans: Recovery, Cooperation and EU Accession”

  The Department of Political Science and International Relations of Epoka University, will hold Summer School on 25-29 June 2018, in Tirana, Albania.

• [Event and Call for papers] Conference: Balkan Worlds IV: The ‘Great Ideas’ of the Balkans (18th – 20th c.)

  The 4th International Conference of the Balkan Worlds which will be held on November 29th – December 1st, 2018 at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece, will be dedicated to the “Great Ideas...

• [Event & Call for paper Announcement] 7thInternational Conference on Political Science & International Relations (IC-PSIR 2018)

  The aim of the conference, to be held in Prishtina on 26-28 October 2018, is to further facilitate the exchange of knowledge between innovative scholars, academics, young researchers, post-graduate students...

• [Event Announcement and Call for Papers] Going Green – CARE INNOVATION 2018

  This biennial conference focused on "Circular economy" travels between Europe, North America and Japan. It will attract more than 400 experts from all over the world. This Symposium is the only platform...

• [Call Announcement] Open access to JRC Research Infrastructures

  Joint Research Centre is  glad to announce that the  a new series of calls for open  access to JRC scientific laboratories and facilities in the non-nuclear and nuclear areas has been opened...

• [New Study published] Understanding Current Practices of Science Communication in Serbia and Albania

  (...) Science Communication in Southeastern Europe is a reflection of the larger challenges sciences and research are facing. There has been chronicle underinvestment in education and science in recent...

• [Event Announcement] RTI Policy in Service of Society: Impact at the Crossroads of Policy Design, Implementation and Evaluation

  Austrian EU Council Presidency Conference on RTI Policy in Service of Society: Impact at the Crossroads of Policy Design, Implementation and Evaluation.

• [Event Announcement] Western Balkans Research and Innovation Meeting, Skopje

  The second Western Balkans Research and Innovation meeting will be organised in Skopje on March 21-22, 2018 within the framework of the European Commission’s Support for the Steering Platform (SP) on ...

• [Event & Call for papers Announcement] International Conference of Applied Science ICAS 2018

  The ICAS 2018 Conference has been recognized as a very successful international conference that provides an opportunity to engineers, researchers and expert’s world over to present the latest scientific...

• Balkan science journalists awarded the 2018 EurekAlert! Fellowships for International Science Reporters

  For the first time, journalists from the Balkans  have been awarded the 2018 EurekAlert! Fellowships for International Science Reporters.

• Croatia’s science writers join the World Federation of Science Journalists

  Croatia’s new association of science writers has joined the World Federation of Science Journalists, WFSJ.

• EuroScience selects Trieste to organize ESOF 2020 and Leiden/The Hague for ESOF 2022

  The EuroScience Open Forum 2020 will be hosted from 4 to 10 July 2020 in Trieste, Italy, and that ESOF 2022 will be organized by Leiden/The Hague, The Netherlands, in July 2022.

• [Register and find a partner] Collaborative Online and Offline Research Platform (COORP) supporting the Albanian academic community

  The overall objective of COORP is to assist in the integration of the Albanian academic community into the international community of researchers; to facilitate networking opportunities and respond efficiently...

• [Event Announcement and Call for Proposals] ESOF 2018 - EuroScience Open Forum Toulouse

  Following Stockholm in 2004, Munich in 2006, Barcelona in 2008, Turin in 2010, Dublin in 2012, Copenhagen in 2014 and Manchester in 2016, the city of Toulouse has been chosen to host for the first time...