News

The Rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Mykhailo Zgurovsky, discusses Ukraine’s fight against invasion and its determination to meet challenges and rebuild.

Ulla Pirita Tapaninen (Associate Professor at TalTech Estonian Maritime Academy) writes on shipping challenges affecting ‘sea nations’ such as Estonia during recession and wartime.

Pieter Detombe (Ghent University) discusses the release of a podcast on mental health taboos among international researchers and plans to give mental health issues more room to be heard.

Dieter De Bruyn (Ghent University) and Stefan Bengtsson (Chalmers University of Technology) reflect on current and needed efforts to monitor and protect academic freedom

Jarek Kurnitski (Tallinn University of Technology) argues that universities should respond to crises and societal challenges by establishing curriculums dealing with energy and building technical systems that would be essential to implement Fit for 55 and Renovation Wave targets.

Following a successful nomination from our association, our former President and current EOSC Envoy Karel Luyben has been re-elected President of EOSC Association.

In Research Professional News, Guillermo Cisneros Pérez (Rector, UPM) and Louise Drogoul (CESAER Advisor for Innovation & Sustainability) argue that embracing interdisciplinarity can help tackle challenges.

During the annual flagship event for the EOSC community, the EOSC Symposium 2022, our incoming Secretary General explored ways for EOSC and research assessment to reinforce each other.

Our association’s Envoy to the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union Stefan Bengtsson (President of Chalmers University of Technology) reflects on the roles of universities of S&T to future-proof agile and resilient societies.

Our Board of Directors have decided to sign the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment and appointed Anna Steiger as COalition for Advancing Research Assessment (COARA) Envoy.