Public launch of EASAC-IAP report on Food Security in Europe
Presentation of EASAC-IAP publication on “Opportunities and Challenges for Research on Food and Nutrition Security and Agriculture in Europe”
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Health inequalities – an interdisciplinary discussion of socioeconomic status, health and causality – 24 May 2018, Amsterdam
Despite decades of research into health inequalities there is still no consensus on some of the basic issues. For example, different disciplines hold different views on the nature of the causal relationship between low socioeconomic status and health, and on the main mechanisms linking low socioeconomic status to ill health and premature death.
A joint FEAM/EASAC Commentary on the European Commission Roadmap on Strengthened cooperation against vaccine preventable diseases
With the dramatic increase in measles in Europe – a four-fold increase from 2016 to 2017, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization – and the urgent need for vaccines protecting against infections for which no vaccines currently exist, the European Commission (EC) has drafted a Roadmap for Strengthened cooperation against vaccine preventable diseases and aims to adopt a proposal by mid-2018 for a Council Recommendation on this issue.
Euro-CASE Innovation Platform issues report on “Barriers to innovation and scale-up of innovative SMEs”
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.
SAPEA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
In this public symposium, speakers discussed the opportunities offered by CO 2 reuse, in parallel with SAPEA’s work on this topic, in the context of the Scientific Advice Mechanism.
EASAC Publishes Report on Extreme Weather Events in Europe
New data confirm increased frequency of extreme weather events, European national science academies urge further action on climate change adaptation.
ALLEA publishes statement on the ownership and protection of multinational inventions
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.
SAPEA participates in scientific integrity conference
SAPEA board member Professor Sierd Cloetingh spoke about SAPEA’s work at a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 20 February 2018.
EASAC publishes report on negative emission technologies
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.
FEAM publishes workshop summary: use of data in cross-border biomedical research
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 … Read more
