Society

Universities and research organisations have joined forces to develop a new interactive tool that explores how free movement has affected EU economies and societies.

EU-funded researchers and their partners in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam are studying the mechanisms, regulatory incentives and challenges involved with knowledge-based development.

Four initiatives were awarded by the European Commission for demonstrating effective exploitation and uptake of their projects’ results.

A team of academics has examined the perceived loss of trust in expert knowledge and highlighted the impact of social media and new communication platforms.

Thanks to an EU-funded initiative, cultural and natural heritage-led strategies are helping rural areas hit by disasters.

A team of researchers is analysing how the sharing economy affects the sustainability of cities and their development.

An EU initiative helps teachers encourage their students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

How can people be motivated to improve their energy use? An EU-funded cross-cultural study looks into how people interact with building technologies to control their indoor environment.

Research shows that SMEs employing graduates have a better chance of innovating and hence thriving.

Researchers have brought together a group of young people from opposing environments to find out how they respond to Islamist and extreme right messages.

A policy is often only as good as its monitoring mechanism. When it comes to the Common Agricultural Policy, the RECAP e-public service platform combines open Earth Observation data with user-generated data, providing a manual/fully automatic hybrid solution for enhanced compliance.

Researchers have analysed the EU’s crisis and conflict response mechanisms to make them more sensitive, efficient and sustainable.

Is healthy ageing possible for both rich and poor? To find out, EU-funded researchers studied the processes driving healthy ageing in a person’s lifespan.

A South African university has adopted a global code developed by an EU initiative to prevent the export of unethical research practices to low- and middle-income countries.

An EU initiative helps citizens engage in electricity grid expansion processes to smooth the way towards a greener economy.

Researchers are using cultural heritage to drive cities’ regeneration, sustainable development and economic growth.

New research claims that the Italian genius wasn’t able to finish many projects because of an attention disorder.

An EU initiative has launched a charter aimed at increasing the participation of women in research and at promoting gender equality.

Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, opened the 11th World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ) in Lausanne on 1 July 2019. As his father was a journalist in a troubled Portugal, he started his passionate, inspiring speech with why journalists have to “Tell the story!”

A new digital forum will gather information about the ways in which people use social media through open debate.