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ViewArtificial awareness

Researchers can help hold politicians to their words on AI safety

ViewHorizon Europe’s missions need a rethink

Much-hyped programme has fallen short on all fronts, says Christian Ehler

ViewActing up

Elections such as Poland’s are only one way to effect change

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 26 October issue of Research Europe

ViewResearch funding might look very different in a 34-nation EU

Raft of new members could shift priorities away from excellence, says Peter Fisch

ViewAct now, or risk a digital identity crisis

The identifiers that underpin everything in research need stronger foundations, says Ulrich Herb

ViewCrunch time

Horizon Europe budget fight undermines work on global challenges

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 12 October issue of Research Europe

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 28 September issue of Research Europe

ViewOpen to the world?

It’s not too late to make Horizon Europe a truly international programme

ViewMake students partners in European university alliances

International networks can set new standards for engagement, says Stinne Vognæs

ViewSo the UK is in Horizon Europe–now what?

Rebuilding collaboration, regulatory divergence and sensitive technologies are the next challenges, says Thomas Jørgensen

ViewEU-Africa research partnership is in everyone’s interest

Pioneering agreement contrasts with wavering national commitments, say Ole Petter Ottersen and Jan Palmowski

ViewOpen science is more open in some places than others

Digital tools designed in rich countries exclude many researchers, say Louise Bezuidenhout and Hugh Shanahan

ViewGender equality needs a pincer movement

Increasing female leadership in research means linking bottom-up and top-down efforts, says Gülsün Sağlamer

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 14 September issue of Research Europe

ViewFriends reunited

The UK-EU Horizon deal is welcome but was too long in coming

ViewPlan S: Stay the course

Five years after launching, the Plan S open-access initiative must retain its founding principles

ViewSummer reads: The path to decolonisation

Everyone in research should understand their role in making it more equitable, says Catherine Kyobutungi

ViewClosed countries, open science

Andrew Chubb, Diarmuid Cooney-O’Donoghue and Tommy Shih ask how global tensions are affecting research

ViewSummer reads: Ukraine’s R&D recovery requires support

International cooperation and solidarity can give post-war reconstruction sound foundations, says Oksana Seumenicht

ViewSummer reads: Diamond is for everyone

Publishers’ outcry at EU plans ignores potential for new partnerships, say Johan Rooryck and colleagues.

ViewSummer reads: Using AI in peer review

Tools like ChatGPT can help, but transparency is vital, say Mohammad Hosseini and Serge Horbach

ViewSummer reads: This is what Horizon Europe’s successor should look like

An uncertain future demands a strong commitment to research, say Kurt Deketelaere and Jan Palmowski

ViewUniversities initiative must not crowd out other networks

EU-funded bandwagon should leave space for other alliances, say Anthony Forster and Silvia Gómez Recio

ViewEmbattled Horizon Europe can learn from past hits and misses

Seeking big ideas in EU R&D? Look beyond the usual suspects, says John Whitfield

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 3 August issue of Research Europe

ViewWake-up call

Threats to academic freedom are growing and the sector must act

ViewIs anybody out there?

Research facilities’ understanding of who uses them is patchy, say Katharina Cramer and Nicolas Rüffin

ViewEnd eastern Europe’s invisibility in assessment reforms

Coalition to reshape research evaluation must give national differences more attention, says Emanuel Kulczycki