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ViewEU news review of 2019

Our pick of Research Europe’s news over the past year

ViewHorizon Europe needs you

Governments won’t stand up for the programme unless researchers make them, says Daniel Spichtinger

ViewDo top cats take the cream?

Big companies bring mixed blessings to publicly funded R&D projects, says Sara Amoroso

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 5 December issue of Research Europe

ViewSpace mission proves strength in numbers

ESA funding boost offers political clout—and benefits science

ViewFree-range PhDs are healthier

Funders should remember that doctoral students are learners as well as workers, says Anders Bröstrom

ViewNext steps on diversity

Universities are becoming more inclusive, but challenges remain say Thomas Jørgensen and Anna-Lena Claeys-Kulik

ViewR&D advocates need to capture imaginations

Universities must pressure member states to reverse funding stance

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 21 November issue of Research Europe

ViewTenure needs a rethink

Cementing privilege at top of the system reduces opportunity at the bottom, says Antonio Loprieno

ViewOut with the old

The Juncker Plan was controversial, but it seems to have worked

ViewBrexit delay squeezes Horizon Europe timetable

Uncertainty about the UK’s status is holding up decisions elsewhere, says Kurt Deketelaere

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 7 November issue of Research Europe

ViewHorizon’s brighter than it appears

Budget squabbles part of Framework programme’s birth pangs

ViewWindow of opportunity

Mariya Gabriel has a chance to make universities central to EU policy, says Jan Palmowski

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 24 October issue of Research Europe

ViewDon’t backslide on trials transparency

Courts should not let companies keep data on medicines secret, says Ancel.la Santos

ViewParalysis by analysis

Data-driven management risks commercially controlled, sterile science, says Ulrich Herb

ViewSupport scientists struggling to be free

The evaluation of DDR science holds lessons for today

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 10 October issue of Research Europe

ViewOpen research is a means, not an end

Celebrating and enabling openness gives better results than trying to measure it, says Elizabeth Gadd

ViewEU’s innovation bubble overshadows research

Loss of research from commissioner’s title reveals shifting tides in Brussels, says Peter Fisch

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 26 September issue of Research Europe

ViewKeep Horizon Europe open

Limiting third-country membership would weaken EU soft power without saving money, says Daniel Spichtinger

ViewShortcuts to nowhere

Biases in decision-making can lead to bad choices in innovation policy, says Jan Schnellenbach.

ViewInside out

Back page gossip from the 12 September issue of Research Europe

ViewDisunited Kingdom

As chaos reigns in British politics, Sarah Richardson asks where this leaves researchers.

ViewSame, same—but different

Horizon Europe is meant to do things better, but can it deliver?

ViewPut metrics in context

Increased sophistication doesn’t always improve evaluation. Measures of research need to be more transparent and...

ViewMissions must balance influence with independence

Governance of flagship projects should be semi-detached, experimental and inclusive, say Benjamin Reid and Alex...