Category: International Activities

Call for nominations: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Nominations are invited for a new EASAC-FEAM interdisciplinary and international Working Group, on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.

Irish experts join new European Academies project on meat alternatives

European academies have initiated a biosciences project looking at different meat/protein alternatives including new (e.g. cultivated meat) and more traditional techniques (e.g., some fermentation processes, plant proteins).

EASAC report released: Towards an International Plastics Treaty

Systemic failures are driving rapid growth in production, consumption and leakage of plastics in the marine, terrestrial and freshwater environments, shows a new EASAC Commentary.

Event Report on International Reflections on STEM Education

An event report has now been published summarising the key take-aways from the recent symposium “International Reflections on STEM Education”.

Building an ERA that fosters Academic Freedom and Excellence

In a new statement, the Royal Irish Academy as a member of the ALLEA European Research Area Working Group sets priorities for building a new

SAPEA Call for Nomination of Experts: Towards Sustainable Food Consumption

SAPEA are seeking experts to sit on a new SAPEA Working Group on ’Towards Sustainable Food Consumption’.

2022 IAP Young Physician Leaders (YPL) Programme Call for candidates

The InterAcademy Partnership is seeking candidates for the 12th IAP Young Physician Leaders Programme to be held on 13-18 October 2022 in conjunction with the

Call for applications: European fund for displaced scientists

ALLEA is officially launching the call for applications for the European Fund for Displaced Scientists (EFDS). This call pertains to Funding Line 1 of the

Planned execution of disaster medicine scholar Ahmadreza Djalali must be halted immediately

The Royal Irish Academy expresses grave concern for the well-being of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, an Iranian-Swedish scholar of disaster medicine, who is at imminent risk

Towards Climate Sustainability of the Academic System in Europe and Beyond

The academic system is not exempt from imperatives to transition to climate sustainability, new report from European Academies claims

Patent system needs adjustment to harmonize with open science objectives, European Academies say

This new ALLEA statement examines the current patent system in the context of the ideals and objectives of open science and recommends, among others, the

Launch of EASAC Report on “Regenerative Agriculture”

Regenerative Agriculture: Healthy Soil Best Bet for Carbon Storage. This report provides evidence that regenerative agriculture holds promising keys to reducing climate risks while providing