ALLEA – The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities

🔎 Highlights from ALLEA’s Presidency #BrusselsTour: Last week, ALLEA President Paweł Rowiński, together with Vice-Presidents Grüters-Kieslich Annette and Marie-Louise Nosch met in Brussels with key stakeholders from academia, politics, policy, and science diplomacy to explore potential collaborations and opportunities to support our collective missions of safeguarding academic freedom and promoting science as a global public good. The discussions with Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC), Christian Mangold, Director-General for Internal Policies of the Union, Christian Ehler (European Parliament), Marcus S., Head of Unit, European Parliament, Mirko van Muijen, Policy Officer, Godelieve Laureys, Professor, Ghent University and Markus J. Prutsch, Researcher and Administrator at the European Parliament and Global Young Academy addressed several critical topics, including: 1️⃣ ALLEA’s major tasks and its pivotal role in Europe’s scientific landscape. 2️⃣ Strategies for addressing disparities through widening participation policies, with advice sought on key challenges. 3️⃣ Future directions for Framework Programme 10 (FP10) and the interplay between open science and research security. 4️⃣ ALLEA’s ongoing and support for Ukraine amidst geopolitical challenges. 5️⃣ Exploring Belgium’s scientific landscape and strengthening the synergy between young academies and senior academies. 6️⃣ The role of academies in promoting academic freedom and advancing academy-led initiatives. ALLEA extends its heartfelt thank you to all who participated in making this tour a fruitful exchange which underscored the importance of collaboration in tackling Europe’s pressing challenges and highlighted new opportunities for joint initiatives that foster innovation and safeguard academic freedom. #Brussels #EuropeanAcademies #ScienceDiplomacy #AcademicFreedom #OpenScience #ResearchInnovation #ALLEA

🌍 ALLEA was honored to participate in the #WSF2024, contributing to critical discussions on #ResearchAssessment, #AcademicFreedom, and the intersection of #science, #policy, and #society as a driver of #change in a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape. 📥 Read our report 👇 and discover the initiatives #ALLEA brought to the table over the four-day event: 1️⃣ ALLEA hosted the side-event “Rethinking Research Assessment to Shape Innovative, Inclusive, and Impactful Science in Europe”, organised in collaboration with HUN-REN Headquarters. The initiative brought together members of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment to discuss how research assessment can be reformed to better support innovative and inclusive science in Europe. 2️⃣ Thematic Session on Regional Perspectives in Research Assessment: ALLEA, as part of CoARA, partnered with the Global Young Academy(GYA) to present a thematic session, titled, “Research Assessment – Regional Perspectives and Unifying Actions”, which looked at the research assessment reforms taking place across the world. 3️⃣ ALLEA Executive Director Matthias Johannsen contributed to the Ministerial Roundtable IV – Freedom and Safety of Scientists, organised by International Science Council and UNESCO, highlighting ALLEA’s ongoing commitment to safeguarding institutional autonomy and academic freedom worldwide. 4️⃣ Dr Cliona Murphy, Associate Professor in Science Education at Dublin City University and Chair of ALLEA’s Working Group on Science Education discussed the role of scientific literacy in sustainable development at a session hosted by TWAS – The World Academy of Sciences, UNESCO, and The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), during which she highlighted ALLEA’s recent statement advocating for the strengthening of science education curricula at the primary and post-primary level. The #WSF2024 Declaration called for efficient, trusted, and creative science and policy interfaces to respond to disruptive global transformations. https://lnkd.in/dVwSiXRJ #WSF2024 #ScienceAndPolicy #ResearchAssessment #Innovation #GlobalTransformation #ResearchandInnovationAction

🌍 The European Parliament approved European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposed new College of Commissioners, including Bulgarian #EkaterinaZaharieva who will be the first ever EU Commissioner-designate for Startups, Research, and Innovation – a major step forward in strengthening Europe’s innovation ecosystem! 🎆 It is the greatest pleasure for #ALLEA to extend its warmest congratulations to Ms. Zaharieva's on new role, which is of utmost importance, not only for the advancement of science and technology across Europe but also for addressing the pressing societal challenges we face in Europe and globally. 👏 We are particularly encouraged by Ms Zaharieva’s unwavering commitment to boosting Research and Innovation (R&I) investments and protecting the autonomy of the European Research Council (ERC) – key points that align with ALLEA’s priorities, as reiterated in our recent comments on the hearings. We greatly value Ms. Zaharieva’s ambition to radically simplify administrative procedures in the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (#FP10) and her special attention to #genderequality, early-career researchers, and #internationalcooperation, and look forward to working together with the new Commission to maintain Europe’s innovation potential and competitiveness on the global stage. https://lnkd.in/d8tcWvKS #EuropeanCommission #Innovation #Science #Startups #ALLEA

"For ALLEA, defending academic freedom and trustworthy science is one of our strategic priorities. Groundbreaking research depends on the ability of researchers to work without undue interference. And beyond researchers, institutional autonomy must also be protected." ALLEA's Executive Director, Matthias Johannsen, shared his insights into how we can protect the freedom and safety of scientists at the #Ministerial Roundtable, hosted by UNESCO, with scientists and policymakers at the #WSF2024.

#Learning to reflect on #values and #ethics at an early age contributes to moral character development and helps guide #children in their behaviour throughout their lives. It empowers children to make ethically informed decisions by equipping them with a robust #framework for assessing the ethical dimensions of various situations, thereby enabling them to act responsibly, compassionately, and ethically. 📰 Dr Cliona Murphy, Associate Professor in Science Education at Dublin City University’s School of STEM Education, Innovation and Global Studies, DCU Institute of Ethics and Chair of the Working Group Science Education of #ALLEA offered her thoughts today on "When to start ESD" at #WSF2024’s Education for Sustainable Development thematic session. In addition to such general ethics classes, stronger incorporation of research ethics as part of science education curricula will be needed if children are to be supported in developing the knowledge, skills, and values required to competently analyse and critically question the moral and ethical dimensions of scientific discoveries, new technologies, and experiments, her presentation showed. 🌍 The discussion referenced ALLEA's recent Statement on ‘Early Learning Opportunities for Shaping a Scientifically Literate Society’. 📺 Click here for a replay of the LIVE streaming: https://lnkd.in/dwC-4uJM #WSF2024 #ScienceAndPolicy #ResearchAssessment #Innovation #GlobalTransformation

"Values underpin behaviours. Autonomy, care and collegiality, openness and transparency, ethics and integrity, EDI, collaboration are values that cut across disciplines and support the quality and impact of research." Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment Steering Board member and Secretary General of Science Europe Lidia Borrell-Damian shares her thoughts at the #WSF2024 on reforming research assessment as part of a globally representative panel, organised by Global Young Academy and CoARA. ALLEA is proud to be a part of CoARA and an early signatory of the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment given our abiding interest in supporting #OpenScience, holistic research assessment, and promoting science as a global public good.

Dr Cliona Murphy, Associate Professor in Science Education at Dublin City University’s School of STEM Education, Innovation and Global Studies, DCU Institute of Ethics and Chair of the Working Group Science Education of #ALLEA offered her thoughts on Nature of Science (NoS) and ethics in education in the lead-up to the #WSF2024’s Education for Sustainable Development thematic session. "Now, more than ever, with the myriad of challenges facing the world today, it is essential that #citizens have a good understanding of science, its methodologies and the application of #science to solve and make sense of real-word everyday problems," she stated. 📄 Read the entire interview here: https://lnkd.in/d26CbTdR 📺 Click here for the LIVE streaming of Cliona Murphy's presentation today from 16:15 to 17:30 CET: https://lnkd.in/dwC-4uJM #WSF2024 #ScienceAndPolicy #ResearchAssessment #Innovation #GlobalTransformation #ResearchandInnovationAction

🌍 "Now more than ever, society’s well-being, progress, and survival requires ‘scientifically #literate’ citizens, as #science and #technology become increasingly interwoven with our daily lives." ❗ How do we get there? 📢 Tune in on Friday, 22 November 2024, from 16:15 to 17:30 CET to watch Cliona Murphy, Chair of ALLEA Science Education Working Group, contribute to the Thematic Session IV/b – Education for Sustainable Development, organised by TWAS – The World Academy of Sciences, UNESCO, and the The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) at #WSF2024. 📢 Cliona Murphy's presentation 'When to start ESD' will elaborate on ALLEA's Statement on ‘Early Learning Opportunities for Shaping a Scientifically Literate Society’. 📄 Click here for the full program of the Thematic session: https://lnkd.in/d2rJ8NGp 📺 Click here for LIVE streaming: https://lnkd.in/dwC-4uJM #WSF2024 is organised under the main theme “The Science and Policy Interface at the Time of Global Transformations” and aims to address the major challenges that prevent the global science–policy–society interface. #WSF2024 #ScienceAndPolicy #ResearchAssessment #Innovation #GlobalTransformation

📢 Tune in on Friday, 22 November 2024, from 17:45 to 19:00 CET to watch ALLEA Director Matthias Johannsen's contribution to the Ministerial Roundtable IV – Freedom and Safety of Scientists, organised at World Science Forum 2024 by the International Science Council (ISC) and UNESCO. 📢 This session highlights ALLEA’s commitment to raising awareness about the importance of safeguarding academic freedom at pivotal moments when research and institutional autonomy are under threat in Europe and globally, with grave consequences for scholars, science, and society. 📄 Click here for the full program of the roundtable: https://lnkd.in/dw8UxjMb 📺 Click here for LIVE streaming: https://lnkd.in/dwC-4uJM #WSF2024 is organised under the main theme “The Science and Policy Interface at the Time of Global Transformations” and aims to address the major challenges that prevent the global science–policy–society interface. #WSF2024 #ScienceAndPolicy #ResearchAssessment #Innovation #GlobalTransformation

ALLEA is proud to represent the European Academies at the #WSF2024, and learn from #science and #policy leaders from across the world about critical topics like building #TrustinScience, evidence-based policymaking, and #AcademicFreedom. As threats to science and society multiply in the form of #misinformation and #disinformation, it is incumbent on all of us in the research community to discover new ways of dialogue with both members of the public and the political class.