How does EU-LIFE bridge the gap between science policy and the scientific community?
We regularly organise internal sessions with researchers and members of staff at EU-LIFE member institutes to discuss the state of research policy in Europe, for example:
- Marta Agostinho, EU-LIFE Executive Directors, gives a policy update every year in the EU-LIFE Community Meetings.
- Exchange session of the EU-LIFE Strategy Group with Heinz Fassmann and Helga Nowotny
- Exchange session with Stijn Delauré, Policy Officer, ERA & Innovation, about ERA action 17 and research management
- Exchange session with Philippe Cupers, Head of the Life Sciences Unit at the European Research Council Executive Agency
We publish our policy positions in scientific journals to make them accessible to the wide scientific community:
- EU-LIFE charter of independent life science research institutes (FEBS Letters)
- Awarded essays of the EU-LIFE/Nature Essay Contest: Utopia Institute of Research (Nature)
- Katie Ember (best essay): Scientific utopias: tackling an early-morning crisis at the Institute of Merged Sciences
- Miles Elliot Lizak (runner-up): Scientific utopias: scientific enlightenment in the Stupid Questions Office
- Evandro Ferrada (runner-up): Scientific utopias: the Eclosion Event
- Acknowledging and citing core facilities. Key contributions to data lifecycle should be recognised in the scientific literature (EMBO reports)
- Time for change in research careers. Are we as research organizations doing everything we can for postdocs? (EMBO reports)
- Involving society in science: Reflections on meaningful and impactful stakeholder engagement in fundamental research (EMBO reports)
Beyond the EU-LIFE Community, we participate in external scientific meetings and events to explain the research policy landscape in Europe and the work we do:
- Lab Day 2023. CNIO’s youngest researchers develop their “huge potential”. Iris Uribesalgo, EU-LIFE Policy Officer, was a guest speaker
- Dia do Investigador CEOS.PP | DICEOS23. Marta Agostinho, EU-LIFE Executive Director, was the keynote speaker
- NeuroDay 2023 (Universidade do Porto). Marta Agostinho, EU-LIFE Executive Director, was panellist in the session 'Lobbying for Science'
- The research assessment reform - with Marta Agostinho (The Insider podcast)