Edward Ricketts joins the Secretariat from January 2023 as our Senior Advisor for Research.

The National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” joins CESAER as of 1 January 2023.

Our association reinforces the joint statement and calls upon the European Commission to harmonise the IP provisions related to EIC in the model grant agreement for Horizon Europe to align with current best practice.

The Rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Mykhailo Zgurovsky, discusses Ukraine’s fight against invasion and its determination to meet challenges and rebuild.

Ulla Pirita Tapaninen (Associate Professor at TalTech Estonian Maritime Academy) writes on shipping challenges affecting ‘sea nations’ such as Estonia during recession and wartime.

Pieter Detombe (Ghent University) discusses the release of a podcast on mental health taboos among international researchers and plans to give mental health issues more room to be heard.

Dieter De Bruyn (Ghent University) and Stefan Bengtsson (Chalmers University of Technology) reflect on current and needed efforts to monitor and protect academic freedom

Jarek Kurnitski (Tallinn University of Technology) argues that universities should respond to crises and societal challenges by establishing curriculums dealing with energy and building technical systems that would be essential to implement Fit for 55 and Renovation Wave targets.

Following a successful nomination from our association, our former President and current EOSC Envoy Karel Luyben has been re-elected President of EOSC Association.

In Research Professional News, Guillermo Cisneros Pérez (Rector, UPM) and Louise Drogoul (CESAER Advisor for Innovation & Sustainability) argue that embracing interdisciplinarity can help tackle challenges.