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.

During the annual flagship event for the EOSC community, the EOSC Symposium 2022, our incoming Secretary General explored ways for EOSC and research assessment to reinforce each other.

Our association’s Envoy to the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union Stefan Bengtsson (President of Chalmers University of Technology) reflects on the roles of universities of S&T to future-proof agile and resilient societies.

Our Board of Directors have decided to sign the Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment and appointed Anna Steiger as COalition for Advancing Research Assessment (COARA) Envoy.

Our Board of Directors have appointed Peter Elspass as our association’s European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO) Envoy.

Ahead of COP27, research and university organisations join forces to renew the call for collective, common global efforts for climate action, launched last year.

Our Board has adopted a position providing recommendations towards ensuring the ‘Do No Significant Harm’ (DNSH) principle boosts the contributions of science & technology.

We have nominated Karel Luyben to be re-elected as President of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Association for a second term from 2023 to 2025.