The countries and citizens of Europe are facing new global changes which represent difficult environmental, economic and social challenges. The need for research-based knowledge has never been greater. The Swedish Government will bring together key researchers, politicians and officials who, in a joint effort, will lay the ground for considerations about future directions for research and innovation in Europe. At this juncture in history, in the midst of a financial crisis, these issues must be raised with new force. The Conference discussions will be concentrated in the Lund Declaration, thus providing a substantial input to the future of European research and innovation in a global context.
The press are invited to attend to an infomal press meeting on 7 July at 10 a.m., room 206 at the University. The Minister for Higher Education and Research, Dr. Tobias Krantz, and the European Commissioner for Science and Research, Dr. Janez Potocnik will attend.
At the end of the conference, after that the Lund Declaration has been presented to the Minister for Higher Education and Research, a pressconference will be held.
Contacts:
Jesper Wadensjö, Pressecretary, Swedish Research Council; +46 73 355 38 53
Margareta Stridh, Information Officer, Ministry of Education and Research; +46 8 405 17 49
6 October, 2010 - Vetenskapsrådet
Barred for up to ten years from receiving research grants from the Swedish Research Council. There will be serious consequences for the few researchers who are guilty of plagiarism, falsification, or inventing results.
9 December, 2008 - Vetenskapsrådet
When European countries get together to prioritize what infrastructures are needed for future research, the Swedish radar facility EISCAT will be on the table among 7 new projects. On December 9, the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures, ESFRI, published its updated roadmap to what infrastructure investments are deemed to be of the greatest importance in coming years. The list comprises 44 projects, and the recommendations cover all fields of research.
26 May, 2008 - Vetenskapsrådet
Nobel Prize winner Peter Agre to discuss new science communication trends at PCST-10 pre-conference
18 February, 2008 - Vetenskapsrådet
The international conference “Bridges to the future” in Sweden and Denmark this summer will tackle as different issues as the “medialization” of science and the lack of journalism training opportunities in developing countries. At the conference, science communicators, researchers, science writers, press officers, and librarians from all over the world will meet and take part in a playful but serious discussion about how to develop science communication.
Expertsvar, The Swedish Research Council, Hantverkargatan 11B, Stockholm SWEDEN, Phone +46(0)8 546 44 000
P.O. Box 1035, SE-101 38 Stockholm, expertsvar@vr.se
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