Round Table: Science and policy: Issues of framing, authority, evidence and political-economic decision making

Brussels, European Parliament24 March 2026Registration Programme 14:00Door open14:10Welcome by MEP Martin Häusling, Greens/EFA Group14:15Welcome by ENSSER chair Prof. Polyxeni Nicolopoulou – Stamati14:25Recommendations from the reportErik Millstone, Emeritus Professor of Science Policy in the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, UKRecommendations from the reportDr. Irina Castro, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, PortugalRecommendations … Read more

1st Announcement: The Integrity of Science

Second announcement available here   The Integrity of Science A conference about the conflict between public policy and independent science, in honour of Dr. Árpád Pusztai (1930 – 2021) Edinburgh (UK), 26 – 27 May 2023 open to both on site and online participation   Organised by European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental … Read more

Veranstaltungseinladung: Sind wir noch zu retten? – Was können Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft gemeinsam zum Gesellschaftswandel beitragen? oder Über die Kunst, auf Umwegen schneller ans Ziel zu gelangen als auf direktem Wege

“Sind wir noch zu retten? – Was können Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft gemeinsam zum Gesellschaftswandel beitragen? oder Über die Kunst, auf Umwegen schneller ans Ziel zu gelangen als auf direktem Wege“   kubus – Wissenschaftsladen der TU Berlin und ENSSER – The European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility laden ein zum Dialog: WO: … Read more

19 April: Science in the storm: GMOs, agnotology, theory

An open conversation led by Maël Montévil (theoretical biologist, IRI et IHPST, Université Paris I) and Victor Chaix (AAGT-AI). with Prof. Ignacio Chapela (microbial ecologist and mycologist, University of California, Berkeley) Dr. Angelika Hilbeck (agricultural ecologist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zuerich) Prof. Giuseppe Longo (mathematician and epistemologist, CNRS-Ecole normale supérieure, Paris) Introduction Private … Read more

Zoom Corona Round Table: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: science in the spotlight

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: science in the spotlight An online public Round Table Tuesday 6 Oct. 2020, 13:30 – 17:30 CEST   The current pandemic and the socioeconomic measures to control it have created a lot of controversy. Governments claim that their control measures are based on science. Scientists are indeed making progress in understanding the … Read more