ERC researchers explore lockdown life
Stuck at home? Yes…we are too. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has forced more than a billion people to stay indoors and socially distance themselves, and the ERC is no exception. To help us all keep motivated, healthy and in good spirits, we asked ERC…
Apologia non richiesta della ricerca che non studia il COVID-19
Oggi diamo la parola a Liuba Papeo, esperta in neuropsicologia cognitiva. A prima vista la sua ricerca, finanziata dal Consiglio europeo della ricerca (ERC), non riguarda l'emergenza attuale causata dal coronavirus. Ma la sua opinione è che il suo…
ERC welcomes the first Croatian member of the Scientific Council
New ERC Scientific Council Member, linguist Milena Žic Fuchs, discusses her passion for cognitive linguistics and science policy. She also reflects on some of the challenges in the Croatian research landscape. You are the first Croatian member of…
Unrequested apology for COVID-unrelated research
Today we give the floor to Liuba Papeo, a cognitive neuropsychologist funded by the ERC. At first glance her research is unrelated to the current coronavirus crisis. But, as she explains in this very personal account, her work - and those of her…
La ricerca di frontiera risponde all'emergenza coronavirus
Come può la ricerca di frontiera aiutare durante questa epidemia di COVID-19? Per scoprirlo, abbiamo parlato con diversi ricercatori ERC che lavorano nel campo della biologia molecolare, della virologia, immunologia, epidemiologia e molti altri…
Coronavirus: What’s beyond the science frontier
Coronavirus COVID-19, previously named 2019-nCoV, was identified in China at the end of 2019 and is a new strain of coronavirus not previously observed in humans. While the European Commission is working on all fronts to support efforts to tackle…
Interpreting messages from the earth’s interior
Barbara Romanowicz, geophysicist and expert on imaging the earth's interior, has been a member of the ERC’s Scientific Council since 2016. She explains the nature of her research, its reach across the planet and also updates us on gender issues…
Women in science: “Not a world of catch-up, but a world of leadership”
The ERC has always taken gender balance very seriously. ERC President Mauro Ferrari sent a strong statement to that effect during the recent United Nations annual ‘International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly’."The role of women and…
Mathematical Mavericks
Apart from funding ground breaking research, the ERC also employs many excellent scientists to manage the grants that we support. We hear from mathematician Maria Teresa Gonzalez Cerveron who tells us how she came to work at the ERC and in turn…