Rights retention and open access
Enabling researchers to retain key rights to their publications helps the authors and fosters open access (OA). Policies at funders and universities can make rights retention automatic, and far easier than it would be for authors acting on their own…
Open science in practice - for new ERC grant recipients
You have just been awarded an ERC research grant as part of the Horizon Europe funding programme. As soon as your research results start to become available, you want to ensure they are properly shared. How do you get them published in the right…
Open science needs no martyrs, but we must recognize the need for reform
You’ve been a vocal advocate of the open access movement already in your home country Finland and in various European fora. What’s so great about open science? Why is it supposed to be overall good for society? I think we should first admit that the…
Biting into ancient DNA
Argentinian biologist Nicolás Rascovan sheds light on how he grew his research idea to a concrete proposal and then a ERC funded project. Nicolás Rascovan is an Argentine biologist and the group leader of the Microbial paleogenomics unit at the…
Journey across continents for machine learning specialist
Fairness and transparency is important in many fields. Novi Quadrianto explores how to achieve it in machine learning. Originally from Indonesia, this well-travelled researcher has moved between Singapore, Australia, Austria and the UK (and more!)…
Australian analyses advantages of European move
Adapting to different environments produces useful traits – and not just for mole-rats! As part of a series of interviews with researchers who have moved from other continents and countries to work in Europe, we spoke to Jane Reznick, originally…
Researching water and flowing between continents
As part of a series of interviews with researchers who have moved from other continents and countries to work in Europe, we spoke to Radha Boya, originally from India.Dr. Radha Boya is a leading researcher in the field of nanofluidics, a chair (hon…
Farewell message from Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
Research stories - from webcomics to local bookstores
Art has long been used as a means to communicate science. In ancient Greece, poetry was a powerful way of communicating about mathematics, astrology and the natural world. Fast forward 13 centuries, past the invention of the printing press which saw…