Issue 3 2026
Excellence through equity
This issue of the ERC Magazine explores why equity has become an essential dimension of frontier research. It is no longer enough to ask whether collaborations produce outstanding science. We must also ask who defines research questions, who owns data, whose knowledge is recognised, and who ultimately benefits from the results. Excellence and...
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Excellence through equity
By Harriet Bulkeley and Liselotte Højgaard The launch of the new ERC Plus instrument on 2 June 2026 reflects Europe's commitment to strengthening…
By Harriet Bulkeley and Liselotte Højgaard The launch of the new ERC Plus instrument on 2 June 2026 reflects Europe's commitment to strengthening…
By Harriet Bulkeley and Liselotte Højgaard The launch of the new ERC Plus instrument on 2 June 2026 reflects Europe's commitment to strengthening…
Beyond good intentions and checklists
Two ERC-funded projects show what this can mean in practice. Historian Benedetta Rossi’s project AFRAB, based at University College London, explores…
Who writes the rules of science?
Astronomers who gathered in Baltimore in 1992 thought they were drafting a charter that would change their field. Three decades later, one of its…
When equity becomes politically contested
Some projects confront questions of equity not because they cross borders, but because they cut straight through highly polarised debates…
Big science, fair access
From the first test antennas of Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) to the vast arrays of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), radio astronomy has become a…
