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Will we run out of groundwater?
13 Nov 2025

Will we run out of groundwater?

Groundwater supplies half the world’s drinking water and irrigates a third of its crops, yet it is disappearing fast. How much can we still use before it is gone? ERC grantee Marc Bierkens is among the first to map the global overuse of groundwater and its consequences for…
Groundwater supplies half the world’s drinking water and irrigates a third of its crops, yet it is disappearing fast. How much can we still use before it is gone? ERC grantee Marc Bierkens is among the first to map the global overuse of groundwater and its consequences for…
Groundwater supplies half the world’s drinking water and irrigates a third of its crops, yet it is disappearing fast. How much can we still use before it is gone? ERC grantee Marc Bierkens is among the first to map the global overuse of groundwater and its consequences for…
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Birds of a feather flock together

Likeminded people tend to stick together. This can be especially true of people who share a family connection. 15 May is the International Day of Families: an occasion to highlight the role of family in society. We take this opportunity to look at…
Likeminded people tend to stick together. This can be especially true of people who share a family connection. 15 May is the International Day of Families: an occasion to highlight the…
Likeminded people tend to stick together. This can be especially true of people who share a family connection. 15 May is the International Day of…
Likeminded people tend to stick together. This can be especially true of people who share a family connection. 15 May is the International Day of Families: an occasion to…
Likeminded people tend to stick together. This can be especially true of people who share a family connection. 15 May is the…

Junk news aggregator aims to restore trust in media and democracy

ELECTION SERIES #6Developed by the Oxford Internet Institute with EU funding, the junk news aggregator (JNA) interactively displays articles from unreliable sources as they spread on Facebook. Researchers hope the tool will help tackle the growing…
ELECTION SERIES #6Developed by the Oxford Internet Institute with EU funding, the junk news aggregator (JNA) interactively displays articles from unreliable sources as they spread on…
ELECTION SERIES #6Developed by the Oxford Internet Institute with EU funding, the junk news aggregator (JNA) interactively displays articles from…
ELECTION SERIES #6Developed by the Oxford Internet Institute with EU funding, the junk news aggregator (JNA) interactively displays articles from unreliable sources as they…
ELECTION SERIES #6Developed by the Oxford Internet Institute with EU funding, the junk news aggregator (JNA) interactively…

The Great Recession and political conflict in Europe

ELECTION SERIES #4The EU-funded POLCON project aims to understand the impact that the Great Recession has had on the development of political conflict in Europe.
ELECTION SERIES #4The EU-funded POLCON project aims to understand the impact that the Great Recession has had on the development of political conflict in Europe.
ELECTION SERIES #4The EU-funded POLCON project aims to understand the impact that the Great Recession has had on the development of political…
ELECTION SERIES #4The EU-funded POLCON project aims to understand the impact that the Great Recession has had on the development of political conflict in Europe.
ELECTION SERIES #4The EU-funded POLCON project aims to understand the impact that the Great Recession has had on the…

Politics, the art of the possible – but who chooses party politics and who chooses protest, and why?

ELECTION SERIES #5One would not be mistaken to assume that traditional party politics has become side‑lined by the rise of an angrier, more direct form of protest politics, supercharged by years of austerity following the financial crash of 2008…
ELECTION SERIES #5One would not be mistaken to assume that traditional party politics has become side‑lined by the rise of an angrier, more direct form of protest politics,…
ELECTION SERIES #5One would not be mistaken to assume that traditional party politics has become side‑lined by the rise of an angrier, more direct…
ELECTION SERIES #5One would not be mistaken to assume that traditional party politics has become side‑lined by the rise of an angrier, more direct form of protest politics,…
ELECTION SERIES #5One would not be mistaken to assume that traditional party politics has become side‑lined by the rise of…

Is political participation contagious?

ELECTION SERIES #7Why are some people more likely to vote or stand for election than others? Researchers based in Sweden are doing some deep data diving to find out how our social surroundings and our genes influence political participation.
ELECTION SERIES #7Why are some people more likely to vote or stand for election than others? Researchers based in Sweden are doing some deep data diving to find out how our social…
ELECTION SERIES #7Why are some people more likely to vote or stand for election than others? Researchers based in Sweden are doing some deep data…
ELECTION SERIES #7Why are some people more likely to vote or stand for election than others? Researchers based in Sweden are doing some deep data diving to find out how our…
ELECTION SERIES #7Why are some people more likely to vote or stand for election than others? Researchers based in Sweden are…

Civil society under growing state control?

ELECTION SERIES #8State regulation of civil society has grown consistently over the past decade, raising concerns over the eroding role of the latter in shaping democratic decision-making. The ERC-funded STATORG project has investigated this issue…
ELECTION SERIES #8State regulation of civil society has grown consistently over the past decade, raising concerns over the eroding role of the latter in shaping democratic decision…
ELECTION SERIES #8State regulation of civil society has grown consistently over the past decade, raising concerns over the eroding role of the latter…
ELECTION SERIES #8State regulation of civil society has grown consistently over the past decade, raising concerns over the eroding role of the latter in shaping democratic…
ELECTION SERIES #8State regulation of civil society has grown consistently over the past decade, raising concerns over the…

Why the answer to how to strengthen public trust in elections is… SEEV

ELECTION SERIES #3The traditional pencil-and-paper method to mark your vote in the polling booth has been gradually replaced by electronic voting machines in many countries, in Europe and beyond. Ensuring the security of electronic voting machines…
ELECTION SERIES #3The traditional pencil-and-paper method to mark your vote in the polling booth has been gradually replaced by electronic voting machines in many countries, in Europe…
ELECTION SERIES #3The traditional pencil-and-paper method to mark your vote in the polling booth has been gradually replaced by electronic voting…
ELECTION SERIES #3The traditional pencil-and-paper method to mark your vote in the polling booth has been gradually replaced by electronic voting machines in many countries,…
ELECTION SERIES #3The traditional pencil-and-paper method to mark your vote in the polling booth has been gradually…

Making space a safer place for satellites and spacecraft

Space has a wealth of resources for humanity. Scientific missions enable new discoveries and increase knowledge of our solar system. Satellites orbiting around the Earth provide us with a broad range of services for telecommunications, weather…
Space has a wealth of resources for humanity. Scientific missions enable new discoveries and increase knowledge of our solar system. Satellites orbiting around the Earth provide us…
Space has a wealth of resources for humanity. Scientific missions enable new discoveries and increase knowledge of our solar system. Satellites…
Space has a wealth of resources for humanity. Scientific missions enable new discoveries and increase knowledge of our solar system. Satellites orbiting around the Earth…
Space has a wealth of resources for humanity. Scientific missions enable new discoveries and increase knowledge of our solar…