• The future of automated vehicles in the EU: Interview with Prof. Michael Botsch and Prof. Werner Huber

    Articles, Artificial Intelligence, Transport
    Technology can take over an increasing amount of tasks when it comes to driving a vehicle - like braking or steering. The European Union is currently implementing and possibly reviewing some aspects of its regulation in the field of automated, connected and also self-driving vehicles, while vehicle manufacturers...
    on April 15, 2026

  • Towards a planetary boundary framework

    Videos
    In 2009, a team, led by the climate scientist Prof Johan Rockström, identified nine natural processes that regulate Earth’s biosphere and keep it stable. These include climate change, biosphere integrity, land-system change, freshwater change, biogeochemical flows, novel entities, ocean acidification,...
    on April 08, 2026

  • Carbon dioxide removal technologies: can they help us fight climate change?

    Articles, Environment
    The final document of the last United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP30, acknowledges that the world is approaching an overshoot – that is, exceeding the 1.5 °C global warming threshold. Reducing future emission will be essential, but no longer sufficient: we will also need...
    on April 01, 2026

  • The art of Arctic science

    Articles, Environment
    As Arctic researchers gather in Aarhus, Denmark, for the annual Arctic Science Summit Week (25/3-1/4/2026), the European Science-Media Hub explores the benefits of visual storytelling to engage audiences worldwide with the urgency and significance of scientific work. This article features photos about...
    on March 25, 2026

  • Academic Freedom in Europe: safeguarding democracy, science and innovation

    Videos
    Academic freedom and democracy are not parallel values — they are interdependent. Where democracy weakens, academic freedom erodes. And where academic freedom is constrained, democracy itself is undermined. This is the central question that brought together policymakers, researchers and institutional...
    on March 18, 2026

  • Primary forests: ‘Allowing biodiversity to spread out again’

    Articles, Environment
    “Primary forests can help the EU meet several of its objectives, including its targets under the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the EU Forest Strategy 2030. They would also help with key climate objectives by providing long-term carbon storage”, says expert Bart Nyssen.   Nyssen is a forest ecologist...
    on March 09, 2026

  • Interview with Prof. Svend-Erik Skaaning on democracy and academic freedom

    Articles, Policy
    Political science professor Svend-Erik Skaaning (Aarhus University, Denmark) will be the academic keynote speaker at the high-level conference “Academic Freedom in Support of Democracy” organised by the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) in the European House...
    on March 02, 2026

  • Planetary health: a critical discipline for the future

    Videos
    Seven of nine planetary boundaries have now been breached which means that humanity is pushing Earth's critical support systems beyond their safe operating limits.   The consequences are not distant threats but present realities: destabilized ecosystems, compromised food security, and mounting risks...
    on February 25, 2026

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