Throughout the 20th century, freedom of thought and freedom of speech at Europe’s universities stood as a bulwark in the struggle between totalitarianism and liberal democracy. With the emergence of populism and a society on digital steroids, it’s now more important than ever to strengthen freedom at...

Interview with Marco Hubert, project coordinator of DIGYMATEX, an EU project which aims to understand children’s so called "digital maturity".     What is digital maturity? Can this concept be applied to adults as well?   Marco Hubert: The concept of digital maturity goes beyond measures of digital skills...

Interview with Prof. Leen d’Haenens, coordinator of ySKILLS (short for 'youth Skills'), an EU-funded project aimed at enhancing and maximising a long-term positive impact of the digital environment for children.     What are digital skills, and which are the most important ones for children?   Leen d’Haenens:...

When bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to medicines: this is set to become one of the major health threats of the 21st century. Francesco Imperi, Associate Professor of Microbiology at Roma Tre University (Italy), is working on novel strategies to tackle this antimicrobial resistance...

Trying to shop sustainably? Climate labels aim to assist consumers to choose the products that cause the lowest amount of global warming. But are they really effective? And would a general, standardised European climate label help?   We asked Prof. Bo Weidema, an expert at the Danish Centre for Environmental...

According to expert Dr Alice Pannier, 'Strategic Autonomy' is also referred to as 'sovereignty', but it's 'open' in order to not undermine the openness of the EU economy: "If the EU has technological sovereignty, it will be able to act autonomously on the international stage rather than have to rely...

When talking about renewable energy, most people think about solar or wind power. However, other forms of energy are also renewable. Bioenergy for instance is energy extracted from biomass, and it includes both energy coming from direct combustion of biomass and liquid biofuels, as well as biogas from...

Interview with Halla B. Holmarsdottir, Professor and former Vice-Dean of Research at the Faculty of Education and International Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway on the EU-funded project "The impact of technological transformations on the Digital Generation (DigiGen)".     What characterises...