Artificial intelligence is increasingly being explored as a tool to support the legislative process, from identifying gaps in existing laws and engaging citizens in the democratic process, to drafting, amending, and evaluating legislation. While AI should never replace democratic decision-making, it...

Open science and intellectual property are often framed as pulling in opposite directions: one built on free dissemination of knowledge, the other on protecting and rewarding innovation through exclusive rights. But as the pace of scientific publishing accelerates and generative AI reshapes how research...

On 24-26 June 2025, the European Science-Media Hub (ESMH) of the European Parliament is organising a Summer School in Brussels on 'Science Communication in the Digital Age'. Young journalists between 18 and 39 years old have been invited following a call for application published earlier this year. The...

If there is one thing the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted, it is how digital misinformation can severely impact public discourse and decision-making. It underscores the critical need for reliable scholarly communication online.   We discuss these challenges with Dr. Suzanne Dumouchel, co-coordinator of...

17 September is World Patient Safety Day. Can innovation and technology help to guarantee patient safety? Experts believe it is crucial to invest more in reducing patient harm. It is also important to fully understand the pros and cons of using new digital health technologies for this purpose.

After food, housing and transport, textiles come in fourth place for environmental impact at EU level.   Yet textiles are also essential to our daily lives, from clothing and furniture to protective equipment and even buildings and vehicles.   How can we reduce this impact and make the textile industry...

Interview with researcher, project and programme manager Teodora Konach on research integrity and open science in Europe.   According to experts, research integrity and open science, whereby research data and processes are freely available to re-use, are of the utmost importance for a high quality of...

Learning with the help of a social robot... Using virtual reality to understand complex concepts...   Digital tools for teaching are becoming increasingly common in classrooms and universities around the world, but what are the risks? Concerns range from privacy and data security to questions on ethics...