Day: April 14, 2018

Events – FABULOS Open Market Consultation in Brussels – 14 May 2018, Brussels, Belgium

The FABULOS project focuses on how cities can use self-driving minibuses in a systematic way. Six partnering cities are collectively procuring the operations of an automated bus line. Companies can receive up to 5.5 million euros to support their R&D work in developing systems capable of operating fleets of automated

Events – Deep Sea Mining… and opportunity to do things right. – 7 May 2018, Lisbon, Portugal

EurOcean is organizing a workshop about deep sea mining which will be held on Monday 7 May 2018 at the Gulbenkian Foundation in the centre of Lisbon. The event is an activity of the MARINA project, a H2020 initiative focused on implementing Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) within the European

Events – UKRO Conference 2018 – 21-22 June 2018, Southampton, United Kingdom

Each year the UK Research Office organises a two-day conference aimed primarily at European Liaison Officers, European research managers, Research Councils and policy makers. The 2018 edition will take place from Thursday 21 until Friday 22 June at the National Oceanographic Centre in Southampton, UK. The UKRO Conference 2018 will

Events – Run4Life@IFAT / The Virtuous Circle of Nutrient Recovery – 17 May 2018, Munich, Germany

The Run4Life H2020 project will be present at the upcoming IFAT trade fair in Munich on May 17th! Domestic wastewater is an important carrier of resources, especially water and nutrients. The Run4Life project demonstrates an alternative strategy for improving nutrient recovery. At 4 sites in Europe, for the first time

Research Headlines – The Joint Research Centre: the European Commission’s science and knowledge service

Scientific knowledge plays a crucial role in addressing global challenges such as climate change, demographic changes, or economic crises. We act as science providers and knowledge brokers by providing the best available evidence to policymakers. Our aim is to use scientific knowledge to build solutions that are efficient, equitable and

Peer Review on ‘The rise of precarious work (including bogus self-employment) – causes, challenges and policy options’, The Hague, The Netherlands, 19-20 April 2018

This Peer Review will explore the different possible causes of the rise of precarious work (with a focus on workers on flexible contracts against their preference and bogus self-employment), as well as the different forms in which precarious work manifests itself in European countries and the societal and political debates