Citizen Science evolved from a long tradition in fields, such as biodiversity and meteorology, into almost all scientific fields. Simultaneously, regional and global communities became well organised and interconnected, and we arrived at a situation in which Citizen Science is not only prominent...
Inclusiveness on all levels underpins SwafS. We need science education for all, gender equality in our organisations, ethics and integrity embedded in research, communication we can trust, open science and ultimately place citizens at the core to ensure excellent Research and Innovation to tackl...
This case study reports activities performed by Research Data Alliance (RDA), an international grassroots organisation that promotes international collaboration and global sharing mechanisms to remove social and technical barriers to research data sharing and reuse. Drivers, impacts and barriers...
This workshop was a one day meeting, gathering stakeholders from the research, technology transfer and innovation ecosystem, including academic researchers, academic publishers, large research organisations, representatives from technology transfer offices and experts on academic research. The w...
This study is conducted in the context of the evaluation of the European Union Framework Programmes for Research, Technological developments and Demonstration Activities (FPs). It is one of the preparatory studies being undertaken for the overall ex post evaluation of the FP7 (2007-2013). It aim...
This report describes the production of ERM-DA474/IFCC, a human serum material certified for C-reactive protein mass concentration. The material has been produced following ISO Guide 34:2009 [1]. Serum was produced from blood collected in 4 blood collection centres according to a procedure ensur...
The European ICT Poles of Excellence (EIPE) project is a joint research project of DG CNECT and the JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. It established the conditions for defining, identifying, analysing and monitoring the existence and progress of current and future European ICT...