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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has spurred a radical rethink of European research priorities, with politicians including French president Emmanuel Marcon demanding that the EU urgently invest in new military technologies to defend itself, and
Coalition pledges to increase spending on universities and on research.
With politicians preparing to gather in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference to wean the world off fossil fuels, the vast majority of continental European universities have still not committed to kicking the habit. Unlike counterparts in the US and UK, only a handful of universities in the EU have pledged to divest from fossil fuels - no longer investing in shares of these companies, or taking their sponsorship money.
German, Swedish universities demand release of scholar 03 April 2021 Human rights experts at the United Nations are on high alert and have voiced their concerns at the worsening, life-threatening situation of the Swedish-Iranian scientist Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been arbitrarily arrested and detained in Iran. Against this backdrop, the chair of the board of the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF), Professor Astrid Soderbergh Widding, and the president of the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), Professor Dr Peter-Andre Alt, in a joint open letter have urgent...