EuroScience

EuroScience is a membership-based, non-profit association established in 1997 to support and promote science and technology in Europe. It provides an open forum where researchers, scientists, policymakers, businesses, science communicators, and members of the public can discuss research policy and the wider role of science in society. Rather than operating as a conventional commercial brand, EuroScience functions as a European civic and professional network focused on improving the research environment and strengthening connections across the scientific ecosystem. The organization’s membership model is deliberately broad. Its community includes professional researchers and academics, but also people working in public policy, industry, innovation, communication, and other fields with an interest in European research. This gives EuroScience a convening role between scientific institutions and the wider public. Its stated objectives include improving research culture, encouraging responsible and sustainable innovation, and supporting meaningful dialogue between science and society. EuroScience’s work addresses structural and social questions affecting European research. Its thematic priorities include sustainable academic careers, researcher mental health, public engagement, genuine dialogue about science, inclusion, scientific freedom, the societal responsibilities of science, and genuinely open science. These themes reflect an effort to treat research policy not only as a question of funding and performance, but also as a question of working conditions, public trust, democratic accountability, and the accessibility of knowledge. Its principal public platform is the EuroScience Open Forum, commonly known as ESOF. Held every two years, ESOF brings together scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs, business representatives, policymakers, innovators, and science communicators. The program can include scientific and plenary sessions, keynote presentations, workshops, field trips, poster presentations, exhibitions, and networking activities. ESOF also incorporates a public-facing Science in the City festival, intended to help residents and visitors encounter scientific ideas and engage directly with researchers and science professionals. Host cities receive the designation European City of Science in connection with the forum. EuroScience also operates the EuroScience Policy Forum, launched in 2021 as a platform for discussion of research and innovation policy. Other activities have included the European Young Researchers Award, the European City of Science designation, and EuroScientist, a participative webzine covering science and innovation. The association has also been involved in European projects addressing responsible research and innovation, including NewHoRRIzzon and RRI Tools. EuroScience is headquartered in Strasbourg and works across Europe through events, membership, policy discussion, publishing, and collaborative projects. The organization’s public profile is therefore based less on products in the commercial sense than on forums, networks, editorial activity, awards, and science-policy engagement. Michael Matlosz is identified as its president and Matthias Girod as its secretary general in the cited reference material.

EuroScience was created in 1997 against the background of growing efforts to build a more connected European research area. Its purpose was to support and promote science and technology across Europe while giving people involved in research, innovation, policy, industry, and public communication a shared setting for discussion. From the beginning, the association was conceived as a membership organization rather than a commercial enterprise. Its broad membership base allows participation by professional scientists as well as policymakers, companies, and members of the public who are interested in European research. The association’s central institutional role is to foster dialogue. It seeks to provide an open forum for debate on science, technology, and research policy; strengthen relations between science and society; improve research culture; and encourage innovation that is responsible and sustainable. These goals place EuroScience between professional networking, science communication, and public-policy engagement. Its work addresses both the direction of research and the conditions under which research is conducted. A major development in EuroScience’s public activity was the establishment of the EuroScience Open Forum, or ESOF. The forum is held every two years and is hosted by a European city selected as the European City of Science. ESOF combines a professional scientific program with broader public and networking activities. Sessions may include scientific discussions, plenary meetings, keynote talks, workshops, field trips, and poster presentations. An exhibition and related social events support interaction among participants. The associated Science in the City festival extends the event beyond the research community by inviting the general public to encounter science and meet scientists and other research professionals. ESOF provides EuroScience with a recurring platform for examining new discoveries and debating the future direction of research in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. It also reflects the association’s emphasis on connecting groups that do not always share the same institutional setting, including academic researchers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, business leaders, innovators, and science communicators. EuroScience later expanded its policy-oriented work through the EuroScience Policy Forum. The first policy forum was launched in 2021, with a further edition planned for 2023 according to the cited reference material. The association has also supported or participated in European projects dealing with responsible research and innovation, including NewHoRRIzzon and RRI Tools. Its other activities include the European Young Researchers Award, the European City of Science designation, and EuroScientist, a participative webzine focused on science and innovation. In its current thematic agenda, EuroScience highlights sustainable academic careers, mental health, public engagement, authentic science dialogue, inclusive science, scientific freedom, the societal responsibility of science, and open science. These priorities broaden the organization’s remit from simply promoting scientific achievement to considering the quality, fairness, openness, and social consequences of research systems. Headquartered in Strasbourg, France, EuroScience continues to operate as a European association through membership, conferences, policy forums, publications, awards, and collaborative initiatives. Michael Matlosz is listed as president and Matthias Girod as secretary general in the cited reference material.

• 2021

  EuroScience Policy Forum launched

  [1]EuroScienceen.wikipedia.org

  EuroScience introduced the EuroScience Policy Forum as a dedicated platform for European research and innovation policy discussion.

• 1997

  EuroScience founded

  [1]EuroScienceen.wikipedia.org

  EuroScience was established as a European membership association dedicated to supporting and promoting science and technology and encouraging debate about research and innovation.

• EuroScience Open Forum established as flagship event

  [1]EuroScienceen.wikipedia.org

  The EuroScience Open Forum became the association’s principal recurring event, bringing together research, policy, business, innovation, and public-engagement communities every two years.

Non-profit European science and research network focused on open debate, science-society dialogue, research culture, responsible innovation, and inclusive research policy.

• Conference and public engagement platform

  EuroScience Open Forum

  ESOF is EuroScience’s flagship event and is held every two years in a European host city designated European City of Science. It combines scientific and plenary sessions, keynote presentations, workshops, field trips, poster presentations, exhibitions, networking events, and public activities. Its Science in the City festival is designed to connect the broader public with scientific ideas and research professionals.

• Research-policy forum · 2021

  EuroScience Policy Forum

  The EuroScience Policy Forum is a policy-focused platform for examining European research and innovation issues. It was launched in 2021 and complements the broader scientific and public program of the Open Forum by concentrating on policy dialogue and the relationship between research systems and public decision-making.

• Science and innovation webzine

  EuroScientist

  EuroScientist is a participative online publication associated with EuroScience. It provides a space for discussion and communication about science, research, innovation, and related issues affecting the European scientific community and society.

• City designation

  European City of Science

  EuroScience awards the European City of Science title to a host city connected with the EuroScience Open Forum. The designation supports a wider program of scientific exchange and public engagement around the forum.

• Research award

  European Young Researchers Award

  The European Young Researchers Award is one of EuroScience’s recognition activities. It reflects the association’s interest in supporting emerging researchers and highlighting contributions from the next generation of European scientific talent.

• 2021

  Launch of the EuroScience Policy ForumStrategy

  Background

  EuroScience sought to provide a more focused setting for discussion of European research and innovation policy in addition to its broad scientific and public-engagement programming.

  Action taken

  The association launched the EuroScience Policy Forum in 2021 as a dedicated policy-discussion platform.

  Aftermath

  The forum was identified as a continuing activity, with a second edition planned for 2023 in the cited reference material.

  Source

1. 1EuroScienceen.wikipedia.org
2. 2EuroScience official websiteeuroscience.org