League of European Research Universities (LERU)

A letter to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.   In an open letter, LERU and YERUN - Young European Research Universities share their insights and recommendations with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the new approach to the #MFF, and the future of EU R&I funding. 👇

In light of next week's European Parliament hearings and based on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s mission letters to the Commissioners-designate, LERU has collected its main remarks for the future EU (R&I&E) policymakers:   🔸 For Commissioner-designate for Trade and Economic Security and for Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency, Maroš Šefčovič   🔸 For Commissioner-designate for Startups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva   🔸 For the Commissioners-designate responsible for the green transition, namely, Wopke Hoekstra (Climate, Net-Zero & Clean Growth),Dan Jørgensen (Energy & Housing) and Jessika Roswall (Environment, Water Resilience & a Competitive Circular Economy)   🔸 For Commissioner-designate for Health and Animal Welfare, Oliver Varhelyi - together with EU-LIFE 🤝   🔸 For Commissioner-designate for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, Piotr Serafin   Download all messages 👇 https://lnkd.in/eBxHTCqQ

💬 Dr Rhys Morgan (University of Cambridge), main author of LERU's new paper on communicating with integrity, explains why communicating uncertainty in research is probably the most difficult challenge. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJU9MYBQ Read the full paper: https://lnkd.in/eieDcfxK

🗣️ Talking to the public? #ResearchIntegrity still applies The need for research integrity doesn’t end when the results are published in an academic journal or monograph. It should also shape communication with the public, from press interviews to social media posts. This is the message of LERU's new advice paper, which underlines the need to communicate with integrity and suggests support that universities can give academics. 💬 “There is a lot of evidence to suggest that academic research remains widely trusted by the public, but integrity failures, both in the research process and in communication, can undermine that trust,” says Dr Rhys Morgan, Head of Research Policy, Governance and Integrity at the University of Cambridge and lead author of the paper. The advice paper outlines four areas where universities can focus their efforts to support communication with integrity: 🔸 Openness in research communication 🔸 Communicating uncertainty 🔸 Social media and similar communications platforms 🔸 Communications skills that facilitate integrity To find out more: Read the interview with Dr Morgan 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJU9MYBQ Download the paper 👉 https://lnkd.in/eieDcfxK

🗣️ Talking to the public? #ResearchIntegrity still applies The need for research integrity doesn’t end when the results are published in an academic journal or monograph. It should also shape communication with the public, from press interviews to social media posts. This is the message of LERU's new advice paper, which underlines the need to communicate with integrity and suggests support that universities can give academics. 💬 “There is a lot of evidence to suggest that academic research remains widely trusted by the public, but integrity failures, both in the research process and in communication, can undermine that trust,” says Dr Rhys Morgan, Head of Research Policy, Governance and Integrity at the University of Cambridge and lead author of the paper. The advice paper outlines four areas where universities can focus their efforts to support communication with integrity: 🔸 Openness in research communication 🔸 Communicating uncertainty 🔸 Social media and similar communications platforms 🔸 Communications skills that facilitate integrity To find out more: Read the interview with Dr Morgan 👉 https://lnkd.in/eJU9MYBQ Download the paper 👉 https://lnkd.in/eieDcfxK

📆 One hour to go until the online launch event of LERU's new advice paper 'Communicating with integrity - supporting researchers with best practice in communication'! Do you want to join us, but you didn’t register? Click on the link to attend the event . 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePYkRWYz

LERU’s Senior Officers are meeting in Leuven in preparation for the upcoming Rectors’ Assembly at the University of Helsinki in November.   They discuss recent European & global policy developments and LERU’s priorities for 2025.    #LERU_SON

LERU welcomes the report of the Expert Group on the interim evaluation of #HorizonEurope and to guide the evolution of the European R&I #FrameworkProgramme.   We are glad that the report: 🔸 strikes a good balance between an ‘evolution’ from Horizon Europe to a future FP, and a ‘revolution’. 🔸 gives explicit support for the European Research Council (ERC), the Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (#MSCA) and the European Innovation Council (#EIC) 🔸 calls for a vast increase and ringfencing of the #FP10 budget   However, LERU is concerned about:  🔸 the lack of details of certain new proposals 🔸 the disconnection with recent policy developments at the level of the European Commission   Read LERU's full analysis 👇

📆One week to go until the online launch event of LERU's new paper on communicating with integrity! We've now made the executive summary available for you to read it: https://lnkd.in/eQXEbJxU Join us during the launch event on 22 October, at 11.00 (CEST). More information 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5hgYavA

Congratulations to University of Oxford alumnus Prof. Simon Johnson, who received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024.   He shares the #NobelPrize with Prof. Daron Acemoglu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Prof. James A. Robinson (Yale University) for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.