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New ALLEA Working Group Chairs on Science & Ethics and E-Humanities
Two new chairs have been elected in ALLEA’s working groups: Dr Maura Hiney (Royal Irish Academy) and Dr Maciej Maryl (Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences). ALLEA warmly thanks Prof Göran Hermerén and Dr Natalie Harrower for their long-standing commitment and service to their working groups.
New Evidence Review Report: Can Biodegradable Plastics Help Reduce Plastic Pollution?
What does ‘biodegradable plastic’ mean? Can biodegradable plastics help reduce plastic pollution? The SAPEA’s Evidence Review Report presents the latest scientific evidence on biodegradability of plastics in the open environment.
Workshop: Current Challenges for International Large-Scale Studies of Achievement
Workshop organised by the ALLEA Science Education Working Group in cooperation with the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine
Breakthrough Prize Opens Public Nominations for Its 2022 Prizes
The public nomination period for the 2022 Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics is now open. Nominations can be submitted online until 1 April 2021.
Expert Workshop on Causality of Health Inequalities Held Online
On 2 December, a second workshop on Health Inequalities in Europe gathered over 50 participants online. Together, they analysed and debated new approaches to assessing causality in an interdisciplinary dialogue.
PERITIA Special Issue on Vulnerability and Trust
How can we characterise the affective nature of trust? How can we explain the ethical demands that arise from deliberately making yourself vulnerable by trusting someone? Read the new PERITIA Special Issue of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies.
