On Tuesday 12 February, a small EASAC group met with Commission President Barroso’s Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA), Prof. Anne Glover, to discuss the details of the future collaboration between her and the National Academies of...... read more
Founded by the national science academies of the EU Member States, EASAC acts as an authoritative voice of science in Europe, taking pride in its complete independence from outside funding bodies and its access to outstanding...... read more
EASAC is collaborating with the Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre (MCSC), a charitable body based at Cambridge, UK, on a study of provision of energy in rural communities in developing countries. The integrating concept...... read more
The networks of the European and African National Academies of Science – EASAC and NASAC – held a joint Workshop on 20 November 2012 in Addis Ababa, at the African Union Commission. The purpose of the workshop was to enter into a...... read more
On 3 December EASAC has organised a workshop on Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing in cooperation with FEAM and STOA. During this workshop the scientific, regulatory and ethical questions were discussed which are being raised...... read more
To the Heads of State or Government of EU Countries and the Presidents of EU institutions Letter The Acadamies of Europe 1. As representatives of the European academies of science and humanities we support the Open Letter of...... read more
Professor Jos van der Meer, current Vice-President of EASAC and former Vice-President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW), has been elected as new President of EASAC to succeed Sir Brian Heap from January...... read more
On 16 October, the presidents of EASAC’s member academies were invited by the European Commission (EC) to a high-level event to discuss the topic of independent scientific advice for EU policies. The European Commission...... read more
The journal "Nature" has issued a correspondence about the the joint EASAC-JRC report "Impact of Engineered Nanomaterials on Health: Considerations for Benefit-Risk Assessment". This article can be downloaded...... read more
There are major challenges for global agriculture to achieve sustainable food security when faced with population growth, climate change and increased social and economic instability. The EU is not immune from these...... read more
The Lancet has issued an editorial on EASAC's report "Direct-to-consumer genetic testing" which can be viewed here. ... read more
European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the association of the National Science Academies of EU member states, is concerned about the draft Energy Efficiency Directive currently under consideration by the EU...... read more
The April issue of the European Files Magazine, dedicated to "Science and Innovation in Europe", includes an article on EASAC. In this article "The benefits of scientific networks in Europe: the example of EASAC...... read more
Science for Environment Policy, the European Commission's environmental news service for policy makers has published an article on EASAC’s report “Impact of Engineered Nanomaterials on Health” in its May 2012 issue. In this...... read more
Science for Environment Policy, the European Commission's environmental news service for policy makers has published an article on EASAC’s report “Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)” in its March 2012 issue. In this article it is...... read more
Open call for evidence and inputs to the EASAC study of carbon capture and storage The European Academies Science Advisory Council (www.easac.eu) is currently undertaking a study of the challenges and prospects for carbon...... read more
Report of workshop “Solar Energy (Concentrating Solar Power)” Held at the Academy of Athens, 9th December, 2011 The workshop was held at the Academy of Athens to consider developments in concentrating solar power (CSP) across...... read more
EASAC has celebrated its 10th anniversary on 7 November in Brussels, at the Palace of the Royal Belgian Academies. Because EASAC aims at improving the dialogue between scientists and policy-makers, the first part of the evening...... read more
EASAC will shortly publish a new policy report titled “Impact of Engineered Nanomaterials on Health: Considerations for Benefit-Risk Assessment”. This policy report is the result of the first strategic liaison between the JRC and...... read more
EASAC-FEAM Working Group on Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Testing: Announcement of new project and open Call for Evidence... read more
Such were the repercussions of a severe earthquake and its accompanying tsunami at the Fukushima nuclear power station on March 11, 2011 that it led governments, including Germany’s, to re-assess their nuclear energy...... read more
On 10 March 2011, the Chairman and the Secretary of EASAC’s Biosciences Steering Panel, Professor Volker ter Meulen and Dr Robin Fears, together with the head of EASAC’s Brussels Office, Ms. Sofie Vanthournout, visited a meeting...... read more
EASAC has recently commenced a study on concentrating solar power (CSP). Its aims are to provide an independent view for policy makers of the prospects for concentrating solar power in Europe and the developments that will be...... read more
The members of the EASAC Environment Steering Panel and the EASAC Energy Steering Panel have met in Brussels on 11 May. On their agenda was the discussion of upcoming EASAC studies, such as the Energy Programme’s plans for a...... read more
The Royal Academies for Sciences and the Arts of Belgium (RASAB) are cooperating with EASAC to intensify the co-operation of both organisations with EU policy-makers and opinion-formers in Brussels. Since April 2010, RASAB is...... read more