EMA recommendations on extra doses and boosters EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has concluded that an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccines Comirnaty (BioNTech/Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna) may be given to people with severely weakened immune systems, at least 28 days after their second dose. The recommendation comes after studies showed that an extra dose of these vaccines increased […]
XXIX Crue-Sustainability Conference
The role of universities in Sustainable Agri-Food: Impact of the health crisis (27, 28 and 29 October 2021). The Crue-Sustainability Conference reaches its 29th edition in Almeria. In these conferences we emphasize that the University is an active agent that promotes the knowledge society, establishing the main objectives and actions to be carried out for […]
Research Analyst – Ethics & Data Protection in United Kingdom
Trilateral Research is a UK and IE-based enterprise, founded in 2004. Their teams include social scientists, data scientists, ethical, legal and human rights experts who work across the technology-social disciplinary divide. They apply rigorous, cutting-edge research when developing and assessing new technologies to ensure they achieve sustainable innovation and measurable impact. Offer description Main Activities […]
University research programs
The European Investment Bank channels most of its institutional relations with Universities through an EIB Universities Research Action consisting of three different programmes. 1. EIBURS, the EIB University Research Sponsorship Programme, a programme to support EU University Research Centres working on research topics and themes of major interest to the EIB. Main features of EIBURS: […]
HORIZON EUROPE: Prevention of child sexual exploitation
Expected Outcome: Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes: Increased understanding of security practitioners and policy-makers of the prevalence and of the process leading to child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation; Enhanced understanding of the characteristics and key differences between offending and non-offending Minor Attracted Persons; Innovative […]
Emergency oil stocks in European Union
This article presents data on emergency and commercial oil stocks in the European Union (EU). Crude oil and petroleum products play a very important role in the economy of the European Union and, given the oil import dependency of the EU, holding emergency oil stocks is very important for the energy security of the Union. Commercial […]
How return to work after COVID-19
The pandemic has been hard for businesses and employees in particular. Job insecurity, furlough schemes and health concerns have decreased the motivation of thousands of workers in Europe. We have prepared a few tips for employers to boost employee morale. Gauge your employees’ motivation with a survey Monitoring your employees’ mental health is key for […]
General Court annuls agreements with Morocco that include Western Sahara
The General Court annuls the Council decisions concerning, first, the agreement between the European Union and Morocco amending the tariff preferences granted by the European Union to products of Moroccan origin and, second, the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement However, the effects of those decisions are maintained over a certain period in order to preserve the […]
LIFE Programme: Technical support to clean energy transition plans and strategies in municipalities and regions
Objective: The topic aims to provide local and regional authorities with the necessary capacity to deliver sustainable plans and strategies for the energy transition. To successfully support the achievement of energy and climate targets, transition strategies and plans need to be institutionalised, cross-sectoral and tailored to the level of innovation, ambition and specific geographic context […]