EP PerMed meetings in Brussels
I was delighted to be appointed as a member of the European Partnership for Personalised Medicines ( EP PerMed)’ Citizen Engagement Board (CEB) since June. In the past three months, we’ve met online to comment on a pilot public survey (now out in Italy in Italian!). Apart from virtual meetings, it was wonderful to attend EP … Continue reading
UNESCO Roundtable on Science Communication
At the invitation of UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, I had the great pleasure of contributing to the UNESCO roundtable, ‘Empowering the Global Community Through Scientific Literacy,’ held this week in Paris. I made three suggestions on basis of a draft white paper circulated: 1-Enhancing science literacy is not just about progress or development. … Continue reading
BEST Masterclass
In early September, I spent a week in Durham to observe the Bioprocess Entrepreneurial Skill Training (BEST) Programme jointly organised by BioProNET2 and E3B Metals in Biology. 18 young scientists with entrepreneurial aspirations were selected for this week long training, which incorporates masterclasses, site visits and a mock start-up pitch at the end. I was … Continue reading
2024 Herbert Gottweis Prize
I’m really honoured to receive Critical Policy Studies’ 2024 Herbert Gottweis Prize for my article on decolonisation and science policies. The prize holds an additional personal significance for me, as I had the privilege of briefly working with Herbert on BIONET, the very first academic project I worked on as a PhD student at the … Continue reading
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