EU research projects provide fresh insights into what it takes for communities to accept different religious and world views. By ALISON JONES Ann Trappers harnessed a shock in her native Belgium to help heal social wounds across Europe. After Islamic terrorist attacks in Brussels in March 2016 left 35 people – including three suicide bombers – … Read more
Painstaking archaeological exploration is a familiar, often widely admired, method of unearthing history. Less celebrated, but also invaluable, is the piecing together of fragments of ancient languages and analysing how they changed over thousands of years. Historical linguists have reconstructed a common ancestral tongue for most of the languages spoken today in Europe and South … Read more
As Europe’s population ages, understanding the causes of declining birth rates becomes more important. By ANDREW DUNNE When demography expert Daniele Vignoli asked young couples for their thoughts about having children, a theme emerged: uncertainty about the future. In an experiment that Vignoli conducted in Italy and Norway in 2019, he showed a total of 800 … Read more
As of today, the European Innovation Council (EIC) has a new President of the Board, Dr Michiel Scheffer. With a budget of €10 billion, the EIC aims to identify and scale up new technologies and scientific breakthroughs. In an interview with Horizon magazine, Scheffer looks at the task ahead, where he feels innovation in Europe … Read more
European projects are developing new ways to clamp down on international trafficking of cultural goods. By ALEX WHITING Lujza Varga is a local player in a European campaign against a global plight: the trafficking of historical objects including artworks. Varga works for the Hungarian National Museum, which is taking part in an EU-funded project to help … Read more
As Europe embraces clean energy to fight climate change, a leading ecological economist argues for going beyond “green growth”. By HORIZON STAFF Almost 16 years ago, the EU held a conference devoted to an idea that was novel – even for many policy wonks – and far-reaching. The notion was to redefine society’s goals by … Read more