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Over the last 30 years, Europe has become an important destination for people seeking to improve their life conditions or to escape from famine, persecution, or war. For example, in 2019, almost 3 million people migrated to the EU from non-EU countries and, in 2020, 23 million (5.1%) of the 447.3 million people living in…

Beating cancer through interdisciplinary thinking World Cancer Day aims at raising awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. Ten million people die each year from cancer. By 2030, experts project cancer deaths will reach thirteen million. More than one third of cancer cases can be prevented. Another third can be cured…

How should researchers engage with policy makers? Where and how to share COST Action results? How can COST Actions create policy impact? These are some of the key questions that were addressed during the ‘Science for Policy’ workshop, held on 27 June 2023 at the COST premises in Brussels. The workshop was followed by a…

Have you ever been bitten by a tiger? A tiger mosquito, that is. This invasive species and other close Asian species have found their way to Europe. But thanks to an ingenious smartphone app developed by the COST Action Aedes Invasive Mosquitoes (AIM), you can do more to bring this insect under control than simply swinging…

Last week we closed our Open Call (oc-2023-1) for new COST Action proposals. Interim analysis shows: Next steps The proposals will now undergo evaluation and up to 70 new Actions will be approved in May 2024. For those interested in applying for future network funding our next call opens in November 2023 so watch this…

COST Action 354, ‘Performance Indicators for Road Pavements’, has been working towards a common set of indicators and a tool to manage these, boosting both the potential safety and management of the European road network across Europe.

Blogs are written by COST Actions Connecting Theory and Practical Issues of Migration and Religious Diversity (COREnet) is an interdisciplinary network that aims at knowledge production, knowledge exchange and capacity building across Europe in the intersection of migration and religious diversity with a particular emphasis on bottom-up research.  COREnet STSMs COST Actions support Short-term Scientific…

Fighting together: how scientists joined forces to combat the pandemic Throughout history, infectious diseases have been a constant presence, and this is still the case today, with frequent outbreaks. According to Prof. Ilaria Capua, one of Italy’s leading virologists, Senior Fellow in Global Health at Johns Hopkins University and SAIS Europe, “the question is not…

Research experts, funding bodies and policy makers are meeting in Bucharest on 25-26 April to share best practice and develop closer cooperation for greener, more inclusive, safer and smarter urban mobility in Europe.