The Academy advises on a wide range of scientific subjects. The perspectives for these advisory report subjects are outlined in ‘Knowledge-based!’, the Academy's strategic agenda for 2021-2025.
The Academy has established a number of advisory councils and advisory committees to assist it in its advisory task. They propose subjects and play a role in conducting peer reviews of advisory reports.
ALLEA expresses its strong support for Secondary Publication Rights (SPRs), a legal mechanism that allows researchers to freely share publicly funded scholarly articles via institutional or other non-profit repositories.
View publicationArtificial intelligence has the potential to revolutionise scientific discovery, accelerate research progress, boost innovation and improve researchers’ productivity. The scientists involved with the advice were nominated by academies through the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences nominated Paul Groth, Professor of Algorithmic Data Science at the University of Amsterdam. He was involved in the working group that provided the scientific basis for this report.
View publicationConsumers shouldn’t be the only ones responsible for the shift to sustainable food consumption, Academies advise European Commission A group of renowned scientists nominated by European academies through the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism, have advised Commissioners on how to transform European food consumption to become healthier and more sustainable. ..
View publication"Natural gas is no cleaner than other fossil fuels, and using it instead of coal or oil involves the risk of little or no reduction in the effects of greenhouse gases." That is the conclusion of the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) in its new report on "The Future of Gas".
View publicationIn a new report, scientists from National Science Academies express concern about Member States and industry using loopholes in EU pesticide regulations to allow the continued use of banned insecticides. Prof. Michael Norton, EASAC’s Environment Director: “To claim that the threat to food security due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means we have to stick with conventional chemical-dependent agriculture is unjustified. There is plenty of evidence that proposed alternative methods can deliver the same or even better yields while maintaining nature’s ecosystem services.”
View publicationIn its latest statement, the European federation of academies of sciences and humanities (ALLEA) evaluates the undesirable effects of current 'big deals' and provides recommendations for research institutions, libraries, and policymakers on how to arrive at a more equitable system for sharing and accessing research publications under the new EU copyright rules.
View publicationThe Covid-19 pandemic has hit disadvantaged groups in society much harder than others, widening the health gap between socio-economic groups. In a new report and at an upcoming conference, leading scientists discuss how a better understanding of the disparities between groups can help reduce health inequity.
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