• Posted 27-Jul-2020

SWAFS Achievements and Recommendations Report Available

​The European Commission has published its report on 'Science with and for society' in Horizon 2020. Achievements and recommendations for Horizon Europe'.

The report gives an overview of SwafS achievements in Horizon 2020 about Science Education; Science Careers; Research Ethics and Research Integrity; Responsible Research and Innovation; Gender Equality; Institutional changes towards responsible research and innovation; Citizen Science and Citizen engagement; and Open Access.

It draws policy objectives and outlines recommendations for better cooperation between science and society, the recruitment of new talent for science, and how to pair scientific excellence with social awareness and responsibility.

The main body of the report provides an overview of SWAFS implementation under Horizon 2020, the evaluation process and project execution, as well as identifying policy objectives and outlining recommendations for better cooperation between science and society, the recruitment of new talent for science, and how to pair scientific excellence with social awareness and responsibility. In eight separate documents, the report further analyses policy objectives and achievements for each thematic area of the programme:

• SWAFS achievements and recommendations report 2020;
• SWAFS report 2020 Ethics;
• SWAFS report 2020 RRI;
• SWAFS report 2020 Citizen science;
• SWAFS report 2020 Science careers;
• SWAFS report 2020 Science education;
• SWAFS report 2020 Science communication;
• SWAFS report 2020 Gender equality;
• SWAFS report 2020 Open Access.

Source: European Commission | Research and Innovation News (https://bit.ly/2P1r1mM) / UKRO