Helga Nowotny is President of the European Research Council and Professor Emerita of Social Studies of Science, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology).
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Commentaries by Helga Nowotny
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Can Science Save Europe?
VIENNA– Europe’s current financial squeeze defies easy solutions. Self-inflicted austerity has met popular restlessness for more tangible me…
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Scientific Europe’s Imperative
VIENNA – On June 29, the European Commission will present its budget proposal for the next multi-year period, which begins in 2014. It will …
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How Will Tomorrow’s Scientists Learn?
I was recently invited to speak at science-related meetings on two consecutive days in different places in Europe. One was the official open…
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The Dilemma of Curiosity and Its Use
Albert Einstein once said, “I have no special gift, but I am passionately curious.” Certainly, Einstein was being tremendously modest. But, …
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Enlightenment on Trial
Ugly debates about religion and science usually seem to be confined to the United States. In recent months, however, such debates have…
Can Science Save Europe?
Nils-Göran Areskoug: I agree that science cannot directly create results that can be readily commercialized and get people into jobs. But: Does Europe’s strength really lie in its science base? I believe this base reli…
Can Science Save Europe?
Zsolt Hermann: In truth we already have all the necessary factual and scientific information to solve the European problem, or in fact to solve all our global problems. Human talent, ingenuity, adaptability has nev…